10.11.1942 ENEMY TROOPS BEGAN THE ATTACK, AND ALREADY 11.11.1942 ARMY, THE
WEHRMACHT WAS ABLE TO SEIZE THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PLANT "BARRICADES", AS WELL AS TO BREAK THROUGH TO THE VOLGA RIVER ON THE PLOT WITH A WIDTH OF JUST 500 METRES. 138 THE DIVISION FOR 40 DAYS FOUGHT WITH UNITS OF THE THREE DIVISIONS OF THE WEHRMACHT AND HELD THE PAD 700Х400 METERS (FUTURE LUDNIKOV ISLAND IN VOLGOGRAD), BEING CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FORCES OF THE 62ND ARMY UNDER VASILY CHUIKOV. 21 DEC 1942 138 DIVISION WENT ON THE OFFENSIVE AND LIFTED THE BLOCKADE OF THE SOUTH.