29th of January 1940, Winter War Report #6
The 29th of January 1940, near Vologda, -10,3°C, 10am Moscow Time,
1ya Armiya seems to be regrouping, after the defeat in Vokhtozero, they have started to move into Käkisalmi, with 5 Divisions just hours away.
Vokhtozero was taken over by Finnish troops, as predictably 1ya Armiya's reinforcements didn't arrive in time, luckily the Finns called it a day, as the way to Petrozadovsk is wide open until said reinforcements, still 3 and 4 provinces away, arrive. (they could easily take a week to get there)
Viipuri 5
The Finns somehow seem to have had a different impression of the result of the last battle for Viipuri than we did. They seemed to think it was wise to probe it's defences once more, you never know, maybe Soviet High command had left only a single Division in place, or the Red Army was reeling from a Pyrrhic Victory? None of these were true, and as the Finnish Army launched another Attack at 12am on the 19th, from 3 directions, counting 29.974 soldiers, most of them still tired from the previous battle for Viipuri, it took them only 10 minutes and 89 casualties to realise their mistake. They were faced with 6 well organised and dug in Rifle Divisions, counting 59.972 men, 20 of whom were unlucky to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when the Finnish Attack hit. It was so short, we didn't even got to know who was actually leading the Attack (Probably Maj. General Valve)To sum things up:
Soviet Union:
Men sent into Battle: 402.268 (+59.972), ground combat casualties for finished battles: 2.548 (+20) men,
Planes sent into Battle: 3.200 (Air Battles only), 86 planes lost (41 Yak-4's, 17 SB-2's, 9 CAG's, 23 Su-2's, 5 I-16's)
Finland:
Men sent into Battle: 259.199 (+29.974), ground combat casualties for finished battles 5.306 (+89) men, Bombing Casualties: 8.234
Planes sent into Battle: 634 (Air Battles only), at least 1/3 planes lost.
No screenshot this time, as nothing has really changed, also no picture, as pictures of the real battle of Viipuri show way too much destruction for the in-game situation, and I'm not going to keep showing you the sights of Viipuri every time the Finns fire a gun at it...
Greetings,
'Odin'
1ya Armiya seems to be regrouping, after the defeat in Vokhtozero, they have started to move into Käkisalmi, with 5 Divisions just hours away.
Vokhtozero was taken over by Finnish troops, as predictably 1ya Armiya's reinforcements didn't arrive in time, luckily the Finns called it a day, as the way to Petrozadovsk is wide open until said reinforcements, still 3 and 4 provinces away, arrive. (they could easily take a week to get there)
Viipuri 5
The Finns somehow seem to have had a different impression of the result of the last battle for Viipuri than we did. They seemed to think it was wise to probe it's defences once more, you never know, maybe Soviet High command had left only a single Division in place, or the Red Army was reeling from a Pyrrhic Victory? None of these were true, and as the Finnish Army launched another Attack at 12am on the 19th, from 3 directions, counting 29.974 soldiers, most of them still tired from the previous battle for Viipuri, it took them only 10 minutes and 89 casualties to realise their mistake. They were faced with 6 well organised and dug in Rifle Divisions, counting 59.972 men, 20 of whom were unlucky to be at the wrong place at the wrong time when the Finnish Attack hit. It was so short, we didn't even got to know who was actually leading the Attack (Probably Maj. General Valve)To sum things up:
Soviet Union:
Men sent into Battle: 402.268 (+59.972), ground combat casualties for finished battles: 2.548 (+20) men,
Planes sent into Battle: 3.200 (Air Battles only), 86 planes lost (41 Yak-4's, 17 SB-2's, 9 CAG's, 23 Su-2's, 5 I-16's)
Finland:
Men sent into Battle: 259.199 (+29.974), ground combat casualties for finished battles 5.306 (+89) men, Bombing Casualties: 8.234
Planes sent into Battle: 634 (Air Battles only), at least 1/3 planes lost.
No screenshot this time, as nothing has really changed, also no picture, as pictures of the real battle of Viipuri show way too much destruction for the in-game situation, and I'm not going to keep showing you the sights of Viipuri every time the Finns fire a gun at it...
Greetings,
'Odin'