Elista

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

## Briefings

Mein General, we have new orders from Field Marshal Manstein.

With victories at Kursk and Rostov behind us, the Field Marshal has convinced High Command to allow continuing offensive operations in Russia, to make the most of the advantage we now have.

But because of the enormous amounts of supply we have consumed this year, and the need to transfer reinforcements to Italy, we will not likely see much, if any, of an increase in our total deployment capacities.

We'll just have to do our best with the hand we've been dealt.

Now then, to review our immediate objectives.

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

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

Our new offensive has been christened Fall Dunkelblau, I suppose because we're headed back into the Caucasus.

While Field Marshal Manstein coordinates with Army Group Center for a diversionary offensive toward Moscow, our ultimate goal is to reach Astrakhan.

Perhaps we will finally reach half of the A-A line we've been aiming for since Barbarossa.

It is believed that if we can race to Astrakhan, we can catch the Soviet Caspian Flotilla by surprise and destroy it.

This surprise attack has the potential to disable Soviet shipping across the Caspian Sea, allowing us to use the sea as a geographic barrier to cut the Caucasus region off from the rest of Russia.

While we are still quite far from Astrakhan, I do not think we will see much enemy resistance as we once again cross the Caucasus region. The blows we have dealt to the Soviets at Kursk and Rostov, combined with a new diversion aimed at Moscow, should greatly lessen the enemies we will encounter here.

Our primary enemy right now is time. We have to reach Astrakhan before the anchored fleet has time to realize we are coming for them.

We should deploy an extremely mobile force for this battle, so I definitely recommend leaving our Elephants behind for now.

And given the sparse infrastructure of the region, we can probably reserve some of our air force to further conserve on supplies.

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

Quick report to review, Mein General.

Field Marshal Manstein's new Moscow offensive is underway, and it appears to be successful in drawing Soviet attention away from our new operations in the Caucasus.

While our path of advance is severely lacking in road and supply infrastructure, we are making excellent progress towards Astrakhan.

**In this alternate history, Germany's successes in the summer of 1943 opened a new opportunity to accomplish last year's strategic goal of securing the Caucasus region and its critical oil supplies.**

**Although German forces on the Eastern Front were severely worn down by the heavy fighting in July and August, Field Marshal Manstein insisted that his understrengthed units must launch new offensives while the Soviets were still unbalanced from their defeats at Kursk and Rostov.**

**The gamble starts on a successful note as German forces springboard from their bases around Rostov to swarm across a practically undefended Caucasus region.**

## Walkthrough

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## Locations

* To Astrakhan

* Elista

* Iki-Burul

* Divnoe

* Ipatovo

* Savdya

* Khutorskoi

* Ovata

* Ermeli

* Sarul

* Manych River

* To Astrakhan

* Elista

* Iki-Burul

* Divnoe

* Ipatovo

* Savdya

* Khutorskoi

* Ovata

* Ermeli

* Sarul

* Manych River

## Messages

* ***Oberst Wagner:*** Mein General, our forces have found something unusual in the desert. It appears to be a collection of Allied aircraft, American heavy bombers in fact, but they appear to just have been abandoned. I cannot explain it, but they are ours for the taking! We've commandeered all of the intact aircraft and you can access them as captured equipment.

* Bonus Objective to Capture all Secondary Hexes before all Victory Hexes completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 4.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

* ***Oberst Wagner:*** Mein General, our forces have found something unusual in the desert. It appears to be a collection of Allied aircraft, American heavy bombers in fact, but they appear to just have been abandoned. I cannot explain it, but they are ours for the taking! We've commandeered all of the intact aircraft and you can access them as captured equipment.

* Bonus Objective to Capture all Secondary Hexes before all Victory Hexes completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 4.
Total Commendation Points: %d.

## Notes

* Holding all 3 Secondary Hexes at any point will award 4 Commendation Points.
* Capturing the village at (47,3) will grant players 32 Strength points worth of Captured B-25B Mitchell Tactical bombers and 29 Strength points worth of Captured B-17F Strategic bombers.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ 22nd SU Mnt Inf 43, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 23rd SU Mnt Inf 43, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 24th SU Mnt Inf 43, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 31st IS-1, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Aggressive Counterattack and Lightning Attack traits.
	+ 46th T-34/43, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Provocator and No Surrender traits.
	+ 53rd 57mm M1943, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 54th 57mm M1943, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 70th 76.2mm M1943, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Camouflage trait.
	+ 79th La-5, which is Level 1 and has a hero with the Prudent trait.