Valona

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

## Briefings

This disaster continues to unfold before us, mein Herr.

Not only have the Italians completely abandoned their offensives, now the Greeks are pushing into Albania!

**Primary Objective: Maintain control of all Valona Victory hexes at the end of the scenario.**

We cannot lose control of Valona, as it is one of two primary ports of entry from Italy into Albania. Though in our case, we'll need to maintain control of it to secure our port of exit.

Therefore I must recommend we protect it with a dedicated garrison force at all times.

To make sure our position isn't overwhelmed all at once, we should be skirmishing with the Greek attackers to keep them off balance.

As before, the atrocious winter weather will make our aircraft near useless.

But unlike before, we should expect to see enemy tanks and vehicles. It seems in their haste to abandon their offensive, the Italians left behind more than a few working vehicles that the Greeks were more than happy to deploy against their former owners.

Our observations on the Italian handling of this campaign will certainly make for a quite interesting report, so long as we survive it first.

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

Mein General, our campaign is finally at an end.

We managed to hold on to the Italian position in Albania, but only just barely.

I must say, our invitation to serve as observers has certainly proved quite illuminating.

Our report to Berlin on the situation will probably prove quite damning of our allies. However it must be done; as it is clear the Italians are woefully incapable of conducting operations on their own. Let alone a successful one.

It is equally clear the situation in the Balkans will require our direct intervention, but that will have to wait for the following Spring.

For now, the only thing left to do is report to Berlin, and see what High Command decides to do about the situation.

I did get another letter from Ana Sofia though, would you like to see it?

My dearest Stefan,

So much has happened in the past months, forgive me for needing to write it out to you. I guess I am sort of writing this for myself, but since you have often asked what's on my mind, well I guess I am sharing it now.

More than ever, I am in awe of your military prowess. I don't pretend to know the history of the Great War very well, but even I know how terrible it was and how long it lasted. To think that you and General %playername%'s contributions to the war effort has ended Germany's war with France in mere months is incredible.

And no one was happier than I when it ended, and you showed up here in Spain to tell it to me in person...

I still dream of those days and nights we spent together. Now more than ever, I cherish the distraction those thoughts bring to me in these dark times. Despite the contributions of your country to end our civil war, you are no doubt wondering why Spain has not formally joined Germany in alliance.

I must tell you, Spain is in no state to contribute much of anything at this point. The scars of our civil war still run deep, and sometimes I feel the healing will never even begin now.

Between the civil war and the endless reprisals that continue to this day... I now have no family left in Spain to speak of.

With nothing left for me here, I think I will accept your invitation to stay in Germany.

I must warn you though, a few weeks after you left, I found myself becoming very ill in the mornings. It has become impossible to visit a doctor in Spain, but I have no pains nor fever from the illness, so I am hopeful it is nothing serious. If it is possible, perhaps I should visit a German doctor, just in case.

I know your war with Britain is not yet over; so remain ever vigilant. I shall continue to pray for your safety each night. Take care of yourself, your men, and General %playername% as you always have. I look forward to meeting your family in Germany, and hope to be seeing you there someday soon.

Your Capitana,
Ana Sofia

**Historically, the Greek counteroffensive massively embarrassed the Italians. It completely erased all of their gains and pushed them many miles behind their starting Albanian positions.**

**The failures of Italy in late 1940, both in the Balkans and in Africa, opened an opportunity for Britain to get back into the war in earnest by threatening Germany from a southern direction.**

**In response, Germany would make new plans. Plans to eject the British from the continent once again by invading the Balkans from the north, and plans to send Rommel to Africa at the head of the newly formed German Afrika Korps.**

## Locations

* Himara

* Klisura

* Valona

* Shushice River

* Aoos River

* Kallarat

* Qesarat

* Orikum

* Vuno

* Himara

* Klisura

* Valona

* Shushice River

* Aoos River

* Kallarat

* Qesarat

* Orikum

* Vuno

## Messages

* Mein General, we have a problem. The Italian state of disarray continues to spiral out of control, and nothing exemplifies this more than seeing their own captured tanks being used against us. My sources have reported to me that an Italian resupply vessel has just arrived in Valona, supposedly bringing some new prototype units as reinforcements.

Given what we have seen so far, I would bet my monthly salary that these weapons will also be captured and pointing at us before the end of the year. I say we cut out the middle man, and just seize the equipment for ourselves right now. The shipment contains more than a few light flamethrower tanks, as well as some prototype air defense vehicles.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to exchange 4 Commendation Points to commandeer the Italian weapon shipment?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You decide to use some of your influence and accept the offer. You now have %d Commendation Points.

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

* Mein General, we have a problem. The Italian state of disarray continues to spiral out of control, and nothing exemplifies this more than seeing their own captured tanks being used against us. My sources have reported to me that an Italian resupply vessel has just arrived in Valona, supposedly bringing some new prototype units as reinforcements.

Given what we have seen so far, I would bet my monthly salary that these weapons will also be captured and pointing at us before the end of the year. I say we cut out the middle man, and just seize the equipment for ourselves right now. The shipment contains more than a few light flamethrower tanks, as well as some prototype air defense vehicles.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to exchange 4 Commendation Points to commandeer the Italian weapon shipment?

Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You decide to use some of your influence and accept the offer. You now have %d Commendation Points.

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

## Notes

* If players have at least 4 Commendation Points at the start of the scenario, they will be given the option of exchanging 4 Commendation Points for 35 Strength points worth of 20/70 quadruplo Anti-air and L6/40 Lf Tanks.
* Enemy reinforcements will appear in one of the two fortified zones in the northeast and southeast on turns 2, 5, 8, 10, 11, 14, 17, and 20.
* Notable enemy formations:
	+ Captured Tanks
	+ Captured Vehicle
* Notable enemy units:
	+ A Level 2 Captured Vehicle AB 40 with 12 Strength points and a hero with the Lightning Attack trait.
	+ A Level 2 Captured Tanks L6/40 with 12 Strength points and a hero with the Artillery Support trait.
	+ A Level 2 Captured Tanks M13/40 with 12 Strength points and a hero with the Low Profile and No Supply traits.
	+ 3rd GR Mnt Inf, which is level 2 and has 17 Strength points and a hero with the Tenacious Defender trait.