Mission 03: OLD WOUNDS | Missions: Walkthrough CoD: BO II Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Objective: Follow Zhao to the Mujahideen base

Before you start carrying out the objective, look around the place where you started the mission. Exactly behind the horse that you are about to mount, at the far end of the rocks on the right there is a skeleton that has a pulwar sword, stuck in it (picture above). Pull it out and then get on the horse. Follow your team-mates and remember to sprint. Thanks to that your horse will be moving faster. In the end, you will get to the gate of the Afghan village-base. When a message appears on the screen, hold the use button to get off the horse and go after your team-mates to the cave. For a while you will talk near the map. Then you will hear the sounds of explosions.

Objective: Defend the West Blocking Point

For now, you do not have to hurry, so take a look around the command center you are at. To the left of the three soldiers by the radio, you can find intel (1/3) on the wooden crates, which, of course, you need to pick up (picture above). Exit the room and turn right.

Right before you use the exit you will notice a wooden door on the left. Pick the lock to open it (picture above). Do this and your character will take a few mortar shells. Get back on the horse and sprint through the village to get to the gate.

When your horse rears up, ride to the left and follow your team-mates. Do not come too close to the edge of the rock on the left, because after a while a jeep will explode in this place and you can get killed. Also, you cannot stay too long in this place, because the Russian soldiers will kill you. Simply ride to the left as quickly as you can (picture above). In the narrow pass watch out for the jeep on the right - there will be two enemies next to it. Hold the sprint button to speed up and head towards the target location. Remember that in the sprint mode you're much more resistant to arrows.

When your horse rears up, you will get off it. You will carry out the next part of the mission on foot. The right side of the ruins is occupied by enemies, so don't go there. It is also pointless to kill them, as new will be appearing in the place of the eliminated ones. Stick to the left and keep running until you see a hole in the wall in the shape of a gate. Take out the Russian soldier who is hiding in it (picture above). Run to the place where he was standing and hide by the big boulder on the right. Wait for your team-mates.

Objective: Destroy the Soviet BTRs

On the way to the weapons cache there are some soldiers. You do not need to kill them - you can just run to the right and as soon as possible hide by the damaged shelf to the right of the small wooden bridge. Wait here for a moment, but be ready to shoot a round at any soldier who will come running to you. Afterwards, carefully lean out to the right. If the road is clear, you can move on, but be careful! Almost right to the left, from around the corner a soldier will come out (picture above). Do not let him take you by surprise.

Go further, straight to the south (look at the compass) till your way gets blocked by a wall. You will reach an overturned, sloping part of the wall. Go around it and turn right. Hide on the left side of the entrance door. Wait until one of the transporters drives away to the right (a gray dot with a word "Destroy") and then run out and, holding the sprint button, head for the ruins on the left (picture above) - not to the main entrance, but to one of the holes in the wall. You should make it before you get shot. Of course, after going inside instantly hide on the left side of the exit on the right.

Here, you can wait for a while, but watch out for the grenades! If you see any icons, quickly run up the stairs and hide exactly in front of them, in the small, oval-shaped alcove. But before that happens, look up, to the southeast. You should see one of the two soldiers upstairs (picture above) - try to take out at least one.

Go up the stairs and hide in the opposite oval alcove and then crouch, lean out to the left and take out the second soldier on the right. Walk up to the wall and look precisely to the northeast. On the opposite roofs there are two soldiers hiding (though one of them or both could have been killed) (picture above). Search for any movement and eliminate its source. Once you're done, look to the right. Right next to the soldiers there is a crate with a word Access. It is necessary to check what's inside. You will find some anti-tank mines.

On the second part of the roof you will find a lot of ammo crates, but most of all, a rocket launcher (Stinger) - replace your gun with it, because it will not be useful to you anymore (first picture above). The Stinger will remain with you till the end of the mission, and you are about to make use of it right now. Aim through the small gap in the wall on the right at the first transporter in the distance, exactly in front of you. After it's been destroyed, wait without moving from the roof, till the next one comes to that place (second picture above). Fire a rocket at it, too. Wait for a moment until your allies deal with the rest of the Russians who remained here.

