Forest Soldiers

Lieutenant Cherdyntsev arrived for duty on the western border of the Soviet Union on June 21, 1941. Of course, he couldn’t have imagined what the shortest night of the year would bring—not only to him personally, but to the vast country he had sworn to defend. Retreat in battles, wandering in the enemy’s rear while the foe is intoxicated by blitzkrieg, constant expectation of the final bloodiest clash… And at last—unexpected, yet so logical—he decides that the uninvited visitors must be beaten right here, on the ground where military fate has thrown you. Beat them relentlessly, day and night, believing that sooner or later—yes, sooner or later—it will be possible to return to the distant outpost where his service had ended, never even having begun…