Eliminating the second enemy officer | Mission 2 - Gaberoun Sniper Elite III Guide
Last update: 11 May 2016
The next officer resides in a small encampment, located to the north of your current location (point 9 on the map). You should start by examining the west mountain passageway (point 7 on the map), leading towards the actual target of your journey. After a short while you should arrive at a vantage point, with an enemy sniper inside of it. Get rid of him, sabotage the next generator (point 2 on the map) and start eliminating the soldiers deployed below you in the same method as before (wait for the generator to start making noise before making any shots).
It's not recommended to continue along the north mountain pass, as the ruins separating you from the enemy officer are very well guarded. Instead, after clearing the area with your sniper rifle, go back to the South. During your march stick close to the water (east from the main route). The game will force you to lie down and prone. Carefully approach the smaller part of the ruins, which should be guarded by two or three enemy soldiers. Scan through the ruins thoroughly (green point 5 on the map), as there's a diary here (War Diary - Axis Account: Vahlen's Presence).
The document mentioned earlier isn't the only secret awaiting you in this area. Inside of one of the tents (green point 9 on the map) there's hidden another diary (War Diary - Vahlen's Journal: Welcome to Africa). In a small room, on the lower floor of the North-West ruins (green point 10 on the map) you can in turn find the collectible card.
During your journey towards the second officer, you should be given a new secondary objective. It's connected with the headlight illuminating the area - you must destroy it (point 8 on the map). It can be done in two ways - you can either destroy it from a very long range, by using your sniper rifle, or it can be done from up close, by using a weapon equipped with a silencer. Regardless of the approach, you should first eliminate both soldiers guarding the area near it - the watchman stationed on top of the tower (he doesn't have a sniper rifle, fortunately) and his colleague, located to the North-West from your current position.
After destroying the headlight, unlock the second Sniper Nest (blue point 2 on the map) and prepare your sniper rifle, because it's the place in which you will perform your second Long Shot. It's a little more difficult than a similar task from the previous mission, because the target is located a few hundred meters from you. You have to shoot the enemy sniper shown on the above screenshot, located on the other side of the oasis, on an observation tower.
The encampment with the second officer inside should be approached from the South or South-West side. Stop behind a cover and take some time to observe the movement of the officer. You should be able to easily notice that he walks around the whole camp. It's best to eliminate him when he's on the back of the tent, so his death is unnoticed.
After eliminating the second officer, it's recommended to scan through the rest of the encampment. Watch out for the enemy standing near the North gatehouse, as well as for the two soldiers hidden inside one of the tents. In the very same tent with the enemies inside there's a diary. Get rid of both of them (by using a silenced pistol, for instance) and pick up War Diary - Intel: Axis Wars Story: Tobruk's Defense). Get back to the corpse of the officer and pick up War Diary - Intel: Vahlen's Project from it.