Heroic Frenzy - Fight for Petrograd, 1919

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HEROIC FRENZY. A desperate White Offensive fueled by British tanks and aircraft (and promises) to seize the city of Petrograd (formerly Leningrad).

A desperate Red defense by the 7th Army that quickly unraveled like a ball of yarn until the Pulkovo Hills, just 10-15 miles from the city. The White offensive struck like lightening with numerous night attacks, which completely "spooked" the feeble Red soldier. MkV tanks simply added hysteria to their already "paranoid" psyche.

According to Trotsky, “The Seventh army held the western approaches to Petrograd. The prolonged standstill had impaired its morale. Its watchfulness became dulled; its best workers, even whole detachments, were taken away and sent to the more active sectors of the front. For a revolutionary army, which needs constant charges of enthusiasm, marking time almost always ends in mishap, and often in disaster”.

Disaster it was. The rout of the 7th Army was so bad that it provoked Trotsky himself to enter the battle area near Gatchina, but even his attempts to rally the men were in vain. The Whites continued on to the climatic stand at Pulkovo Hill. There, the Red workers and peasant soldiers filled to brim with Red propaganda sacrificed themselves in the thousands to push back the outnumbered White Army.

On the 20th, Yudenich advanced as far as Krasnoye Syelo. His scouts on horseback could see the gilded dome of St. Isaac’s cathedral from the hill!

The Finnish radio prematurely reported the occupation of Petrograd. All through Europe and the rest of the world the news spread that the Red Petrograd had fallen.

The Reds were frantic. About sixty guns were placed behind cover on the open squares and at the more important street-crossings. All canals, gardens, walls, fences and houses were fortified. Trenches were dug in the suburbs and along the Neva. The whole southern part of the city was transformed into a for-tress. Barricades were raised on many of the streets. Within a few days, the Red army defending Petrograd had tripled in size and outnumbered Yudenich three to one. It would be as close as any White Army would ever get to crushing the Red virus.

Heroic Frenzy covers this wild fast moving 10 turn game.