If one searches either the original AWW or the newer SoS rules for the Soviet replacement rate in Winter War Europa games, it will be in vain, I believe. Evidently the only replacements the Soviets get in either AWW or SoS NTO games are special (infantry only) replacements generated at 1/5 of the previous turn’s unisolated attack factors lost in combat and in the Soviet replacement pool. Nevertheless there are in Gary Stagliano’s “More Additions for A Winter War,” found in Europa #66, under Replacements (Addition): Soviet Replacement Limitations, a host of restrictions on what and how many of what the Soviets can bring on using presumably only their special replacements. By the way, the only Finnish replacement limitation per the same article is that the Finns may not replace any artillery units until the Mar I 40 Finnish turn.
Accordingly, the Soviets bring on with their single freshly available special inf replacement point the recently eliminated 1-6 Eng III 8 at NW Leningrad hex 4915. The Soviets also use one ARP to replace the aborted I-152 and another two ARPs to resurrect the eliminated 1-16/t10. This leaves them with six ARPs just prior to the Mar I air cycle. At the beginning of the Soviet initial phase the weather die roll is a 3: still Snow everywhere on map 35 and stormy in the Arctic Ocean and calm seas in the Baltic. In the Soviet initial phase there is now a tally of 11 Finnish demoralization points (DPs), the one extra being for the Finnish *1-2-6 inf cadre currently on the map. They need a total of 25 DPs to force Finland to sign peace and end the Winter War, per Rule 41G3d-End to Russo-Finnish War.
By the end of the Soviet movement phase the dispositions of the Soviet forces north of the A weather line are:
Petsamo (rough terrain Arctic Ocean minor port hex 0304): winterized 4-6 Inf XX 104, never moved; fulfills a garrison requirement
Murmansk (rough terrain Arctic Ocean major port and rail terminal hex 0701): 3-6 Inf XX 49, pos flk unit, the I-15 F type air unit, an initial phase repl I-152 F type air unit, and the 1-pt DD TF Flotilla-1, all forces never moved; the inf XX fulfills a garrison requirement
Salla (woods road junction hex 1510): 4-6 Inf XX 14, never moved; functions as a garrison
Wooded rough road hex 1509: winterized 1-2-6 Inf X Dol, from 1605
Allakurtti (wooded rough road border hex 1508 inside Finland): 1-6 Inf III 19, never moved, garrision
Wooded rough road border hex 1507 inside the USSR: 0-1-5 Const X 7, never moved
Kandalaksha (wooded rough Murmansk railway White sea standard port hex 1504 w/ a 1-cap permanent airstrip): I-152 F type air unit transferred from Kestenga
Wooded rough Murmansk rail junction White Sea coast hex 1604: 3-6 Inf XX 80, reinf railed in from SE Leningrad hex 5114
Kuusamo (woods road junction hex 2010): 4-6 inf XX 163, never moved; functions as a garrison
Wooded rough road border hex 2109 inside Finland: 1-6 Inf III 529, red U-1 this turn, admin moved from 1810
Kestenga (wooded swamp s. rail terminus/road hex 2107 w/ 1-cap permanent airstrip): winterized 1-2-6 Inf X BOS, from Loukhi; I-16 F type air unit transferred from NE Leningrad hex 4914
Loukhi (wooded rough Murmansk railway White Sea coast hex 2104 w/ 1-cap permanent airstrip): 1-8 Pltcl Pol III 4, railed in from NW Leningrad hex 4915; I-152 F type air unit, never moved
Woods road hex 2308: 3-6 Inf XX 51, admin moved from Loukhi
Wooded swamp border road hex 2511 inside Finland: 4-6 Inf XX 81, from Ukhta
Woods road border hex 2510 inside USSR w/ a 1-cap temp. airfield: 0-5 Const III 9 and 4-6 Inf XX 54, both never moved. The const unit spends 5 MPs in the hex to continue building to the second cap level the 1-cap temp. airfield already in the hex, adding to the 2 MPs of initial construction done the previous Soviet turn.
