Schultz only saw the flash of the tank gun firing from behind the enemy Panzer IV.
The rocket that shot up disappeared from the view of the observation window, and no matter how hard Schultz pressed his face against the glass looking upward, he couldn't see it.
Then Schultz lost consciousness.
When he woke up again, the air was thick with the smell of scorching, the revolting odor hit his face with waves of heat, making him forget the bitter cold of minus 40 degrees in the dead of winter.
With great difficulty, he opened his eyes to a world enveloped in flames. Empty ammunition boxes, human bodies—everything was burning except for himself.
Feeling the hot air blowing persistently in one direction, he stumbled that way—his mind was a complete blank, incapable of thought.
Just then, someone grabbed his arm: "General! Don't go that way! The exit is over here!"
He turned around to find it was his Deputy Officer.
