Mission 3: Battle on the River Mekong - p. 2 MoW: Vietnam Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

New objective: Repel attacks on the southern roadblock.

You have one and a half minute to prepare. Select one of your men and pick up the rockets and the rocket launcher from one of the three boxes that are lying by the road (they're closer to the right side of the outpost, which is in [10]). Send him and other two soldiers (including the sniper) to the bridge. They should lie down and turn themselves in the direction of [13], as the first enemy attack will come from this spot. Send the fourth soldier to the watchtower in [10] and also make him face the direction of [13]. The first attack will consist of four jeeps coming one after another, which means you'll have some time to destroy them separately. Slow down the game and keep switching between the three posts (the watchtower and two buildings covered with sandbags) with heavy machineguns to choose your next targets. Your goal is to not lose any soldiers who operate heavy machineguns in the above-mentioned buildings. Keep firing at one jeep, until all three enemies in it are dead, and then take care of the next. Switch to another machinegun if the previous one needs to be reloaded.

After a while you will receive a message that a patrol boat is approaching (you can speed up the game right now). Two soldiers - one who operates a heavy machinegun on the boat, and the other who will take his comrade's place when he dies - can easily be removed using the heavy machinegun in [12]. The picture below should help you. Start shooting as soon as you can (i.e. when the enemy boat reaches the [14]). After killing the enemies, save your game, because the further part of the battle may take a very different course. Everything is going to depend on your luck, as well as on what the AI directing your allies and enemies will do.

Another attack, which will come from [13], will be much harder to repel. A few armored personnel carriers will arrive and a few enemy soldiers will come out from each of them. Again, make use mostly of the two buildings with heavy machineguns, selecting the targets directly. Try hitting the enemy vehicles from a distance, so that they will stop further from the place you're defending rather than drive up too close and disembark infantry right under your nose. The farther the enemies will be, the easier it will be to eliminate them. After stopping an APC quickly kill the soldier who operates a heavy machinegun mounted on the vehicle (you don't have to destroy the vehicles, just their crews). If someone does break through, you can always use the additional machineguns and your men lying on the bridge to get rid of any unwelcome guests. Look at the map in search of the red dots and try to control the situation. After a while you will get the last objective of this mission. There are still two attacks to repel.

New objective: Repel attacks on the northern roadblock.

The enemy will attack from the north [15]. A dozen of jeeps will come one after another, so again you must keep the pace and be accurate. Slowing the game can help you scrap some American jeeps more quickly. Switch between the two machineguns that are facing the road [15]. If one of them needs reloading, switch to another. If a jeep does break through, leave it be and just shoot at the rest. You need to count on your allies to take care of the intruder. In fact, even if only one on your soldiers remains here while the enemy jeeps are destroyed, you can consider yourself successful and prepare for the last, the heaviest attack.

Expect it to come from [13] - there's going to be an APC, two tanks and a lot of soldiers. Once again, use only the guns in the two buildings and just try to kill as many of the enemy infantry as you can. Don't pay any attention to the tanks missiles exploding, just shoot at the enemy soldiers. Before the enemy tanks manage to destroy the two aforementioned buildings, you should have been able to get rid of the larger part of the enemy troops. Once there is nobody, whom you could control, on this side of the bridge, take your soldiers (those lying on the bridge) to [11] and [12] and wait. In [16] some allied soldiers with rocket launchers will appear. They'll attack the tanks, so let's hope that they destroy at least one tank.

Finally, the enemy will utterly destroy the outpost in [9] and [10], and the soldiers will try to break into [11] and [12]. You cannot let this happen. Use the heavy guns that are facing the bridge to kill all enemies. If the machinegun you're controlling runs out of ammo and you will be forced to wait for it to reload, quickly switch to the second and continue killing the infantry. However, if an enemy tank destroys both machineguns (and it is possible despite the distance), load the saved game. After a while the enemies will retreat.

Your final task is to destroy or kill everything that has remained in the area of [9] and [10]. If there are no tanks, just use the sniper to knock out the enemy infantry. If, however, there is a tank, you have to destroy it using the very soldier who snatched some rocket launchers from the box before the first attack. Act with caution and make good use of all the covers (for example, vehicle wrecks). Always attack from the opposite side to that the turret of the tank is facing - it gives you time to escape after launching a rocket into the tank. Finally, you will destroy enemy vehicle and the mission will be successful.