In the middle of the border is the narrowest waist in Finland, and there are three approaches to the port of Oulu, an important part of the Gulf of Bothnia, along which the port of Oulu can be encircled by an outer line. The width of the line from Somussalmi to the port of Oulu is only 120 kilometres, and once opened, the Finnish barricade can be cut into two sections, north and south, which will greatly affect the entire situation of the war. But this armored troops were completely unable to participate in the war, which was very unfavorable to the Soviet army, and because of this, the Finnish army concentrated almost all the mobile forces that could be squeezed out, trying to fight a beautiful war of annihilation, in order to obtain a decent bargaining chip, but under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Soviet bomber group, it suffered heavy losses, although it successfully annihilated an infantry division of the Soviet army, but its own permanent attrition was not much less than that of the Soviet army, you must know that the elite degree of the Finnish infantry far exceeded that of the Soviet army, so it can be said that the Finnish army was a real victory in this battle. Moreover, in comparison with the huge population disparity between the two countries, the same sacrifice of more than 10,000 people has completely different meanings

The northernmost region of Besa Mou is a perennial permafrost plateau. Besa is not only Finland's only good port in the Barents Sea, but also an important channel connecting the port of Murmansk in the Soviet Union with the important iron ore region in northern Sweden. However, due to the lack of troops of the Finnish army, they had to abandon the defense on their own initiative, and the Soviet army occupied a large area of land in this area without blood, as in history

In less than two weeks, the Mannerheim Line, which the Finns considered impassable, was completely broken through by the Soviets, and the Soviet 8th Army, which was originally only a partial division, drove straight into the Finnish and inflicted great losses on Finland, with a total of more than 100,000 Finnish casualties. Of these, no less than 50,000 were killed, captured and missing. Finland, which was small and small in size, could no longer hold on, and signed an alliance with the Soviet Union before Western aid arrived.

On May 28, 1941, representatives of the two countries signed a peace agreement in Moscow, in which Finland ceded the vital Karelian Isthmus, and thus lost Vyborg, Finland's second largest city, 10% of Finland's arable land and 1/5 of its industrial output. More than 220,000 people, or 12 percent of Finland's population, were deported without their homes, and only a tiny fraction chose to remain and become Soviet citizens.

In addition, Finland ceded the Ribachi Peninsula in the Barents Sea, four islands in the Gulf of Finland. Part of the Sara area. and leased the Hanko Peninsula to the USSR as a naval base for 30 years. This agreement was very harsh for Finland, and the Finnish government, which hated the Soviet Union, quickly turned to Germany, because at this time only Germany seemed to have the ability and courage to be the enemy of the Soviet Union

The French government, which had previously prepared to support Finland, was completely frightened by the strong combat effectiveness displayed by the Soviet army. On the one hand, they continued to send additional troops to the Maginot Line in case of the westward advance of the German army. On the other hand, they always pinned their hopes on the eastward advance of the German army and the Soviet Union. France, on the other hand, can profit from the fishermanship. For this reason, the French government strictly forbade a single soldier to cross the national border, so as not to provoke Germany

However, if you just look at the numbers. The losses of the Soviet army in the Soviet-Finnish war were not small, and the number of permanent attrition such as killed, missing, captured, wounded and killed, and died of disease added up, and it would not be less than 20,000; The total number of attritions is more than 50,000; In addition, the Soviet Union lost 174 aircraft, 256 tanks and armored vehicles, and 39 heavy guns of 152mm caliber or more. But the problem is that the Soviet Union now has a standing army of 5 million, more than 10,000 combat aircraft, and more than 10,000 tanks and armored vehicles, and its mobilization capacity is even more impressive

Hu Weidong, who knew the process of the Soviet-Finnish war in history, was even more shocked by the unexpected performance of the Soviet army, you must know that although the outcome of this war was no different in history, the Soviet Union died nearly 200,000 and the total number of casualties exceeded 700,000!

Although China's relations with the West are very poor now, Hu Weidong has always regarded the Soviet Union as the real number one enemy in his heart, and after discovering that it has become more powerful than he imagined, Hu Weidong, who has always been calm, is almost confused, and his mind is full of regret for the various jishu and scientific management methods that he supported and exchanged to the Soviet Union.

However, after all, Hu Weidong has been a human being for two lifetimes, and he has sharpened his mind to be extremely tenacious in many years of war, so it did not take long for him to calm down and carefully analyze the relevant information collected so far, and the result made him breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that although the Soviet Union was strong, it did not exceed his expectations, and the reason why the results were so much better than in history was entirely because the objective conditions were different from the Soviet-Finnish war in history

Finland is one of the coldest countries on Shijie, with 1/4 of its territory located in the Arctic zone. The winter is long and cold, with heavy wind and snow, and the temperature is often below minus 30~40 degrees. Historically, the Soviets chose to launch an offensive in winter, and inexplicably transferred troops from the south as the main force, resulting in countless people freezing to death and frostbite, and the combat effectiveness of Soviet officers and soldiers who were not frozen to death and frostbite was also generally greatly affected; In this time and space, the time of the Soviets' attack was from late spring to early summer, and naturally they would not suffer a big loss because of the severe cold as in history.

Finland's harsh winter is full of snow, which gives Finnish partisans and even snipers a good battlefield to show their might. And it is worth mentioning that because the sniper appeared on the stage of history in advance as a branch of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, this inspired the Soviet Union to establish its own sniper unit in advance, and Shiyan summed up a set of sniper tactics suitable for the characteristics of the Soviet army, while the Finnish hunter gunners with hundreds of shots Although the marksmanship is accurate and they are local combat, their tactics are still very immature and they generally lack combat experience, so they did not use snipers to take too much advantage as in history.

And it is worth mentioning that the USSR was much more powerful than the historical infantry support fire (more haode light and heavy machine guns, 60, 82 mortars and rocket launchers. The number one sniper in history during World War II, the White Reaper, died in the mortar fire of an infantry company of the Soviet army in this time and space, and he only killed 37 Soviets, most of whom were not reported before he could be reported, so he died in obscurity, and even among later generations of Finnish natives, few people knew about his deeds (to be continued......