A God-Given Scout

The attack stalled. The Germans met the Red Army infantry chains with withering machine-gun fire. New recruit Yegor Shchukin survived by a miracle—he was buried under the bodies of his fallen comrades. When darkness fell, wounded, he still managed to return to his own.

Later, in the hospital, the nightmare of his first battle kept tormenting him for a long time… It was there, on his hospital bed, that he met an experienced scout, Nikolay. The scout suggested to the young infantryman that that’s exactly where he belonged—in reconnaissance. After a brief hesitation, Yegor made a decision that would overturn his entire future soldier’s fate…