After finishing artillery school and becoming a student at Leningrad’s "Voenmekh," Sasha Polukhin couldn’t have imagined that the theoretical knowledge he gained there would come in handy in practice. In the very first battle in autumn 1941, his unit was shattered by superior German forces, and Sasha himself survived only by miracle.
What should a young Red Army soldier do when he’s left alone on the side of the road that a steel roller of German motorized units is driving toward his hometown? Step aside and save his life? Or lead a handful of surviving fighters, form a crew for an old regimental cannon from them, and fight the arrogant invaders?