"We are exchanging living people for tanks, you understand, political instructor? Not just people - our Soviet heroes! This morning they ate porridge with us from the same pot, joked, believed in us, and tomorrow they will crawl under the tanks with grenades and bottles, realizing that they have practically no chance of returning alive. Yes, each of them is dearer to me than any German tank division, and all I can do is nod my head, approving of their sacrifice...” The events described took place. There are no fantasy heroes with superpowers here. Ordinary people who stood up to defend their Motherland and fulfilled their duty to the end. There will be no bloody "Gebni" shooting everyone and everyone, penal battalions with hundreds of prisoners and other things like that, for this - look for other authors.