The vast forests of Finland were indeed a huge trouble, but Zhang Cheng did not think that this alone would be able to stop the Ming army's attack. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 It is difficult for the armored forces and the regular army to make a breakthrough in this special and complex environment, so they will send professional troops to fight. Forest combat is not terrible, and Daming also has troops that are good at fighting in the forest.

Since the Ming army marched north hundreds of years ago to defeat the northern barbarians, the entire vast Siberia gradually fell into the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Countless Ming people migrated their families to live in the cold Siberian region of the north in order to obtain fertile fields and mountain forests. These Ming people, who came here from the warm south, have been cutting down trees or hunting in the forest for many years, and have become a large number of excellent forest warfare experts for generations.

The huge Ming Army has a special jungle unit, which is specially used for jungle operations.

Just as most of the officers and men of the mountain division were born in mountainous areas. Most of the officers and soldiers of these jungle divisions are from hunters, forest rangers and Ming people who live near the forest all year round. These people have been hunting in the forest for many years and have a wealth of experience in forest warfare. And they received professional training in jungle warfare after joining the army. Almost every officer and soldier is an elite. For them, fighting in the forest is like a fish in water.

The jungle troops of the Ming Dynasty were divided into two parts, one part was in the southern rainforest, which was specially responsible for fighting in the forests of the tropics. The other part is the troops in the northern Siberian forests, which are responsible for combat operations in temperate and cold forests. The forests of the same boreal Finland are nothing compared to the vast forests of Siberia.

Five divisions of the Siberian Jungle Division, nearly 100,000 officers and men, were sent to the Finnish front in less than a week through the powerful transportation system of the Ming Dynasty. It's full of it, and this has something to do with the fact that they are all light infantry divisions. If it is a heavy army, it is impossible to be in place in such a short period of time unless it is a comprehensive priority support.

The arrival of these jungle veterans greatly improved the predicament suffered by the Ming Army's mechanized corps here. The good days of the Finns are coming to an end.

The Ming Mechanized Legion has a strong strength, but it can't be brought into play. The armored forces had little to do in the face of the Finnish troops hiding in the forest. And they can't bypass these forests to their goals. After all, the forest area here is too large.

This kind of passive battle everywhere made the Ming army feel very aggrieved. This also confirms from the side that the armored forces are not able to give full play to their strength in any terrain environment. Under certain conditions, its powerful combat capability will be greatly weakened.

However, the troops of the Ming Army's Nordic Army Group were quickly rescued from their embarrassing situation. With the arrival of the jungle warfare troops, the situation faced by the Ming army was immediately improved.

These officers and soldiers of the Ming army's jungle warfare, who had been dealing with the forest all year round, quickly entered the state. They built a strong flank covering line on both flanks of the main forces. Step by step, the main force is protected through the road to various targets. The Finns immediately felt the tremendous pressure, they were forcibly suppressed in the forest, and they could no longer be like the Ming army that had attacked the road as they had done before.

Fighting in the dark forest, ensuring that you don't lose your way and being well resupplied in this difficult environment is the most important factor. Compared to the Finnish army, which was completely dependent on itself as a land snake, the terrain was familiar with moving back and forth in the forest. Although the Ming army was a newcomer, it had an advantage that the Finns could not match.

Although the Finns are the head of the land, they are still in a state of being unable to light open fires in the forest, unable to communicate in time, and can only rely on their legs to march with difficulty. However, the Ming troops could carry out good communication and mobile supply of material personnel by starting to massively equip the troops' transport helicopters and radio stations equipped with squads.

The Ming army moved quickly by helicopter and provided supplies, which dealt a great blow to the Finnish army, which was extremely difficult to maneuver. In front of the Ming army, which had ultra-high mobility capabilities, the Finnish army, which could only walk on two legs, fell into a situation where it could not escape and could not fight. Not to mention attacking the main force of the Ming army, they themselves became the target of the Ming army.

The Ming army had the officers and men of the jungle division in the forest, and the situation on the battlefield was greatly improved. Because of the presence of these veterans on the front line, they were able to get in touch with the warplanes hovering in the sky and the artillery units in the distance through the radio and various smoke bombs in time.

