They received baptism of fire in July 1941 near Mogilev. Their division went into battle against the strongest formation of the Wehrmacht - Guderian's 2nd Panzer Group - with 14 thousand bayonets in service. Three months later, 806 fighters broke out of the third encirclement. Wounded, bleeding, black from hunger and lack of sleep, barely able to stand, having seen all the circles of front-line hell, but unbroken. Undefeated. Invincible... This novel is based on real events - the author not only interviewed all the surviving veterans of the 137th Infantry Division, but also walked its entire combat route. There is not a word of fiction in this book, no omissions, no ceremonial myths. This is pure, undiluted, scalding, like front-line 100 grams, breathtaking and moving to tears, the “trench truth” of the Great Patriotic War. This is a hymn to the invincible Russian infantry, who fought to the death in the summer of 1941.