Mission 5: Long Way Home - p. 1 MoW: Vietnam Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Note: Because of the length, the map is divided into three parts.

New objective: Rescue the POWs from the firing squad.

You start in [1]. Immediately, slow your game. You will speed it up only after you've completed the first objective. You have very little time (three minutes) to rescue the POWs from the firing squad. Moreover, there are some unpleasant surprises waiting for you. Select John Merrill (he has a silenced rifle) and run through [2], [3] and [4]. Be careful not to enter the swamp because you'll drown instantly. Reach the first enemy in [5] and kill him with a few shots. Run to [6] and take out another opponent in the same way (you should be able to sneak behind him). Save your game and quickly run to [7]. An enemy sniper is sitting on a tree here. If you get close enough, you'll detect him with ease. Bring him down. Once you're done, you should have two minutes left.

Run to [8] and get down. Unfortunately, new and more alert enemies will appear in [9] and they will spot your soldier, if you aren't crawling, and fire at him. Currently, you can see only one opponent on the map but be aware that the rest is hidden there somewhere. Therefore, start crawling right before approaching [8] and prepare your knife. Throw it at the guard as soon as you can. Pick up the knife and crawl to [10]. Try to hide in the bushes and water, but don't go too deep because you could drown. Make sure to save your game before crawling any further as it's very likely that the opponents in [9] will see you. But, if you manage to get to [10], stand up and run to the wooden bridge in [11]. Quickly, kill the enemy there and run to the POWs.

Even though there's only one minute or less left to the execution, you're just one step from freeing the prisoners. There are seven enemy soldiers in [13] and all can easily be killed with a grenade. Run to [12] (you don't have to crawl), select a grenade as the main weapon and save your game. Hold down Ctrl key and aim at an area slightly to the right of the officer standing in the middle (look at the image below). Click and hold LMB to cook the grenade. When there's a half of the red circle around the grenade cursor, release the LMB. The grenade should explode quicker preventing the enemies from escaping. Kill the survivors, if there are any, and don't forget to take out the solitary guard in [14], who will start shooting at you. Now, you can finally speed up your game.

New objective: Rescue the American POWs from their cells.

In the meantime, you can start to slowly move the rest of your men to [13], but again, watch out for the enemies in [9]. You must crawl there so that they won't see you. Send John Merrill to [15]. When you are near the place, order him to get down and crawl. This way, you'll manage to spot three enemy soldiers hiding in the bushes in [15] before they do. Get closer and throw a grenade. It should kill them all.

Go back to [13] and then go to [16]. Approach the big tree by crawling because, yes, there's another sniper on it. First, locate him on the map (one of your men should scream), and then on the very tree. Take him out and go back to [15]. Now, you have to eliminate all enemies patrolling the swamps. Do this quietly by using a silenced rifle. Afterwards, there should be only five enemies left on the map.

You can ambush one of them by hiding in [17] and finishing him off with a few silent shots. Pull all your men back to [18] and select the sniper to kill one of the guards in [19]. The other three will disappear in the forest, so quickly change your sniper's position and eliminate them one by one. You shouldn't have any problems with this task. After cleaning the map from enemies, run to the cages in [20] and open each of them. You will receive new mission objectives and the map will enlarge. Before you go further, search the bodies and arm the rescued POWs with rifles and ammo.