Orenthal

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

## Briefings

Now that we've dealt a setback to the French 3rd Army, we can focus again on the 4th.

Recon reports show that they're still mired in the minefields we deployed, so this is an excellent opportunity for a quick raid!

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

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

**Bonus Objective: Raid Orenthal.**

While the main body of the French are busy with our minefields...

We should be clear to strike at various positions in this region. If we're lucky, we might find some weapon depots scattered around, so the more you capture, the better off we'll be later on.

We are dangerously close to French territory though: Orenthal is expected to be extremely heavily fortified. We can try to encircle it, but if this obstacle is too stubborn, I recommend we simply bypass it on our raid.

Heavy cloud cover has been forecast, so we might want to hold back a few of our aircraft for this engagement.

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

**Mein General, I have an urgent report for your attention.**

The lightning raid on the distracted French 4th Army has presented us a unique, but dangerous, opportunity.

We've captured enough French equipment that we could stage another raid, but this time the goal will be to sow confusion.

A small group of volunteers is ready to man the French vehicles, and strike hard at the border between the French armies. By using their own equipment against them, we might be able to confuse the French enough to the point that the two armies might clash outright!

The damage we would cause is likely to be negligible, but the raid might be worth it in other ways.

The men await your orders, mein General.

**Historically, several small scale German counterattacks did challenge the French Saar Offensive, including an encounter near the village of Apach. While these attacks dealt little damage, their boldness caused the French to increasingly overestimate their enemy and further slowed their advance out of undue caution.**

## Locations

* Blies River

* Bliesbruck

* Roadway

* Hornbach

* Orenthal

* Loutzviller

* Bockweiler

* Gersheim

* Mandelbachtal

* Bickenalb River

* Hornbach River

* Blies River

* Bliesbruck

* Roadway

* Hornbach

* Orenthal

* Loutzviller

* Bockweiler

* Gersheim

* Mandelbachtal

* Bickenalb River

* Hornbach River

## Messages

* Bonus Objective to capture all Victory Hexes completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* Bonus Objective to raid Orenthal completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 2.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, some of our forces have found a hidden French tank repair depot. We've commandeered the contents and you can access them as captured equipment.

* Bonus Objective to capture all Victory Hexes completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* Bonus Objective to raid Orenthal completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 2.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, some of our forces have found a hidden French tank repair depot. We've commandeered the contents and you can access them as captured equipment.

## Notes

* Capturing all thirteen Victory Hexes at any point will earn players 1 Commendation Point, while capturing Orenthal at any point will earn players 2 Commendation Points.
* Capturing the airport at (28, 11) will give players 7 Strength points worth of Captured Char B1 Tanks.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ 10th FR HW Inf, which has 18 Strength points and a hero with the City Fighter trait.
	+ 11th FR HW Inf, which has 18 Strength points and a hero with the Fearsome Reputation trait.
	+ 37th Hotchkiss H35, which has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 41st Somua S35, which has a hero with the Tank Killer trait.
	+ 54th 105mm mle 1913, which has a hero with the Double Attack and Double Support traits.