SHtrafnoe proklyatie

Krasnoarmeec Viktor Volkov popal na front v semnadcat′ let. No vmesto geroicheskich podvigov i lichnogo scheta unichtozhennych fashistov, paren′ vynuzhden byl nachat′ boevoj put′ so… shtrafnoj roty. Obvinennyj po navetu v krazhe i zhelaya poskoree vernut′sya v svoyu chast′, on v pervych ryadach shtrafnikov podnimaetsya v ataku cherez minnoe pole. V tot raz sud′ba uberegla ego ot smerti… Vskore Viktor stal pulemetchikom, poluchil zvanie serzhanta. Kazalos′ by, boevaya zhizn′ naladilas′: voyuj, gromi vraga. No neispovedimy frontovye dorogi. Ochen′ skoro dushu molodogo soldata opalilo novoe strashnoe ispytanie…