After the successful liberation of Crimea from the German invaders, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief highly appreciated the contribution of Colonel Brezhnev's brigade to this matter. Leonid Ilyich was awarded the star of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The tankers were transferred to the north, the brigade was urgently replenished with the best equipment and experienced fighters. And a month later, at the beginning of 1943, Major General Brezhnev, who received another rank, with his 9th Tank Brigade, went on a new raid behind enemy lines. The goal of Operation Big Spark is to encircle and defeat Army Group North of the Wehrmacht. This time the chances of victory are much greater - because now the tankers are not acting alone, but with the support of the entire Northwestern Front! Will the Red Army be able to release Leningrad, recapture Pskov and Riga from the Nazis, and liquidate the Demyansk group of the Wehrmacht?