"Junkers are circling over Feodosia. The Germans are unable to wrest the initiative from our hands. In impotent anger they are bombing a small resort town with its light buildings, seaside boulevards, Aivazovsky's house and the ruins of the old Genoese fortress." This is how Konstantin Simonov described the war in Crimea."...We flew every night. We bombed suitable German columns, railway stations and crossings. As soon as dusk fell, the first crew took off, after 3-5 minutes - the second, then the third. When on takeoff the last one was standing, we already heard the rumble of the first one returning,” and this was the chief of staff of the 588th night light bomber, Irina Rakobolskaya. It was here, to the south, that Stain’s air corps was transferred. They are no longer beginners, they are experienced pilots, but they also face a serious battle. The enemy is eager for the Caucasian oil and grain of the Kuban. Will the catastrophe of 1942 happen in this reality, or will the Soviet people still manage to change the course of history?