04 — Assault

Meet Lieutenant Bradley

Step out of the VTOL and into a war zone. Apparently your little covert operation against the North Koreans has erupted into a full-blown war with troops running all over the place, fighter planes crashing into the ground, and artillery blasting in the distance.

Follow the soldier in front of you to Lieutenant Bradley. He's stationed down by the water. Listen to him bitching about North Korean anti-aircraft guns, then stare in amazement as you volunteer to take them out single-handedly.

All hell is breaking loose with the North Koreans, so why not volunteer for a suicide mission to take out some AA guns?

Destroy the Anti-Aircraft Units

Check the map and head back to the main road. Scrounge ammo off any dead KPA you find; you'll need it. Head to the first AA gun on your map, but take a quick detour down a dirt path towards a waterfall on the way. Loads of ammo is stored in the shack here by the green flare. Don't swap the shotgun for the SCAR automatic rifle, though. It's awfully similar to the FY71, and you need the one-shot stopping power of the shotgun in close quarters.

Backtrack to the paved road. Cloak and move into the brush on the left side of the road. Creep up to the KPA truck and blow away the gunner. Then take his place and blast his comrades as they approach. Be sure to watch your back, as three KPA can approach from the rear with SMGs at the ready.

Leave the truck and continue down the highway. Psycho radios something about being your eyes up above and looking for sniper roosts, but he's as useless here as he's been all along, so don't count on him providing any help. Cloak and get ready for the arrival of another truck. Shoot the crew as they drive past.

KPA patrols are all over the road ahead. Use the tall grass on the sides of the road for cover and cloak as often as possible. Snipe from a prone position in the weeds to thin their numbers, then cloak to creep up close and dispatch the survivors with your shotgun.

Crawl forward to the gas station. Use cloak to reach the metal fence near the speed-limit sign. Start killing the KPA in front of you, but keep an eye out for a patrol emerging from the jungle across the road. If KPA numbers are too heavy around the gas station, take a few shots at the pumps to blow up the entire place. Just make sure you're at a good distance, as the ensuing fireball is huge. After the smoke clears, go around the back of the gas station and load up on FY71 ammo.

Keep moving down the road until you reach a small town and a KPA checkpoint. There are lots of North Koreans here, but also lots of cover, so you shouldn't have too much trouble taking them out. As always, be sure to immediately kill anyone who tries to man the machine-gun nest.

Drag some explosive barrels over to the first AA gun and set them off with a couple of well-placed shots.

Cross the road to the first AA gun. Grenades are useless, so pick up the nearby red explosive barrels and move them over to the base of the weapon. Then back off a little ways to clear the splash damage radius and detonate them with a couple of shots. Scratch one AA gun.

On to AA gun number two, further up the same road. This one is a lot tougher. First of all, you're shadowed every step of the way by another North Korean assault chopper. And second, there are gangs of KPA lining the road ahead, along with a gunboat pacing you in the water.

Be patient with your approach. Crawl in the tall grass and snipe enemies whenever possible, especially around the bridge. Try not to leave any KPA alive here, as they'll later hem you in after you blow up the second AA gun.

Speaking of that second AA gun, it can be found straight ahead up the dirt road, set into a trench guarded by a machine-gun emplacement. As always, go slow here and use your scope to make head shots as often as possible. Just be ready to scramble right after you shoot, as the chopper locks in on your position almost instantaneously and riddles you with bullets.

After clearing the opposition around the machine-gun, enter the trench and run past the AA gun. Take out the last KPA goon with your shotgun and grab a missile launcher from the ammo pile on the right. Now blow up that damned helicopter, which should feel really, really good. Take a moment to blast that irritating gunboat to hell, too. Then turn your sights on the AA gun and make it go boom.

Secondary: Gather Intel from KPA

Just as you start heading towards AA gun number three, Psycho radios with a request that you hit a KPA base to swipe some intel. The best way to get there is to check your map for the right heading, then drop into the water and swim over to the nearby beach. The base is just ahead, in the form of the usual rickety shantytown.

Hack into the KPA network for more intel info.

A huge KPA presence plus the arrival of yet another helicopter makes it best to cloak and sprint to the objective, a laptop that can be found in a shack to the right. After you've downloaded the goods, lead the chopper back to the trench where you destroyed the second AA gun. Grab another missile launcher from the ammo dump and incinerate this whirlybird as well. Mmm, still feels good, doesn't it?

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