At the Dnestr [Hs 129]

[CzechTexan]

At the Dnestr  [Hs 129]

Download:  https://www.mediafire.com/file/7h4gfkewqlln0ry/At_the_Dnestr_Hs129.zip/file

"The German Sixth Army accomplished something in May 1944 that no other Wehrmacht force had been able to accomplish since late 1942:  it managed to penetrate a major Red Army bridgehead defense and destroyed or drove away most of the bridgehead's defenders.  Furthermore, the Sixth Army added insult to the 3rd Ukrainian Front's injury by doing so not once but twice against two Soviet bridgeheads in two separate locations."

At the Dnestr [Hs129] is a 12-mission single player scripted campaign in which the Player will fly the Hs 129 on the Odessa map.  Missions take place during April and May 1944, just after the Red Army has liberated Odessa and has pushed the Axis armies back, all the way to the Dnestr River.  Here, the Axis put up a strong defense while the Soviets try to expand bridgeheads across the river.

In this scenario, a small detachment of Romanian Hs 129s uses forward airfields in the Kishinev area to attack the enemy at the Dnestr River.  Friendly fighters fly ahead to clear the skies so that the vulnerable Hs 129s can do their dirty work.  They fly at very low level to avoid detection.  Takeoff in this plane can be difficult - use the Autopilot, if necessary.  

*Notes:  You MUST HAVE the Odessa and Leningrad module for the ODESSA MAP and the Hs 129 Collector Plane.

A mission automatically becomes successful a few seconds after the Player takes off from the airfield.

Missions start on the runway with engines running.

Mission descriptions are in English-only, sorry.

Books cited:  Red Storm Over the Balkans by David M. Glantz

Enjoy!--created by CzechTexan

Edited February 7 by CzechTexan
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[sandmarken]

Very interesting! Il try it as soon as possible! 

[CzechTexan]

Here's a MOD to have Romanian language to replace the German (not necessary but nice to have)...

Soon, I will also be adding some single-player AIRSTART missions (of these same campaign missions) to get into the action quickly.

If you are new to the Hs 129 here are some helpful videos:

Bombing takes practice but the techniques in this video really help to understand how it's done:

 

Edited February 7 by CzechTexan

[sevenless]

Long overdue to see a campaign for the Hs-129. Highly appreciated! 👍

[CzechTexan]

Below is a link to single-player missions with Airstarts:

 

 

[VISHNU]

I love the HS 129...thanks for this @CzechTexan!

[Plurp]

Fun campaign!

 

Ducks!

I.A.R 80s!

New map!

What's not to like?

Mission 10 was excellent!

[taffy2]

Excellent ground attack missions, but it is as always the lack of AI that makes you fly as a one man band,  when arriving in the target area i usually look for and try to destroy the flack opposition, if the AI was more active you could destroy a column of trucks and amour in a couple of passes. It's a shame really as this combat flight sim is second to none, just imagine what it would be like if you as leader could control the fight. But this has been a bone of contention as far back as I can remember and I have been flying this sim since its conception. Lets hope that this will be in some way sorted out by the time we can fly in the skies over Korea !!!!

Cheers