by Lars Wistedt
Soviet Order of BattleForces Jun I 44, Soviet Player Turn Initial ConditionsAirfields: Place a permanent airfield (capacity of 3 each) in any 4 Soviet-owned clear or woods hexes. Rail Capacity. 15 REs. Resource Points: Place 1 Resource Point in any Soviet-owned hex. Accumulated Replacements: None. Leningrad Front(Govorov) 21st Army (Gussev) and 23rd Army (Cherepanov)
Place in 1939 Soviet Union, in or adjacent to hexes
35:4713, 35:4813, 35:4814, 35:4915, [2A: 0730, 0731,
0831]:
59th Army (Korobnikov) Place in any hex of Leningrad.
Leningrad Front Reserves. Place in any hex
of Leningrad:
Karelian Front(Meretskov) 7th Army (Krutikov) 4th Rifle Corps. Place in hexes 35:4907 and/or 35:4908 [2A:0823, 0824]:
99th Rifle Corps. Place in hexes 35:4905 and/or 35:4906 [2A:0821, 0822]:
37th Guards Rifle Corps. Place in hexes
35:4802 and/or 35:4903, and/or 35:4904 [2A. 0719, 0819,
0820]:
127th Light Rifle Corps. Place in hex 35:5004
and/or 35:5005 [2A:0921, 0922]
7 Army Support and Reserves. Place in any
Soviet-owned hex occupied by or adjacent to a 7th Army unit:
32nd Army (Gorelenko)
Place in hex 35:3603 and/or 35:3 703 [6A: 4520, 4619]:
Soviet Navy (VMF)Any Soviet-owned Ladoga hex: 2x river flotilla Ladoga 1, Ladoga 2 Any Soviet-owned Onega hex: 1x river flotilla Onega Baltic Fleet (Tributs). At Kronshtadt
(35:4916 [2A:0832]):
Soviet Air Force (VVS)Place in any Soviet-owned
hex/airbase
Place in any hex of Leningrad.
Guards conversion: Convert any 5 air units to Guards status. Soviet Reinforcements and ReplacementsJun II 44 Jul I 44 Jul II 44 Finnish Order of BattleForces Jun I 44, Soviet Player Turn All forces are Finnish unless indicated as:
Initial ConditionsForts. Place forts in hexes 35:3604, Medvezhyegorsk (35:3704), 35:4803, 35:4804, 35:4805, Podoorozhye (35:4806), 35:4807, 35:4808, 35:4714, 35:4715, 35:4815 [6A:4521, 6AA620, 2A:0720, 2A:0721, 2A:0722, 2A:0723, 2A:0724, 2A:0725, 2A:0630,2A:0631, 2A:0732]. Place other forts as described in the rest of the scenario OB, below. Airfields: Place a permanent airfield (capacity of 3 each) in any 3 Finnish-owned clear or woods hexes. Rail Capacity: The Finnish rail net has a capacity of 10. Resource Points: Place 3 resource points in any Finnish-owned hex. Accumulated Replacements: 4 Finnish inf Finnish Rifle XX Subsitutions:
Army of the Isthmus (Kannaksen Armeija)(Mannerheim until 6/20/44, Oesch from 6/20/44) III Army Corps (Siilasvuo) and IV Army Corps (Laatikainen) In 1939 Finland, within 2 hexes of the 1939 Finnish / Soviet
Karelian Isthmus border:
In 1939 Finland, at least 2, but no more than 3 hexes from
1939 Finnish / Soviet Karelian Isthmus border:
In 1939 Finland, at least 3 hexes from the 1939 Finnish
Soviet Karelian Isthmus border and within 4 hexes of Viipuri:
Army of Karelia (Cesch, later Talvela)VI Army Corps (Blick) and V Army Corps (Sundman) North of, but within 2 hexes of the Svir Line:
North of, at least 2 hut no more than 4 hexes from, the Svir
Line:
In any hex occupied by a V or VI Corps unit:
II Army Corps (Makinen)Place in either hex of the Maselskaya Defile (35:3604 or
35:3704 [6A:4521, 6A:46201):
In any Finnish-owned hex, at least 2 but not more than 4 hexes
from any hex of the Maselskaya Defile:
In any Finnish-owned hex occupied by a H Corps units
Finnish Air Force (Suomen llmavoimat)Place at any Finnish-owned
airbase:
Reinforcements and ReplacementsJun II
Jul I
Replacements:
Note: On this turn, the Finnish player may also designate three specific rifle divisions as 1/7 ATEC capable for the remainder of the game. Jul II
Conditional ReinforcementsThe Finnish player receives these units in the initial phase that he signs the Ryti - von Ribbentrop Pact. He may sign the pact in the Axis initial phase of the Jun II or Jul I turn At Kotka (35:4521 [1B:03071) having already expended 2 MP:
At Helsinki (35:4526 [1B:0410])
Receive the following unit one turn after signing the Ryti - von Ribbentrop Pact. At Helsinki (35:4526 [IB:0410])
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