The ensuing offensive was as unsuccessful as later sources, because the troops of the 4th and 52nd armies had been constantly attacking, and the command of the German Army Group North and the command of the German 18th Army defending there had already paid more attention and vigilance to the Soviet troops on the east bank of the Volkhov River, and had already paid more attention and vigilance, transferred new troops in this direction and strengthened the defenses, so the German resistance was both prepared and gradually strengthened. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn response to this situation, the Military Council of the Volkhov Front considered it necessary to suspend the offensive and regroup forces. Fortunately, the Moscow base camp also saw this, so when Meretskov reported directly to Stalin, Stalin allowed to postpone the attack for another three days, that is, on January 13.

And on January 13, after a short period of artillery preparations, all the 1st echelons of the 4 armies of the Volkhov Front were transferred to the offensive. The first three days were spent in repeated storms on the first defensive strip of the German army. With the exception of the forced crossing of the Volkhov River in some sections and the seizure of several settlements on the bank, the attacking forces did not advance in depth. From the 15th, the assault on the 2nd Army, the 52nd Army threw the 2nd echelon into battle, and this time the offensive of the Volkhov Front finally improved, the first defensive zone of the German army was broken through, and the troops advanced 5-10 kilometers. But the further forward they advanced, the fiercer the German resistance became, and the greater the Soviet losses, with almost every kilometer advanced, a regimental unit was crippled or disappeared from the formation.

In Spasskayapolist, Myasnoypol, the assault 2nd Army finally broke through the enemy's defenses after several assaults. Seizing this advantageous opportunity, General Meretskov decided to transfer the entire forces of the Front to the above-mentioned areas and, from there, to develop an offensive in the direction of Lyuban.

The command of the Volkhov Front redeployed the units of the 52nd, 59th and assault 2nd armies, concentrated in the Aspaskayapolisti and Myasnoypol directions. The assault 2nd Army was in the center, carrying out the assault on a frontage 15 km wide. To its right was the 59th Army, which formed another assault group with its left flank to assist in assaulting the 2nd Army operations. The 52nd Army was on the left, and its task was to develop this breakthrough after the breakthrough of the two armies mentioned above.

The breakthrough that began on the Volkhov Front went relatively smoothly. After the breakthrough of Myasnoypol, the command of the Front threw the newly formed 13th Cavalry Army into the breach, and at the same time ordered the assault 2nd Army to follow the cavalry corps into the breach; The 59th and 52nd armies were also ordered to expand the breach on both sides with one part each. The cavalry corps and the troops of the assault 2nd Army, which entered the breakthrough, penetrated 40 kilometers in 5 days, cutting off the railway from Leningrad to Novgorod.

However, when the Soviet army turned to the northeast of Lyuban, it encountered fierce resistance from the German army, which not only consumed a large amount of troops, technical equipment and ammunition of the Soviet breakthrough force, but also forced the Soviet army to choose the path of moving back from the west. Under the climatic conditions of the time, the implementation of a wide range of detours in snow-covered wastelands and wooded swampy areas not only exhausted the troops, but also lengthened the transportation lines for the supply of troops, and often interrupted the supply of ammunition and food. What's more, the Germans on both sides of the breakthrough are desperately trying to re-seal it and cut off the transport lines on which the Soviet troops rely for survival and fighting deep into the enemy-occupied zone. Therefore, whether or not the battle of Lyuban can be successful depends to a large extent on whether or not the breakthrough can be maintained, and whether or not the breakthrough can be used to provide all kinds of material support to the forward troops in a timely manner.

By the beginning of March, the assault 2nd Army and other units had penetrated 70~75 kilometers deep into the enemy-occupied area alone, and advanced to the Honggorka area, 15 kilometers west of Lyuban. At this time, the 54th Army of the Leningrad Front, under the command of General Fedyuninsky, the 310th Division of Major General Zamirovsky and the Marine Brigade of the Baltic Fleet, attacked Lyuban from the north of Kirib and advanced to only 30 kilometers from the assault 2nd Army, where it was stopped by the strong fortifications and strong forces of the German army.

Seeing that the German army in the Lyuban area was facing a great threat of being encircled and annihilated, Quchler, who had succeeded as commander of Army Group North, hurriedly transferred three infantry divisions from the direction of Leningrad and Kirich to attack Red Gorka from the east and west directions, and encircled the Soviet troops that had broken through to Lyuban in the Red Gorka area. Under these conditions, the troops of the Volkhov Front could no longer move forward, so they had to turn around and break through, and after several days of hard fighting, they broke through the encirclement, and the task of capturing Lyuban was clearly not complete. At about the same time, the 54th Army's attack on Lyuban was also stopped by the Germans and forced to go on the defensive.

After withdrawing from Red Gorka, the troops of the assault 2nd Army were no longer able to attack Lyuban and had to hold on to a large forested swamp between the Chudovo-Novgorod and Leningrad-Novgorod railways. What is the next move of the assault 2nd Army? At that time, the Military Council of the Front Army put forward three proposals for the base camp to decide. First, ask the base camp to strengthen the front army, even if it is only for one army group, so that while the spring muddy season has not yet begun, it can take advantage of the breakthrough of the territory occupied by the 2nd Army to attack Liuban again; secondly, to withdraw the assault 2nd Army south of the Chudovo-Novgorod railway, to ensure the safety of the army, and at the same time to preserve the landing ground on the west bank of the Volkhov River; The final plan was for the army group to hold on to the occupied areas and then accumulate strength to resume the offensive after the muddy season had passed.

After much discussion, the Supreme High Command chose the first option, because Stalin believed that the merit of this option was that it would have a direct effect on improving the situation of Leninlole and, if the new shock would succeed, lift the blockade of Leningrad.

Stalin ordered the command of the Volkhov Front to create an assault group consisting of 5 infantry divisions, 1 cavalry division and 4 infantry brigades, reinforced with tanks, artillery and air force, to carry out another assault in the direction of Lyuban. At the same time, the 59th Army, which was guarding the right flank of the breakthrough between Spasskayapolisti and Myasnoypol, was ordered to attack Chudovo in the northwest.

In order to strengthen the command of the Volkhov Front, Stalin sent Lieutenant General Vlasov to Volkhov to serve as deputy commander of the Front and commander of the 2nd Shock Army, hoping that Vlasov would command the troops to inflict heavy losses on the German army in the Lyuban area, so as to achieve the goal of relieving the siege of Leningrad.

Seeing that there is no difference between the battle situation and history, Andrei's heart is bleeding, this battle assault on the 2nd Army is fully explained, and Vlasov has become the first traitor, but Andrei knows that he can't change anything with a small major, it's already March, but Andrei only has a chill now, watching all this happen, but as the commander of the internal affairs forces, during this time he has asked his superiors to let the internal affairs troops go to the front line to support, because the battle is the most tense time, Meretskov even threw into battle the last bit of combat strength he had in his hands -- the personnel of the second lieutenant training team and the junior commander's training company. It was only after the transfer of a newly replenished infantry division that the Soviet Red Army was able to basically control the situation in the area of the breakthrough and deliver grain and ammunition to the assault 2nd Army. The 2nd Assault Army was connected to the front, but the army was still in a dangerous situation of being semi-surrounded, and the Germans could still close the breakthrough again at any time, and now there were only a few hundred internal affairs troops and combat effectiveness nearby, but they were also well-trained, but the superiors refused to give it up, and they couldn't let special forces like Unit A fight positional warfare, wouldn't that be worth the loss?

But now he needs support, and at this time, Andrei received an order from his superiors to organize a team of overseers, because a special unit will be transferred to fight next! Who will it be? Could it be a Gulag prisoner?