 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupera kwaSeptember General Vashkevich akagadzwa semukuru wemauto e20th Army, achiramba ari mukuru mukuru wedhivhisi. Musi waNovember 20 akatsiviwa naColonel Vasily Kuzmich Guryashin. Mumazuva okutanga aDecember zvakanga zvava pachena kuti Second Rzhev-Sychyovka Strategic Offensive aka. Basa reMarszvaitaridzika sokunge kwaizova kukundikana kunodhura. Munhamburiko yokuponesa chimwe chinhu kubva mumatongo, Mukuru Mukuru Wehondo G. K. Zhukov akapa mirairo yakavandudzwa yokuedza kukomba ndokuparadza kanenge rutivi rwamasimba eGermany. Mauto e39 akanga abudirira munharaunda yeMolodoi Tud pakutanga. Urongwa hutsva hwaive hwekuvandudza kurwisa kubva munzvimbo ino, nekutsigira, kana kutsausa, kurwisa ne30th Armys 359th uye 380th Rifle Divisions. Kurwisa kwakaitika pana December 3, pashure pokugadzirira kwepfupi asi kwechisimba kwezvombo zvehondo. Zvidziviriro zvapamberi zveGermany zvakapinzwa, uye zvombo zvakawanda zvapfuti zvakaunzwa muchikamu chebhiriji pamhenderekedzo yokumaodzanyemba yeVolga. Asi manheru, kurwiswa kwechikamu pa251st Infantry Division kurudyi kwakanga kwave kuwanikwa. 