Continuation of the series “Don’t go serve in the infantry!” To the 25th anniversary of the start of the First Chechen War. The current authorities did everything to silence that mournful anniversary date—the beginning of the war. The war affected the course of history, pushed back the reform of the Army, discredited democratic reforms. This isn’t an action movie. A commander of a motor-rifle company has to form the company and go into battle. How was it? How they fought. How a makeshift personal composition of a company turned into a combat, close-knit infantry unit. How did it happen in our army in general? What exactly were they thinking back then and how did they treat everything? A book about Soldiers of Russia who fought selflessly for the Motherland, even though they had different worldviews about everything. The book is based on real events. The heroes are the author’s imagination; any resemblance to real people can only be coincidental. Contains profanity.