Targu Frumos

**Targu Frumos** is a scenario in *Panzer Corps 2*.

## Briefings

The war has come to Romania.

It seems our enemy is unsatisfied with the retreats they have forced out of Army Group South this year, and continue their advance on our heels.

But now it is time to see if the reorganization of Army Group South into Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group South Ukraine will bear fruit.

General Schorner of Army Group South Ukraine has tasked our forces to hold the line and finally put a stop to the relentless advances of our Soviet adversaries.

**Primary Objective: Hold Targu Frumos at the End of the Battle.**

**Bonus Objective: All 4 Romanian Destroyers Survive the Battle.**

**Elite Objective: Raid Odesa.**

Our most important objective is to prevent the Soviet advance from penetrating any further into Romania.

At all costs, our forces must maintain control of Targu Frumos, here.

The loss of this key location would expose the Romanian flank to assault, and we need those forces to continue to hold their lines of defense.

There is an additional task General Schorner has for us, if we are able to help.

After we helped the 17th Army escape across the Kerch Strait last year, they attempted to dig in and defend the Crimean Peninsula. They have been fighting there for the past several months, but their situation has become increasingly desperate and trying to keep them supplied exclusively through sea lanes has not been nearly enough.

Thusly, the General has given the order to evacuate the Crimean Peninsula. All of Romania's largest warships, a squadron of four destroyers, are on station to assist the evacution (Sic) efforts.

General Schorner has requested for us to lend these ships air cover, as they continue to oversee the evacuation efforts.

That might be easier said that done though. We will likely have our hands full just trying to defend Targu Frumos from a concentrated ground and air assault.

Let us show our enemies that we still have the strength to resist them!

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

The reports are in: the Soviets have given up on Targu Frumos and the Romanian border has been secured.

General Schorner sends his congratulations on a battle hard fought and well won.

He says this was quite an important victory, both politically and for the morale of our fighting forces.

And I share absolutely share his sentiments. It feels good to have won again, it has been a long and terrible retreat ever since we lost the Battle of Kursk last year.

Let us hope this battle is a herald of changing fortunes.

**Historically, the Soviet plan to invade Romania in early 1944 with the First Jassy-Kishinev offensive was a failure.**

**Although outnumbered, the Germans were able to benefit from the retreats they had suffered in the opening months of 1944.**

**No longer trying to desperately hold on to exposed locations, the German defenders around Targu Frumos were able to entrench themselves very effectively in favorable defensive terrain.**

**Although the Germans and Romanian defenders were outnumbered almost 3 to 1, they managed to inflict more than three times as many casualties on the attacking Soviets as they sustained.**

**This crushing victory put an immediate halt on all Soviet plans to continue their advance through Romania and into the Balkans during the Spring of 1944.**

## Walkthrough

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## Locations

* Targu Frumos

* Iasi

* Chisinau

* Odesa

* Constanta

* Tiraspol

* Dnister River

* Prut River

* Siret River

* Black Sea

* Targu Frumos

* Iasi

* Chisinau

* Odesa

* Constanta

* Tiraspol

* Dnister River

* Prut River

* Siret River

* Black Sea

## Messages

* ***Oberst Wagner:*** Our daring raid on Soviet held Odesa has turned some heads, mein General. In addition to a haul of Lend-Lease equipment we managed to capture near the port, the success of our little raid in the face of overwhelming enemy air superiority has earmarked our force to receieve (Sic) some very special prototype fighter aircraft. I have been informed these twin engine jet fighters are like nothing we have seen before, and allowing us to test a handful of prototypes in combat trials is quite the honor.

* ***Oberst Wagner:*** A limited supply of captured British fighters, American fighter-bombers, and the new Me262 prototypes.

* ***Oberst Wagner:*** Our daring raid on Soviet held Odesa has turned some heads, mein General. In addition to a haul of Lend-Lease equipment we managed to capture near the port, the success of our little raid in the face of overwhelming enemy air superiority has earmarked our force to receieve (Sic) some very special prototype fighter aircraft. I have been informed these twin engine jet fighters are like nothing we have seen before, and allowing us to test a handful of prototypes in combat trials is quite the honor.

* ***Oberst Wagner:*** A limited supply of captured British fighters, American fighter-bombers, and the new Me262 prototypes.

## Notes

* Successfully defending all Romanian destroyers will award 2 Commendation Points.
* Raiding Odesa will reward the player with 40 Strength points worth of Prototype Me 262A Fighters, 59 Strength points worth of Spitfire Mk.IX Fighters, and 64 Strength points worth of A-36 Tactical bombers.
* Enemy reinforcements will appear from the northwest on turns 2, 4, 8, 12, 13 and 15.
* Notable allied units:
	+ NMS Marasesti, a Level 2 Destroyer with 15 Strength points.
	+ NMS Marasti, a Level 2 Destroyer with 15 Strength points.
	+ NMS Regele Ferdinand, a Level 2 Destroyer with 15 Strength points.
	+ NMS Regina Maria, a Level 2 Destroyer with 15 Strength points.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ 42nd IS-1, which is Level 4 and has 14 Strength points and a hero with the Readiness, Tank Killer and Double Attack traits.
	+ 43rd KV-85, which is Level 4 and has 14 Strength points and a hero with the Low Profile, No Retaliation and Ambusher traits.
	+ 61st 100mm M1944, which is Level 2 and has 25 Strength points and a hero with the Consolidator and No Surrender traits.
	+ 74th and 75th 152mm M1938, which are Level 2 and have 25 Strength points and heroes with the Consolidator and No Surrender traits.
	+ 99th 85mm M1939, which is Level 2 and has 25 Strength points and a hero with the Consolidator and No Surrender traits.