Vierville

Vierville is the second mission of the Invasion of Normandy campaign of Company of Heroes.

Mission Description[]

Shortly after midnight on June 6th the largest airborne invasion in history is under way. Paratroopers from Fox Company must secure a vital road link between Omaha beach and the town of Vierville prior to the beach landings.

Mission Events[]

Part 1[]

Your mission is to destroy the first anti-aircraft gun close to the position of the two Airborne Squads you start with in the beginning. Before attacking, call in reserves to have all squads have the maximum amount of men in each squad. Once you do that, have the two squads throw grenades into the area with the AA gun and take out the Germans defending it. Once you secure it, you'll be ordered to capture the munitions sector ahead of the destroyed AA gun. For each sector you capture, build an observations post over the sector to secure it. Then proceed on.

Ahead, another paratrooper squad gets attacked by several German grenadiers. Place a paratrooper squad in front of the grenadiers and use it to take them out while supporting the squad with the two squads behind the group of German grenadiers. Once the paratroopers pinned down in the building gets out after the area is secured, have some paratrooper squads pick up some MG42 hand-held mgs to improve their defense against infantry. You will be assigned to mine the road ahead for the incoming convoy. Quickly place mines on the road, capture the strategic point next to the road, and attack when the convoy gets closer. Make sure your paratroopers capture the Panzershreks nearby so you don't have to spend 125 munitions for upgrading your paratroopers with an M18 recoilless rifle. After dealing with the convoy, have two squads capture points and destroy AA guns to the right of the map while the rest take the left. You will then receive the objective to capture all three strategic points by the roads. We've already captured one of them so far. As you take out more AA guns, you'll get new paratrooper squads scattered all over the map join you.

The last AA gun is heavily defended so have the paratroopers on the right side of the map placed before secure the whole right side and have all paratroopers attack the last AA gun. There will be some heavy resistance so have your paratroopers throw grenades. Once the last AA gun is secured, capture all sectors except the last two strategic points because the next part deals with defending from a counterattack.

Part 2[]

Use the paratroopers to cover the roads with mines and barricade the strategic points with Observation Posts. Get some paratroopers to grab some machine guns by a crashed plane to the northwest and set them up some yards from the traps. Then, set up two MG teams by the strategic points and cover them with sandbags. Finally, capture it. A German convoy will come and get teared up by the mines. Then, order you paratroopers to hold the defensive line near the mines.

Mission Objectives[]

Primary Objectives[]

1. Destroy Anti-Aircraft Gun
"Neutralize the Anti-Aircraft gun. Flank the A-A Gun and use Grenades to take out the crew."
- 1.1. Destroy all Anti-Aircraft Guns
  "Hunt down and destroy all remaining A-A Guns to secure the Drop Zones. Advise flanking tactics and the use of Grenades to eliminate the A-A guns."
2. Secure Road
"Fox Company's orders are to capture all three indicated Strategic Points and secure the road."
3. Set up Convoy Ambush
"Fox Company must ambush and destroy the Axis convoy. Use captured A-A Guns, barbed wire, MGs and land mines to establish a killzone were indicated."
- 3.1. Destroy the Convoy
  "Use A-A Guns, Recoilless Rifles and Satchel Charges to destroy the convoy. If too many vehicles escape the mission will be aborted."

Secondary Objectives[]

1. Capture Munition Sector
"Capture all resource Sectors to increase supplies."
- 1.1. Secure Munition Sector
  "Build an Observation Post. Airborne troops can build Observation Posts from the Build Field Defenses menu."
2. Rescue Baker Company
"A squad from Baker Company is caught in a crossfire. Eliminate all Axis attackers near the barn."

Medal Objective[]

1. Eliminate Road Patrols
"Axis Half-Tracks and scout bikes are patrolling the road. Eliminate the patrols using Land Mines, Recoilless Rifles and captured weapons."

Medals Earned[]

Parachutist Badge[]

Awarded for destroying Axis road patrols.

Trivia[]

The first 2 cutscenes in this mission are used to benchmark the graphic performance.