Show Russ Big i Guns Destroy Nazi Tanks Trucks MOSCOW May 19 UP UP-Rus- UP Rus Russan sian san forces have surrounded am and destroyed with artillery fire an important concentration of German German German Ger Ger- man tanks and trucks in a forest the official army newspaper Re Red RedStar RedStar d Star reported Wednesday Aerial photographs revealed d only charred remains of the armor armo r and vehicles the article said The Russians ringed the woods with big guns without detection by th the e enemy and pumped shells at su sua such sucha ch a rate that not a single piece o of f equipment escaped Red Star reported that the battie battie battle bat bat- tie tle for air supremacy was increasing ing in intensity with the enemy continually bringing up new squadrons squadrons squadrons squad squad- rons of Focke Focke- Focke and Messer- Messer r Us The Germans were sale said d L to have lost more than planes plane s in combat during the last three thre e weeks The newspaper said th the ee e enem enemy was concentrating a bomber bomb bomb- er force for tor front line operations rather th than n attacks on soviet targets targets targets tar tar- gets behind the lines The Russians continued to re repulse repulse repulse re- re pulse small scale aUa attacks ks northeast north northeast east of in the Kuban Kuba n area where operations were reported reported reported re re- ported to have settled down to a II positional campaign Russian troops killed men and sank four boats loaded wit wIth Germans as they trl tried d to cross a river in the Kuban area the soviet midday announced |