The first SS units to storm the village were three infantry companies, one machine gun company, and one artillery company, commanded by Commando Squadron Leader II Ritter von Hengel, and Commando Squadron Leader II Thomas Miller as adjutant.

The regimental commander, Colonel Otto Coombe, left the remaining three T-54 tanks and armored units to enter the gradually occupied villages.

The snowflakes in the night sky are becoming more and more dense, and the earth is also covered with thicker and thicker snow.

The temperature is also getting colder and bitering, making him cold.

If it weren't for the fact that the German army had prepared warm winter clothes this time, I am afraid that many German officers and soldiers would have been frozen, or frostbitten and lost their combat effectiveness.

"The Soviets are withdrawing very quickly, we have almost completely occupied this small village, shall we continue to pursue the remnants of the Soviet troops who have just fled in disarray, or will we stay here and wait for the arrival and gathering of other units of our SS Führer Grenadier Division? Colonel Otto Coombe! ”

Captain Heinz Hamel, the leader of the first commando squadron, asked the regimental commander, Otto Coombe, who was directing the armored troops into the village, while directing the officers and men of his 2nd Battalion Infantry Battalion to clear the battlefield.

"We're still stationed here and waiting for the army to arrive, so let's move on and explore the way!"

"It's almost late at night, the situation around us is not easy to grasp, and the weather is getting colder and colder, let's take a look here to see if there is any heating equipment to keep warm, and let the troops rest and rectify the battle damage, and eat something to replenish their strength!"

The regimental commander, Colonel Otto Coombe, glanced at the battlefield and responded after a moment of silence.

"Hmmm! Okay, I think so too, then I'll go and arrange the rest of the troops! ”

As for the task of cleaning up the battlefield and clearing the few Soviet troops lurking in the village, it was left to Squadron Leader Ritter von Hengle and Squadron Leader Thomas Miller! ”

Captain Heinz Hamel, squadron leader of the 1st Commando Team, nodded in agreement.

"Go ahead! I am now only responsible for the command of armored and tank units! ”

The regimental commander, Colonel Otto Coombe, also nodded in agreement.

Then the two of them went about their own tasks, and the other officers who received the order to clean up the battlefield also carried out their own duties.

At this time, Shaposhnikov was reassigned by Stalin from the post of director of the Military Academy of the General Staff to the Southwestern Front as political commissar, and assisted his disciple Vasilevsky against the German army attacking Kharkov.

Vasilevsky is one of the three famous generals of the Soviet Army in World War II, along with Marshal Zhukov and Marshal Rokossovsky.

Shaposhnikov was the first to be deeply respected by Stalin, and the first to be called by Stalin's full name, and the only person allowed to smoke in Stalin's presence.

Of course, the reason why he was treated and respected by Stalin without a defensive heart was because he was a cowardly man, did not dare to fight for power, and had no great ambitions.

But because of this, when the Soviet army was preparing to launch a counteroffensive against the German army in the summer of 1942, he withdrew from the political arena of the Soviet army on the grounds that he was not feeling well, and was willing to go to the Military Academy of the General Staff to become an ordinary dean and live some relatively ordinary daily life.

On the contrary, his disciple Vasilevsky was an enterprising and talented general.

In the original history, that is, on July 5, 1943, Hitler launched the "Bastion Operation" on the Kursk Front in order to regain the dominance of the Eastern Front; However, on August 3, Vasilevsky, at the behest of Stalin, led the Voronezh Front and the Steppe Front in a large-scale counteroffensive against the German forces engaged in fortress operations,1 and recaptured Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, more than a week later.

As a result, he became the first general to recover the first large city occupied by the Germans for the Soviet army, and made him famous.

Therefore, when the Southern Army under Manstein's personal command merged with Army Group Center and changed its name to Deutsche Army, he not only personally led the army to aid Kharkov, but also applied to Stalin for a relatively large reserve.

This reserve is the reorganized 37th Army, which will be under the jurisdiction of the 175th, 206th, 147th, 296th, 284th, 302nd and other infantry divisions), in addition to the addition of a new reserve tank corps, the 88th Tank Army.

However, this unit is preparing to be put into the course of the SS Führer's Grenadier Regiment that is about to continue its exploration, which is very dangerous for such an unknown crisis.

Even if the entire SS Führer Grenadier Division arrives with all the troops, there will be a fierce battle, and even heavy casualties, especially if the SS Führer Grenadier Division is unprepared; If you encounter an ambush by the Soviet army, I am afraid that it is really unknown who will win or lose this battle.