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

Last update: 11 May 2016

New objective: Destroy the second air defense battery.

Now it's time to destroy the second and the last air defense battery. Pick up the heavy machinegun and go through [38] to the top of the hill. Place the heavy machinegun in the vicinity of [39] in a way that will allow you to reach the rest of the enemies standing near the second air defense battery in [34] (look at the picture below). You should be able to kill them all. New enemies may appear among the huts in [31]. If they do, place the heavy machinegun on the road in [28] again and eliminate them all.

Select a single soldier and get rid of the survivors in [28]. Search the boxes in the weapon depot and pick up three TNT explosive charges. Go to the last hill, lie down and encircle the single opponent lying behind the sandbags in [33]. There should be no enemies near the last air defense battery so mine it with a TNT explosive charge, but again don't destroy it yet. Instead, crawl to the top of the hill and sneak to the group of enemy soldiers standing at the other end of the hill in [40]. A cooked grenade should kill them all but do watch out for the enemies in [43]. They'll start shooting at you after the explosion, so quickly run away from this place. Now, you'll face a difficult task similar to the elimination of all the soldiers guarding the entrance to the first air defense battery. You must kill all enemies at checkpoints in [42] and [43].

First, select a sniper and, from a distance, take out two enemy soldiers patrolling the road in [41] unless you dealt with them earlier. Then, select the soldier who recently killed a group of enemies with a grenade and start throwing grenades at checkpoint in [42]. However, you must escape after each throw because of the enemies in [43] who will start shooting at you. Wait until the firing stops and throw another grenade. Place the heavy machinegun on the road in [41] and start shooting at both checkpoints. Unfortunately, you won't be able to kill everyone while shooting from this angle. That's why, after a while just move the heavy machinegun a few yards closer to the checkpoint in [42]. Alas, it will expose your soldiers to enemy fire but you should still be able to unfold the heavy machinegun on time to kill enemy soldiers before they kill yours. Take out two enemy soldiers on the bridge in [44] as soon as you can reach them.

Always place the heavy machinegun on the edge of the hill with a road. When shooting at the checkpoint in [43] watch out for the enemy heavy machinegun! Always, first kill those enemies who operate it. Eliminate the rest using the sniper. Actually, you'll have a much bigger problem with the survivors hiding in [42] because you can't kill them with the sniper from a distance. The only way is to crawl on the road and hope that your sniper won't get killed first. These survivors should be the last enemies visible on the map but that's not the end of the fight.

Move the heavy machinegun to [45] and detonate the charges to destroy the last two anti-aircraft cannons. This will cause new enemies to appear and expect them to come out from [35]. They will try to occupy the vicinity of [31] but they won't be successful because you'll kill them all using your heavy machinegun. Shoot at them and don't worry if they are hiding behind the weapon depot - you'll still hit them. You'll also get new mission objectives and three minutes for mining the bridge. Move the heavy machinegun in front of the bridge in [44].

New objective: Mine the bridge.

New objective: Destroy the truck convoy incoming from the west.

New objective: Get your squad out of the operation zone.

As you've already cleared the area of enemies, you'll have no problem with mining the bridge in [44]. Put the TNT explosive charge in one of the diagonal beams under the bridge. However, in spite of what your soldiers were advising, don't wait for the enemy vehicle to drive on the bridge. Don't detonate the bridge. Instead, start shooting at the enemy convoy as soon as you see it. The convoy truck will stop at a safe distance from you. This will allow you to eliminate all enemy soldiers and destroy the vehicles with ease. Just keep shooting from your heavy machinegun until most of the enemy soldiers are dead. If you can reach any survivors, move your weapon a bit closer to the convoy - but not too close. Get rid of all other survivors using the sniper. Finally, gather your men and send them to [47] to finish this mission.