On October 6, 1941, the 336th German Infantry Division occupied the position in Lochren on the Shyde River. On that day, General Mannstein, the commander of the 11th Armored Division of the German Army, came to the Shyde River and surveyed the division's section of the Shyde in order to cooperate with the 4th Tank Army of Hort. However, the German army had no effect in rescuing Dillant's troops.

On October 7, the 1st Allied Tank Army crossed the Shyde River on the left wing of the 336th Infantry Division of the German Army and advanced to the residential areas far behind the German riverbank defense positions. The troops of the 11th Armored Division of the German Army were still advancing from Abo. They were ordered to immediately move to Abo Farm to restore the original situation. On the afternoon of October 7, the 15th Armored Regiment and a large number of Allied tank troops encountered near Abo Farm and prevented the Allied forces from continuing to advance.

Obviously, the Germans could not allow the Allies to stop at Abbe Farm, so Mannstein was ordered to drive them away. In the first step, he set his command post next to the command post of the 336th Division and Upper Solonovsky, so that the two divisions could be closely coordinated.

The commander of the 336th Infantry Division of the German Army asked Mannstein to launch a frontal attack on Abbo Farm so that they could rescue their critical situation as soon as possible. Mannstein believed that the terrain was not convenient for tank operations, and that frontal attacks under any circumstances could only repel the enemy, but not annihilate the enemy.

He decided to carry out major assaults along the highlands west and north of Abo Farm, because it was convenient for tank access; then ordered the tanks to be inserted into the rear of the Allies and cut off the enemy's retreat route. The 15th Armored Regiment was the main attack, supported by the 111th Armored Infantry Regiment, while the 110th Armored Infantry Regiment carried out a restrained attack from the southwest. Mannstein placed anti-aircraft artillery and engineer battalions south of Abo Farm to prevent the Allies from breaking through in this direction. The artillery of the 336th Division was responsible for supporting the troops attacked from the northeast wing.

On the night of October 7, the 11th Armored Division of the German Army adjusted its deployment according to Mannstein's order, and the troops entered the assembly area. When the attack was launched at dawn on October 8, the Allies were preparing to launch an assault on the rear of the 336th Division, and they were convinced that the German army was in their control.

The 15th Armored Regiment encountered the long column of motorized infantry from the north and attacked the column. This completely surprised the enemy. When the German tanks rushed into the column, the Allied forces panicked and fled in a panic, and transport vehicles caught fire one by one. The entire column was annihilated by the German army. The armored regiment of the Mannstein Division immediately advanced to the rear of the Allied tank troops defending Abbo Farm with the direct support of the armored infantry and artillery.

The Allies were brave in fighting, but their tanks fell into the German fire net, and trying to escape was in vain. When the short winter day passed, the Allied Tank 1st Army was completely defeated, and 511 tanks were destroyed.

From October 9 to 10th, the Mannstein Division continued to clear out the Allied forces on the landing ground of the Shyde River. The Air Force Field Division occupied the defense on the left wing of the 336th Division. The two Allied divisions tried their best to defend the Shyde River line occupied by the 48th Tank Army, which extended four 10 miles between Obrevskaya and Lower Shyde. However, the German army continued to put heavy pressure on, and the German 11th Armored Division attacked again.

On the evening of October 11, General Barker received the following notice: "The enemy broke through at two points in Risinsky and Lower Dyrant, and the straight line distance between the two breakthrough points was 210 kilometers."

The 11th Armored Division Commander of the German Army decided to launch a counterattack against Risinsky's enemy first. After a night of march, the armored regiment arrived near Risinsky at dawn on October 10 and annihilated the allied troops that had already penetrated. Mannstein made this decision because he believed that the defense of the 336th Division was crucial to the subsequent actions of the 11th Armored Division of the German Army, so he should defend this position at all costs.

The 336th Division has fully recognized the importance of its mission. The division uses strong will to deal with every enemy threat and strives to resist everything with its own strength, so that Manstein can counterattack with the power of the entire division without having to support infantry with tanks.

General Luchter, the commander of the 336th Division, was never panicked, nor called on the support of the German 11th Armored Division, and did not do so even in the most critical moments. It would be impossible to do this without the two division commands working together in coordination. In addition, the commander would meet Mannstein every night to discuss the situation at that time in a comprehensive manner.

After the Allied forces of Riddes on October 10, the 11th German Armored Division moved north. In the afternoon of the same day, the division marched 105 miles and then attacked the Allied landing ground of Dillant, greatly compressing the Allied positions.

At dawn the next day, when the division was about to launch its last attack on Dyrant, the Allies made a fierce attack on its right wing, causing a crisis for a while. A battalion was surrounded. The 11th Armored Division of the German Army stopped attacking the landing field and turned around to deal with the attacking enemy, so they cleared the siege of the battalion. This battle, no doubt, ended with the victory of the German defense.

Unfortunately, it was not possible to completely eliminate the Allied landing ground at Lower Dyrant, which caused serious consequences. The 11th German Armored Division marched at night and fought during the day for eight days, and needed rest and rest.

On the 11th, the 4th Allied Tank Army launched an attack to rescue Dyrant, and the German army was already impatient with the attack. During this period, General Richthofen, who was responsible for air supply to the besieged troops, inspected the German command post of General Richthofen, who was responsible for air supply to the besieged troops.

According to his opinion, Dyrant's supply situation has been bad since early October. At that time, it was still supplying at the minimum amount of 6th Army, that is, 500 tons per day. Now it can only airdrop 100 tons of supplies to the besieged troops. At that time, the number of ju-52 transport aircraft was obviously insufficient compared to the huge mission, so he-3 bombers had to be used. This type of aircraft could only carry one and a half tons of bombs, and the front line needed them to support ground troops.

At this time, Hort was attacking Dyrant with all his might. The 48th Allied Tank Army was also going to participate in the attack, although the situation on the front line of the Shyde River could not be considered. Unfortunately, the Allied landed on the Shyde near Lower Shyde and was lost under the continuous attack of the Germans.

On October 4, the Shyde River defense line was calm for a day. On the 10th, the 11th German armored division retreated from the position near the Allied Dyrant landing ground and moved down to Shyde to force Shyde to cross over and meet with the reinforcements from Hotter.

For the area where the Allied Dyrant landing ground is located, the emergency forces sent by the Air Force Field Division (Note: Emergency forces refer to the guard forces organized to deal with emergencies.

On October 16, Hort's vanguard had reached the banks of the Aksai River, less than four or ten miles from the 6th Army. The German army planned to open a road across Shyde on the 107th, and then attack southeast to support Hort's left wing.

At this time, the Allied Command showed its strategic vision for the appointment of some senior personnel. Marshal Patton unified the various armies on the Shyde front. (To be continued)

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