Gijon

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

## Briefings

Welcome back to Basque country, Herr General. Hello again, lieutenant.

Capitana. How goes the war in the North?

Well, there's good news and there's bad news. The good news is that we've reduced the Republican pocket significantly, but one major stronghold still remains: Gijon.

*Primary Objective: Capture Gijon.*

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

The bad news is that our progress has been slowed significantly by the rugged terrain.

I see what you mean, these narrow mountain passes are going to be extremely difficult to fight through. There will not be a lot of room to maneuver here, mein General.

Worse still, the forecast for weather predicts heavy cloud cover across the region.

That could be a serious problem... Our aircraft will only operate at 50% efficiency in cloudy conditions, so our ability to blast the Republican mountaintop positions will be diminished. Mein General, we may want to put our air force into reserve, and load up on extra artillery units to support the advance of our Spanish allies.

If push comes to shove, we might be better off just breaking through their defenses at a single location, and just making a dash across the river delta straight to Gijon.

We do have a few landing craft available, and it could be very helpful to get some forces around the enemy defensive positions.

That would leave us with many small pockets of Republican loyalists to clear out, but I'm forced to agree. Taking Gijon is paramount to ending resistance across the Basque region. Anything else must be considered secondary.

To victory, for Germany!

And for Spain!

### Debriefing

Mein General, I have a new report for your attention.

Our Nationalist allies have completed their summer operations to spectacular success. The entire Republican northern enclave has been taken over; the Basque region is completely under Nationalist control.

Additionally, several advances have successfully pushed the Republicans hard in the southern parts of Spain. Lastly, the Nationalists have stabilized the Madrid front and have also begun to take the first steps to advance into the eastern parts of Spain. These will be the opening moves in challenging Republican holdings in Aragon and Catalonia.

The Generalissimo sends his appreciation for our continued efforts and assistance.

As a result, we've been granted a few weeks of rest and refit. The Nationalist efforts will continue without us, for just a little while. My understanding is the Italian CTV will be stepping up operations in our place, so I'm hopefully our allies will be in good hands.

I'll keep a close eye on our unit rosters, and make sure we're ready for action at a moment's notice, if necessary.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have an... appointment with Capitana Vega, and I don't want to be late!

Good day, Mein General.

**Historically, the fall of Gijon marked the end of the War in the North. For the rest of the war, the Basque region and all its industrial output would be firmly in Nationalist hands.**

## Locations

* Gijon

* Villaviciosa

* Infiesto

* Cangas De Onis

* Ribadesella

* Llanes

* Unquera

* Panes

* Potes

* Los Arenas de Cabrales

* Deva River

* Cares River

* Sella River

* Pilona River

* Sierra de Cuera

* Bay of Biscay

* Gijon

* Villaviciosa

* Infiesto

* Cangas De Onis

* Ribadesella

* Llanes

* Unquera

* Panes

* Potes

* Los Arenas de Cabrales

* Deva River

* Cares River

* Sella River

* Pilona River

* Sierra de Cuera

* Bay of Biscay

## Messages

* Mein General, request coming in from our Nationalist allies. The war has disrupted many civil services across Spain, and there is a severe lack of qualified workers to repair complex systems. As a result they've asked if we can spare some of our maintenance crews to assist in rebuilding civilian infrastructure. I estimate the amount of support they've requested will halve our resources, so we should not make this decision lightly. If we do help them though, it should dramatically increase our influence in the future.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to exchange HALF of your total prestige for 12 Commendation Points?

 Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You choose to assist, offering half of your existing supplies. You now have %d Commendation Points.

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

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

* Spanish Nationalist units will attack the nearest hostile victory hex.

* Spanish Nationalist units will defend the nearest friendly victory hex.

* Spanish Nationalist units will hold position where they are.

* Mein General, request coming in from our Nationalist allies. The war has disrupted many civil services across Spain, and there is a severe lack of qualified workers to repair complex systems. As a result they've asked if we can spare some of our maintenance crews to assist in rebuilding civilian infrastructure. I estimate the amount of support they've requested will halve our resources, so we should not make this decision lightly. If we do help them though, it should dramatically increase our influence in the future.

You have %d Commendation Points.

Would you like to exchange HALF of your total prestige for 12 Commendation Points?

 Authorize the Exchange

 Decline the exchange

* You choose to assist, offering half of your existing supplies. You now have %d Commendation Points.

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

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

* Spanish Nationalist units will attack the nearest hostile victory hex.

* Spanish Nationalist units will defend the nearest friendly victory hex.

* Spanish Nationalist units will hold position where they are.

## Notes

* Players will be given the option to exchange half of their total prestige for 12 Commendation Points at the start of the scenario.
* Capturing all ten non-Gijon victory hexes at any point will award 1 Commendation Point.
* Notable enemy units:
	+ 41st 105mm Vickers M22, which has a hero with the Double Support trait.
	+ 54th 20mm M33, which has a hero with the Double Support trait.