The adventures of Alexander Kudashev continue. The exploits for the glory and safety of the Fatherland of the brave front-line officer, lieutenant of the infantry, are rewarded by his transfer to the Special Department of the Police Department of the Transcaspian Region with the awarding of the rank of captain of the Separate Corps of Gendarmes and the presentation of the Order of St. George the Victorious, fourth degree. . Gul Padishah-Seyyid, aka Alan Mc'Lesson, who was arrested by him, was imprisoned in the Trubetskoy bastion of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg on charges of organizing a terrorist attack in Askhabad. However, an experienced intelligence officer of the General Staff of the Indo-British Army manages to escape literally from the interrogation, which was personally conducted by Colonel A. Eremin, head of the special department of the police department. Alexander Kudashev was taken into custody and charged with facilitating the escape of a particularly dangerous state criminal. He is transported from Askhabad to the capital of the empire by special officers who arrived from St. Petersburg on a letter train. The convoy team receives instructions from its chief, Lieutenant Colonel Drzhevsky, to destroy Kudashev on the road. Kudashev’s senior friend, his immediate superior, adjutant to the Commander of the Transcaspian Region, Colonel V. Dzeboev, organizes the execution of a cunning plan to escape from a well-guarded prisoner car. But Kudashev refuses to escape. He is confident that he will be able to prove his innocence in any instance. Justice triumphs, Colonel Eremin has to not only apologize, but also present Kudashev with the St. George Cross he deserves... On the same day in St. Petersburg, Kudashev receives a bullet in the chest from a Belgian Browning …