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The SWF consisted of four armies of the first echelon: 40A, 21A, 38A, 6A. 40A covered the Sumy direction (the city north-west of Kharkov), 21 and 38A covered the Kharkov direction, and 6A covered the southern part of the Kharkov region and Donbass direction.
The Kharkov area was covered by the largest army of SWF 38A, under the command of Major General V.V.Tsyganov. It consisted of:
47th Mountain Division
76th Mountain Division
169th Infantry Division (Colonel S.M. Rogachevsky)
199th Rifle Division (brigade commander D.V. Averin)
300th Infantry Division
304th Rifle Division
7th Tank Brigade
10th Tank Brigade ( Lieutenant Colonel V.A. Buntman-Doroshkevich - it was already present in the game, during the March 1942 offensive in the Nepokrytaya area)
14th Tank Brigade (Colonel S.I.Semennikov)
132nd Tank Brigade
The joint with 21A on the northern face was provided by 212 and 226RD from 21A.
For the immediate protection of Kharkov, only the forces of the garrison were left, which included the 216RD (11 thousand), 57th special brigade NKVD, the Kharkov People's Defense Regiment, separate territorial battalions, as well as a separate armored detachment. The total number of troops in the garrison was 19,898 people, 120 guns and mortars, and 47 tanks.
216RD was formed at the beginning of October from conscripts and servicemen from rear units. The personnel of the division had no combat training, were not fired upon and poorly prepared for battles in the city, but they were sufficiently well armed.
Kharkov People's Defense Regiment and territorial battalions consisted of local residents who signed up as volunteers. They had a weak level of combat training and were armed only with small arms (rifles).
The separate armored detachment had 47 units of outdated or faulty armored vehicles: 25 T-27, 13 T-16, 5 T-26, 4 T-35.
Subsequent battles showed that only the soldiers of the 57th special brigade NKVD and the Kharkov People's Defense Regiment fought staunchly, but the soldiers of the 216RD were subject to panic, often fled from the battlefield and deserted.
By this time Kharkov was already preparing for defense. The evacuation of the main industrial facilities was completed on October 20. 320 echelons with equipment from 70 factories were sent to the rear.
A defensive area with continuous lines of trenches with a total length of up to 40 km was created along the outer circumference of the city. Over 250 artillery and about 1 thousand machine-gun bunkers and dugouts were prepared, up to 3 thousand AT hedgehogs and bunkers were installed.
In the city itself, several hundred barricades with a total length of 16 km were erected. 43 city bridges were mined, more than 10 bridges were destroyed. Also, several mansions in the city center were mined using radio-controlled mines, where the deployment of German HQs was supposed.
On November 14, a radio signal from Voronezh blew up the mansion where the commandant of the city, General von Braun, was.
In the Kharkov region, more than 30 thousand AT and AP mines were installed, about 2 thousand delayed-action mines, about 1 thousand booby traps and over 5 thousand false mines. Bridges, highways, railways, and airfields were mined. In the city itself, the following were destroyed: the central telephone exchange, power plants, water supply and sewerage networks, the city central heating system, workshops and premises of all large enterprises in the city were destroyed, and the remaining equipment was damaged or mined.
Despite significant efforts to restore infrastructure, the Germans were able to restore the Kharkov transport hub only in the beginning of 1942, and the industrial infrastructure for the repair of military equipment, only in May 1942.
But all this defense preparations will be practically not in demand.
In the evening of October 15, the SWF HQ received directive No.31 of the Supreme Command Headquarters, in which the front was tasked with withdrawing troops to the line Kastornaya - Stary Oskol - Novy Oskol - Valuyki - Kupyansk - Krasny Liman on October 17-30 and withdrawing to the front reserve at least 6 RDs and 2 CC. This meant that the troops of the SWF had to retreat to the east by 80-200 km and leave Kharkov, Belgorod and the Donetsk industrial region. This decision was caused by the catastrophic situation in the defense zone of neighboring fronts in connection with the rapid pace of the German offensive in the Moscow direction. In order to prevent the troops in the Kharkov region from being encircled, were ordered to conduct only rearguard battles, if possible holding back the enemy until October 25, and then leave the city and withdraw beyond the Seversky Donets and Oskol Rivers.
