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The deep frost does not stop the fighting will of the Germans. They counter-attacks with success in many places. North: the 23rd Panzer-Division goes up to Svoboda, disconnecting from the Don river lots of advancing Russians. At Ostrogozhsk, they build a temporary defense line to supply the most advanced outposts.
At Morozovsk, the Alpin Italian Corps with troops of the 3rd Panzerarmee and remnants of the 14th Panzer-Division take the town, and pursue up to the Tsinla, with two small bridgeheads on it, even on the Nizhne-Chrisrskaya road!
On the Donets, the 6th Panzer-Division launches a violent attack to crush the HQ.
In the same time, the 11th Panzer-Division just arrived at Rostov, stops the progressions of the Russians and help the 1st Panzerarmee to escape from the trap through the frozen marshes.
Around Maikop, the Viking SS-Division regroups, waiting for the Soviet assault that potentially can disconnect the Maikop oilfields.
The roads to Sebastopol, Rostov, and Kharkov seem difficult to follow for the Russians...