With Rutra, everything was resolved promptly. This case was one of them. In order to "cut out" time, he "asked" to be "dropped off" by the military on a "hitchhiker", and in an hour or so he jumped from a parachute over the neighborhood where Alexander Ivanovich lived. On the ground he was met by his friends from his "past" work and brought to the place. Offers of a bathhouse and related activities had to be rejected, although Rutra solemnly promised to "escape" to them on vacation, at least for a couple of days.

Alexander Ivanovich was getting old, but he kept his spirits up. He greeted Rutra with his usual cheerfulness.

– Good to see you, good to see you, buddy. I see you have good news, spill it.

– I'm glad, too. I hope everything's going well for you?

– The old man's way. Tell me what's new.

– I've got a situation here," Ruthra looked around. – Can I put a device on it?

– I have my own, don't worry.

Ruthra looked at him surprised.

– Well, I will, with your permission.

– Go ahead, I see the school.

Rutra put in a "jammer" and an "alien" frequency detector.

– Alexander Ivanovich, I mustn't hide it, I've come, or rather, I've flown in on urgent business and I'm due to leave soon.

– Well, look at that bird, probably from the situation you're stirring up.

– The people are making a mess of themselves, it's none of my business. They will. I'm interested in the program complex of the central supercomputer.

– Did you ask Yarowit? – Grandfather asked, and after a moment's hesitation, Rutra concluded, "You won't? What's it got to do with me?

– Alexander Ivanovich, I didn't come to you for nothing.

– Hent?

– That's the one.

– Sweep what?

– About that, about GSWG.

– Well, if you're in a hurry, you'll have to drink tea. I don't suggest stronger, I can't drink it now, I'm on a drip. We need to eat something, at least a little. Sweetie, I hope you've made us some tea.

– Yes, I do," came a woman's voice from the next room.

– Since it's interesting about the GSVG, I'll tell you a little about it. I often repeat the content to caress my memory. You see, nostalgia, it's very strong in old age.

Ivanovich leaned back in his chair and began his story.

– The Soviet Forces Group in Germany, abbreviated GSVG, or Western Group of Forces, abbreviated ZGV, is the world's largest operational and strategic association of armed forces abroad.

Ruthra sat across from him and tapped his fingers on his knee, suggesting that he was in a hurry, but at the same time realizing the futility of doing so with his grandfather, who was suffering from the syndrome of old age, nostalgia, and loneliness. It was vital for the old fighter to be useful in some way and to tell an understanding person about the times of his former fighting glory.

– The Soviet Forces Group in Germany was established after the victory of the USSR and the anti-Hitler coalition in the Great Patriotic War and the unconditional surrender of Germany. The main task of the Group of Forces was to ensure the defense of the western borders of the USSR from external threats and to crush any enemy. The Group of Forces was equipped with the most advanced and modern combat equipment and weapons, including nuclear weapons. In the GSVG, readiness for war was always constant and was checked around the clock.

Rutra stopped rubbing his knee and prepared to listen to a thorough story, reassuring himself that the old fighter would not waste his time in such a difficult situation, although he knew that Alexander Ivanovich had such a nature: if he told about something, he told very thoroughly, in detail, and did not like to be interrupted, even if he realized that the listener knew some details of the story. So this time Alexander Ivanovich could not deny himself the pleasure of a heartfelt story.