June 1941. The beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the most difficult and bloody war in human history. The hardest battles near Brest and Grodno, Wehrmacht tank wedges near Minsk, the Battle of Bialystok-Minsk, the encirclement and defeat of three armies in the Bialystok-Minsk cauldron. The first major defeat of the Red Army, which had a strong influence on the entire course of the war. What if it were different? If the Soviet troops had not retreated in disarray from the Bialystok ledge, losing and abandoning equipment without fuel and ammunition along the way, but had organized a strong defense on its territory under smart command? And if our contemporary helped the Soviet troops with knowledge from the future and his combat experience...