![]() In response, part of the 44th Division, the 1st Battalion of the 305th Rifle Regiment, and the 3rd Battalion of the 662nd Rifle Regiment, were sent to reinforce the 163rd Division troops near Suomussalmi. ![]() ![]() The situation was getting worse, and on 20 December the commander of the 163rd Division, Andrei Zelentsov, asked permission to retreat from Suomussalmi. The 163rd Division was nearly surrounded and suffered major casualties in Suomussalmi. The Finns also cut the first, northern supply route on 13 December, and the Soviets were forced to open a new supply route through Lake Kiantajärvi. The action blocked the second, southern supply route to the Soviet 163rd Rifle Division in the town of Suomussalmi. ![]() During the battle of Suomussalmi, the Finns cut the Raate road on December 11, 1939.
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