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GDI Mission 9 – Croatia

GDI’s forward base near Croatia has been cut off from supplies. No Construction Yard remains and the base is surrounded on all sides my enemy forces.

It is necessary to survive for five minutes until the relief convoy arrives. To achieve the bonus objective, all defensive structures must survive.

There is only enough power to activate six of the Guardians, Watchtowers and AA Batteries. Choose wisely!

Start by repairing all of your structures using the C hotkey and turning Power Mode to On with the X hotkey for selected defensive structures.

Key Strategies:

Power up a Watchtower to the west and to the south. Power up the AA Battery to the northeast to fend off Venoms. Power up two Guardians to the east and one to the north. This will give your tanks stationed to the north the opportunity to gain veteran status more quickly for your assault on the northern Nod base.
This is a perfect time to practice your hot keys. The action is too hot and heavy to continually move the cursor to the top of the screen for Repair and Power Mode toggling. Use the C key for repair and X for powering on and off your defensive structures.
The third hot key that is essential to learn on this mission is the reverse move – D. Your Paladins are taking a pounding on the front line. When moving them back to their base, they will be destroyed if they take the maneuvering time to turn around. Instead highlight your vehicle, click D and then move the unit back to the War Factory for repair. You can survive the first five minutes losing practically no units using this method – plus your units will attain veterancy status.
Consider destroying the northern and western bases before actually rescuing the convoy escorting the MCV. The MCV will wait until you arrive and will not be damaged while sitting there. If the MCV is damaged on the trek to the base, you will not achieve one of the bonus objectives. That is how this guide will be written.
If you decide to rescue the MCV before destroying the northern and western bases, garrison your infantry in the civilian structures all along the path that the MCV will take. Suicide bombers will attack your MCV. You will need all the help you can get keeping it safe.
Just three Paladins ranked to star status can destroy the northern base. Try to have at least two to lead the charge.

Level up tanks until they reach gold-star veterancy. Keep them alive by using the D hotkey "reverse" move to return them to the War Factory for repair.

Note: This walkthrough destroys the northern and western base before rescuing the MCV. Although this may not be the shortest way to beat this mission (it takes about 35 minutes) it will save you a lot of frustration (and a number of reloads) trying to get your MCV safely back to the base. It is simpler, not having to worry about multiple battlefronts as you deal with maneuvering your MCV past numerous obstacles.

Walkthrough:

Repair all structures using the C hotkey. Use the X hotkey to toggle the Power Mode to on for one western Watchtower, one southern Watchtower, the northeastern AA Battery, two of the eastern Guardians and one of the northern Guardians.

Important: Your tanks will be much more active at the north, but they will rank up much more quickly if you are careful to continually repair them at the War Factory using the reverse move (D) command.

Start by backing up the two active Watchtowers with a single APC each filled with Riflemen. Build two extra Paladins so there will be two at both the northern and eastern entrances to the base.

Build a third APC to pick up the cash crates directly to the south if you have the time. Be careful! Don’t get distracted!

When funds permit, add a third Paladin to the north and east.

With careful attention of constantly repairing your defensive structures, you should achieve the bonus objective of having all of them survive.

With careful attention to your armor, you should lose practically no units.

Double up the APC’s at the western and southern unit and they should be secure so you can focus on the north and east.

Just three gold-starred tanks destroy the northeastern Nod base. You will only encounter armor there -- no infantry. Keep Pitbulls in the area in case Venoms arrive.

Build up to three, then four Paladins at the north and east entrance. The goal is to gain gold-star veterancy of at least two tanks before leading a charge to the northern base. The veteran tanks will make all the difference in the outcome!

With at least two gold-star tanks, lead a total of eight or nine tanks to the northern base. Back them up with Pitbulls in case Venoms enter the area.

Use caution and you should be able to destroy the base without too many losses.

Attack the southwestern base with all available armor immediately after destroying the northeastern base. Only infantry will be encountered.

Go back to the base, then continue on with a massive stockpile of APCs and Paladins toward the western Nod base. Have the APC’s separately labeled as #2 and the Paladins as #1 so you can focus the APCs on the infantry while the Paladins blast the structures.

Go ahead and completely destroy the western Nod base. This will cause a lot less worries taking your MCV back to your base. Clear the garrisoned buildings heading north toward the MCV. Leave APC’s scattered along the way, because after the roadblock is cleared, additional infantry will appear from off the screen.

Destroy the Laser Turret then escort the MCV back to the base unharmed. Although both bases are destroyed by this time, there will still be garrisoned buildings and Venoms to deal with on the way back to the base. Use caution or you won't receive the bonus objective!

Destroy the Turret in front of the MCV and clear the garrisoned buildings that will appear on your way back south.

Important: Save the game now! Venoms may appear that will make a single hit on your MCV and cause you to lose the bonus objective!

A happy ending -- the MCV arrives at the base unscathed. Just one more base to go.

Keep some Pitbulls in the area to protect from the Venoms and be sure the garrisoned buildings are cleared before the MCV arrives in the area.

Once the MCV arrives at your base, make sure you have achieved the bonus objective.

Don't take the southeastern base lightly. It is heavily guarded. Lure Venoms toward your Guardians after setting up a base on the plateau.

Deploy the MCV and start preparing to attack the third base. It is on an upper plateau and cannot be directly assaulted.

Do not attempt an air assault. It is too heavily defended.

Note: This base is heavily fortified and half-hearted efforts will be slapped down. Go ahead and prepare accordingly for one decisive attack.

Build all necessary Power Plants and Silos. You are going to need them. Keep about three Harvesters in operation so you can quickly finish up this mission.

Build three extra Guardians at the southeast corner of your base. Air attacks will be stepped up at this time.

Build a Command Center and Tech Center. Research Railguns.

After the Venoms are gone and your tanks are repaired at the War Factory, you can easily finish off the base.

Build an Airfield. Recruit a Surveyor and have him flown to the far northeastern section of the plateau. Have Pitbulls and APC’s below it to help guard against Venoms.

Immediately start deploying Guardians on the upper plateau as close to the enemy base as possible. Four will work just fine.

Build a War Factory on the plateau and start cranking out Mammoths. Start blasting the outside wall of the Nod base. This will stir up the Venoms. Use the reverse (D) move to return to safety as the Guardians shred the Venoms.

Repeat and rinse with more and more Mammoths until you are able to destroy both of the Nod Airfields.

Continue to destroy the rest of the base to finish the final objective.

Mission accomplished!