Mission 01 - Stalingrad Rail Station | The Campaign Mode Company of Heroes 2 Guide

Main Objectives:

1. Reclaim Stalingrad

2. Destroy Panzer IV

3. Secure the rail station

Bonus Objectives:

1. Free the imprisoned civilians

2. destroy the German tank with the German anti-tank cannon.

3. Finish the mission without summoning reinforcements

1. The mission starts with two assault units at your disposal. It is the strong and tough type of infantry, which comes equipped with grenades. Your first assignment is to follow the T-34 tank. Use the nearby ruins for cover (the green shield next to the unit means very good cover, yellow moderate, red none) in follow the tank. After several tens of meters, the tank will explode (make sure that your soldiers do not stand next to it), and a cutscene will play afterwards.

In the middle of the road, the Germans have deployed a strong HMG nest. Marching with your infantry towards the nest is sheer suicide. The gun needs to be flanked and attacked from the sides, where it is defenseless. At this point of the mission, you will receive the possibility of calling new assault units. In order to meet the requirements of the bonus objectives, (3) you cannot use it. Play slowly and keep behind the cover, and make use of the grenades (the E key), as soon as they are available, without exposing yourself to the direct enemy fire, and you will easily achieve the bonus. . If you, simply, want to complete this mission as quickly as possible you do not need to worry too much about your losses, in connection with this ability. Once it is available, activate it to call the next squad into the field.

Use the grenade (E), to eliminate the HMG team

At this point, it is Best to divide the soldiers into two groups and send them towards the Upper portion of the map. Remember that you should make extensive use of covers and, when you Get close to the HMG, use your grenade and eliminate the team.

You will be notified that the German artillery is nearby

Further on your way, you will encounter two howitzers. Against these, the assault infantry's machine guns are like squirt guns. You, again, need to flank the howitzers and eliminate their teams. The route to the howitzers is full of the German infantry so, you can take your time and do not hurry, and move from cover to cover. The Germans will not be moving so, an ideal solution is to throw a grenade, kill out all in the team, move behind the next cover, wait until grenade is available again and repeat. Move your forces in two groups, on the left and on the right side of the map.

One of the German cannons is net to the building from the bonus objective

In the meantime, in the left portion of the map, the bonus objective will activate (1). The nearby building is under German fire. You need to make it in time to help the defenders before they all die. There is plenty of time so, once again, there is no reason to hurry. Grenades will do the job. What is even more, directly next to the liberated building, there is an ideal passage to one of the howitzers.

Panzer IV enters the battlefield

2. Panzer IV, against which your soldiers are defenseless, will roll into the battlefield. To destroy the tank, you need to obtain anti-tank weapon. The only problem is that it is protected by an HMG, which ids impossible to flank this time around, because of the wall around it. To remedy that, use the smoke grenade to cover your units and make your way over to the other side of the wall, next to the HMG. Here, throw the grenade over the wall, which will solve the problem, and open further passage.

After you obtain the anti-tank weapon, destroy the tank from behind.

The cannon is protected but, the anti-tank weapon, is no threat for the nearby infantry squad. Let the guards sacrifice their lives for the motherland, seize the canon in move it to the right to have a clear shot at the back of the Panther, and fulfill the bonus objective at the same time (2).

3. After you have seen the next cutscene, the last phase of this mission will start, where you need to recapture the nearby rail station. It is protected by three HMGs supported by armored cars. Make use of your trophy canon and eliminate them from afar (remember to keep the canon team behind a cover!). In the meantime, continue flanking with the infantry and, when you are close, use grenades. This will quickly pulverize the defense positions.

You will have to fight the next Panzer directly

There will be one more Panzer IV to come around. Deal with the tank using your cannon (if it has been damage, you can find a replacement near the place where the MGs were stationed) and soon, it will be history, similarly to the first mission. But, the way to the final victory is still long.