print_msg( "September 1942 - The Germans stand on the brink of victory once again after a sweeping summer offensive. The last hope of the Soviet Union sits on the Volga in a city called Stalingrad." );
move_camera( 275,234 ); //Moves camera from action scene
set_msg_time( 6 ); //Resets message time to default
clear_msg(); //clears text
scrolling_unlock();
zooming_unlock();
hotkey_selection_enable();
mouse_selection_enable();
ui_show();
add_objective_text( "Date: September 13, 1942", "date", "null.wav" );
popup_dialog( "Glorious comrade Stalin has ordered \"not a step back.\" General, you are to make a stand here, because there simply is nowhere else to retreat. The Germans must not be allowed to take this city or it will most likely mean the loss of the war.");
popup_dialog( "NEW OBJECTIVE: Not a step back" );
add_objective( "Not a step back", "hold", "null.wav" );
}
trigger calendar ( timer_expired( "cdar" ) )
{
// check for month change
if ( day == 30 && month == 9 )
{
day = 1;
month = 10;
dayRate = 30;
}
else if ( day == 30 && month == 11 )
{
day = 1;
month = 12;
}
else if ( day == 31 && month == 12 )
{
day = 1;
month = 1;
}
else if ( day == 31 && month == 1 )
{
// It's the end of the scenario
popup_dialog( "German Field Marshal von Paulus surrenders the thousands of troops surrounded at Stalingrad. Despite the Fuhrer's commands to defend to the last, he realizes the futility of carrying on. His men, freezing to death and without ammunition are paraded in column through the streets of Stalingrad into custody. " );
popup_dialog( "Stavka congratulates you on your great victory here but feels you could have pressed the issue against the Germans sooner." );
popup_dialog( "You are now ready for the ninth part of this campaign. Please load the next scenario in the Red Front sequence." );
victory( 1 );
}
else if ( day == 31 )
{
day = 1;
month++;
}
else
{
// no month change, normal increment
day++;
}
if ( month == 9 )
{
change_objective_text( "date", "Date: September " +day+", 1942" );
}
else if ( month == 10 )
{
change_objective_text( "date", "Date: October " +day+", 1942" );
}
else if ( month == 11 )
{
change_objective_text( "date", "Date: November " +day+", 1942" );
}
else if ( month == 12 )
{
change_objective_text( "date", "Date: December " +day+", 1942" );
}
else
{
change_objective_text( "date", "Date: January " +day+", 1943" );
popup_dialog( "The Germans are making new effort to capture the city; Stavka alerts you to pull all of your manpower into the defense and that failure will not be tolerated. " );
attackMod = 7;
MIN_SHELL = 4;
MAX_SHELL = 6;
}
trigger end_o_push ( month == 11 && day == 16 )
{
attackMod = 1;
popup_dialog( "After a few days of fighting, the heavy German assault is badly fragmented. However the volga has begun to freeze which will impeded our reinforcement operations. " );
popup_dialog( "From the north and south of the German lines far behind Stalingrad, Russian armies unleash operation 'Uranus'. The Italians and Romanians in the rear guard are completely overwhelmed by Red Guards divisions and hundreds of tanks. The pincer is moving rapidly to enclose the Germans and it is expected that the enemy will be fully surrounded by week's end." );
popup_dialog( "The German armies attacking Stalingrad are now completely trapped by Soviet forces. Word has arrived that an entire Romanian army has surrendered. It is expected that the armies of the Axis powers entrapped at Stalingrad will quickly disintegrate as winter sets in." );
popup_dialog( "Comrade general, it seems the Germans are attempting to free their trapped forces at Stalingrad. They have launched an attempt named 'Winter Storm' to break the ring that surrounds Stalingrad. Stavka will keep you informed of their progress." );
popup_dialog( "After a week of fighting, the Germans have given up their attempt to free von Paulus' trapped armies. The fighting is fierce and Soviet soldiers in Stalingrad can hear the aborted attempt as it crawls to a bloody stop miles from the city. It seems the timing is right for an offensive against the remaining troops in Stalingrad, comrade general." );
popup_dialog( "General, our artillery has saved up enough firepower for a few sustained barages. You can shell the position at the mouse cursor at any time by pressing the 'D' key. Remember that we can save the ammunition for later." );
popup_dialog( "Commander, reinforcements are arriving at Krasnaya Sloboda and across from the factory district. Ferry them across the river to defense of the city." );
move_camera( 185, 119 );
popup_dialog( "Due to orders for no retreat, the factories around Stalingrad are to remain in production. As long as the Red October factory stands, it will produce tanks for the soldiers of the Motherland." );
popup_dialog( "The Docks of Stalingrad fall to advancing Germans. The loss of a major rally point has a marked effect on the morale of Russian troops. " );
popup_dialog( "Stalingrad has fallen general, and likely the whole of the Soviet Union with it. Stalin has personally called for your immediate resignation. Stavka has supplied you a gun with a single bullet." );
popup_dialog( "Paulus' troops, starving, freezing, and without ammunition, give up in the face of a hopeless defense against an overpoweringly resurgent Red Army." );
popup_dialog( "The battle of Stalingrad is a disastrous defeat for the Axis. The German 6th field army, 4th panzer army, 3rd and 4th Romanian, and 8th Italian armies were destroyed in the conflagration. All told the Axis powers have lost nearly a million and a half men trying to take Stalingrad. ");
popup_dialog( "This is a momentous event for the Motherland, comrade general! The armies of the Germans have been dealt a devestating defeat, and the Soviet Union is saved. However general, many armies of the German invader remain on our soil. It will be your work to remove them. Well done!" );
popup_dialog( "You are now ready for the ninth part of this campaign. Please load the next scenario in the Red Front sequence." );
