Chain of Command Winter War Soviets v Finnish

A mere three years and six months after being painted the CoC Winter War Finns Dave gave me managed  to get their first game! I used the Russians while Dave used the Finns in a defence in depth scenario.

The table consisted of a few wooden buildings dotted about with plenty of pine forests and a marsh. The Russians (average) attacked the Finns (elite) and both sides force moral started at 9:

One of the huge Russian squads deploys and begins to move forward:

A BT7 arrives to support the infantry:

The infantry press on to take cover in the woods. Two Finnish LMG squads have deployed to face them:

Disaster! After surviving the first shot from a Finnish AT gun concealed in the farm the BT7 explodes dramatically when hit by the second shot!

However, the Finnish gun crew don't last long enough to celebrate as they are wiped out by Soviet infantry fire:

With both sides' support wiped out it is down to the PBI to determine the result. Emboldened by their large squad size the Soviets rush forward hoping to give the Finns too many targets to be able to concentrate on one squad and overwhelm the Finns by numbers:

The Soviets discover their is a flaw in their plan though as two Finnish SMG squads deploy into the forest the Soviets were expecting to take without a fight. That's an awful lot of Finn's in an ideal position to shoot up the Soviet squad. Even more problematic is that there is a Senior Leader with the squad:

Undaunted the Soviets press forward while exchanging fire with the Finns:

The Finns decide to rush forward in true Finnish style and engage the Soviets in close combat where their SMG's will have a deadly effect:

The outcome is disastrous for the Soviets with the rampant Finns killing the entire Soviet squad for the loss of three men and two wounded Junior Leaders:

Having started only on 9 and already lost the BT7 bad things happen rolls for a squad wiped out, a Junior Leader and a Senior Leader killed result in Soviet morale falling to zero and a victory for Dave's Finns!

The game was over very quickly but wasn't totally one-sided as the Finns had taken some losses as well. I almost always play the Russians very aggressively (unless it is part of a PSC and they need to defend) and often it pays off with the large Russian squads taking losses but remaining useable unlike other nation's smaller squads. This time it didn't as Dave cunningly deployed his last two squads in the prefect position to shoot away some of my squad then charge it and finish it off. 

As I hadn't used the Finnish in so long since painting them (and I have my preferred option of Norwegians to paint) it made sense to return them to Dave as he may use them more than I have and hopefully they will see more action with him!