Woods road hex 2509: 3-6 Inf XX 33, never moved
Ukhta (woods road junction hex 2508 w/ 3-cap permanent airfield): winterized 1-6 Inf X 8 A, admin moved from Kestenga; G-1, G-2, and TB-3 T type air units. Two T type air units air transport four supply points generated at the Ukhta airfield to the 1-cap temporary airfield at hex 2510, then return to base at Ukhta after delivering the supply points. The G-1 T type air unit attempts another supply point airdrop at hex 3010 five hexes to the SW just inside Finland, but both airdropped supply points are scattered.
Kuhmo (woods road hex 2912): winterized 1-6 Inf III 88/273 and the 2-6 Art X 45, never moved, both are black U-4; at least one RE a Soviet garrison for Kuhmo
Forest/woods road hex 3011: 1-2-6 MG X 7 A, from 3010
Forest /woods road border hex 3111 inside Finland: 3-6 XX 16, admin moved from Rugozero (3106)
Wooded swamp border hex 3010 inside Finland: 0-5 Const 8, never moved. The const III spends 5 MPs in the hex to continue building a 1-cap temp. airfield in the hex, adding to the 1 MP of initial construction done the previous Soviet turn.
Forest/woods road hex 3209: 1-8 Pltcl Pol III 5, admin moved from 3011, still black U-2
Forest border hex 3211 inside USSR and right on the A weather line: winterized 4-6 Inf XX 3, never moved, black U-1.
In the combat phase the 4-6 Inf XX 81 at hex 2511 attacks the Finnish dummy guerrilla unit at wooded swamp road hex 2611. The dummy guerrilla unit automatically successfully retreats before combat to hex 2512, ignoring the inf XX’s regular ZOCs. The Soviet inf XX advances into hex 2611 after combat; it is now adjacent to the Finnish 1-2-6 Ski III 1/PKR at Soumussalmi (2612).
At the end of the movement phase the dispositions of the Soviet ground units in the Ladogan Karelia south of the A weather line and north of Lake Ladoga are as follows (air unit dispositions are for the end of the exploitation phase):
Wooded intermittent lake border hex 3410 inside USSR: winterized 3-6 Inf XX 142, from 3510
Woods border hex 3511 inside Finland: 3-6 Inf XX 122, never moved; 4-6 Inf XX 50, from 3611; 2-1- 8 Lt Arm X 1, from 3610
Woods border hex 3510 inside Finland: 3-6 Inf XX 60, admin moved from 3707
Forest hex 3611: 4-8 Mot Inf XX 44, from 3711; 3-6 Inf XX 113, from 3810; 1-6 Lt AA III 8, from 3712
Forest/woods road hex 3712: 4-6 Inf XX 18, never moved; 3-6 Inf XX 155, from 3912
Ilomantsi (woods road hex 3711): 1-2-8 Para-Inf X 201, from 4010
Forest/woods road border hex 3709 inside Finland: 1-2-8 Para-Inf X 214, never moved
Wooded swamp road hex 3707: 3-6 Inf XX 128, reinf railed and admin moved from SE Leningrad hex 5114
Medvezhyegorsk (Murmansk railway/road junction hex 3704 w/ 3-cap permanent airfield): I-16, never moved; two SB-2bis, returned to base here from GS missions in the Ladogan Karelia
Woods rail hex 3812: 3-6 Inf XX 56, never moved
Woods hex 3811: 3-8 Inf XX 1 FNA, never moved
Woods rail hex 3912: 3-6 Inf XX 62, from 4111
Woods hex 4012: 4-6 Inf XX 11 and 3-2-8 Arm X 28, both never moved; 3-2-8 Arm X 34, from 4112
Woods hex 4010: 1-2-8 Para-Inf X 204, from Pitkaranta
Soujarvi (wooded intermittent lake s. rail border hex 4008 inside Finland): 1-8 Cav III 1, never moved
