 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukuronga kwekupedzisira kweOperation Ring, iro divi rakasanganiswa ne38th Rifle Division seboka rekurova re57th Army, rakatsigirwa ne254th Tank Brigade uye 234th Separate Tank Regiment. Vavariro dzayo dzokutanga dzakanga dziri nhare dzeGermany dzeKravtsov, Tsybenko, uye Chikomo 117.4., kuchamhembe kweKravtsov. Musi waJanuary 10, 1943, zuva rokutanga rokurwisa, 422nd yakavhara kudzivirirwa kweGermany 297th Infantry Division uye yakakomberedza battalion ye 670th Regiment inodzivirira Tsybenko kubva kumadokero. Izvi zvakabvumira 254th Tank Brigade kushandisa kupinda kwechikamu cheGornaia Poliana State Farm, inopfuura kiromita kumashure kweGerman IV Corps. Zvokudya zvishomanene zveboka iroro zvakashandiswa mukuedza kusina maturo kuvhara uku nokumwe kuputsa uye kununura masimba akaparadzaniswa muTsybenko, uye mazuva maviri gare gare 422nd yakatora kutonga kweiyo nzvimbo yakasimba. Chikamu ichi chakaramba chichirwisa musi wa13 Ndira, chichitora nzvimbo yakasimba paKravtsov kubva kune imwe battalion ye297th Infantry, ndokuzoenda kumadokero nekuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero vakananga kuHill 115.2 neRakotino, ese ari maviri akadzivirirwa zvisina simba ne767th Regiment ye376th Infantry Division. Rakotino yakanga yakakomberedzwa kubva kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero, ichiita kuti isasimbisike, uye chikamu chakakurumidza kusunungura nzvimbo idzi zvakare. Musi waJanuary 14, 422nd yakafambira mberi zvakare kurwisana ne376th Infantry, ichitora guta reSkliarov uye ichiputira maGermany kuruboshwe rworuboshwe. Munguvayi, mamwe mauto eSoviet akapinda zvakadzama mumashure e376th, achivabata kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweBasargino Station. Gare gare manheru iwayo, mumwe mukuru mukuru weArmy Group Don akataura mubhuku rayo rehondo kuti 376th ID inoratidzika kuva yakaparadzaniswa. Anenge mauto aro ose okurwa akafira panzvimbo kana kuti akapiwa mumazuva mashomanene, nepo nhengo dzaro dzokutsigira dzakaenda kumabvazuva. 