Arctic Front: Tuloksa Landing Operation (IN PROGRESS)

[Crossroads]

Another one in the making! This scenario uses the same map as the 1941 scenario Arctic Front: Into Karelia, with some tweaks ie. a new road the Finns built in the area.

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ARCTIC FRONT: TULOKSA LANDING OPERATION
June 23, 1944


Lake Ladoga coast line at Tuulos, taken just a couple of days before the Red Army landed into the area (20 June 1944). © SA-kuva.fi

Having successfully crossed river Svir, the Soviet Union 7th Army was making good headway into the heart of the Olonets Isthmus. To ensure the encirclement of the Finnish units in the area, Stavka had come up with a bold plan for an amphibious landing into the rear of their retreating enemy.

Finns had envisioned an operation just like that in their own war games held a year earlier, and had build another road deeper in the isthmus, to bypass any enemy forces in case they would not be able to push an enemy invasion force back into Lake Ladoga. Still, with their coastal artillery assets in the area, supported by the air force if need arises, the Finns were confident in stopping any landing fleet before it would have a chance to even attempt a landing there. However, Colonel Takkula, in charge of the coastal defences of the area, had just witnessed the transfer of many of these vital guns to the defence of Bay of Viborg, as the overall situation there was considered becoming critical.

With orders to cut any and all road and railway connections to north, and prevent the Finnish forces from escaping the encirclement, Lt Col A.V. Blak of the 70th Marine Infantry Bde observed the vast bomber formations on their way to destroy any remaining coastal batteries out there. Soon, his marines would assault the shores of Tuulos in full force.

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Battle Group Viisterä – Lt Col V. Viisterä

- Northern group:
--- Initial force: Defence Coy of III/RTR 13 Colonel V. Ukkola: TäydP 5; TykK 26;
--- Reinforcements: RajaJP1 Major M.Tiitola; Er.P 15 Major W. Lindqvist; Er.P21 Major K.Vaarnas

- Southern group:
--- Initial force: Defence Coy of IV/RTR13, TäydP 4; Er.Ptri TykK 26;
--- Reinforcements: Er.P 18 Major B.Backström

- TykR Artto: III/KTR4 RaskPsto 24
- 9 x Curtiss Hawk 75

70th Marine Infantry Bde – Lt Col A.V. Blak,
- 70th Marine Bde Lt Col Blak:
--- 1st Wave: 1./70 Major F.M.Kondrasov; 1.coy of 2./70 Major P.T. Kalinin; Mortar Platoon; Engineering Platoon; SMG Platoon;
--- 2nd Wave: rest of 2./70; HQ; 3./70 Major J.N. Timofejev

- 3rd Maribe Bde Engineer Captain 1st Grade S.A. Gudimov:
--- 1st Wave: 1./3; 2./3. SMG Bn/3.
--- 2nd Wave: 3./3; 4/3; Separate Artillery Bn; Separate Mortar Coy; AA Battery

- 5 gun boats (flagship: Nora, Bureja; Bira; Konstruktor; Selemdza) ,
46 x IL-2; 42 x PE-2