Reclaim Our Base

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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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Don't fall for the commander's soothing voice - the reinforcements he promises won't arrive to help you. Order the APC to follow you, then have it sit at a relatively safe distance from the base. Move to the northern flank of the base and take out one of the W-power supplies for the gun towers. This attack will bring out scouts to locate the problem, and you'll expend so much of your ammo fighting them that you won't have enough left to deal with the prison. But you should have enough left to take out the other W-power supply. Tell the APC to follow you and proceed to the abandoned CCA base to the southeast of the prison and effect repairs (by parking next to the hangar). Then resupply yourself with ammo (by parking next to the supply depot) before moving back toward the American base.

 
Be sure to destroy the W-power supplies before opening fire on this prison.

When you return, the rescue will be almost unopposed. Order the APC to pick up the prisoners, then head for the CCA base again, where both of you can be repaired and pick up more ammo. Now move to the hidden factory (if you view the abandoned base as if it were the center of a clock, the hidden factory is located at roughly two o'clock and about 900 meters away). Head for the secret supply hangar (with the factory and APC following). It's much easier to spot than the factory because a huge white blotch on the non-3D radar map represents it.

When you arrive, identify the building - you'll discover it contains ammo units as well as two turrets and two scavengers. Order every unit to follow you back to the abandoned base then begin the process of collecting scrap and building as many offensive units as possible. As you build the offensive units, have them escort the scavengers - any damage they take protecting this valuable lifeline can be fixed by having them park near the hangar.

 
The hidden Soviet factory (see inset for map location).

You should have enough scrap and pilots to assemble a fairly formidable force to attack the American base. Take out major threats, like turrets, from a distance, then move in and target the recycler and have all your units focus their attack on it. Once it's down, the mission is over regardless of whether any of your fellow units survive. You can still win even if your tank is destroyed so long as the recycler is destroyed and you manage to stay alive for just a short period of time.

Next: Punishing the Black Dogs