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MAIN OBJECTIVES:
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1) Lure the British to any of the marked areas, and destroy them.
A wave of British tanks and artillery will approach from the road in the
south-east corner of the map. Stall them for a minute with your three
tanks, then retreat due north to the rows of Flak 88s on the hills and
destroy them.
2) More British forces inbound! Lure them into the trap.
A second wave will eventually show up in the same place. This time, stall
them for a minute, then drop all of your heavy artillery bombardments and
bomber strikes on top of the pile to severely weaken it. Retreat north
when you take a dangerous amount of damage, then finish them off with the
Flak 88s.
3) More British forces inbound! Let them meet their doom!
The last wave will enter the map from the same location as the prior two,
but this time, don't mean them right when they come on the screen.
Instead, sit your tanks way to the west at the far western edge of the
minefield between the plane wreckage and your western supply depot. Run
north through the minefield once you've got their attention, and a great
deal of them will be destroyed or immobilized on the mines. Finish the
survivors off, then finish off the ones stuck in the minefield.
These three objectives are worth 250 prestige points together.
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OPTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
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1) Do not let the enemy pilot escape.
Shortly after the cutscene involving the shot down Mosquito, a new blue
objective symbol will appear in the mountains in the north-east. Send the
two Riflemen squads from your defensive spot in the middle of the map over
there immediately to kill the pilot.
This is worth 50 prestige points. [It also earns you two Bomber strikes.]
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SECRET OBJECTIVES:
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1) Fuel truck destroyed.
When the third wave of tanks arrives, two Matilda II tanks and a fuel truck
will also appear. They, unfortunately, won't rush you like everything else
does. Once you've got some of the third wave stuck on the minefield, send
your tanks to the south-eastern corner of the map below your scout guy on
the cliffs. Destroy the fuel truck from the west before the Matildas see
you.
This is worth 50 prestige points.
2) At least one Matilda II tank destroyed.
These are sitting a little to the east of the fuel truck. Blast one of
them to accomplish the secret objective.
This is worth 50 prestige points.
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VICTORY CONDITIONS:
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1) Dario DeAngelis must survive.
If he dies, you fail. If the vehicle he starts in takes too much damage,
remove him from it and stick him in a safer vehicle.
2) Hans von Grobel must survive.
If he dies, you fail. If the vehicle he starts in takes too much damage,
remove him from it and stick him in a safer vehicle.
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SPECIAL ABILITIES:
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4 Heavy Artillery bombardments
3 Recon Plane scouts
2 Bomber strikes [Once you complete the optional objective.]
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WALKTHROUGH:
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The map's in a really stupid position again, so start by making north point
straight up. Make your three Italian tanks into a group, then find your repair
truck and send it down to the tanks. Send the two Riflemen squads near your
western Flak 88s to the west. You'll see a small path leading into the
mountains, and later, a recon plane will crash there. Park the infantry in the
middle of the path so they'll be able to accomplish the optional objective
later in the mission.
Meanwhile, send your tanks and repair truck due south to the road, then face
the tanks east and park the repair truck behind them. When the first wave of
British tanks appears, start hitting the front vehicles one by one to make them
stop on the road, blocking the ones behind them. You'll have time to destroy
three or four of them before you need to retreat, so head back to the north as
fast as possible. I recommend launching a scout plane between the mountains
so you'll be able to see the tanks from a distance.
Take control of your three lowest Flak 88s and blast anything that gets in
range, giving priority to the artillery vehicles. Make sure your repair truck
is fixing your damaged tanks during this time, and make sure you reload them
with your ammo truck. Once enough of the British are destroyed, the first main
objective will be complete.
[A cutscene will show an enemy recon plane crash in the mountains, but this
doesn't concern you if you placed the infantry where I told you to earlier.
The optional objective will complete itself almost instantly after the scene
isover.]
Follow any retreating survivors and destroy them, then get your tanks back into
position in the same spot as before to greet the second wave of British
vehicles. Stall them on the road just like last time, only this time, dump all
four of your heavy artillery bombardments and both of your bomber strikes on
them while they're piled up. Finish off a few of the survivors, then retreat
to the north when necessary.
Use your Flak 88s to finish off the survivors that chase you, and make sure you
repair and reload your tanks. Instead of fighting the third wave right when
they enter the area, we'll meet them way to the west. There's an anti-tank
minefield in the corridor between the plane wreckage and your western base, so
position your tanks on the road by the far south-west corner of the minefield.
When the third wave reaches your position, use the same tactic as before,
hitting the first several vehicles to cause a pile to form behind the column.
When things start getting ugly, retreat north through the minefield along the
western side. The British will follow you, and a lot of them will eat mines.
The tricky part is fixing your tanks fast enough so you can re-enter the
minefield and destroy the British repair vehicles before they fix any of the
damaged tanks. When you've done that, sit tight at the entrance to your
western supply depot and wait for stragglers to drive by. When it looks like
there aren't any left, send your tanks south-east to where you fought off the
first two waves of tanks.
A fuel truck and two Matilda II tanks will be waiting directly south of your
uncontrollable scout guy on the cliff. Pick off the fuel truck and one of the
Matildas to accomplish both secret objectives. Only thing left to do is head
back to the minefield and pick off the vehicles that're still stranded on the
mines.
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