It is 1939 and a Soviet army is marching on Finland.
As they cross the border, they hear a Finnish voice call from over the hill next to them. “One Finnish soldier is better than 10 Soviet soldiers!”
The Soviet general laughs, and sends 10 men to attack the position the voice came from.
There is gunfire for a minute and then everything goes silent. Then, they then hear the same voice go: “One Finnish soldier is better than a hundred Soviet soldiers!”
Annoyed, the Soviet general sends a hundred men this time. There is gunfire and explosions for ten minutes, then everything goes silent again. Suddenly, the same voice yells out: “One Finnish soldier is better than a thousand Soviet soldiers!”
Enraged, the general sends a thousand men, accompanied with tanks, artillery, and mortar teams. He tells them to not return until they capture the hill.
For half an hour all hell breaks loose; bombs and explosions, gunfire, screams and all other sounds of death and destruction. Then it goes silent again.
One Soviet soldier crawls back, severely wounded and bleeding.
Before the general could say anything, the soldier says:
“Do not send more troops, comrade general, it’s a trap! There are two of them.”