Ethan Lam

"1905". Content Warning.

A harsh, whipping wind, a roaring howl, snow and ice battered against what was left of their thinning ranks. Sparse in this bombardment shells from Japanese guns pounded at the earth around them, tearing away patches and pieces of snow, uncovering the rich frozen earth beneath. Shells from cannon and gun tore pieces from the earth, puncturing new wounds into an already savaged land. The guns ripped and sundered the battlefield, earth and men thrown in vast array, hurled onto the freshly lain snow.