Night of the Patriots - The Tank Lieutenant

As the days leading up to the Battle of Kursk dawn upon the 6th Tank Corps' 22nd Tank Brigade, a young lieutenant finds himself promoted to senior lieutenant and taking over command of his subunit following the death of their company's officer.

Recommended by their commissar, the lieutenant starts his own journal, talking about his everyday life, complaining about the people around him, and going about his merry way, waiting for the Germans to regroup and attack. One day, he's given information about a new officer who's come to take his place.

As this new captain settles in, Novikov notices his odd actions and disappearances, and decides to dig further into the everyday activities of this novel officer...

Artyom is a fictional character based off Arnold Meri, an Estonian officer transferred to the Red Army after the Soviet Occupation of Estonia. He is apart of a fictional tank unit that in no way saw combat in the USSR.