Once the Finns have been found in a gathering place or position, even a squad-sized Finnish army is likely to be bombarded with bombs or hordes of artillery. The Ming army did not hesitate to use tons of ammunition just to destroy one enemy soldier. This rate of exchange is beyond the reach of the Finns. Their casualty numbers began to add up rapidly.

Although the Finns have four or five hundred thousand regular troops and reserves, these armies are basically the limit of the mobilization force of the whole country. Once they are lost, there is basically no way to replenish them. Unless the old men who walk bent over and the children who are not as tall as rifles are dragged into battle. Or simply let the women go to war.

The only tactics that worked well of the Finns were immediately ineffective as soon as the Ming army made targeted deployments. The highly-anticipated jungle warfare was quickly broken by the Ming army, and the Ming army, with sufficient flank cover, quickly attacked and reached the city of Helsinki in a short time.

The Finns tried to hold on to their capital. Not only because it's the capital, but also because it's the largest gathering and distribution point in the whole of Finland. Most of the various supplies in the hands of the Finns, both received from the Russians and aid from the allied seas, were stored here. If these supplies are lost, Finland loses the ability to hold on.

Finland is a small country with a weak force, and the transportation and communication conditions are very poor. Even the number of cities in the country is very limited. As the most important and largest city, Helsinki has the best transport and communication environment in the whole of Finland. The harsh reality forced the Finns to concentrate most of their energy and supplies here.

There is an obvious disadvantage to this approach, that is, once it encounters the siege of the main force of the Ming army, as it is now. Losing Helsinki would mean losing the ability to continue the war. But if the Finns want to hold on here, they don't have to say whether they can hold on to it. A face-to-face positional battle with the Ming army alone was enough to kill the Finns. A hard-hitting war of attrition is something the Finns cannot afford. But they had no choice.

After moving out to the wide area near Helsinki, the Ming army, which had been holding its breath in the vast forest, finally had a chance to get angry. Hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and thousands of warplanes bombarded this modest city in ruins. Two days of brutal shelling and bombardment dealt a devastating blow to this beautiful city on the Baltic coast.

Subsequently, a large number of Ming infantry, under the cover of armored troops, rushed into the city and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the Finnish troops hiding in the ruins. The ferocity of the battle was shocking. Smoke, fire, blood, corpses, ruins, and a burning mess of all kinds make up a hellish picture.

It was not easy to get rid of the rule of the tsar and obtain the dream of independence. Finland was reluctant to declare its demise less than a month after its founding. Many Finnish soldiers and militiamen, including women, held their positions and attacked the Ming army with whatever weapons they could use, trying to hold on to their homeland.

The Ming army, which had suffered heavy losses at the hands of the Finns because of the light enemy before, had already adjusted its state very quickly. They admit that they are facing a tough opponent, and that even the elite units of the Russian army are no match for the Finnish militiamen. The Ming army also exerted all their strength and determination to wage a bloody battle against the Finns.

The will of the Finns to resist is unimaginable. The Ming army caught few prisoners of war in the city of Helsinki, which was full of smoke and fire. Soldiers of the Finnish army held every position, and after running out of ammunition, they would even rush at the Ming armoured vehicles with anti-tank mines. Even female soldiers are no exception.

The Finns did everything they could to protect their country, but their country was too weak and the enemy too strong. The artillery bombardment and armored advance of the Ming army are not just a joke. Accurate artillery shelling and bombardment can destroy most of the detected positions and firing points.

And the trained armored units turned themselves into steel fortresses with powerful firepower and strong armored defenses. Support each other with the infantry to form a powerful battle group. These well-trained and battle-hardened Ming officers and soldiers were far from being able to compete with the poorly equipped and poorly trained Finnish militia. They are like killing machines with a heart of steel on the battlefield, and they see only enemies and dead people in their eyes.

Although the Finnish militia brought a lot of losses to the Ming army with their determination and will, it did not have much impact on the situation on the battlefield and the direction of the war. The Ming army still controlled the course of the war in an orderly manner and at its own pace.

On the afternoon of April 19, 1943, the troops of the 15th Infantry Army of the Ming Army successfully captured the port area of Helsinki after fierce fighting, capturing and destroying a large number of military supplies of the Finns. The loss of the port area was a great blow to the Finns' will and determination to resist, and at the same time cut off their ability to obtain large amounts of outside aid. (To be continued.) )