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MISSION 13: Mortain Counterattack
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Primary Objective: (1) Capture and hold 3 victory Points

Secondary Objective: (1) Destroy the 88 gun emplacements.

Medal Objective: Win with more than 250 points.

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Walkthrough
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01. At the start of the mission, you will have all your previous units that
    survived from last mission and several reinforcements. Using your
    engineer, hurry and build up the defenses around the hill. This is the
    first mission where you can choose your command powers. I used airborne
    and infantry commands in the past, and both work equally well, depending
    on your strategy.
    
02. To the corners of the right side of the map are two german bases, and
    in the center is the 88 battery emplacement, a few yards short of your
    howitzer. Darn it. If you're on the airborne path, just scout the area
    and strafe the batteries. Alternatively, if you're on the infantry path,
    scout the area with a rifle squad and rain down the artillery barrage.
    A more novel way is to send in an airborne or a ranger squad and literally
    run in circles surrounding the gun while tossing grenades like a mad
    chicken. If you hide behind one of the guns, the others will try to shoot
    and destroy its own gun by accident. Anyway you deal with it, do it fast
    before the rest of your army on the hill becomes hamburger.
    
03. While you silence the 88 guns, capture the lower point first, using a
    rifle squad and backed up by a Sherman. There is an 88 gun to the right
    guarding this point, so take it out first before it rips apart your
    Sherman. A grenade and close infantry charge will dislodge any crews
    sitting there. Capture the point, and send your engineers to build
    an MG emplacement to guard the position.
    
    
04. The next job is to take the point to the right of the base. This one can
    get tricky because it is along the path where the Germans come in for the
    assault. Bring some backup, but for the most part a lone rifle squad,
    ranger or airborne will be sufficient to capture and guard the area, even
    though having engineers build MG emplacements later doesn't hurt at all.
    
05. Use your howitzer to bombard the final point to dislodge any silly
    German troops camping there. Send in 2 squads of infantry there to capture
    the victory point. Watch for Ostwinds because they can rip apart your
    squad to pieces fast. Use sticky bombs to deal with these annoying armors.
    
06. Now if you notice on top, there is a bar with points counting down to zero
    with stars in between them. This is basically the victory bar, which
    should be familiar to those who play skirmish games. Otherwise, the idea
    is that as you capture more victory points, the other team's meter will
    decrease at a faster rate, with the maximum when you capture all the
    victory points on the map.
    
07. If you have equal points under your possession relative to the enemy, then
    both meters will not decrease. Anyone that controls less points will lose
    victory points. In order to get the medal, you should not by any
    circumstances control less than 2 points at any given moment. This is
    actually easier than it sounds. In fact, once you capture all 4 points,
    the germans suddenly lose the initiative to launch large assaults.
    
08. Unlike the previous mission, the predominant force attacking the hill
    will be armored vehicles, so AT guns must be present and guard the 3
    different directions. Station your wolverine on the hill for better
    protection. Upgrade your engineers with flamethrowers to deal with any
    infantries tagging along with the armored assault.
    
09. Once you capture all 4 points, just focus on defending the points and
    before you know it, the mission will be over.
    



Medal Earned: Silver Star