At the same time, Manstein also formulated the following three deployments: first, to continue to use the air force to bomb Kharkov, and to prepare for sniping the Soviet air force that might come to support.

The second is to use part of the forces to contain the Soviet army units and mechanized units that are coming to support Kharkov from other directions.

Thirdly, the main forces of the troops will be fully concentrated on attacking Kharkov, and all the wooded areas around Kharkov will be occupied and controlled, so as to prevent the Soviet troops from carrying out defensive operations through these woodlands, or sniper warfare and sneak attack.

In addition to these orders, Manstein also issued orders to closely defend against the sneak attacks of Soviet partisans, logistical supplies, and transport lines for the transport of tanks and heavy weaponry, as well as the dispatch of a large number of ski teams for sorties.

Because the current season has entered the cold winter, when the German army launched the Kharkov sneak attack, the temperature has dropped sharply from -40 degrees Celsius to -53 degrees Celsius.

Although the weather was still sunny in the evening, the temperature was constantly dropping, fortunately, this time the German army was able to not be afraid of starvation and freezing under Chen Yanlong's winter clothes prepared in advance, otherwise they would really face another Napoleonic cold climate by the Soviet army and freeze to death a large number of officers and soldiers.

However, even if Chen Yanlong had arranged the winter clothing early in the morning, Manstein had experienced the terrible cold and heavy losses of the Soviet army, so he still sent personnel very seriously to supervise the ration of winter clothing and food for the soldiers of the army.

Due to the gradual arrival of night, whether it is the German army or the Soviet army's tanks, the infantry's heavy weapons and equipment and attack intensity will be greatly reduced, and the combat effectiveness will be weakened.

For this reason, the vanguard of the German army must completely clear the strong support points of the Soviet army that prevented the German invasion and advance to Kharkov, as well as the strong defensive trenches, when the night fully descended on the earth.

It also includes all Soviet artillery points, tank groups, assault batteries, assault artillery, anti-aircraft guns and infantry heavy weapons and equipment stationed on the front line or rushed to the Kharkiv front line to be blown up and eliminated.

If necessary, even the whole of Kharkov could be bombed into ruins, so Manstein had already obtained the Scud missile launch group that Chen Yanlong was preparing to parachute into him, and the launch vehicle.

When the German commandos and special forces launched the first round of attacks, the entire Kharkov perimeter was immediately filled with the sound of machine guns, submachine guns and mortars.

In particular, the Soviet troops held on to the core positions on the outskirts of Kharkov, and they were even more overwhelmed by the German army's bullet metal storm and mortar shells.

The deafening sound of explosions and the mud that were blown into the sky were also like rain, constantly falling from the sky, taking the lives of one Soviet officer and soldier after another.

At this time, the sound of the artillery group and bomber group on the battlefield was also under the command of the commander-in-chief of the German army, and turned to those areas of Kharkov that had not been bombed, and continued to carry out frenzied felt bombing.

In the midst of the massive bombardment and sneak attack that took less than an hour before the Germans began; The Soviet troops stationed in Kharkov were immediately reimbursed with more than a regiment of troops.

As for the surviving Soviet troops, there were less than three regiments of troops, and many officers and soldiers hid in all the defensive bunkers they could find.

And those Soviet officers and soldiers who were not so lucky were only able to resist the bombing and attacks of the Germans on all defensive fronts.

For these valiant Soviet troops, their mortality and casualty figures are also rising sharply.

But even so, the Soviets were not afraid of casualties and desperately resisted the German invasion of Kharkiv.

For this reason, when the dense fire light is constantly lit, all kinds of artillery groups of different calibers are also non-stop, emitting their low and unique roaring sounds, or piercing and fierce sounds.

But in the midst of such a raging battle, the troops of all the villages on the outskirts of Kharkov are constantly converging on the periphery of Kharkov and constantly participating in the battle of Kharkov.

The increasingly weak Soviet troops experienced the increasingly ferocious combat effectiveness of the German army, and watched them constantly surround from all sides of Kharkov, while the remnants of their Soviet troops could only continue to retreat back into the streets and alleys of Kharkiv, ready to engage in street battles with German troops.

"Oh no! The German attacks are getting more and more ferocious, and if we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the whole army will be wiped out here! Captain Chuikov! ”

When the fighting became worse and unfavorable to the Soviet army, Anatoly, the commander of the Soviet battalion, who was still holding the frontline position south of Kharkov, ran to the commander of the regiment Chuikov, who was directing the evacuation, scarred and said.

"Maybe! We can only prepare for street fighting with these damned Germans now, waiting for our reinforcements to arrive, so that we can have a chance to survive! ”

Commander Chuikov also replied with a worried face.