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MISSION 12: Mortain
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Primary Objective: Hold Hill 317.

Secondary Objective: Defend Mortain.

Medal Objective: Rescue the Ranger Company

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Walkthrough
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01. Begin by building up your defenses around the hill. Send two veteran
    rifle squads up north (once you get the BAR upgrade, which should be
    the first thing you should do here) to find the trapped rangers. Rescue
    the rangers and the medal will be yours.
    
02. Capture as many points as possible with your spare infantries. I think
    you have a good 5 minutes of grace period before things get messy. Build
    tank traps around Mortain and one MG emplacement behind the point. This
    should be more than enough for Mortain's defense. Additionally it is
    relatively close to your main HQ, so you should station a squad for
    reinforcement purposes.
    
03. Surround the hill with tank traps and MG emplacement covering the critical
    entrances to the hill (there should be at least 3 to 4 emplacements total
    that you should build). Crew your AT guns, and send in the MGs to the
    points by the medic tents. You may want to garrison them on buildings
    on some of the points to make them last longer, but that is optional.
    
04. The germans will start attacking after a cutscene. They will come from
    the right side of the map, spawning from top and bottom parts of the right
    side of the map. These points should be reinforced with MG emplacements
    and at least one AT gun. Build a halftrack from the motorpool and use it
    as your quick response anti-infantry unit, as well as reinforcing any
    hot spots in the battlefield.
    
05. Every now and then German artillery will pound the hill. Watch for the
    flare drops and evacuate the area temporarily, and return to your
    defensive positions once the barrage has ceased. Replace any lost units
    and watch for the occasional snipers coming in with the german assault
    force.
    
06. Halfway through the mission, a howitzer will be available for you. Hotkey
    the howitzer, and defend the howitzer with at least a rifle squad. The
    howitzer is such a dangerous threat to the AI such that it may focus the
    attack on the howitzer. But if you build tank traps and your defense is
    well set up, it should not be a problem.
    
07. In the event that Mortain's defense gets decimated, fire howitzers down at
    the enemy's position attempting to capture the point, while sending in
    the stand-by rifle squad by your HQ to clean up the rest.
    
08. Your HQ will also get attacked every now and then. Have your engineers
    build sufficient defense on your HQ, and if you can afford it, The rescued
    rangers can be of some use defending the HQ if the situation calls for it.
    
09. Pick up any dropped panzershrecks for your rifle squads, because they will
    massively benefit from the extra firepower.
    
10. For the most part, the enemy attacks in waves, so as long as you can hold
    their assaults without losing too much units in a wave, you should survive
    the mission in a relatively good shape. However, if things do get messy on
    the front end, don't hesitate to abandon the points and focus all of your
    units in the center of the hill. Although if this is the case, be careful
    for german artillery fire. You only need to hold the hill for 30 minutes,
    so it shouldn't be that hard. In fact, if your defense is strong enough,
    the axis would start retreating by the last minute of the misison.


Medal Earned: Army Expert Badge