Our hero, Alex Magoo, is already a captain. Yes, the Tsar’s service will not be wasted, so Alex was noted for his exploits in Central Asia - he was appointed to command the second company of His Imperial Majesty Alexandris II Infantry Battalion. Career? Well, it depends on how you look at it. Everything seems to be fine, but something... And this something is Captain Staroplesky. He already held the position of subaltern officer of the second company, which was commanded by Captain Magu. When the position of company commander became vacant, it was Gelian Staroplesky who performed the duties of the company commander, and already considered it his own, but then the will of the higher authorities threw Captain Magu into it. From the very first day that Alex was on the battalion lists, this subaltern considered it his duty to ruin the life of his company commander. With malicious taunts and ridicule, he at times drove Maga to white heat, and he did it so skillfully that there was no way to find fault with him in his service...