Precious Cargo

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General Combat Tips
Stars and Stripes Missions
Red Brigade Missions
  The Golem Ambush
  Precious Cargo
  The Evil Battalion
  Io's Bridge
  Controlling the High Ground
  Clear the Path
  Reclaim Our Base
  Punishing the Black Dogs
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This mission is hairy, because the Americans attack right away, so you'll have to move very rapidly to succeed. Immediately send the APCs on their way to the launch pad then divide your offensive units into three groups (by holding Ctrl down while offensive units are displayed, selecting the appropriate units, and pressing F1, F2, etc.). Assign two of the groups to follow two APCs - you'll be responsible for the third APC while the third group tangles with the Americans arriving from the north.

 
Assign two groups of offensive units to guard two of the APCs while you handle the job of protecting the lead transport. When howitzers are spotted, send a third group to destroy them.

Scouts and tanks will dog the APCs as they travel, but fortunately they can take a lot of damage. When you're told of the howitzers located high in the hills, order the third group - the ones that were fighting off the Americans at the start of the mission - to attack them. You'll have run around a lot to keep the APCs safe, but once you see how this mission progresses, you should be able to finish it in relatively short order.

The Evil Battalion
It doesn't get much simpler than this. Order the bombers to follow you as you travel counterclockwise along the path to the far right.
 
Destroy the turrets guarding the American base yourself - if you order your fellow bombers to do the job they'll take needless damage by moving within range of the turrets as they fire their missiles.
Be alert for proximity mines and destroy them with rockets (make sure you've unlocked the rockets so only one is fired at a time). You'll have to destroy the turrets guarding the base yourself. If you order the bombers to attack, they'll move in close rather than firing rockets from long range. By the time you destroy the mines and turrets, you'll almost be out of ammo. Use the last of your rockets to either destroy or weaken one of the gun towers (it would be better to knock out the S-power, but by the time you're close enough to target it, the gun towers would bring you down). Order the bombers to assault the recycler then take the most direct route home to the base.

Next: Io's Bridge