Sedan (PC2)

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

## Briefings

Our forces have completed the re-deployment to the Ardennes Forest, mein Herr.

Wrapping up our operations in the Low Countries has taken valuable time, and the general advance through the Ardennes is already well underway. We should probably expect an unusual situation to greet us as we make our way through the trees...

Regardless of the situation, our orders are still focused on finding what happened to 7th Panzer Division.

**Primary Objective: Use a Ground Unit to Make Contact with 7th Panzer Division on the western edge of the map. Making contact requires moving a ground unit within 2 hexes of a 7th Panzer Division vehicle.**

**Bonus Objective: Capture Sedan.**

Several Panzer Divisions have already advanced ahead of us, so we should be able to trace their route through the Ardennes pretty easily. Anywhere we run into the French must be routes they bypassed or ignored.

If we can find the cleared paths, we can certainly follow them...

Or we can carve our own way through the forest, if we must!

It does look like many Meuse River crossings have been destroyed though.

If we don't bring our own bridging teams, we absolutely will not be able to cross at these locations.

If we head down towards Sedan, we should encounter units from 1st Panzer Division. By helping them with their objective at Sedan, that will also give our forces a place to cross the Meuse River.

As a reminder, we can use our aircraft to help search for and spot 7th Panzer Division units, but to make proper contact, we need close proximity to them with our own ground forces!

To victory, for Germany!

### Debriefing

*Upon re-establishing contact with 7th Panzer Division, you and your staff are given directions to meet with the division's commander in person.*

*As you and Hauptmann Wagner near a group of officers sitting in a field at the edge of the forest, one of them looks up from his map at the sound of your approach.*

Generalmajor Rommel, I presume?

*Hauptmann Wagner snaps off a salute as the German officer rises to his feet.*

What are you doing here, Hauptmann...?

Hauptman Wagner, accompanying General %playername%, sir!

*Rommel merely stares at Wagner, clearly not interested in having to repeat himself.*

General Rommel, sir, we are here to look for you! High Command has been out of contact with you for days. General %playername% and I were dispatched to find out what happened to you.

High Command's concern is most flattering, but unnecessary. I have simply been busy conducting the business of war firsthand.

I don't understand...?

My good Hauptmann, the radio is merely an aid. Commanders who never leave their head-sets or never go to the front to see what is happening risk losing touch with reality. I needed to make sure I was fully aware of the true situation we have found ourselves in.

*Rommel picks up his map and points to it.*

We reached the Meuse days ago, here at Dinant. We were taking fire from French forces on the opposite side of the river, and there was a danger of our bridging operations being pinned down. Under cover from smoking buildings and suppressing Panzer fire, I managed to organize a crossing.

As soon as I had crossed, it became clear that there was no organized opposition before us. The only thing we encountered were panicked reserves or troops not even prepared for march.

We took ten thousand prisoners and more than a hundred tanks. We could have taken more, but there is no time to collect large numbers of prisoners and equipment! The road to the English Channel is open!

But Rommel, sir, High Command has ordered the advance to go no further than...

Hauptmann Wagner, now is the time to show initiative. We must be able to react to events immediately, not await orders from a headquarters miles and miles away.

*Hauptmann Wagner is stunned into silence, unsure of how to respond.*

General %playername%, I was in the middle of organizing my Panzers for a nighttime advance. Come, join me and my staff officers. I would welcome your input on this new plan...

**Historically, the German plan to advance through the heavily wooded Ardennes was a stunning success. The French were completely unprepared for an attack from this direction, let alone an attack that was comprised of the majority of Germany's best Panzer Divisions.**

**In less than a week, significant German forces had already bypassed the Maginot Line defenses and were now racing towards the English Channel from behind Allied lines.**

## Locations

* Bastogne

* Sedan

* Dinant

* Givet

* Revin

* Chimay

* Marche-en-Famenne

* Saint-Hubert

* Manhay

* Bouillon

* Florenville

* Signy-l'Abbaye

* Meuse River

* Bastogne

* Sedan

* Dinant

* Givet

* Revin

* Chimay

* Marche-en-Famenne

* Saint-Hubert

* Manhay

* Bouillon

* Florenville

* Signy-l'Abbaye

* Meuse River

## Messages

* Bonus Objective to Capture Sedan completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
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.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, this is most bizarre. Dinant is a ghost town, and a host of abandoned French vehicles are scattered everywhere. We've commandeered them all and you can access them as captured equipment.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, our ground forces report the destruction of a squadron of French bombers preparing to take off. In securing the area, they also discovered some idle bombers hidden near the treeline. We've commandeered them and you can access them as captured equipment.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, our troops have made contact with friendly forces. They aren't the 7th Panzer we are looking for, but rather elements of 1st Panzer Division. They're fighting hard for control of Sedan against French counterattack, and would welcome our assistance.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** That was one stubborn Frenchman. I certainly hope that is the last we will see of him.

* Bonus Objective to Capture Sedan completed.
Earned Commendation Points: 1.
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.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, this is most bizarre. Dinant is a ghost town, and a host of abandoned French vehicles are scattered everywhere. We've commandeered them all and you can access them as captured equipment.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, our ground forces report the destruction of a squadron of French bombers preparing to take off. In securing the area, they also discovered some idle bombers hidden near the treeline. We've commandeered them and you can access them as captured equipment.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** Mein General, our troops have made contact with friendly forces. They aren't the 7th Panzer we are looking for, but rather elements of 1st Panzer Division. They're fighting hard for control of Sedan against French counterattack, and would welcome our assistance.

* ***Hauptmann Wagner:*** That was one stubborn Frenchman. I certainly hope that is the last we will see of him.

## Notes

* Capturing the village at (31, 43) will give players 5 Strength points worth of Char B1 Tanks.
* Capturing Dinant will give players 25 Strength points worth of AMC 35 Tanks and 15 Strength points worth of Hotchkiss H35 Tanks and Panhard 178 Recons.
* Capturing the airfield at (17, 25) will give players 30 Strength points worth of Breguet 693 Tactical bombers.
* Capturing Sedan will award 1 Commendation Point.
* Notable allied formations:
	+ 1st Panzer Division
	+ 7th Panzer Division
* Notable enemy units:
	+ Charles De Gaulle, a Level 2 Char B1 with 12 Strength points and Charles De Gaulle, a hero that has the No Retreat, No Surrender, No Supply, and Prudent traits.