Objective: Block the entrance to the village

When there is no one left, run to the big gate, place the charge in the indicated place and back off behind the low wall in front of the gate. Wait until your team-mates also leave this place, and then press the button (picture above). Get on the horse and go towards the next targets - a tank and a transporter.

Objective: Defend the base from being destroyed

Ride exactly to the east. Enemy vehicles will come out from the left. Stay away from them, because they will run you over. Instead, take out the Stinger and try to shoot in advance at the transporter (first picture above). Contrary to appearances, it is much more dangerous, because it will be shooting at you. Afterwards deal with the tank (second picture above). It is likely that you will have to shoot twice. In fact, the enemy soldiers scattered here and there pose the greatest threat. Try to be in constant motion. It might make your aiming more difficult, but it will greatly increase your chances of survival. If you cannot aim properly, go right and position yourself directly in front of the moving vehicles.

Rush to the base. Your next task is to destroy two helicopters (picture above). You will handle the first easily, as it will hover over the base - simply shoot at it. It won't be that easy with the latter - it will keep flying around and shooting at you. So press the weapon change mode button to enable automatic aiming. Aim at the enemy helicopter and wait for a distinctive sound. As soon as you hear it, fire the rocket immediately and don't worry about it - it will reach the target itself and destroy it. You can even destroy the second helicopter first (not marked with a gray dot) and then deal with the first. The third and final wave can consist of helicopters or vehicles. In the first case, wait for them and use the auto-aiming mode. In the latter case, run to the north, and you will be directly in front of the transporter and the tank. As always, remember to be in motion all the time.

Objective: Retake the weapons cache

Assuming that you're at the gate to the allies' base, run to the north. After a while, in front of you, slightly to the right, you'll notice a pointed rock (first picture above). Right next to it there are some ammo crates, as well as a red flag stuck in the tires. Intel (2/3) is lying next to it, of course, you need to pick it up (second picture above).

Afterwards start going exactly to the east and when you go up the hill, turn left. Keep looking out for the place where a rock forms a gate and where you can see a flag and ammo crates on the left (picture above). Go there along the gentle slope and look at the battlefield below. Throughout the next part of the mission you will remain in this place - it is pointless to leave it, or to go in the direction of the weapons cache. If you get hit too much, hide behind a short wall on the left.

Prepare the auto-aiming mode and keep looking out for enemy helicopters (first picture above). Some will be flying around and shooting at you (you should especially watch out for them), others will try to drop the infantry off on the left. Meanwhile, one more transporter will appear below (second picture above), fire a rocket at it and go back to destroying the helicopters. Lean out only if necessary, but if you can don't show yourself to the enemy soldiers below.

In the meantime, try to destroy the bridges, as the opponents will try to shoot at you from them (first picture above) - they are much more dangerous than the enemies below. Eventually, the helicopters will stop coming, but to remain safe don't leave your position, just shoot at the enemies on the battlefield (second picture above). You can also send rockets at the ammunition cache. But you don't need to worry, because sooner or later your allies will retake the weapons cache.

There is one more thing to do here. At the bottom of the eastern rocks there is a broad, but shallow cave (first picture above). On its right, next to the entrance, you will find the last intel (3/3) (second picture above). Get on the horse and go back to the base.

From now on until the end of the mission you will be watching a long cutscene and actually there are only two moments in which you will be able to do more than just looking around. When the explosion kills your horse, press and hold the buttons shown on the screen as quickly as you can to slip the dead animal off (picture above). If you do not do it on time, the great tank will run you over.

Objective: Interrogate Krevchenko

Now you must take an important decision (picture above).

• If you kill Krevchenko instantly, you will not find out that there is a mole in the CIA - to do so, simply do nothing.
• But if you want to stop yourself, keep pressing the use button as many times as possible till the message disappears. You must repeat this process three times to make the interrogation and the mission come to an end.