[updated 4 August 2023]
Theater of War Mission Pack: Case Blue
Mission: Assault on Voronezh
“Assault on Voronezh” is a scripted co-op scenario. You should always take the default first slot/base with armorโthe CPU ally AI cannot handle that armor effectively if you take the other slot.
Start by upgrading one of your Panzer IVs to have an HMG. Call in another pio squad. Move E with your three tanks to the riverside (keep together) and engage the Russian T-34s and T-70 there. You will probably have to retreat and repair before you can destroy them all. There isn’t much room to maneuver, but try to bring in at least one scout car to help you deal with Russian infantry. Upgrade one of your pios with mine-clearing gear.
Head S to cap the territory point before the bridge, and deal with any remaining Russian tanks. Don’t get close to the bridge yet–there are mines.
Call in another StuG when you can.
Call in a mortar halftrack unit if you can.
Use your pios with mine-clearing ability to spot and clear mines in front of the bridge. You also can use your tanks to detonate the mines and clear a path.
Call in another Panzer IV when you can.
Repair your forces. Cross the bridge and pull up before the first VP. If the Russians have abandoned a Zis field gun nearby, grab it with pios. Deal with the Russian DShK machine gun if needed.
Shell the Russian base ahead of you on the road with mortars from your halftrack, to draw out the two vet-2 KV-1s in the base. If you don’t have a mortar halftrack, send a scout car or even one of your tanks ahead on the road, in front of the Russian base, then have it back up. Your tanks and captured ZiS-3 guns should be ready to fire. Spot the two vet-2 KV-1s.
Focus fire on one till it is killed, then the other. The KV-1s can two-shot each of your tanks, so you will lose some, but usually not all, of your armor. Try to hit the KV-1s from behind or the sides. (The ZiS-3s will generally do better at penetrating the KV-1s, compared to your tanks.)
Bring your remaining tanks and other units (in vehicles) into the Russian base. Watch out for the ZiS-3 at the back. Start pounding any Russian units, plus the base buildings. As you start destroying the base and its guards, some kind of incendiary self-destruct system will be triggered and the base will burn up and you will win the mission.
Should take only 9-12 minutes.
Note that at around 10 minutes in, a Zis truck and a T-70 will show up at your own base. They wonโt damage your base buildings quickly enough that you need to divert any forces from the city. You should be able to build another tank by about 12 minutes anyway.
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