Red Army Strelkovy Crashes Into Finnish Infantry!

With a huge thank you to forum user "Grumpus" (Names have been changed to protected the self-proclaimed grumpy), I was able to finish my Strelkovy really quickly! He very generously donated a mountain of Soviets to WWPD HQ, and Jon, Luke and I picked through them like a Komissar looking for bodies to send to the front line. So, naturally, I had to play mid war and run Conscripts! Sean obliged with his Finns. We rolled for the mission and came up with Fighting Withdrawal. The Soviets were, naturally, the attackers.

Steven's Red Army Strelkovy Battalion HQ (Attached Assets listed Below) Big Strelkovy: 27 Rifle/MGs, 1 Maxim HMG, Command Rifle, Komissar, 3x Light Mortars, 3x Attached Pioneer Rifles, Pioneer Supply Wagon, 2x 45mm (late) guns, 2x Flame throwers Little Strelkovy: 9 Rifles, 1 Maxim HMG, Command Rifle, Komissar, 2x Light Mortar, 2x attached Flame throwers 10x T-70s 2x SU-152s Scouts w/ Komissar (HQ platoon lead by 2iC) 3x DshK AA Trucks

Sean's Finns HQ + 2iC W/ CD Teams Jalkavaki Platoon w/ CD Upgrade Jalkavaki Platoon w/ CD Upgrade Jaakari Platoon w/ CD + Torni 2x Captured KV-1e 2x Captured BA-10M 3x BT-42 Assault Guns Sporadic Air Support

SETUP AND DEPLOYMENT

The board from the soviet side.

Horde.

The Soviets deploy the big guns!

They also deploy the little guns.

The little Strelkovy will make a feint towards the right objective covered only by KVs.

BT-42s

Jalkavaki holding the left objective.

KVs hold the right.

UNITS IN RESERVE
Steven's Red Army Strelkovy	Sean's Finns

DEPLOYMENT SUMMARY

Steven's Red Army Strelkovy: Big Strelkovy, AA Guns, Scouts, and T-70s poised to push for the left objective. SU-152s and little Strelkovy to head up the center. Sean's Finns: Sean has Torni's unit in ambush, while Jalkavaki hold the center and left objective. Only the Ghost and the Darkness hold the right objective. BA-10s and BT-42s deploy in the center, ready to react.

TURN 1

The huge Strelkovy successfully infiltrates. Wow.

They start the game in spitting distance of the objective!

BT-42s prepare for the oncoming horde.

A full 16" infiltration in addition to their 6" move puts them in contesting range of the objective on the top of 1.

Scary

Enemy now in sight!

T-70s move forward

Fokkers swoop in

Torni and friends ambush just beyond the treeline!

The thin grey line

The Big Strelkovy take a handful of casualties.

The Maxim and 2 Rifle teams go down from the little Strelkovy!

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Steven's Red Army Strelkovy Big Strelkovy: 1 Rifle/MG, 1 45mm Gun Little Strelkovy: HMG, 2 Rifles	Sean's Finns

TURN 1 SUMMARY

Steven's Red Army Strelkovy: ADVANCE! Sean's Finns: Torni coolly ambushes just beyind the tree line. "Keep quiet! Don't fire until they're past the trees!".

TURN 2

Top of 2.

You can't live forever!!!! Soviet Flame throwers pave the way.

The Soviets launch a careful assault. They draw a lot of defensive fire, but manage to mitigate a lot of it- and take only 7 hits!!

The assault is bloody.

But a ton of 5s and 6s come up, wiping out Torni, the 2iC, and his entire squad!

The Jalkavaki counter!

Forward!

They can't stop the horde

Soviets surge forward

The Finns fight valiantly

But then retreat into the depths of the ruined factory, battered and bloodied.

But the cost is heavy for the Strelkovy. Though they now solidly hold the objective.

Sean's one hope is to focus fire on the Strelkovy- he must destroy 8 teams to force the check! Very effective shooting destroys exactly 8 teams, including the Company Komissar. The Battalion Komissar is also left out of command.

Even with the CO re-roll the huge Strelkovy, just 1 team under half, breaks!

Leaving death in their wake.

BA-10s risked all

The ruined factory.

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Steven's Red Army Strelkovy Big Strelkovy: DESTROYED Battalion HQ: HQ, 2iC Little Strelkovy: HMG, 2 Rifles	Sean's Finns HQ: 2iC Destroyed Torni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Left Jalkavaki: 7 Rifle/MG

TURN 2 SUMMARY

Steven's Red Army Strelkovy: The assault is launched! The Soviets crush the resistance on the left and consolidate their gains. Sean's Finns: The Finns desperately pour everything they have into the Strelkovy. Just when they think all hope is lost, the unit turns and flees!

TURN 3

The Soviets suffer heavy losses, but so have the Finns. The game is on!

Concentrated fire knocks out the BA-10s

The bridge is blocked with the burning wrecks

The Soviet scouts and the Battalion Komissar move forward.

One of the KVs from across the fields and swamps knocks out an AAA truck

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Steven's Red Army Strelkovy Big Strelkovy: DESTROYED Battalion HQ: HQ, 2iC Little Strelkovy: HMG, 2 Rifles AAA Trucks: 1 truck	Sean's Finns HQ: 2iC Destroyed Torni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Left Jalkavaki: 7 Rifle/MG BA-10Ms: DESTROYED

TURN 3 SUMMARY

Steven's Red Army Strelkovy: T-70s and SU-152s open fire on the BT-42s and BA-10Ms. The Assault guns escape unscathed but the armored cars are annihilated. Soviet Scouts move into the treeline. Sean's Finns: Sean repositions the troops in the factory, ready to defend to the last. Long range shooting and fire from the BA-10ms has no effect other than knocking out 1 AAA truck.

TURN 4

Top of 4. Sean has 1 Delay Token and 4 Platoons.

T-70s move in support of the pending assault.

The SU-152s brave the woods to provide cover to the little Strelkovy, now making real gains on the right hand objective

The Scouts move up with their SMGs blazing

The defenders are seen off except for the Company Command!

After a drawn out, bloody fight, the Soviets solidly hold the objective.

The killing ground

COMBAT CASUALTY SUMMARY
Steven's Red Army Strelkovy Big Strelkovy: DESTROYED Battalion HQ: HQ, 2iC Little Strelkovy: HMG, 2 Rifles AAA Trucks: 1 truck	Sean's Finns HQ: 2iC Destroyed Torni's Jakaari: DESTROYED Left Jalkavaki: 7 Rifle/MG BA-10Ms: DESTROYED

TURN 4 SUMMARY

Steven's Red Army Strelkovy: The Scouts under cover of the T-70s again assault the factory, and this time narrowly take it. Sean's Finns:

What a ridiculous battle! I loved it.

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