The Finns, seeking restitution for the Winter War of 1939, had erupted across the borders and breached the Soviet Karelian front even as the crisis to the south of Leningrad came. In a desperate attempt to salvage something and form a new defense line along the Sestra River, orders went out to break off and retreat southward. One such unit was the 131st Border Battalion, which was to serve as a rearguard. At 1530, orders arrived releasing them to save themselves. . .if they could. Behind them a bakery was on fire, the town hall was ablaze, and ammunition was dwindling. Nevertheless, their young officers organized a fighting withdrawal towards the hills in an attempt to reach newly established lines.
Attacker: Finnish (Elements of 1st Parachute Regiment)
Defender: Russian (Remnants of 131st Border Battalion)
7 turns
Players: 2 OBA: None Night: No
Unit Counts:
Squads: A:16.0 D:14.0
AFVs: A:0 D:0
Guns: A:0 D:0
Misc Rules:
Building Blazes w D: Ammunition Shortage
Map Board(s):
21
Overlays:
NONE
Errata (source)
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jayouzts: Looking to re-enter ASL after a long absence. VASL PBEM
Fins got off to a storming start... breaking by ELR 2 russians squads on the other side of the road... but it meant a slow advance... the russians fell back to the wall and formed a solid line, when the fins got there the russian HIP MMG and squad fire laned the road but the fins weathered the firing and pushed through the middle.
The real break through was on the east edge of map , where several Finnish squads swept through the Russian defence squad and moved through the smoke, frantic melees broke out in the middle and the Russians stifled out the Finns in the centre blockhouse buildings, But just enough Finns on the east edge were able to keep the pace up and a count up showed the Russians couldnt get enough of the board to match the Finns with 2 turns to go having made a fight of it around the graveyard. The Finns on the west edge were wiped out leaving just 2 broken leaders within reach of the exit edge too...
Fun game, which is what matters.
Do the FInns just have to deploy everywhere and swarm in a mad rush forwards to get off in time?
2021-01-20
(A) David Garvin
vs
Loic Gourdon
Russian win
A slow start by me, the Finn, against a pretty good defensive layout by Loic. He's new to ASL and I failed to find a way to crack his defensive layout. He sacrificed a squad or two in the first few turns that ended up being enough to slow me down.
Winds picked up to heavy winds which caused the blazes to spread; however, the lack of smoke ended up helping him and hindering me.
Great win on his part!
2020-12-03
(D) Scott Fischbein
vs
Richard Matheson
Russian win
Richard's first full ASL game. He's coming along fast - having progressed through the SKs in a month or so, and now making the leap to the full game. The Finnish supermen made good progress early on, but missed a few opportunities to push ahead further, and didn't quite have the MFs left to get off the board in the last two turns, while the Russians had a few squads that could make it off (especially after the wind shifted in turn 5, clearing out the smoke that was laying in their path). Fun game- looking forward to lots more as Richard continues to hone his skills.
