A new book from the author of the bestsellers “The Height of Death Row,” “Only Penal Inmates Go into Battle,” and “From Penal Inmates to Guardsmen. Redeemed with blood." Continuation of the combat path of the penal company, which distinguished itself at the Kursk Bulge and was included in the guards battalion. Now they are a breakthrough company, although changing the name does not change the essence, suicide bombers remain suicide bombers, and, as the bitter front-line wisdom says, “there is no such thing as a former penal company.” They are still being thrown into the most dangerous sectors of the front. They are sent again and again on suicidal reconnaissance missions by force. They are required to carry out impossible orders at any cost, regardless of losses. They walk west over the corpses of enemies and the bodies of fallen comrades. On the eve of Operation Bagration, they must break through the powerful German defenses and defeat enemy reserves in a bloody oncoming battle. But after this battle, which more than once turns into hand-to-hand combat, less than a platoon will remain in the ranks from the entire company...