Mission 2 - Shanghai | Walkthrough Battlefield 4 Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
- Suggested short-range weapons: UMP-45 (throughout the first two stages of the mission), AK-12, SCAR-H or FAMAS. Suggested long-range weapons: M39 EMR, MK11 Mod 0.
- Number of points required for the gold badge: 10,000.
- Number of hidden The dog tags: 3.
- Number of hidden weapons: 2.
The mission starts inside the car - you will not be able to do here anything, apart from looking to the sides and listening to conversation. After several minutes, the car will get stuck in an alley and you will have to walk from here. Get out of the car and follow your companions/
Gain access into the hotel
Your objective now is to gain access into the hotel. Follow Pac, wait until he opens the gate and go through to follow the others. After a while, you will have to climb the ladder onto a small roof, from which you will have the view of the hotel. After several seconds, climb up another ladder on the right and go down. Wait for Pac and Irish, then start running after them. You will reach the hotel's main vestibule and stop at the elevator, which you will have to open. Do that by pressing the button on the right of the elevator and walk inside.
Reach the VIPs
Inside the elevator, you will receive your gun from Pac - take it by approaching him, and pressing [E]. After a while, the elevator's door will open and you will notice an enemy soldier. Either kill him or let Pac do that. Then, the door will close and you will continue your journey to the upper level. After you get there, exit the elevator and approach the gun box. Select the gun that you prefer most, although it is recommended to stay with the UMP-45. It is a good idea, however, to select an assault rifle, e.g. the SCAR-H as your secondary weapon.
After you have made your choice, follow the corridor and hide behind the nearest counter after you reach the left turn. As you lean out from behind the cover, you will notice a soldier exiting the room. Do not attack him yet, though, and turn your attention to the stairs behind the windows on the right. After a while, you will notice two guards climbing down the stairs. Wait for them to approach the third guard, at which point, you will have the opportunity throw a grenade towards them and kill all three without wasting ammo, which will prove useful in just about a moment. Further enemy waves will start to arrive. The room that you are in Is relatively big so, the fight should not pose a problem to you. Use the counters, armchairs and cupboards in the form of covers. Move whenever a cover becomes too destroyed. Throw grenades where there are several enemies, or into an area in which you cannot reach the enemy with your rifle.
After you have killed every last of them, follow Pac upstairs. Along your way, you will find ammo and gadget boxes. In the ammo box, you can replenish your ammo, and select the M18 Claymore mine from the gadget box. Approach Pac then, at which point the door will turn out to be locked and Pac will have to open it. Your task will be to cover him, because there will appear a chopper here, and further reinforcements will start to arrive soon. Before the enemies arrive, though, select the M18 Claymore that you have collected earlier and plant them at the stairs, which you have taken recently. Return to Pac and position yourself next to the wall, or behind an armchair,. After a moment, the enemies start dashing in from the ground floor and from the direction of the windows. The ones attempting to get upstairs, should be eliminated by the mines that you have planted earlier. If that proves to be insufficient, simply finish off the rest. Then eliminate the soldiers that shoot at you from below and go head. Pac will open the door, walk through it and run ahead. Turn right, into the opened door and climb up the stairs to the next floor. Walk through another door and follow the corridor. After a moment, you will hear an explosion. You will notice two dead guards and a hole in the door. Take a look at the flames and listen to a short conversation, until the door to the next room opens.
Enter the room, listen to the conversations and leave. Dash towards the staircase, which you have already taken, and climb up to the rooftop.
Secure the helicopter
Run towards the chopper and press [E], to open the door. After a while, you will be attacked by enemies. Repel the attack and kill all on the spot. If the area looks clear, and the mission will not continue, you will have to search the rooftop thoroughly. It is highly possible that there is the last enemy somewhere there, who does not attack for some reason.
After you have killed everyone, follow the rest of the team until you reach the elevator. Open it, walk inside and get to the ground floor.
Reach the waterfront
You will be back to the vestibule. This time, you will have to go the whole way and exit through the main door, which is currently being guarded by several enemies. Some of them are standing at the door itself, and you will be able to take them out through the glass panes. Do that and eliminate the remaining ones. You will then have to dash outside and take the position at the low wall, next to the entrance, to make the enemies start leaving their covers.
The problem is the helicopter, which is circling above you. You cannot destroy it, but you can shoot the enemies aboard and shoot at you. Try to use the assault rifle for that. If you still cannot handle them, return to the vestibule and go to the box next to the lion statue. Select some marksman rifle (M39 EMR or Mk11 Mod 0) and use it to dispose of the helicopter. You can also return to the box also when you run out of ammo.
Once you render the helicopter harmless, kill out the rest of the enemy infantry and dash ahead, after your team. After a while, you will bump into a tank. Run into the alley on the left and follow your companions. Every now and then, along your way, you will be encountering enemies so, eliminate them. You should also remember to stick to the walls - otherwise, the tank that is following you would hit you, which ends in death.
After several minutes, you will lose the tank and you will walk out to the street again. Run towards the two civilians that will open door for you. You will walk into an area with several civilians, who are looking for shelter from the attack.
You need to keep moving so, follow your companions and, after a while, you will walk out into a big square. Here, there are two buildings and you can find boxes that will provide you with tools necessary to destroy the two tanks. I recommend that you use C4 explosives, but you can also use mines. In the case of the C4, you simply need to run up to the tank from behind, throw 3 packs of C4, get away into safety and detonate them. Do the same with the second tank but, return to the box after you have blown up the first one and replenish your resources. If you use the mines, plant them in the tank's path They go on their rout in circles so, there should be no problems.
After you have destroyed both tanks, return to your companions and follow them towards the boat. Wait for it to arrive, get into it and watch a quite interesting cutscene that ends this mission.