Arctic Front: Higher Ground (H2H TESTING IN PROGRESS)

[Crossroads]

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** Higher Ground EF:FB


Complexity: 9
Turns: 25
Modified complexity: 9 * 25 = 225
Size modifier: 5

First side: Axis (Soviet Union)

Visibility: 6
Ground: Frozen
Allied Air 3; Ammo 70; Smoke 6
Axis Air 6; Ammo 75; Smoke 6
AI Allied 35; Axis 85

Major Loss 600; Minor Loss 1000; Minor Win 1600; Major Win 2000

3 March 1940


[Karelian Isthmus, 80 km North from Leningrad, Finland.] [H2H] [HIS] [GD] [ALL : N VV : AF OPT]

Towards the last days of the Winter War, the Finnish position looked grim. The troops were experiencing heavy casualties against the relentless Red Army attacks, artillery ammunition was nearly exhausted, and their gun tubes worn out. Even worse; the thick ice that covered the Bay of Viipuri and the River Vuoksi turned these once formidable natural obstacles into excellent attack routes.

On March 3rd, The Soviet 13th Infantry Army threw three fresh divisions into a new offensive across a broad front in the Vuosalmi and Kaskiselkä sectors, even before their artillery trains had reached their final deployment positions. Supported by tanks, and later, heavy artillery, the Red Army began to make headway.

On the Vuoksi area the battalions responsible of the strategic high ground on the "Soviet" side of Vuoksi near Äyräpää were nearing the end of their endurance. With no room for manouvering, the area soon resembled a World War I battle ground. The 2nd Division fighting in Vuosalmi ended its assessment of its present situation: Today we are still alive, tomorrow we'll be in deep distress, and the day after tomorrow the 2nd Division will no longer exist, unless III Army Corps sends immediate assistance by any means necessary.

Having no option, the III Army Corps sent its last available units to enforce the area, including (from a Finnish point of view) a significant amount of artillery pieces.

Unknown to soldiers bitterly contesting for the strategic higher ground, the Winter War was to end in just ten days time, in March 13, 1940.

[** Requires players to install East Front: Forgotten Battles Mod version 1.35 or newer **]
[Scandinavian Terrain sub mod recommended to be enabled when playing this scenario.]

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