Mission 3: On the Trail of Uncle Ho - p. 2 MoW: Vietnam Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

New objective: Destroy the first air defense battery.

Before you can take care of the first air defense battery you should take all other groups of enemies out. The first is located in the vicinity of the truck in [12]. Enemies will try to flee using this truck, so select one of your soldiers and crawl near it. Then, get inside and just drive away as quickly as you can to the roadblock in [8]. There are five enemy soldiers in [12]. Some of them will run to the roadblock. Use a heavy machinegun to eliminate them and use the sniper to kill the rest. You may have some problems with finishing them off, as the area is very overgrown.

Go past the hill with the air defense battery. Your next task is to clean the forest from the patrolling soldiers (the same who were sent to look for the pilot). Four of them are standing in [10] and the rest is patrolling the vicinity of [13], [14] and [15]. Hide three of your men behind the boulder in [16] because their fire could prove useful. Select your sniper and start to eliminate individual enemies wandering around the area. Most of them have the same patrol route and they will occasionally come out from [13] so you can just wait for them. However, you could have some problems with aiming because they will be in constant motion. If you miss, simply try again and don't stay in the same place for too long. Save your game after each successful kill. Next, take four soldiers in [10] out (you can see them in the picture below) but be careful. Place your sniper in an appropriate position, kill two of them and then quickly run away. Save your game. Wait for the rest to stop shooting and then come back. You will have to choose a different spot, from which you can aim at these enemies. Kill them both and save your game.

A dangerous task is awaiting your sniper. The only way to the hill is heavily guarded by the heavy machinegun and four soldiers in [17] and two in [18]. Your task is to hide in any of the following locations - [19], [20] or [21], depending on whom you are aiming at - and then to aim at one of the soldiers, kill him and then immediately run away or hide behind a tree. Unfortunately, just one heavy machinegun shot is able to eliminate your sniper and that's why this task is so difficult. First, take out two soldiers in [18] while aiming from [19] or [20]. Then, eliminate three of the four standing next to the heavy machinegun in [17] (aim from [20] or [21]). Save your game after each successful kill and escape. If you get killed every time while shooting from one spot then try changing it. Sometimes moving a few meters left or right can change the situation dramatically. Also, look out for a solitary soldier who may arrive on the map after a few enemies have been killed in a way presented in this paragraph.

It's a shame that from this distance you aren't able to kill the last two enemies in [17] (including the one who operates the heavy machinegun). Such an attempt would almost certainly end in your sniper's death. Luckily, there is another way. Select one of your men and crawl through [22] to the vicinity of the sandbags. You can't let the two enemies see you, so check their field of view (look at the picture below). Save the game and throw a knife at the one who isn't the heavy machinegun operator. Crawl through the bushes and around the sandbags to sneak behind the last soldier here and kill him with a knife or machete. If you don't have one you will need to find it first, of course.

Crawl from the hill and get back to the rest of your soldiers. After you've taken care of the heavy machinegun, getting rid of the rest of the enemies will be much easier. Hide your sniper in [21] and start killing the soldiers standing next to the air defense battery [23] one by one. You must aim at their heads, as the angle from which you are aiming doesn't allow you to hit any other part of the opponents' bodies. After each shot most of them will crouch, thus you must wait for them to stand up again. Speed up the game to make it quicker. Enemies won't move from their positions making this task very easy. Yet, you won't be able to hit the last two enemies in [23] from the lower ground.

One is standing in [24] near the hill descent and the other is exactly in [23]. You won't have any problem killing the first (use the knife), but the second is looking exactly in the direction of [17] so you will have to encircle the whole hill to sneak behind him (hide in the bushes and behind trees). After a long struggle the hill will finally be clean. Gather all your men here and just do the same thing you did with the tanks in the previous mission. Mine all four anti-aircraft cannons using the C-4 explosive charges. Move away from the cannons and detonate the charges. Additionally, send two soldiers to the heavy machinegun in [17] and pick it up. The map will enlarge and you'll receive new mission objectives.

New objective: Destroy the third air defense battery.

Leave the second air defense battery for later - we'll deal with the third first. Group your men together in the vicinity of [25] and take out a solitary soldier patrolling the road in [26]. Then, move all your men there along with the heavy machinegun. Place it on the road, save the game and send your sniper to [27]. Hide him below the hill so the enemies above won't be able to hit him. Try climbing as high as possible, and from this location start aiming at [28]. Here, you have to kill two patrolling soldiers. One is bound to stop which will make him an easy target. The second will be going further so hitting him will be more difficult but not impossible. After killing either of them run away as soon as possible to the rest of your comrades in [26] because the enemies in [29] and [30] will start shooting and throwing grenades at you. Speed up the game and wait until they stop. Then go back to [27], kill the second patrolling guard on [28] and run away again.

Should any enemy soldier come here, kill him with a heavy machinegun. Now it's time for the second phase of the task. Select one of your men and give him all grenades. Repeat the following action until there are only three or four enemy soldiers left on the hill: go to [27], throw a grenade at your enemies and quickly run away to the rest of your men. You can even use all grenades you have, because there are plenty of them to find by the bodies of the slain enemies. Each time, throw the grenades in the direct control mode and while doing so hold the LMB and wait. A red circle will start to appear around the cursor. Release the LMB when there is a half of this circle. You'll throw a "cooked" grenade that will explode faster so the enemies won't have time to escape. The most important will be the first grenade, as it will surprise your enemies - throw it at a small group of enemies hidden behind the bushes in [29]. The explosion should kill them all. After that, eliminate as many enemies as you can in [30] (look at the picture below).

When there are only a few left you can go on the hill. Select all your men (except for those who operate the heavy machinegun) and crawl under the hill to the road that leads to the top of the hill. Make sure the enemies are not looking at you and sneak behind them. Then, change the firing mode to "Fire at will". You should be able to instantly kill the last enemies here. Put some C-4 explosive charges inside two anti-aircraft cannons but don't detonate them yet. Instead, place the heavy machinegun in the vicinity of [28] and start shooting at absolutely everyone and everything that's among the huts in [31], in [32], on a hill in [33] and near the second air defense battery in [34]. If you can't reach any other enemies, just move your machinegun closer to [32] and shoot some more. It's a little time-consuming but completely safe. After this action the only survivors should be: the solitary soldier patrolling in [35], one or two lying behind the sandbags in [33] and a few near the second air defense battery on [34]. Don't forget that the machinegun bullets penetrate the walls of huts and most of the covers so you can also kill the opponents hidden inside buildings and behind them. Moreover, remember to reload the heavy machinegun with new ammunition (taken from [8]). To do this, select a soldier who has it, press X and click LMB on the heavy machinegun. Then, simply drag all the ammunition to the machinegun "inventory".

Place the heavy machinegun in [36] and point it towards the edge of the map. Destroy the third air defense battery by detonating the charges. It will cause a really large group of enemy soldiers to emerge. They will appear in [37] and you can kill them easily using your heavy machinegun (look at the picture below). After carrying out this order, have your sniper climb on the hill through [38] and place him in [39]. From there you can get rid of a soldier patrolling in [35] with no trouble.