The Major attack force was sent against the larger town. The attack went well at first controlling the section between the towns and inching closer to the outer edges of the first objective. The other town was attacked simply to keep the enemy in place. The force was too small to take the town and it was divided on both sides of the town so that a cross fire could easily be achieved after the major town fell. However the pace of the attack was slow on the major and addition troops holing the section between the towns were needed to quicken the pace of the destruction of the enemy. This allowed the enemy re-enforcements to capture the hills between the towns thus delaying the victorious pivoting troops from reaching the southern town in sufficient time.

Also the management of the attack on the southern town was poorly executed. The Soviets took advantage of every misstep made by their incompetent leader wasting so many lives for a few yards of prairie.