Woods rail junction hex 4112: winterized 4-6 Inf XX 168 and 3-2-8 Arm X 20, both never moved; 3-2- 8 Arm X 13, from Sortavala
Woods s. rail junction hex 4111: 3-6 Inf XX 86, from 4108
Sortavala (clear terrain L. Ladoga coast rail hex 4211): 3-6 Inf XX 139, 3-2-8 Art X 8, and the 2-6 Art X 56, all three never moved; 3-6 Inf XX 72, from 4311
W. end of Valamo Island hex 4312: 3-6 Inf XX 136, never moved
Pitkaranta (woods s. rail terminus/road L. Ladoga coast hex 4310): 1-8 Pltcl Pol III 6, admin moves back again from 4908
Petrozavodsk (Murmansk rail junction/reference city hex 4305 w/ a 3-cap permanent airfield): I-16, never moved
Clear terrain L. Ladoga coast road hex 4410: 1-8 Cav III 102 railed and admin moved from SE Leningrad hex 5114
Wooded swamp L. Ladoga coast road border hex 4510 inside Finland: 2-3-6 Inf XX 3 FNA, never moved
Wooded swamp L. Ladoga coast road hex 4608 w/ an at start 3-cap permanent airfield: I-16/t10, I- 16/t17, and the R-10 air units; all three never moved.
In the combat phase the Soviets send an SB-2bis A type from Leningrad on the GS mission over the Lieksa hex (3312), containing the 1-6 Ski X Kymen guerrilla unit in combat mode. The DB-3t B type and the two old SB-2 A type air units, all based at Leningrad, are sent on the GS mission to forest hex 3512, containing the *2-6 Inf X 1; finally another SB-2bis A type air unit based at Leningrad is sent over woods hex 3713, containing the 1-6 Ski X SH guerrilla unit in combat mode.
In the Ladogan Karelia the Soviets follow a sequenced combat attack procedure. First, the 3-6 Inf XX 12 at hex 3511 attacks the Finnish dummy guerrilla unit at 3411. The dummy guerrilla unit promptly retreats before combat to woods rail hex 3412, stacking with the 1-8 Ski X Karj guerrilla unit in combat mode. The 3-6 Inf XX 122 enters hex 3411 after combat.
Then the winterized 3-6 Inf XX 142 at 3410 attacks the Finnish dummy guerrilla unit at forest hex 3311, right on the A weather line. The dummy guerrilla unit can only retreat to Lieksa, stacking there with the 1-6 Ski X Kymen guerrilla unit. It cannot retreat into either forest hex 3310 or 3210, due to the nevertheless reduced APZOCs of the black U-2 1-8 Pltcl Pol III 5 at hex 3208. The winterized 3-6 Inf XX 142 enters hex 3311 after combat.
Afterwards the black U-1 winterized 4-6 Inf XX 3 at hex 3211, right on the A weather line, attacks at half strength the 1-6 Ski X Kymen at Lieksa (w/ the recently retreated dummy guerrilla unit stacked with it) along with the SB-2bis A type on GS at 5 to 1 -2, and rolls a 1: which modifies to an AS. The SB-2bis air unit returns to base at Medvezhyegorsk.
The Soviet stacks at hexes 3511 and 3611 then attack the *2-6 Inf X 1 at forest hex 3512, along with the quartered tac factors of the DB-3t and the two SB-2 air units providing GS. The mot inf XX and lt arm X attack factors are duly halved, and the factored attack factors tally to a 12, which equates to a 6 to 1 -3 combat attack. The Soviets roll a 3, which modifies to a 0: EX. The Finnish *2-6 Inf X 1 is eliminated for the second turn in a row and the Soviets place the 2-1-6 Lt Arm X 1 into their replacement pool. After combat the Soviets advance the 4-8 Mot Inf XX 44 into forest hex 3512. The three Soviet air units providing the GS return to base at Leningrad.
