Gold Comet flares up when Orange Star crosses paths with Kanbei.
Mission Strategy
This is the first mission against Kanbei. All of his units have increased attack and defense, making them very tough to deal with. His downside as a CO is that construction and repair costs are higher than normal, but on a pre-deployed mission like this, that downside doesn’t come into play.
The three Kanbei missions are meant to show his lack of tactical knowledge. In this particular mission, you have a very defensible position protected by Mountains with only two entrances. These entrances even have Cities in them to heal up your front line defenders. Kanbei has deployed mostly direct combat units, meaning if you use the chokepoints correctly, this will be an easy victory.
- Speed Goal: 6
HQ Capture: Getting a Mech or Infantry past all of Kanbei’s Tanks will be tough. Even if you can avoid his tanks, his Mechs and Infantry cross the River in the middle of the map and will attack if they can. Your best bet is taking your APC south and dropping into the river. With that, you’ll only be 7 tiles away, which is reachable with an Infantry in two turns if you have Sami’s CO Power.
Defeat All Enemies: This is the preferred method of clearing this mission, both in speed and simplicity. The intended strategy is to use the Mountains to your advantage. Since only Infantry and Air can pass mountains, Kanbei’s many Tanks will be nearly useless if the chokepoints are defended by your Medium Tanks.
Take out the enemy Rockets, sacrificing your normal Tanks if not playing Max. On Day 2, bring your Medium Tanks back to the choke point and keep them there. Destroy Kanbei’s forces with indirect attacks from your Rockets and Artillery, attacking with the Medium Tanks when possible without giving up their defensive position.
Turn by Turn Walkthrough
- Pick Max as your CO
- Beating this mission in only 4 Days seems possible, but I couldn’t find it without losing Technique
Day 1
- Destroy the north enemy Rockets with your north Medium Tank from the west
- Destroy the south enemy Rockets with your south Medium Tank from the north
- Load your south Mech into your APC
- Advance your APC, dropping your Mech to the north
- Advance your Tanks, Rockets, Artillery, other Mech, and both Infantry
Day 2
- Attack the enemy Tank with your south Rockets
- Attack the north enemy Tank with your other Rockets
- Attack the uninjured north enemy Tank just west of the enemy Medium Tank with your south Medium Tank
- Destroy the 6 health north enemy Tank with your north Tank
- Destroy the 1 health enemy Tank with your north Mech
- Attack the west enemy Tank with your other Mech
- Attack the enemy Medium Tank with your Medium Tank
- Attack the only uninjured enemy Tank with your Tank from the north
- Advance your Artillery and both Infantry
Day 3
- Activate Max’s CO Power
- Destroy the enemy Medium Tank with your injured Medium Tank
- Destroy the enemy artillery with your other Medium Tank
- Attack the north enemy Mech with your north Tank
- Attack the north east enemy Tank with your north Mech
- Attack the north west enemy Tank with your injured Tank
- Destroy the enemy north west Tank with your north Infantry
- Attack the enemy Tank with your injured Rockets
- Destroy the 2 health enemy Tank with your injured Mech
- Attack the enemy Infantry with your east Infantry
- Retreat your Artillery
Day 4
- Attack the enemy Medium Tank with your uninjured Medium Tank from the City
- Destroy the enemy Medium Tank with your other Medium Tank
- Destroy the enemy Tank with your Tank
- Attack the north enemy Infantry with your north Infantry
- Destroy the north enemy Infantry with your north Mech
- Destroy the south enemy Infantry with your south Infantry
Day 5
- Destroy the uninjured enemy Mech with your north Medium Tank
- Attack the last enemy Mech with your other Medium Tank
- Destroy the enemy Mech with your south Infantry
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