The Finns have only 8 platoons of INF but have higher morale and, in my play, really, really good leaders (2 10-1-2s, one an Eversti Lt, and the other a Kapteeni). The Germans have fewer troops of lowser morale and no leaders with morale shifts.

The Finns decide to put their full effort into the large town, ignoring the bridge and small town. The Germans adequately man the defenses in the large town but have no reserves whatsoever as their already inferior force starts out split between the bridge and the large town.

The Finns advance and take several results from the on board artillery and the opportunity fire from the town. After three turns of watching the Germans shadow their movement to block entry into the town, the Finns split up with four platoons and two leaders (one of the supermen with each group). The Germans reflexively split up and there was their doom. Both Finnish groups close the distance to the defenders and are savaged by opportunity fire but with no losses and a -2 leader impact on the rolls there were very few unpassed morale checks. Upon reaching the town two assaults were generated and caused the Germans to pull in their flanking units, leaving the town open for the Finns to control.

As the assaults ground forward the Germans began taking losses while the Finns would lose some morale here or there but ended up taking the entire large town and causing 9 step losses. The remainder of the German troops ran away after the Major was killed.

As long as the Finnish player is willing to split their forces there is precious little the German can do to win this one. I give it a "2". The power of the Finnish infantry is just too much for the defending Germans.

The Germans set up an HMG platoon on the bridge and a Gren and the 105 in the northern town of board 7. The remaining units were dispersed in the southern part of the large city on board 2. The Finns decided to ignore the bridge and small town and use their limited resources to concentrate on taking the large city. They approached from the southeastern part of board 2 directly toward the town. Two platoons were hit by artillery fire before reaching the city. The others moved into the southeast part of the city and initiated an assault that ended up lasting the balance of the game. During that time the other German units (minus the 105mm platoon) moved into the large city to set up a defensive perimeter. The game turned into an urban battle that the Finns didn't have the personnel to win. In the end both sides lost six steps and the Germans held all but six of the objective hexes (one hex was still being battled over), making for an easy German victory. The Finns simply don't have enough units in this scenario to accomplish their task.