Strike Force 02: I.E.D. | Strike Force: Walkthrough CoD: BO II Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
Condition: Completing Mission 04: Time and Fate
Availability: The last mission before you can do this one is 07: Suffer With Me
Legend:
- Brown - starting place and destinations places
- Blue - places where enemy tanks are deployed
- Orange - places where other enemies are deployed
- Green - places where enemies lay mines
Mission objectives:
- (1) Protect the HVI transports [4 of 4 intact]
- (12) (24) Escort the HVIs to the secondary extraction site
- (9), (10), (11), (15), (21) Destroy IED's along the convoy path
Description:
This is a very easy mission, even on Veteran difficulty. Your task is to escort the convoy and at least one of the four HVI transports has to reach its destination. You will be able to choose from several ASDs, kinetic weapon, and above all - two units of quad-drones. You control them directly, you don't mark the targets for them. It's best to control the flying robots, as they are the most mobile and deadly to enemy infantry, which will appear in big numbers during this mission. If you drive as ASD, don't drive under the wheels of convoy vehicles! You may get run down.
Along the way you will be destroying the mines laid by the opponents, but don't worry - the convoy won't drive on the mines, it will wait in front of them. However, if you detonate the mines too close to it, you can seriously damage the vehicles. This is especially dangerous in the case when you don't manage to eliminate the ordinary infantry on time. It may also happen that the enemy soldiers may even try to lay a mine between the vehicles in the convoy. Don't let that happen!
You start in (1). Fly behind the convoy and to the right, kill a few soldiers with RPGs in (2) and quickly the next three in (3). Immediately fly to (4). At this point the kinetic weapon should become available. Select it, point at the enemy tank in (4) (picture above) and give the order by pressing the appropriate button (the same one you hold to select all units). After a while, the rocket will destroy the tank.
Passing through (6) be ready to repel three attacks of enemies on horseback (picture above). The first attack will come from the east, and the other two from the north. Don't worry if you don't kill everyone, simply try to kill as many enemies as possible. But don't go back to those you went past - look out for new targets. In the meantime, get rid of the enemies with RPGs in two (5) spots, at the top of the hill.
Until then your kinetic weapon should be ready. Quickly use it to point at the tank in (7) and eliminate the soldiers on the left and right, on the rocks. In (8) there is another enemy tank, so you can consider whether to first destroy mines with a word Destroy (picture above) in (9), or to wait until the kinetic weapon is charged and first destroy the tank and then the mines. If you didn't wait, switch to ASD and get rid of the tank with grenade launcher. Kill all the infantry, because if you don't, it will lay new mines. Attention! The sooner you destroy a mine, the better. Its explosion is extremely dangerous and if your vehicle is nearby it can even lose up to half the armor! When you're destroying a mine, don't get too close to it - shoot from a safe distance, if you don't, your ASD / quad-drone will be destroyed.
Keep looking out for the next mines - they will be in (10) and (11). At this point, it will turn out that the target extraction site has changed - you have to get to (24). In the vicinity of (13) a few soldiers will appear out of nowhere. Next, deal with the next tank in (14) with kinetic weapon, or if you don't have it, use the ASD grenade launcher. Be prepared to quickly destroy the fourth set of mines in (15) (picture above).
When the convoy arrives at a point (16), a helicopter will appear (picture above). You can get rid of it with any of the quad-drones - a little shooting will do. After a while, a second helicopter will come here, however, you should have already taken out the first one. The next two helicopters (also one by one) will fly out after the convoy has reached (17).
When the convoy in (18) starts turning east, be prepared for several waves of soldiers on horseback who will appear exactly in front of you. Eliminate them, looking out for the next enemies with RPGs taking positions on the nearby rocks in (20) (picture above). This will happen when you get to (19). It's best to hover over the rocks on the right and have the enemies in front of you. Then, one accurate round will kill most of them.
The next and the last set of mines will appear in (21), just under the lowest of the bridges. In the meantime, a lot of new enemies with RPGs will run out along the rock in (22). They are dangerous, but very weak - your quad-drone just needs to be in the right place at the right time. Remember to destroy the bridges. This will prevent the opponents from taking convenient positions (picture above). Look at the rocks up, on the right - there are a lot of soldiers with RPGs. As if that wasn't enough, after a while, three helicopters will join the battle - destroy them in the first place. Look out for survivors in the surrounding rocks. If at least two vehicles made it so far, you can consider the mission successful.
When the convoy is heading for (24), which is your final destination, be prepared to repel two waves of infantry, which will pile out of (23). Just hover and shoot with the quad-drone (picture above), allowing the allied vehicles to pass safely. After a while, the mission will be successful.