1770 in Bessarabia and Wallachia resounds with fuze and cannon salvos. On the Danube lowland, the armies of the Ottoman and Russian empires came together in a fierce confrontation. Non-commissioned officer of the Absheron Infantry Regiment Alexey Yegorov went through the Battle of Kagul, the siege and capture of the Bendery fortress. He is no longer that assigned “sergeant” waiting for his coming of age on his father’s estate, but a combat “non-commissioned officer Lyoshka” who has already looked death in the eye more than once. Behind him is a team of ranger shooters, and in his hands is his father’s faithful and reliable gun. And there is only one step left before receiving your first officer rank - ensign.