on 13 march, the army was transferred to the central front. during the summer and fall of 1943, the army fought in battles on the northern face of the kursk bulge, operation kutuzov and the chernigov-pripyat offensive. continuing to advance towards gomel along with the 61st and 65th armies, the 48th army cleared the left bank of the sozh of german troops by 10 october. the army then pursued the german troops to the south of gomel. on 20 october, it transferred to the belorussian front and from the first week of november fought in the expansion of the bridgehead on the right bank of the sozh. from 19 november, it fought in the gomel-rechitsa offensive. during early 1944, the army carried out an attack towards bobruisk.