Day four - 20 October, Idle Day, Overcast, Moist, no wind.
Germ Idle- Day Reinforcements: Rifle 4th (R) & 5th Coy (R). SAN increased to 3.
Russ Idle-Day Reinforcements: Militia 3rd Coy, SMG 4th Coy (R). Hvy Weapon 1st Pltn, OBA: Two Lt Arty 70+mm.
Day five - 21 October, Overcast, Wet, no wind.
Germ Reinforcements: Hvy Weapon 1st Pltn, Pak 40 Battery, INF Guns Battery, SAN increased to 4.
German OB (ELR:4, SAN:4) 18 Ldr, Guns 3x PaK 40, 2x GrW 34, 3x INF 75mm, INF 150mm, AFVs Pz IIIL, 65 Squad-equivalents (13 Crews, 24 Elite, 34.5 1st/2nd-Line), 31 SWs (3 HMG, 8 MMG, 13 LMG, 2 ATR, 2 Lt MTR, 3 DC).
Russian Reinforcements: Militia 4th Coy, SMG 5th Coy (R), Gds 1st Coy (R).
Russian OB (ELR:3, SAN:2) 23 Ldr, Guns 5x AT Guns 45mm, 2x MTR 82mm, 113.5 Sq-eq (11 Crews, 12 Elite, 46.5 1st-Line, 49.5 Conscripts), 17 SW (2 HMG, 3 MMG, 7 LMG, 2 ATR, 2 Lt MTR, 1 DC).
AFTERMATH (6 Turns): 500 Soviet Militia awaits the German assault in the factory halls the slughfest is a carnage half of the Militia perish, the Russian slowly fall back and give ground as the Germans slowly advance 50-100 meter across the factory floor, deeper into the halls, is not much, but much could not be expected due to the massed Soviet formations. The battle ends in a factory hex with two German 548 squads & 238 HS locked in hand-to-hand meele with three Russian 426 squads, the melee ends with all three 426 squads eliminated and the Germans only lost a 238 HS, two field promotions is granted the Germans during the melee as the Germans gets an 8-1 & 8-0 Ldr. In the Volga sector the battle ends in a stalemate and the same goes for the battle at the railway embankments.
Germ Cas: 2 Ldr, 11 Sq-eq, 8 SWs, 5 Guns.
Russ Cas: 3 Ldr, 39 Sq-eq, 3 SWs, 3 Guns.
German OB, end of 21 Oct (SAN:2) 16 Ldr, Guns 2x PaK 40, GrW 34, INF 75mm, AFVs Pz IIIL, 54 Sq-eq (11 Crews, 23 Elite, 25.5 1st/2nd-Line), 23 SWs (3 HMG, 8 MMG, 9 LMG, 1 ATR, 2 Lt MTR).
Russian OB, end of 21 Oct (SAN:2) 20 Ldr, Guns 2x AT Guns 45mm, 2x MTR 82mm, 74.5 Sq-eq (9 Crews, 13 Elite, 32 1st-Line, 25 Conscripts), 14 SW (2 HMG, 3 MMG, 5 LMG, 1 ATR, 2 Lt MTR, 1 DC).
LOSSES 17-21 Oct (6+6+6+0+6= 24 Turns)
Total German Casualties: 12 Ldr, 48.5 Sq-Eq, 22 SWs, 5 Guns, 2 AFVs.
Total Russian Casualties: 6 Ldr, 105.5 Sq-Eq, 16 SWs, 4 Guns, 3 AFVs.