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Decisive Victory!!!!

Turn 36

Enemy artillery started to drop on the center of my line near my three tanks. Had the battle not ended, I would have pulled them out. An HE round in the commander's hatch at the end of the game wouldn't make me happy. Four enemy units stiffened their morale and moved forward on the north side of Hill 1. They took fire from about two platoons and a couple of HMG teams. Several were turned before the firing stopped. My two squads heading for the last flag made it to within 100m of their goal, but no battle extension granted.

A couple of enemy squads also moved forward again northwest of Hill 2. They caught heck from infantry and armor. They were too far away to be any sort of threat.

Casualties

Friendly: Zero.

Enemy: Estimated 10 casualties.

Total Casualties

USSR

Men: 91
Artillery: 0
Soft Vehicles: 0
APCs: 1
AFVs: 1
Air Transports/Helos: 1
Aircraft: 0

Finland

Men: 720
Artillery: 0
Soft Vehicles: 0
APCs: 0
AFVs: 13
Air Transports/Helos: 0
Aircraft: 0

Score

USSR: 4713
Finland: 334

Final Comments

My forces did quite well in this battle. Compared to the last delay I fought, there were two major differences. The lack of snow, allowing my tanks to move from one point to another and the open fields of fire. In my initial comments, I mentioned I needed to keep the enemy at more of a distance. This gives me time to reposition units to meet threats and also allowed me to put more fire on target. I wanted to avoid those one on one battles in the forests. It worked out quite well.

The enemy forces were a little stronger than expected. They had six infantry companies, in addition to one tank company. For the most part, one of my infantry companies sat the battle out while my other two, supported by my tank company fought the battle. That speaks well of the strength of my position and the experience of my men. A few more battles like this and I should be able to meet the Germans on equal terms, at least as far as experience.

I just checked and I'm not going to get those few battles. It is time for the Germans, unless I want to continue to fight the Finns in the Continuation War. I don't think so. I've had enough forests for now.

Since the Germans are up next, I do need to try to update my force some, which means I need to do a little research. I'm after realistic, so replacing all my tanks with T-34s isn't going to do right now. My core will remain the same basic structure, but the Soviets did learn something from their Winter War with the Finns.

I've attached the save just before I ended my last turn. Enjoy!