Midday February 4, 1943.
The advance on Volchansk seems to be stopped for the moment by the actions of Das Reich, but the entire GD Panzer regiment was destroyed during the night.
In the center the Leibstandarte is again serving as a fire brigade to rescue the remnants of the 320 ID and their own comrades who had also been cut off, with good results so far.
Izyum was evacuated early in the night by the 19 Pz Div, now reforming for future use.
In the south a counterattack is taking place on the russian flank/rearguard. The Panzer units arrived in the extreme south, wich for the time seems to be of little interest for the Soviets, are doing their part in the battle. Maybe this move is premature, but Panzers are not made for defense, and they just couldn´t sit and watch the russian hordes making the Wehrmacht retreat!