After the German SS 2nd Reich Panzer Combat Group, which had been airlifted over long distances, the SS 2nd Reich Panzergrenadier Regiment under its command launched an attack on the central area of Kharkov with the support of a large number of anti-aircraft machine guns, mortars, anti-tank guns and 105-mm howitzers.

Their first attack, aided by ferocious anti-aircraft guns, killed more than 40 Soviet soldiers and destroyed several tanks. and the destruction of 6 artillery pieces and more than 10 anti-tank guns, as well as an unknown amount of infantry armament.

As soon as the SS 2nd Imperial Panzergrenadier Regiment completed its first charge, they immediately organized a well-defended line and stronghold on the spot.

They were 400 to 800 meters apart from each other, and relied on more advantageous bunkers or buildings with open firing ranges to defend against sudden Soviet counterattacks or night attacks.

Therefore, the defensive firepower of the German stronghold is completely to defend and attack the Soviet troops who launched offensive counterattacks with the most ferocious and accurate fire net.

Moreover, the artillery of the German SS 2nd Reich Panzer Combat Group was also swiftly located in various civilian houses in Kharkov, which they had just occupied, under the command of observers and artillery commanders; Quickly deployed their 105mm light howitzers, ready to bombard Soviet counterattack units, or tank groups.

At the same time, the reconnaissance team of the German SS 2nd Reich Panzer Battle Group was also divided into several units, constantly conducting reconnaissance of the advance route to detect the movement of Soviet troops.

The Soviet army is also constantly trying to use one company, or two companies to disperse and infiltrate, to carry out sneak attacks on the German army's heavy weapons and equipment units, such as heavy artillery units and artillery groups.

But no matter how clever and random the Soviets changed their tactics and how cunningly they carried out sneak attacks.

The final result was still the superiority of the Germans in numbers and armament, as well as in firepower; Strongly supported by the German rocket artillery and artillery groups, the artillery shells flying from all directions, and the German troops suffered heavy casualties, and they retreated one after another.

Originally, in the face of such a overwhelming attack by the German army, the combat strength of the Soviet troops stationed in Kharkov was also drastically reduced; But their will to fight did not collapse in the slightest, or they wanted to surrender.

Moreover, the Soviets not only had a regiment of reserves ready to fight, but they were also equipped with more than 10 days' rations each to wait for the arrival of Zhukov's reinforcements.

However, even so, because the current German army is not as lacking in gasoline and spare parts as the original gradual defeat; Then the German Fourth Air Force struck again, bombing the Soviet strongholds and defensive lines that were fiercely resisting the German attack.

Under the mixture of gunpowder, the smoke of gunpowder, and the illumination of a large number of aviation lights; The number of casualties in the city of Kharkiv, which was gradually entering the cold wind and the darkness falling on the land, was also bombed by the aerial bombs of the German Fourth Air Force.

Soon those desperately defending Soviet strongholds were blown up and collapsed one by one.

In the face of the German superiority, Manstein still urged the German 3rd, 6th, 10th, 48th and 1st Panzer Corps to rush to Kharkov to assist in the attack.

Because at this time, the 3rd Guards Army and the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Soviet Army had already set out on a rapid march to support the Soviet army in Kharkov.

At the same time, two infantry divisions and one mechanized division of the Soviet army, which were one step ahead, also set off from Kharkov early in the morning in accordance with Zhukov's order, and were about to reach the periphery of Kharkov, and were about to engage in contact battles with the German army on the periphery.

At the same time, in order to rescue the Soviet troops surrounded by the Germans as quickly as possible, the Soviet Air Force also dispatched two air force groups to resist the interception of the German Air Force; A large amount of military supplies and weapons and equipment were airdropped and airlifted to Kharkov and given to the Soviet troops who were desperately defending their positions.

Moreover, when the German army was preparing to launch a second round of new offensives, the Soviet mechanized troops and tank armies, which had just arrived in a hurry, also dispatched more than 100 newly developed T-44 tanks, accompanied by the sound of shells and explosions, and the sound of main gun fire; The roar of the engines, the screams of all kinds of officers and men who had been injured by the shells, and the deaths of the officers and men, and the sounds of painful struggles, including the smell of roasted meat and the terrible shouts of the flames caused by the explosion.

In the face of the sudden menacing attack of more than 100 new Soviet T-44 tank groups, the German T-54 tank group also immediately gathered more than 200 tanks to confront and resist the Soviet tank group head-on.

It didn't take long for many times of fire and bombardment to turn into debris on the battlefield, or the torch-like tanks were destroyed one after another on the open roads, in the fields, and on the grasslands.