** Arctic Front: Fury at Viborg Bay 3x3 - The Matrix Games version of East Front II

UPDATED TO MCS 2.00. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO USE THIS LATEST VERSION

20 June, 1944

[Viborg and Viborg Bay, Karelian Isthmus Finland.] [H2H] [HIS] [CSL]

On June 20 1944 the defence of the Karelian Isthmus continued to be on a brink of a disaster. The seemingly unstoppable armored Soviet formations continued their advance deeper into Karelian Isthmus, towards the city of Viborg and the excellent road network into inner Finland therefrom.

While the retreating Finnish units had managed to avoid encirclement, the material losses had been high. Worried about the quickly worsening overall situation at Baltic sector, Hitler decided to lift the arms embargo he had ordered on Finland in the beginning of the year.

With reinforcements now arriving to Isthmus in number from quieter sectors of Eastern Karelia, and panzerfausts and schrecks becoming available in great numbers for the first time, the shell shocked defenders begin to again believe in their capabilities of stopping the Soviet advance. Adding their presence into battle, the Stuka's and FW-190s of the Flight Detachment Kuhlmey now stormed the skies, while the German 120th infantry division together with the 303. StuG Rgt embarked to area from the Baltics.

Yet, the Leningrad Front commander Govorov remained confident as his fast moving offensive advanced precisely on schedule. He repeated his order for relentless pressure on the retreating enemy, certain that the final encirclement of the Finnish III and IV Army Corps would take place any day now.

(Player note: please make sure you are familiar with bridging engineers (building medium bridges), construction engineers (building trenches), and loading and unloading crewed boats and ferries.)
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(Scenario picture: Katyusha rocket artillery in action near Viborg, Summer 1944)

[Can be played as 3x3 team game.]

[Scandinavian Terrain Mod recommended to be enabled when playing this scenario]

[ALL : N AF: N VV] [2.0]