According to the plans of the SWF HQ, 38A was supposed to hold its positions at a distance of 30-40 km from Kharkov until October 23. But on October 20, parts of the Wehrmacht 55AC captured the key point of 38A defense - Lyubotin, and the forward parts of the corps reached the western suburbs of Kharkov. Over the next day, due to uncoordinated actions on the withdrawal of formations 38A, the Dergachi village was lost to the north of Kharkov (occupied by units of the 101LID). In the Cozachya Lopan (northern of Kharkov) area 226RD were hit suffering losses of 500 people, most of whom were captured. Then parts of the German's 11AC task force captured Zmiev town south of Kharkov. As result Kharkov was in a semi-encirclement.
However, there was no complete encirclement as under Kiev before. The basis of the Soviet defense (deterring the German offensive) was the 38A tank brigades, which had significant mobility, which made it possible to transfer them to the threatening directions of the German breakthrough.
At the same time, the rifle divisions were practically defeated and lost almost all of their heavy weapons in previous battles. This was exacerbated by transport problems due to the onset of the autumn thaw (although this also affected the German side).
The Soviet rifle divisions retreated to a new line of defense across the Seversky Donets River, they were pursued by German army corps. This was hampered by Soviet tank brigades, allowing Soviet units to break away from their pursuers.
German 55AC, which was part of 6A, attacked directly on Kharkov. To the Corps was reassigned the 101LID and 239ID from of the neighboring 17AC, as well as heavy artillery units (210mm mortars and 150mm howitzers). The offensive was to be conducted by the forces of three divisions, one division was in reserve. The main attack was delivered by 57ID from the western direction, supported by units of 101 and 100LID, advancing from the north and south.
On the south, 11AC was advancing, consisting of two divisions 68 and 297ID, in the rearguard of which 125ID was moving. This group bypassed Kharkov from the south, pursuing 38A rifle divisions, and trying to reach the crossings on the Seversky Donets River before the Soviet troops.
German troops on October 19, advancing from the western direction, occupied the suburban defense line. To eliminate this breakthrough, 216RD received an order to move out of the city to Peresechnaya area (west outskirts of Kharkov). Making a march at night, the division lost its combat effectiveness, and one of the regiments got lost and was found only a day later. During the marches, up to 30% of the personnel deserted. After the first order to advance, a few hours later another order was received - to return to their base positions. As a result, the 216RD, without occupying the lines in the suburbs, returned to its base positions.
On the evening of October 20, German troops reached the outskirts of Kharkov, and the Soviet units did not have a continuous line of defense. 38A HQ takes command over the city's defense. In practice, this led to the fact that the units defending the city received sometimes conflicting orders simultaneously from two command centers - the army headquarters and the headquarters of the Kharkov garrison.
On October 22, Soviet troops launched a counterattack with the forces of the 57th NKVD brigade and two regiments of the 216RD in the direction of Kuryazh-Pesochin (south-west outskirts of Kharkov). Throughout the day, protracted battles continued, but by evening the Soviet troops withdrew to their base positions.
On the morning of October 23, German troops launched an offensive again from the west and established themselves in residential areas of the New Bavaria region. At noon, the main forces of the 57ID went over to the offensive. The assault groups of the division, moving along the streets, overcoming barricades, ditches and minefields, reached the Kharkov main railway station in the evening.
Attempts by individual German units to bypass the city and break into it from the north along the Belgorod highway were repelled by militias on the defensive lines in Sokolniki.
As a result of the first day of fighting, German troops managed to capture the western part of Kharkov and reach the railway, and in some areas overcome it, reaching the Lopan River. Fearing of encirclement, the commander of the 216RD decided to withdraw his units to the eastern bank of the Lopan River, occupying the second line of defense. But the 38A HQ canceled the order to withdraw and ordered the next day to knock out the enemy at the western part of Kharkov with a counterattack. However, the Soviet troops had already withdrawn across the river by this time.
