One of the loudest, touching, and truthful novellas about war, about people and the sacrifices brought in the name of victory!
Only a tiny part of the forces taking part in the Battle of Stalingrad—a small artillery battery commanded by Lieutenant
Sometimes war demands brutal and unfair decisions. So two battalions, thrown in to force the Dnieper, to begin the battle, and to send the divisions a signal: “We request fire,” do not know what unequal fight awaits them. In reality, their task is to distract the enemy’s attention from the actual location of the main offensive. Will they be supported by fire? Will they receive an answer to their desperate signal? Or have they gone to their certain death?