sooner.
You could have some forthe health
ofyourfuture kid. lt is a good goat.
-What's its name?
- May be Savraska...
or Belka.
Bring another nanny-goat next time.
- Otherwise it will feel very lonely.
And assign a ration to her!
Well, one more serving of porridge
to be included into the rations.
Well, here we are. Tryto stand
the pain, boy. Come on, slowly.
l'll walk myself.
-Kostya!
-Lida.
-Kostya!
- Lida.
-Be careful.
- Take care.
-Kostya, l'm here!
- Lida, l've brought you a present.
-l'm here, can you hear me?
-You see how it all came out...
-Everything is OK.
- Take him carefully.
-l'm here!
- Lida, Lida...
Take him to the field hospital! Five people
tojoin me! Open the side ofthe truck!
-And please go to the hospital with me as well.
-What for?
-l see some blood on you!
- lt is not my blood.
-Shit, l got a stray bullet!
-Yes, you did. Take yourjacket off.
-All right, it will be all right in no time.
-Take offyourjacket!
Take it off
and no more words!
-Give your bag to me.
-l'll do everything myself.
Can l have yourjacket, comrade lieutenant?
l'll wash it.
-l wash my own things myself.
- l beg you, please.
l'll wash it.
-Find out what happened overthere.
-Yes, sir.
The HQ regards the section
that your regiment covers
as the most suitable venue
forthe main offensive.
Everything is readyfor it.
This is not a subject for any discussions.
Does anyone disagree?
-lnozemtsev has a special opinion as always.
-We listen to you, mayor!
l do not have a special opinion,
but some doubts about it.
-Please, expand on that point.
- The enemy is very likelyto have the same view
at the most suitable offensive route.
They know about the concentration
ofthe armoured units at this venue.
They may know or may not know.
Who can tell exactly?
lnozemtsev, it is all guesswork! Tell us
bluntlythat you are afraid ofthe responsibility.
l'm afraid ofthe failure
ofthe entire operation.
And most of all l'm afraid of our
traditional flairfor relying upon uncertainties.
You seem to be confident. Do you have
any proofforyourwords?
Right now only indirect one.
The intelligence data
shows that the enemy
covered a verytank-friendly venue
with irregulars
and the Vlasov army units!
The possible route ofthe offensive is
highly saturated with anti-personnel land mines.
lf l were the enemy,
l'd have lured the tanks
deep into the enemy defense lines
and destroyed them there.
Too many hot words, mayor!
l do not see your reasoning.
Reasoning, comrade colonel?
OK, first
these anti-personnel mines
perform a double function
They should mislead us and
here they seem to have succeeded, bythe way
into believing that they do not
expect anytank strikes here
and the minefields are to cut out
our infantryfrom ourtanks
by letting the amrored vehicles to proceed faster
than the supporting units can move.
Why should they coverthe main
offensive direction with the irregular units?
What do you think about that?
There is only one reason forthat:
Theywant us to get as deep as possible into their
defense lines and deliver a strike from the flanks.
Sergei, you should have applied
for ajob in the German Supreme HQ!
We are on the verge of an offensive
and you still have some reservations.
How are ourflanks covered?
There is a marsh to the left
and Hill 89 to the right.
Just a hill, but we do not know
anything about its defense structures.
-Didn't you tryto take prisoners?
-We did. But unsuccessfully.
The recon activities are hampered
bythe presence in our section
of a very experienced German sniper,
a real ace.
lt's all crappy.
Some aces, some snipers,
some guesses. l need only
reliable infromation and l need it urgently.
Mayor Solunbekov,
the commander summons you!
-May l report, comrade colonel?
- Go ahead!
-What has happened?
-A group of saboteurs disguised as
the army patrol hijacked one ofthe HQ cars
that was taking Lieutenant Gorelov to his regiment.