Warsaw (AO)

**Warsaw** is a scenario in *Panzer Corps 2*.

## Briefings

Warsaw lies before us, mein General.

Despite the city being under siege since early September, resistance is expected to be extraordinarily strong.

Even so, all of our efforts in Poland have led to this moment, and we are well prepared.

**Primary Objective: Capture all Victory Hexes.**

Prolonged bombing raids on the city have destroyed all bridges that span the Vistula. Any remaining bridges north and south of the city are firmly under our control.

This, combined with our total encirclement of the city, gives us a lot of flexibility on how to launch our assault.

We can deploy anywhere around Warsaw and strike as we please. I recommend focusing on the few remaining Polish supply depots. Cut off from all supply, we should be able to create major encirclements of enemy units within the city.

We'll need to clear the city's defenders district by district, and I suggest focusing on one district at a time to avoid spreading our forces too thin.

The last embers of Polish resistance have nowhere left to run, and no one is coming to help them.

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

The news has just arrived, mein General: Warsaw has surrendered!

With the capitulation of these forces, our campaign in Poland has come to an end.

Somehow I suspect our successes here have only emboldened High Command. I'm already hearing rumors of our re-deployment to Western Europe.

For the time being though, our orders are to return to Germany for rest and refit.

War with France and Britain will make it impossible for me to take a trip to Spain, so I guess I will have to content myself with merely sending another letter to Ana.

Congratulations again on another triumph, mein General. I certainly look forward to our next deployment.

Oh, one more thing I almost forgot: Finland has requested a few volunteers to help train their new officer corps. High Command is not ordering us to go, but they would not object if you took some of our forces up north for a winter excursion.

**Historically, the defense of Warsaw was impressively stubborn. All initial German attempts to enter the city were repulsed and the ensuing siege would last from the first week of September till the very end of the month.**

**Under constant air bombardment by the Luftwaffe, the city suffered terrible damage, with some estimates claiming half the city's buildings either damaged or destroyed. Even so, the defenders continued to valiantly hold out. It was not until the city was completely surrounded, the Soviet Union joined the invasion, and the Western Allies gave up their offensives to support Poland did the city's defenders finally capitulate.**

## Locations

* Vistula River

* Vistula River

## Messages

* Mein General, I think there is something that requires your attention. I hesitate to bring it up because it could just be a ruse, but I have a hunch that it is not.

I believe there is a secret message imbedded in one of the Soviet communiques we recently intercepted! If we have decoded it correctly, it seems to refer to secret test flights of a brand new aircraft, and they are hiding movement of the prototype by shipping it alongside a pile of captured Polish junk and old Soviet scrap.

With your permission, we could investigate the matter with a clandestine operation. It would most likely take a considerable amount of your influence to arrange though.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to use 8 Commendation Points to investigate this mystery?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* Your investigation only uncovered the decoy convoy of captured junk. You now have %d Commendation Points.

* You choose to reject the offer. You still have %d Commendation Points

* Mein General, I know you are disappointed we only found junk in our investigation, but I believe that was a sign that we were on the right track. If this was truly a ruse, we should have not found anything at all! With only a little more resources and effort, I am certain we can find this secret prototype.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to use 4 Commendation Points to further investigate this mystery?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You choose to continue the investigation. You now have %d Commendation Points.

* You choose to reject the offer. You still have %d Commendation Points

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, we found the prototype and enough technical information to field a single squadron of them for ourselves! They will be deploying to the nearest eastern airfield as we speak.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, sorry to interrupt, but that recon pilot is back with yet another transfer request. I have taken the liberty of agreeing to send him back to Germany at the conclusion of our campaign.

Perhaps after some time with an Aviation Training Regiment we might reconsider him for combat assignment.

* Mein General, I think there is something that requires your attention. I hesitate to bring it up because it could just be a ruse, but I have a hunch that it is not.

I believe there is a secret message imbedded in one of the Soviet communiques we recently intercepted! If we have decoded it correctly, it seems to refer to secret test flights of a brand new aircraft, and they are hiding movement of the prototype by shipping it alongside a pile of captured Polish junk and old Soviet scrap.

With your permission, we could investigate the matter with a clandestine operation. It would most likely take a considerable amount of your influence to arrange though.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to use 8 Commendation Points to investigate this mystery?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* Your investigation only uncovered the decoy convoy of captured junk. You now have %d Commendation Points.

* You choose to reject the offer. You still have %d Commendation Points

* Mein General, I know you are disappointed we only found junk in our investigation, but I believe that was a sign that we were on the right track. If this was truly a ruse, we should have not found anything at all! With only a little more resources and effort, I am certain we can find this secret prototype.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to use 4 Commendation Points to further investigate this mystery?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You choose to continue the investigation. You now have %d Commendation Points.

* You choose to reject the offer. You still have %d Commendation Points

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, we found the prototype and enough technical information to field a single squadron of them for ourselves! They will be deploying to the nearest eastern airfield as we speak.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, sorry to interrupt, but that recon pilot is back with yet another transfer request. I have taken the liberty of agreeing to send him back to Germany at the conclusion of our campaign.

Perhaps after some time with an Aviation Training Regiment we might reconsider him for combat assignment.

## Notes

* If players have at least 8 Commendation Points at the start of the scenario, they will be given the option to begin an investigation in exchange for 8 Commendation Points, which gives players 19 Strength points worth of I-15 Fighters, 5 Strength points worth of TKS Tanks, 18 Strength points worth of PZL P.11c Fighters, and 17 Strength points worth of PZL P.37B Los Strategic bombers.
* If players accepted the option to begin an investigation and they have at least 4 Commendation points by turn 5, they will be given the option to continue the investigation in exchange for 4 Commendation points, which will give players an Il-2 Shturmovik on turn 9.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ Juliusz Zulauf, a Level 1 PL HW Inf that has 16 Strength points and a hero with the Unyielding and Last Stand traits.
	+ Kazimierz Baran, a Level 1 75mm wz. 36 that has 13 Strength points and a hero with the Camouflage and Last Stand traits.
	+ Marian\_Porwit, a Level 1 PL Cavalry that has 17 Strength points and a hero with the No Retreat and No Surrender traits.
	+ Straż Graniczna, a Level 1 PL Cavalry that has 16 Strength points and a hero with the No Retreat and No Surrender traits.
	+ Tadeusz Kutrzeba, a Level 2 7TPdw that has 15 Strength points and a hero with the Artillery Support and Last Stand traits.
	+ Walerian Czuma, a Level 1 PL Cavalry that has 17 Strength points and a hero with the No Retreat and No Surrender traits.
	+ 75th TKS, which is Level 1 and has 12 Strength points and a hero with the No Retaliation and Last Stand traits.