<r> <B><s>[b]</s><SIZE size="7"><s>[size=7]</s>It is over! Congratulations to the SPWaW Champion 2003: Mighty dodger!<e>[/size]</e></SIZE><e>[/b]</e></B><br/>
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The end came quickly, and from an unxpected angle. Colonel Sharfshutzki was exhorting the newly arrived troops to give their very ...

<t> Reinforcements are now being commited against the forward enemy elements with decent effects. No doubt this will only warn the Finns to tread more carefully.<br/>
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Of my original force, the northern element is all that´s left, and it is still fencing with enemy troops in the woods where ...

Those tanks didn´t turn to do battle, they were just to slow to escape the lighning fast, ultra hard-hitting skitroops!

Basically this sums it up: My forces are unable to even extract themselves, much less fight the enemy. Oh dear...what to do[&:]

<t> Enemy pressure has lessened somewhat, mainly because most of my formations have already been wiped out and the remaining ones are currently out of reach (aka fleeing).<br/>
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Given the terrifing mobility of those skitroops this can be only a matter of time. Already I was forced to move my ...

Retreating and consolidating. A limited counteroffensive in the north falls short of expectations. Even single squads can stop my advance, while my troops are eaten in platoon-sized amounts[:@]

<t> The finn ski troops seem well nigh unstoppable. Only in the north, were concentrated artillery fire has halted and turned their advance, the enemy is showing the strain of combat. The south is gone, while the center sees the familiar sights of enemy troops rushing unopposed into the midst of ...

<t> While the news from the south are grim, the finns seems to have lost their impetus in the north, and suffer heavily in combined arms counterattacks. Especially in the infantry department, the enemy seems to be on his last legs, though the superior finnish armour poses a significinant threat. We ...

<t> This is a nightmare.<br/>
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Driven back, partially surrounded and under a hail of mortar shells the remnants of the southern group huddle along a hillside awaiting the inevitable onslaught. Hope has left these men, and their inability to hold their ground and return fire has led HQ to ...

<t> Worrying reports continued to arrive in the soviet HQ tent: Finnish spearheads continued to penetrate weakened positions, infantry and tank crews were giving a sorry picture of morale and training, while enemy artillery continued to hammer away at troop concentrations. Several of their own arty ...

<t> The Finns were making the brave soviet soldiers feel miserable. Why hadn´t High Command waited until a more favourable point in time, when proper training and new equipment could have made their job so much easier. But High Command wasn´t listening to the grunts complaints. The decision to ...

<t> "Comrade-Colonel, the Finns have ambushed out tank screen. Follow up troops have engaged and routed the enemy, but the damage was already done. Plus, we have spotted a coastal defence emplacement sporting a naval gun. What are your orders?"<br/>
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"Continue to engage the enemy. Bring the ...

<t> With the speed and inevitability of two trains approaching each other on the same track, soviet and finn troops clash head on.<br/>
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FT-17s and BT-7s exchange inconclusive shots at medium range, while finnish forward infantry hassles deploying soviet HMGs. Already many objectives bear the ...

<t> Found it!<br/>
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Comrade Colonel, your forces are to be commited as a breakthrough force into the finnish rear. Their lines have been breached at the highest cost, and it is your duty to make the sacrifice of the seven previous echelons worthwhile. Advance along the ...

<t> I guess you are right about the pointlessness of this. Getting hammered by mortars while crawling through a ruined wasteland seems to have a discouraging effect on the attackers morale. I think the key in holding the western flank were those counterattacks preceded and followed by heavy mortar ...

Allright, after much fighting and a major fire raging in the woods, my Cossacks prevailed and forced the Brits back. Final points ~12000:6000 for a soviet marginal victory.

<r>"Comrade Commander, we have reports of enemy ships steaming north on the river!"<br/>
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"Those Rivertigers again? They are **** near indestructable. I will not allow any more ammo wasted on them!"<br/>
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"No, Comrade, not these but the ferries the enemy has been using. Laden with troops ...

<r>A probing attack on some routed german infantry in the far west carries me to a street where german StuGs and a panzer are rolling to the front. As the amrour is pretty occupied dodging my incoming mortar rounds, and my infantry has reached the limit of its move, attack is the only option. A T-34 ...

<t>Once more soviet troops and tanks rush to the counterattack, forcing the enemy back in the far west and paving the way for a T-34, which claims the Pz-IV that escaped destruction in the last attack.<br/>
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Further east, the smoke and rubble hinder movement and shooting greatly, but still two ...

<t>The enemy tried another advance ino our positions, bagging a KV-2 (sniff). Payback came form a couple of nearby T-34s raining AP on the Pz-IIIjs, killing one. Bad shooting here, I had hoped for much more...<br/>
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In the far west, the enemy is badly pinned by mortar fire, and we keep the ...

<r><QUOTE><s>[QUOTE]</s><I><s>[i]</s>Originally posted by DerC <e>[/i]</e></I><br/>
<B><s>[B]</s>No worries, he's still stuck at the barracks for another week, so that's why there's been no response. <E>;)</E><br/>
I've tried to make the most of my first two weeks in the army. Sometimes the stuff ...