About the book: 2017 / Spring 1942. Our troops on the Kerch Peninsula are preparing to liberate Crimea. But Manstein is ahead of them, delivering an unexpected and powerful blow. His goal is to defeat units of the Red Army near Kerch, cross to Taman and develop an offensive in the direction of the oil fields of Grozny, Mozdok and Baku. But the “Stalinist giant” will stand in the way of the German breakthrough - the newest KV-9 tank, the production of which is just beginning at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant... Strong Ural armor makes it invulnerable to most German guns, and a powerful howitzer allows it to beat any German tanks. It would seem that just one vehicle can fight against an entire mechanized division? A lot... Especially if it is controlled by a skilled crew who gained combat experience in heavy tank battles of 1941 near Brody and Dubno…