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MAIN OBJECTIVES:
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1) Defend the village of Kasserine until further notice.
You can't allow the flag to fall into German control, or you lose. If you
want to avoid unnecessary casualties, I suggest sending everything but your
tanks, rocket soldiers, and flamethrowers all the way to the south, then to
the east to capture the German artillery units on top if the hill. Leave
them there for safe keeping, then use your tanks and the seven units of
rocket soldiers to knock back each wave of German tanks and infantry.
2) Retreat to the supply base on the south, and hold it until relieved.
Once the first main objective is complete, retreat your tanks and rocket
soldiers to the north where the rest of your forces will be waiting.
German tanks will attack from the east and the south, so keep a pile of
tanks guarding each area. When more American tanks arrive near the back of
your base, you'll be told to retake the village of Kasserine.
3) Recapture the village of Kasserine.
All you need to do is take control of the flag in the center of the town.
These three objectives are worth 375 prestige points together.
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OPTIONAL OBJECTIVES:
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1) Capture a Tiger.
I suggest you take the first one that comes your way, which will enter the
village from the north-east about half-way through the assault. (Use the
units of flamethrowers you start with, obviously.)
This is worth 50 prestige points.
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SECRET OBJECTIVES:
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1) A German artillery piece captured.
There're some German artillery units on the top of the hill in the south
eastern part of the map. Send your infantry down there as soon as the
mission starts and take control of the guns to accomplish this secret
objective. Don't send your rocket soldiers though, since they have a nasty
habit of completely destroying the guns.
This is worth 50 prestige points.
2) Ancient tunnel found and used to flank the enemy.
You'll notice a camp fire in the south-east corner of the map and another
one on the high cliffs on the western side of the math. Send the infantry
you used to take the German artillery guns to the south-east camp fire and
look for the cave entrance a little to the north-west of it. Your infantry
should move through the tunnel on their own when they get close enough.
Note that this is pretty much completely worthless for flanking the enemy
or gaining any sort of advantage... >_>
This is worth 50 prestige points.
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VICTORY CONDITIONS:
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1) Wilson 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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The following will be added to your arsenal after the second main objective is
complete:
1 Bomber strike
1 Heavy Artillery bombardment
2 Recon Plane scouts
1 Drop Container
- This is the first time the drop container option's been available, so allow
me to explain what it does. An aircraft will drop a small crate on the ground
at the targeted location, and the crate will then act like a regular supply
depot. Note that it only has 1000 points though, which is much less than a
standard supply zone.
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WALKTHROUGH:
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Pause your game right at the start (if you don't have a moral objection to
abusing the pause feature). Dump all of your infantry units out of the
buildings in the town, sending the rocket soldiers to a pile north of the town,
the flamethrowers to a second pile north of the town, and all other infantry
south to the bottom of the map. Have the infantry manning the field guns push
them all the way to the front of your base in the north-west corner of the map.
When the infantry pile reaches the bottom of the map, send them east up the
hill and capture the German artillery units up there to complete the first
secret objective. Gather your tanks on the east side of the village to face
the first wave of German vehicles. You'll have to beat them back as fast as
possible, then retreat back to the center of the town before the second wave
reaches Kasserine from the south-west.
Once you start fighting the second wave, don't leave the center of the town.
Keep your repair truck close to the middle of your tank pile and fend off wave
after wave, using your rocket soldier pile if your tanks get into trouble.
Keep an eye out for a Tiger tank approaching from the eastern side of the town,
and when you see it, try to keep your tanks from attacking it as much as
possible. Order the flamethrowers in, tourch the tank, then bail the
flamethrowers back to the base.
The tank will take a while to cool off, but that's fine - you'll be occupied
blasting more tanks anyway. Eventually, the first main objective will be
complete, and you'll be told to retreat to the supply depot. If the Tiger's
cool enough to take, dump a crew out of a Sherman and take the Tiger as well as
all of your other tanks to the southern part of your base.
Waves of German tanks will come in from the east and from the south, so grab
all of the tanks from the base and send them to the eastern side. It's also
probably a good idea to keep your rocket soldier pile between your tank piles
in case something manages to move past either of your tank groups.
Eventually, the tanks will stop coming, and you'll be told to retake the
village of Kasserine. If you haven't done the secret objectives yet, take care
of them now, but avoid taking control of the flag in the middle of the town.
Also, take the Tiger if you didn't take it earlier. Other than that, simply
eliminate what's left in the middle of the town to take control of the flag,
and the mission's complete.
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