The plot of the movie T-34 (2018) can be used as scenario expansion for HoS.
1. Assemble the crew.
2. Escape the Nazi camp on T-34/85
3. Avoid other tanks (novice) and Nazi units on the battlefield.
4. Escape to the roads.
5. Find a fuel station.
6. Go through the forest and get to the city.
7. Battle other tanks in the city.
8. Defeat Standartenführer Klaus Jäger in the final battle.
Movie with English subtitles – https://gostreams.to/t-34/
In 1941, junior lieutenant Nikolay Ivushkin (Alexander Petrov) is driving with a subordinate when they encounter a German Panzer III Tank. Through some courageous driving they manage to escape unscathed and get back to their men. At the village Nikolay is promoted to the rank tank commander of a damaged T-34 tank. His men and him attempt to delay a major German advance. They withstand withering fire and the T-34 takes many hits but manages to take out a number of German tanks. Finally at the end of the battle with most of the Russian defenders killed, and most of his tank crew dead, Nikolay and driver Stepan Vasilyonok are captured.
3 years later, Standartenführer Klaus Jäger (Vinzenz Kiefer) (who was a tank commander Ivkushin fought with back in 1941) is sent to a concentration camp by Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler to recruit a tank crew that will be used for target practice for the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. Upon recognising Nikolay (who was sent to the camp), he gets his interpreter Anya (Irina Starshenbaum), to convince Nikolay to take up Jäger's proposal. Jäger wants to use Nikolay as a pawn in war games that his own tank crews can use for target practise. Nikolay accepts the challenge but with a cunning plan of escape in mind.
Nikolay selects from the camp 3 other men, Vasilyonok, loader Serafim Ionov and gunner Demyan Volchok, whom he will train to crew the damaged T-34-85. The men resist initially, viewing Nikolay as a traitor and collaborator. As they present the tank the Germans request the Russians to clear out the dead bodies of its former crew. As they remove the bodies from the tank, they discover 4 armor piercing and 2 high explosive shells and hide them in the uniforms of the dead crewmen. The Russians bury the crew and the shells outside of the camp on the tank range. During this time, Nikolay develops a bond with Anya. After a period of days the crew are allowed into the tank ground where Nikolay heads directly for the burial ground and retrieves the 6 shells.
Back at the camp as Jäger is giving a presentation to members of the high command and extolling the virtues of what his exercise will provide. Anya in the meantime, sneaks into his office and steals the maps for escaping to Czech Republic. She then leaves the camp.
Meanwhile the exercise commences. The Germans watch as one of their tanks advances on the "unarmed" T-34-85. The Russian fire and destroy the German tank and quickly fire a high explosive shell at the German observation post killing most of the men present while Jäger and a general narrowly escape. The T-34 escapes from the camp damaging a number of vehicles in the process and the Russians rejoice as the Germans plot how to capture and destroy the T-34-85. Anya meanwhile is collected outside of the camp by Nikolay and his men. They realise they are trapped deep in German territory and plot a course to bring them back to the German lines.
Jäger meanwhile gets some planes to find the missing T-34-85 and locates them. He then takes command of 4 German Panther tanks and sets a trap for Nikolay in a small town. Nikolay and his crew burn their clothes and resupply themselves with fresh clothing and food and enjoy their night of freedom. Nikolay later sends her on her way, knowing that the Germans will hunt them down and most likely kill them.
In the town, T-34-85 encounters Jäger and his squadron of 3 tanks. Nikolay, through cunning and guile disposes of one tank before sending Volchok, armed with a grenade out to take over one of the other Panzers. Nikolay crashes through walls before colliding with one of the tanks. The Russians manually turn the damaged turret and manage to get a shot off just as the Panther is about to fire and destroy the tank. Unfortunately Jäger has arrived with his tank and he lines up his Panther to destroy Nikolay. However, Volchok manages to get a shell out of the Panther he damaged. Jäger's tank is also damaged but he quickly disposes of the captured Panther, badly wounding Volchok in the process.
Both Jäger and Nikolay emerge from their tanks and Jäger throws down his glove, inviting Nikolay to a duel. Both tanks move to outside of the town and face off over a narrow bridge leading to an aqueduct. Jäger fires one shot at the T-34 front but the shell does not penetrate due to the spare tracks added to the frontal armor, and a second shot up at the T-34-85's tracks, while Nikolay aims for the weakest spot on the Panther the driver's vision port. Both shots hit their intended targets and two tanks crashed into each other. The Panther is left hanging dangerously over the aqueduct and Jäger emerges just as Nikolay clambers out of his tank. Jäger shouts for Nikolay to shoot him but Nikolay offers his foe mercy. He offers Jäger his hand and the German seems to accept it, but instead shakes his hand in respect before releasing it. Seconds later, he plunges to his death with his tank into the river, as Nikolay watches. The crew decide to ditch the damaged tank, not wanting the Germans to re-use it.
The crew reunites with Anya, whom Nikolay instructed to meet at the field. Closing titles reveal that all of 4 crew members survived the war and have started new lives for themselves.
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