Continue efforts to defend Tolva and halt Soviet attacks by creating a strong point in the village and the areas to the north and south IOT block any movement west. Make it clear to all personnel this is as far as the Soviets are going and that you are right here with them.
One of the mountain guns is positioned in the village to provide direct fire against tanks and other targets coming from the east. The remaining guns are behind the ridge IOT provide fire support to the force.
As the 16th Infantry Regiment arrives, one battalion and the regimental mortar battery will reinforce the blocking positions in and around Tolva Village, Hirva Village and to the south, while the other battalions form additional patrols to attack Soviet forces as previously described (defeat Soviet flanking efforts and conduct ambushes and raids against Soviet units, particularly logistics elements, in column along the roads).
The engineers will assist with defensive efforts in Tolva by mining the road and the causeway, which hopefully we have, and constructing obstacles with priority going to Tolva. Once that is done, the engineers will join the reserve force, with the same planning priorities as before.
If no anti-tank units are available, or even if they are, improvise them with demolition charges, Molotov cocktails (an eternal joke on old Vyacheslav), grenades and anything else available. Machine gun units position 25% of their weapons as anti-aircraft support as actual anti-aircraft units might not arrive in time (but request them anyway). Find or fabricate skis for patrols, raiding and resupply parties.
The Regimental HQ and logistics units will position themselves in and around Tolva Village to provide support and resupply.
As soon as possible, resupply any units operating to the east. Once the lakes freeze solid, things get more complicated, but as the snow deepens, wheeled vehicles and dismounted infantry will be road bound, whereas ski troops will not.
I have no idea about what happened after 03:00 on 7th Dec (but now I'm curious). That said, this seems like a reasonable situation, no?
From the map, the distance from the ridge to the easter side of the lake is 2km (maybe a bit more on the north side). That should be easy work then for all guns. So:
- emplace guns on the ridge
- prepare some demolition on the lake in case it becomes frozen enough for the soviets to attempt to cross it on foot
- enjoy the shooting?
I must be missing something - maybe the ridge is too close, and thus too much exposed to counter-battery fire?
Continue efforts to defend Tolva and halt Soviet attacks by creating a strong point in the village and the areas to the north and south IOT block any movement west. Make it clear to all personnel this is as far as the Soviets are going and that you are right here with them.
One of the mountain guns is positioned in the village to provide direct fire against tanks and other targets coming from the east. The remaining guns are behind the ridge IOT provide fire support to the force.
As the 16th Infantry Regiment arrives, one battalion and the regimental mortar battery will reinforce the blocking positions in and around Tolva Village, Hirva Village and to the south, while the other battalions form additional patrols to attack Soviet forces as previously described (defeat Soviet flanking efforts and conduct ambushes and raids against Soviet units, particularly logistics elements, in column along the roads).
The engineers will assist with defensive efforts in Tolva by mining the road and the causeway, which hopefully we have, and constructing obstacles with priority going to Tolva. Once that is done, the engineers will join the reserve force, with the same planning priorities as before.
If no anti-tank units are available, or even if they are, improvise them with demolition charges, Molotov cocktails (an eternal joke on old Vyacheslav), grenades and anything else available. Machine gun units position 25% of their weapons as anti-aircraft support as actual anti-aircraft units might not arrive in time (but request them anyway). Find or fabricate skis for patrols, raiding and resupply parties.
The Regimental HQ and logistics units will position themselves in and around Tolva Village to provide support and resupply.
As soon as possible, resupply any units operating to the east. Once the lakes freeze solid, things get more complicated, but as the snow deepens, wheeled vehicles and dismounted infantry will be road bound, whereas ski troops will not.
I have no idea about what happened after 03:00 on 7th Dec (but now I'm curious). That said, this seems like a reasonable situation, no?
From the map, the distance from the ridge to the easter side of the lake is 2km (maybe a bit more on the north side). That should be easy work then for all guns. So:
- emplace guns on the ridge
- prepare some demolition on the lake in case it becomes frozen enough for the soviets to attempt to cross it on foot
- enjoy the shooting?
I must be missing something - maybe the ridge is too close, and thus too much exposed to counter-battery fire?