2 - Eagle Dawn
As the mission opens, you'll immediately see a few Conscripts running along a
road just to the northeast. You can take them out quickly with Tanya. You will
then be joined by a group of Rocketeers. Leave the Rocketeers, GIs, and
Engineers behind for now and take Tanya to the northwest along the road.
Soon you will reach a Soviet base, but don't head right for it. There are
Sentry Guns posted at its corners that will shred Tanya apart. Instead send her
into the small lake at the front of the base (Tanya can swim and apparently is
immune to hypothermia). From the lake, you can pick off the Conscripts near the
base's entrance. Next swim to the other side, and plant charges on the two Flak
Cannons just inside the base's entrance. After they are destroyed, send Tanya
back into the safety of the lake.
With the Flak Cannons out of the picture, you can now bring up your
Rocketeers to take out the Sentry Guns and any remaining Conscripts. Be careful
that they do not begin to shoots at the other structures in the base - you'll
want to capture those with your Engineers.
At this point, more Engineers will be air dropped into your base. Use these
and the Engineers that you had from the start of the mission to capture all of
the buildings in the base. Once you have done this, immediately begin creating
GIs. As the GIs are ready, send them to just outside the base's southeast
entrance and have them deploy. They should be able to handle the initial Soviet
Conscript assaults and protect your base.
While building GIs, take your Rocketeers and fly them to the map's far
northwest corner. Here you will find a small encampment of Conscripts that will
be easy pickings for your Rocketeers. After you clear out the Conscripts, fly
your Rocketeers back to base.
Once you have ten or so GIs, switch to Rocketeer production. Create another
five or so and have them join your existing Rocketeers. Next take your
Rocketeers to the east edge of the map. There is a Soviet base near this edge of
the map, but all of its Flak defense is at the west entrance to the base. Fly
your Rocketeers to the base's east side and begin to destroy the base's
buildings and any Conscripts and tanks you happen to see. Have them move slowly
westward, destroying the base as they move along.
While your Rocketeers are at work, build a group of three or four Grizzlies
and then send them toward the base. Have them take out the base's wall near the
west most Flak Cannon and then the Cannon itself. Fly some Rocketeers in from
this direction to take out the Sentry Gun, but be careful to keep out of range
of the other Flak Cannon. With the Sentry Gun eliminated, you can now maneuver
the Grizzlies to work on the other Flak Cannon. The base is now safe for your
Rocketeers to mop up. Soon there will be a massive airdrop of GIs and the
mission will end.
There are some trucks in the map's southeast corner which can be destroyed to
reveal power-up creates, but there's no real need to waste your time trying to
reach them.
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