 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Meretskov akagadzwa kutungamira 7th Army. Muna January 1940, Dunhu reMasoja reLeningrad rakagadziridzwa ndokuchinjwa zita kuti North-Western Front. Semyon Timoshenko akasarudzwa Mutungamiriri wehondo kuti aputse Mannerheim Line. Uku kurwisa kweSoviet kwakadzorwa neHondo yeFinland muHondo yeTaipale. Nokuda kwechiitiko chinotevera, Stavka yakasimbisa zvikuru 7th Army, yakashandisa 13th Army kumativi ayo uye yakapa zvombo zvehondo zvinorema kune mauto maviri, kusanganisira B-4 howitzers uye Br-5 mortars. 