About the book: 2022 / This author can handle any genre: hard action and military adventures, exciting detective and crime drama. The total circulation of S. Zverev's books is more than 6 million copies. His name is an invariable sign of the quality of each new book. Autumn 1943. The Soviet command is preparing an operation to liberate Gomel. In order to prevent the advance of the advanced detachments of the Red Army, the Nazis plan to destroy a strategically important bridge, without which our offensive could stall. Lieutenant Alexey Sokolov is called in to save the crossing. He proposes a bold maneuver with a group of his tanks in full view of enemy batteries. This way our artillerymen will be able to identify and suppress enemy firing points. Sokolov understands: thousands of other people’s lives now depend on the outcome of this deadly game…