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MISSION 10: St. Lô
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Primary Objective: (1) Surround the Axis HQ (7 points)

Secondary Objective: (1) Take out the Nebelwerfer

Medal Objective: Upgrade a Ranger Squad to level 3 veterancy

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Walkthrough
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01. This mission begins with your starting point being bombarded by German
    Nebelwerfers. Evacuate all of your units out of the firing range, and
    build your barracks ASAP and build some engineers. Have the engineers
    build your base. A sniper is really handy in taking out the nebelwerfer
    crews, so build one or two.
    
02. Build a barracks and get the BAR upgrade for your rifle squads. Clear out
    the buildings by the nebelwerfers from snipers, so that your sniper can
    do his worko safely. The easiest way to clear out snipers at this point
    is to have two rifle squads charging at the building and toss some
    grenades to the windows. Use your sniper and carefully snipe the crews,
    while avoiding MG fire. Once the nebelwerfers are silent, reinforcements
    should arrive.
    
03. 2 squads of rangers, a crooodile sherman, and a jeep will come in as
    reinforcements. Frankly, I'd sacrifice the jeeps as they're using up
    population resources. Also sacrifice your rifle squads, but safe one
    squad for capturing points and building OPs. Your ranger squads should
    do most of the heavy work here, because you want to move them up in ranks
    til one of them reaches level 3 for the medal.
    
04. Have your engineers build defenses by each points and by your HQ area,
    because there will be some grenadiers with panzershrecks harassing
    behind your lines every now and then. Some panzers will also try to
    take over your points, which is why you should build a sherman or two
    for quick response units.
    
05. There are tons of AT guns and snipers in this map, so your sniper is
    priceless in this misison. Have him scout the area ahead, sniping heavy
    weapon crews, among the things he should do. Meanwhile your rangers should
    be clearing out buildings with their grenades, and clear infantries until
    you get your medal. Have a halftrack nearby to reinforce your rangers,
    because they will have massive casualties.
    
06. Once you have the capability to build a howitzer, build it in a location
    somewhere in the center of the map, so ideally you can reach nearly any
    point in the map. Have a sherman guard the howitzer because it will be
    a prime target for enemy units.
    
07. There is a quick way to beat this mission instead of capturing all the
    7 points. If you can find the Axis HQ and level it to rubble, you will
    also win the game. The Axis HQ is essentially a big, giant building (I
    believe it is a 4 to 5 story building, with 6 to 8 windows across) located
    somewhere in the center of the map. If you pay attention in the briefing,
    you should have a good idea where it is situated.
    
08. Use your sniper to scout for the building, and use your howitzers and
    artillery call to level the building. You'll know that it is the right
    building when there are literally tons of units garrisoned in there, and
    your sniper gets automatically detected when it ventures around that
    building. Level the building and mission accomplished.
    
09. Alternatively, you can just surround the Axis HQ by capturing all of the
    seven points. To do this, howitzer each of the uncaptured points using
    your sniper as the spotter. Use your rangers and crocodile sherman to
    clear out the buildings. Panzers are breakfast for your veteran rangers,
    and your rifle squad should help out with sticky bombs. Just keep your
    halftrack and engineer safe in the back, and you should be able to push
    forward slowly.
    
10. Make sure you build MG emplacements on each point so when the enemy
    attempts to retake the points, they will have to deal with the MGs first
    and give you enough time to bring your army back to eliminate them. A
    elite sniper can run back and forth relatively fast, so have him run
    back to the contested point and snipe some of the bad guys. Usually they
    will break line and retreat. After you capture all the point, the mission
    will be over.



Medal Earned: Army Ranger Badge