Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front. Its main cast are a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities; the teenagers have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They are opposed by a Schutzstaffel officer who is attempting to raise from the dead a supernatural army of crusaders from the 12th-century Order of the Sacred Cross.

First Squad: The Moment of Truth

Sashka is a normal boy from a small provincial of Koshkin whose dream is to become special. One day he notices that everyone around him have started to behave strangely. As he finds out that he is the "special" one not affected by Uncle Tolik's mind control device, he realizes that only he can stop the evil from happening.