Buru, Ulyanovsk. The German military and its allies continued their offensive here. The remnants of the Russian Northwestern Front Army had withdrawn into Ulyanovsk, fighting street by street against the German military within the city.
The Russian Northwestern Front Army had originally commanded the 8th, 11th, and 27th Army Corps. These three army corps had already suffered heavy losses during the previous stage of fighting. The 27th Army Corps in particular had been deployed on the outskirts of Ulyanovsk by General Kuznetsov, commander of the Northwestern Front Army, so that it could threaten the flank of German Army Group A and prevent it from throwing its full strength into attacking Ulyanovsk.
But General Blomberg, commander of German Army Group A, gave them no such opportunity. Army Group A dispatched the 1st Armored Division, 1st Mechanized Infantry Division, 2nd Mechanized Infantry Division, 2nd Armored Division, 11th Mechanized Infantry Division, and 12th Mechanized Infantry Division to launch a fierce assault on the Russian 27th Army Corps.
Although the Russian 27th Army Corps had under its command the 84th, 182nd, 188th, 254th, and 384th Infantry Divisions, the 46th Infantry Brigade, the 62nd and 84th Marine Corps Brigades, and the independent 85th and 483rd Tank Battalions, its troop strength was not much lower than that of the two armored divisions and four mechanized infantry divisions fielded by the German military. But in combat effectiveness, it was utterly incapable of comparing with those German units.
After a fierce battle, the Russian 27th Army Corps had lost more than half its strength. General Kuznetsov had no choice but to order the 27th Army Corps to withdraw into Ulyanovsk. Now, all the remaining troops of the Russian Northwestern Front Army had huddled within Ulyanovsk, surrounded by German Army Group A and its allies.
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