The Soviets attacked the German left flank with the hope of capturing the two small 40m hills while outflanking the German forces covering the road and the large hill to the west of the road. To hold the Germans on the west side two reinforced Soviet companies were dug in behind a hill waiting for their chance to advance.

The battle went better than expected for the Soviets, their OBA, mortars and direct fire 76.2mm guns delivered accurate artillery fire (dice rolls) and smoke (while it lasted). Soviet infantry cleared their first objective and moved onto clearing the Germans covering the N-S road and attempting to clear the other 40m hill hexes. It was at this time that the Soviets on the west side advanced to draw German fire.

It looked like this was going to be a German Victory as they were ahead in steps and the Soviets were not going to clear all of the 40m hill hexes but last minute Soviet airstrikes (dice rolls) gave the Soviets some much needed extra German step losses, which tipped the VCs to them and a minor victory.