He “washed away his guilt with blood” in a penal company, where he ended up as a result of a slanderous denunciation. He voluntarily became a military reconnaissance officer, who were behind his back called “suicide bombers”; the chances of surviving in a reconnaissance platoon were less than in a penal battalion. He conducted dozens of searches behind the front line and looked death in the face hundreds of times - he took “tongues” and went on desperate sabotage raids behind enemy lines, captured bridges and blew up ammunition depots. But the scout had never had such a dangerous mission - he must carry out neutral zone for a girl sniper, providing her with the opportunity to get within direct shot distance of the German general