“... The Swedes walked in a wake column, one after another. They did not know the doctrine of the weak link in the chain, but they chose the weak link for the breakthrough: the northern passage, closed only by the detachment of Rear Admiral Povalishin.

Do not touch me also took its place in that detachment. And now Vasily, a midshipman, is in the thick of a fierce battle. In it, the Swedish fury played all-in; it contains the Russian rage of those whose victory and spoils are literally floating away from under their noses.

Povalishin’s detachment posted a fire barrier. The first to hit him was the 74-gun Dristikheten. ..."