July 1941. As a result of a successful operation, the Germans managed to encircle two Soviet armies near Smolensk. The last crossing over the Dnieper has been captured. With each day, the situation for our units becomes more and more hopeless. A group of regimental reconnaissance under Lieutenant Gleb Shubin receives orders to find a route along which our assault detachments could break through unnoticed to the crossing held by the Germans.
The task isn’t easy, but experienced scouts have already learned how to defeat a dangerous enemy. Deep at night they cross the front line and begin their familiar game with death...