The first day of the fighting showed that the organized defense of the city did not work out. Lacking combat training, Soviet units immediately after the enemy managed to break into the western outskirts of Kharkov, succumbed to panic and began to retreat to city center. Due to the lack of communication and poorly organized interaction between division and subunits, the 38A command and defense HQ almost completely lost control of troops in the first hours.
15:00, the central regions of Kharkov city were captured by German troops. The resistance of the Soviet troops began to be of a locally.
On October 24, the Red Army also left Belgorod (city northern of the Kharkov), and by the evening the German units also reached the eastern outskirts of Kharkov. The remnants of the city garrison, by order of the 216RD commander began to retreat to the east.
Since the headquarters of 216SD had no connection with the headquarters of 38A, Commander 216RD still continued to lead the division (he was removed from command by 38A HQ for showing cowardice on the first day of fighting in the city), and until October 27, the division was actually controlled by two commanders. The new commander of 216RD, managed to find and reassign only two battalions.
Let's go back to divisions of the 38A.
The withdrawal of 38A took place in the beginning of a thaw. On the night of October 25, the commander of the Kharkov garrison and the new commander of the 216RD organized several "barrage detachments" were deployed on possible routes of withdrawal of the Soviet troops, whose duties were to detain the troops leaving the city.
By the morning, units that was detained at night (approx two regiments), were occupied the defense lines in the area of the Kharkov tractor plant (the eastern outskirts of Kharkov). While 38A elements held back the enemy in the Kharkov direction, the rest of the SWF armies (21 and 6A) continued to withdraw, and by October 27, the main forces of the SWF took up defenses along the Seversky Donets River.
38A took up the defense (from north to south): 76Mnt RD, 300RD, 57th NKVD Brigade, 47Mnt RD, 199RD, 304RD. The rest of the units were withdrawn for reorganization and replenishment to the rear.
German troops, having created several bridgeheads on the eastern bank of river, also went over to the defensive. The enemy stopped active operations against the SWF, the front command also decided to stop further withdrawal of troops and take up the defensive positions in the line Tim - Balakleya - Izium and further along the Seversky Donets River. This configuration of the front line made it possible to prepare for further operations in order to liberate Kharkov. And already in January 1942, the first offensive of the Red Army against Kharkov area was began.
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New armors?...I think not, but the illusion is always there.
The place where they went into battle is now built up almost beyond recognition. The relief has completely changed. Plus, there are no any documents (except for indirect ones) from the Soviet side. The only known places are where some of the retreating tanks were thrown.
T-27 and T-16 most likely either were not used or were as fixed points (in the city area).
On the first day of Christmas, my Wehrmacht sent to me; a stielgranate in a pear tree.
I see, then if T-27 and T-16 were not used then T-35 yes...
5 T-35 tanks that were located throughout Eastern Ukraine at that time. One (model 1936) was abandoned due to technical malfunctions on the eastern outskirts of Kharkov (did not participate in the battles), one was probably not operate and was under repair, where it was captured (did not participate in the battles). Another one (model 1936) was thrown on Voroshilov Street bld #40, near the headquarters of 216RD, apparently also did not participate in the battles.
One (the oldest model 1934) was abandoned on the western outskirts of Kharkov in the village of Grigorovka between houses 14 and 16 (it could have taken part in battles). And one more about which nothing is known at all.
In total, 2 tanks remain, which were probably sent to battle. It is the same number that 57ID declares. One was hit, the second was damaged and captured in the New Bavaria region.
There is no documentary evidence of the damaged T-35 in battle. Only those that were thrown for technical faults (of which there are a lot), which again adds ambiguity and unanswered questions.
Well, as usual, basically T-26 tanks took part in the battles, not T-35.
БА-10, Т-40, Т-16 Будут ли?)