sentences:  Orders were received on December 5 for the counteroffensive to begin the next day.The 324th began from a line from Slobodka to Pecherniki, and was directed towards Stalinogorsk, facing rearguards of the German 29th and 10th Motorized Divisions and 18th Panzer Division, plus other small infantry units.The division was roughly in the center of the Army's front, which was advancing more slowly than planned.