A Strong Response - DAR

[Ratzki]

I have not done a DAR in quite a while, so with permission from the enemy, here we go.
A warning that this DAR will include spoilers, so if you have any intentions of playing this scenario blind, you might want to stop reading now. Don't say that I did not warn you.





First off this as a change for me, I get to play with som Fin units. My oponenet and I have been playing each other over a few scenarios, for a little while now, and I know that he is quite able to ruin my enjoyment of this scenario by kicking my a$$,;). The briefing leads me to believe that I will be seeing overwhelming Russian infantry and some light Russian tanks of some sort. I do not have very much at the start, but should be getting more troops as the game goes on.
Right off, this is a neat map, just the location that would have been chosen by Finnish commanders. A good choke point and plenty of cover. I look over my men and equipment and come to the conclusion that I cannot hold ground for any length of time vs numerous Russians. I make my mind up that I am gonna try a fluid defence and will try to inflict as many losses on the enemy as I can all while limiting my own losses and making somewhat of an organized retreat to the large flag. I am prepared to lose both small flags at the moment, so will not put up much of a fight there. The small flag on my left will be easier to defend, so I might hang out here a little longer. I position my AT Rifles in the woods with good LOS and I have my infantry and MG's with short covered arcs waiting to try to catch the lead Russian infantry in the open.
The plan is to hide, ambush, move, hide, ambush, and repeat all the way to the large flag, then hold fast on the left side of the road. The worst that can happen is for the Russians to come at me in a giant wave a overwhelm my guys before they can retreat to their next positions. I do have one platoon of infantry in an isolated position. This is to again shoot the crap outa the enemy and try to cross the open ground behind them as they retreat to the flag. I just need to delay as well as cause casualties, I have to give him something to ponder.
Let's see how this willl work...
Below is the map and my starting positions. Any comments will be welcome and I will try to answer them as best I can.