Finally the Soviets attack the 1-6 Ski X SH guerrilla in combat mode at 3713 from hexes 3712 and 3812 along with the SB-2bis from Leningrad providing GS; the odds are 9 to 1 -2. The guerrilla ski X attempts to retreat before combat but rolls a 4: failure. The Soviets roll a 3 for the combat, which modifies to a 1: DH, which means the guerrilla unit is eliminated. Per Rule 40B2-Replacement Pools it is not placed in the Finnish replacement pool, but instead is returned to the “…pool of guerrillas available for deployment.” The 3-6 Inf XX 155 at 3712 advances after combat into hex 3713. The SB-2bis returns to base to Medvezhyegorsk, joining there the other SB-2bis and an I-16 F type air unit based there.
By the end of the movement phase in the important Karelian Isthmus zone the dispositions of the Soviet forces are as follows (air unit dispositions are for the end of the exploitation phase):
Clear terrain G. of Finland coast hex 4617:
three 5-6 Inf XXs 24, 70, and 100; all three never moved
three 3-2-8 Arm Xs 32, 39, and 51; all three from 4717
4-2-8 Art X LVO, never moved
3-2-8 Art X 13, never moved
pos flk unit, never moved
Wooded intermittent lake G. of Finland coast hex 4717:
Note: this turn the Soviet corps marker here flips to its regular stacking side per Rule 38H2a-Reduced Stacking.
4-6 Inf XX 77, reinf from NW Leningrad hex 4915
4-6 Inf XX 84, from NW Leningrad hex 4915
1-6 Eng III 8, repl from NW Leningrad hex 4915
1-6 Eng III 7, from 4815
three 2-6 Art Xs 15 and 19, from 4815; 50 from 4816
Woods Viipuri-Leningrad railway hex 4716:
9-6 Art XX 1, never moved
two 4-6 Inf XXs 43 and 97, never moved
1-6 Eng III 13, from 4814
2-1-8 Eng Tank III LVO, from 4814
3-2-8 Art X 9, from 4814
pos flk unit, never moved
Woods hex 4715:
two 4-6 Inf XXs 4 and 75, never moved
winterized *2-6 Marine X VMF/5, from 4716
1-8 Pltcl Pol III 2, from 4716
2-6 Art X 3, never moved
Woods rail hex 4714:
three 4-6 Inf XXs 52, 123, and 138, all three never moved
two 3-2-6 [Heavy] Arm Xs 35 and 40, from 4715
1-8 Pltcl Pol III 3, from NW Leningrad hex 4915
two 2-6 Art Xs 23 and 34, never moved
pos flk unit, never moved
Clear terrain L. Ladoga coast hex 4713:
4-6 Inf XX 41, never moved
1-8 Pltcl Pol III 1, from NE Leningrad hex 4914
two 2-6 Art Xs 40, never moved; 1, from 4814
2-0-6 Siege Art X LVO, from 4814
Clear terrain G. of Finland coast hex 4816:
4-6 Inf XX 37, reinf from NE Leningrad hex 4914
*1-2-8 Mot MG X 50, never moved
Clear terrain G. of Finland coast hex 4815:
4-8 Mot Inf XX 25, from 4717
3-2-8 Arm X 24, from 4716
Woods hex 4814:
4-6 Inf XX 90, from 4713
3-2-8 Arm X 33, from 4815
Woods rail hex 4813:
*0-1-0 FA X Kar, never moved
4-6 Inf XX 17, never moved
Isle of Kronshtadt (4916):
5-pt BB TF Marat
5-pt BB TF O. Rev
two 1-6 Lt AA IIIs 7 and 14, never moved
I-153, never moved
two R-5Sh, returned to base here after pinpoint tac bombing attack in Finland in the exploitation phase
SB-2bis, returned to base here after Helsinki terror bombing attack
NW Leningrad hex 4915:
I-16/t17, never moved
two SB-2, returned to base here after GS attack in Ladogan Karelia
NE Leningrad hex 4914
I-16/t10, initial phase repl, never moved
SB-2bis, returned to base here after Helsinki terror bombing attack
Leningrad central city hex 5014:
1-8 Cav III 116, reinf from SW Leningrad hex 5015
resource point
SB-2bis and DB-3m, both returned to base here after Helsinki terror bombing attack
Eastern Leningrad hex 5013:
SB-2bis and DB-3m, both returned to base here after Helsinki terror bombing attack
SW Leningrad hex 5015:
DB-3b, returned to base here after Helsinki terror bombing attack
SE Leningrad hex 5014:
0-5 Const III 13, never moved
DB-3t, returned to base here after GS attack in Ladogan Karelia.
