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Hey guys, im back from the summer and remembered Newgrounds. I also remember this story!

Alexei could see his breath in the cold air. He was departing from Minsk to Riga, a major city that controls the Baltic. He was going by train, with some loaded artillery and some friends. The Major was with him and inspected everyone on the way. Alexei's ripped gloves had let him get some minor frostbite on his hands, but he would warm that up by rubbing some gunpowder on his hands. The train had finally stopped and he got off. The situation was there were some broken tank near the border that was ambushed by German bombers last night. The division had to protect the engineers fixing the tank. Alexei grabbed his rifle and stormed out with his friends.

On his way, he saw many trees and ruins, some of houses from 3 to 300 years old. All was stopped when they reached the tanks. The troops surrounded the tanks, while the major talked to the engineers on how long it was going to take to fix. "About another 6 hours" said one engineer. One soldier, in front, looked back and grunted with disbelief. But then suddenly, he was shot in the head, and the engineers got down and coward. The soldiers, took their positions and aimed down their sights. Alexei saw that at least 30 km in front was a convoy of German soldiers from Riga. Alexei screamed to fire, but none of them could see it. The snow had made the Germans look invisible, with their white coats.

A sudden rocket was fired at one tank, destroying it. Alexei was scared, he could not tell who was who. He took one shot, and it hit snow. He took another, and it shot a person. Alexei was doomed, this fight could take hours, and they could never take Riga. Alexei finally noticed something, the soldiers had black boots! Alexei then screamed "Black Boots!" and the soldiers all saw. The Germans were doomed, being shot one by one. Once all of them were dead, the engineers got up and screamed in joy. Alexei grinned and got up from his position.

Alexei got to the major, and told him that Riga would be pretty easy to capture because he predicted that the division they just fought was most of the Riga division. The major believed him, and told the soldiers to loot the German weapons and march into town. Alexei was thankful, if he had never spotted out the boots, his whole division would be wiped out and the tanks would never be finished. Alexei then walked up to a dead German soldier, and instead of taking his guns and ammunition, he took his gloves.

MAP:

Star = Riga
Black Lines = Nazi advances
Red Lines = Soviet advances

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