Pasinei neizvi, uye pasina rutsigiro rwuripo kubva kune mamwe mauniti, vapfuri veAA vakaramba vari panzvimbo dzavo ndokutora zvombo zvepanzer zvaifamba. Iyo yeGerman 16th Panzer Division inonzi yaifanira kurwisa vapfuri ve1077 "kupfura" kudzamara pfuti dzese makumi matatu nenomwe dzekupfura dzakaparadzwa kana kupfuudzwa. Iyo 16th Panzer yakakatyamadzwa kuona kuti, nekuda kwekushomeka kwevashandi veSoviet, vanga vari varwi vechikadzi. Mumatanho ekutanga ehondo, iyo NKVD yakaronga zvisina kunaka zvombo zve "Vashandi vevashandi" kune avo vaibatanidzwa mukudzivirira guta makore makumi maviri nemana apfuura, vaive vagari vemo, vakaumbwa nevashandi veAA uye vasina rutsigiro kubva kune mamwe mauniti, vakagara panzvimbo yavo uye vakatora panzeri dzepanzer dzaifambira mberi. "Vashandi ava vaiwanzoendeswa kubva kunzvimbo yekugadzira, vachibva kunzvimbo yekugadzira, vachibva kunzvimbo yekugadzira zvombo zvepanzer, uye vachibva kunzvimbo yekugadzira zvombo
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