In the combat phase the Soviets attack the Finns at woods Viipuri-Leningrad railway Mannerheim Line hex 4616 from hexes 4617, 4717, and 4716. The Finns defend with two 4-5-6 inf divs and the *3-8 Ski X RVV/1 for a total of 13 def factors. The Soviets attack with 31 attack factors at 4616 (one of the most powerful possible Soviet attack stacks in the game, I believe), 16 attack factors at 4717, and 23 attack factors at 4716, including the 9-6 Art XX 1. They attack with 1/7 combat eng capability, but with no pltcl pol IIIs. They attack the Finns at 5 to 1 -2 and roll a 6, which modifies to a 4: DH. The Finns first flip the 4-5-6 Inf XX 11 to cadre and then remove the *1-2-6 Inf cadre 11 for a total of 7 printed def factors lost for the DH combat loss, per Rule 9D-Losses and Rule 9E-Cadres. The two surviving Finnish units retreat to 4516 and stack atop the pos flk unit already there. After combat the Soviets advance the following units into hex 4616: the 9-6 Art XX 1, the two 4-6 Inf XXs 77 and 84, and the two 2-6 Art Xs 15 and 19.
Then the Soviets attack the Finns at woods Lake Ladoga coast Mannerheim Line hex 4613, defended by the 4-5-6 Inf XX 10. They attack it from 4714 across the “open water” river hexside, per Rule 37A4-The Vuoksa River System (NTO Scenario) and from 4713 across the frozen full lake hexside per A Winter War Errata, Q and A, September 13, 1994. They attack it at 4 to 1 -3 odds, with no combat engineers but with a pltcl pol III in both attacking hexes, and roll a 3, which modifies to a 0: AS.
In the exploitation phase the 4-8 Mot Inf XX at 4815 moves to adjacent hex 4816.
Late in the exploitation phase the Soviets do another large Helsinki terror bombing attack with the DB-3b, the two DB-3m’s, and five SB-2bis’, all from Leningrad/Kronshtadt. The I-16/t18, an I-16/t17, and an I-153 from Tallinn (4826) fly escort. The Finnish D.XXI F type based at Helsinki intercepts, and a random drawing pairs it up first with the I-153. The Soviet escort returns the Finnish fighter, but the Fokker fighter rolls a kill and eliminates the I-153. Except for one returned SB-2bis A type, all the Soviet B and A type air units successfully fly past Helsinki’s two pos flk factors and score two terror bombing hits on the Finnish capital.
Then the two R-5Sh’s based at Kronshtadt fly another pinpoint bombing mission against the railway junction at Kouvola (4321) in Finland, but fail to roll a 6 and miss.
The 3-6 Inf XX 50, now black U-2, remains at the northern end of the Isle of Suur at hex 4621; and the 1-8 Cav III 5 guards its rear from guerrillas at nearby Tytar Island (4820). A pos flk unit still guards the fighter units based at Tallinn.
Finally, seeing that the surviving Soviet fighters based at Tallinn are inoperative, the Finnish Glad F type air unit based at Tampere (3825) does a non-phasing air transfer to Helsinki, joining the D.XXI fighter unit based there.
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