Continuation of the novel. The main character is appointed to the position of head of the division's sanitary service. Every day he has to solve many organizational problems: timely evacuation of the wounded, typhus prevention, sanitary treatment in the regiments, choosing a place for the relocation of the medical battalion and much more - ordinary everyday life at the front. He repeatedly comes under artillery fire, is shell-shocked, and miraculously escapes death by being buried alive. And an unexpected military love, a well-deserved reward and a new assignment awaits him.