I picked up my binoculars and examined the conflagration. The first to lie on the road were the burning remains of a UAZ, with black corpses visible near the vehicle. Further along, three heavy tanks at the head of the column were belching thick black smoke. Behind them, a flaming armored personnel carrier lay on its side. Further along the column were three covered army trucks, with a particularly large number of corpses around them. Bringing up the rear of the wrecked column was some strange mechanism—at first glance, another tank, but instead of a gun turret, it had a blast-torn structure consisting of cannons and missile launchers. No living people were visible from a distance, only corpses, corpses, corpses...
Ordering the girls to stay hidden under the treetops, I moved cautiously o
