Ninth company: Yuri Korotkov

Afghanistan, 1989. The strategically important Gardez-Host road after stubborn battles crosses the control of the Soviet troops. At an altitude of 3234, the ninth company of 345 separate parachute-long regiment was fixed. In early January, the companies began to attack gang groups that surpass the numbers of our guys ten times (!). Brave guys kept the defense all night, demonstrating samples of courage and courage. The back to the back, shoulder to shoulder, one for all and all – for one. They experienced everything – and fear, despair, and pain, and the bitterness of loss, but none of the soldiers left military positions, did not bite, did not betray. This is how the feat was born – as always unexpectedly, among us, among ordinary guys, it would seem, out of the blue. And bewilderment comes late, and the dumb question is a lump in the throat: from them there is so much strength, so much courage, so much fidelity …

Author
Korotkov Yuri Marxovich
Publisher
Eksmo-Press, 2014
Series
Overcoming. Novels about strong people (cover)
Genre
Modern domestic prose

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