Empire Earth II/The Meuse-Argonne Offensive

This mission is a bit more exciting than San Juan Hill, if only because you have a base and because your opponent (Germany) will put up a fight (as opposed to being steamrolled by a much bigger army). You get to use planes for the first time. Their use is quite complicated, but they can be devastating if used correctly.

You will also be able to produce tanks for the first time. Oh joy! Saddly, they're only use is to replace cavalry: it's quite ridiculous, but a Machinegun Tank can be destroyed by two Riflemen.

The mission takes place during World War I, and starts when the American, along with their French allies, are about to launch the Argonne offensive, which will bring Germany on her knees. Since Mad Doc doesn't want the mission to be too easy, the French presence will be limited to a few units and buildings that won't help at all.

Though there are several objectives (a new one is unlocked everytime you complete the current one), you ultimately have to take the Meuse Bridge and protect it during five minutes to finish this level.

Mission information
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 * Primary Objectives
 * 1) Breach first line of defense
 * 2) Occupy Montfaucon
 * 3) Capture the Romagne territory
 * 4) Capture the Cunel territory
 * 5) Breach the Khiemhilde Stelling
 * 6) Capture the Meuse Bridge
 * 7) Defend the bridge at all costs!


 * Secondary Objectives
 * 1) Locate the Lost Battalion
 * 2) Fend of German counterattack

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 * Defeat Conditions
 * 1) Maintain the Main Base
 * 2) Maintain Meuse Bridge Defense
 * Factions
 * 1) United States - Blue (Player)
 * 2) Germany - Red
 * 3) France - Green

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 * Epochs Available
 * 1) XI - The Modern Age

Walkthrough
Your immediate first objective is to destroy five Machingun Nests in the area surrounding your base. You can do so with your starting army. Take everything you have (with the obvious exception of your Citizens) and move your army to the East. You will be met with fierce resistance, but your army is enough to destroy the Machinguns. When the four Machingun Nests are destroyed, you get your next objective (Occupy Montfaucon). Before you do so, take care of your base. You're going to have to hire a lot of Citizens before your economy runs smoothly. You can use the Warehouse to the West to gather Gold, Stone, Wood and Food, and the one to the South for Saltpeter. Don't forget to build an Oil Derrick and to garrison six more Citizens inside of it (and three inside the University, as well as two Priests inside the Temple).

If you have units left after clearing the German defenses, you can move onto Montfaucon. It is defended by a couple Machingun Nests and a Fortress. If possible, produce a few AA Half-Tracks and bring them to the front to protect your troops against the German planes. When the Fortress in Montfaucon is razed to the ground, order your soldiers to capture the Temple. When it's yours, put two more priests into it.

Your next objective is to Capture Romagne, but before doing so, there are a few things you might want to do. Firstly, you can save the French camp up North. For some reason he has an army there but doesn't use it and gets torn to pieces. Secondly, you can find the Lost Battalion in Orleans. Just send a couple (four is enough) tanks to get rid of the few German units there, and explore until you find the Battalion. Saddly, even though they're better than standard soldiers, they are certainly not as badass as in the movie :-(

To take Romagne, you need a bigger army than what you have left from the beginning. Make Siege Guns, Mortars, Riflemen and Tanks (Machingun and Gun ones). When you feel your army is large enough (around 30 units), move onto Romagne and destroy everything. Capture the City Center and build a Fortress to take the Territory.

Next, you need to take Cunel. If you do it in less than five minutes, you get additional resources as a bonus. It's quite easy to do it under the five minutes timer, as Cunel is virtually unprotected: there are a few Outposts and Machinguns and that's it. Destroy them and take this new Territory. When this happens, the German army will send a large attack onto Dijon (French encampment just South of Cunel). Go help France. It won't change anything in the long run, but heh, it's a Secondary Objective. Before you go on with the mission, build a couple of military structures in Cunel: Workshop, Barracks, Manufacturing Plant, Airport, and possibly a Hangar. You will need a constant flow of reinforcement in the last part of the battle. It will be faster to bring troops to the front if they're produced in Cunel.

Now, you have to take destroy five Pillboxes near the Meuse Bridge and capture the German Command Post on the other side of the river. Nothing to say here. Move your army near the bridge, destroy the buildings there, cross the bridge and capture the Command Post.

When it is yours, you will have to protect if during five minutes. That's not going to be really hard: the German counterattack is pretty weak. Keep producing units in Cunel and send them near the Command Post. If you can, send Bi-planes anbd Tri-planes over your troops. They will be really effective at taking down German units.

When the five minutes timer expires, you win the mission. Well-done :)

Tips

 * You can get Leaders in this mission. Everytime you win a Crown, you get the associated Leader (if you don't already have one). They can be quite helpful and won't make you lose if they die.
 * Planes are quite powerful, but they can hardly take down a base by themselves.
 * If you attack Machingun Nests from behind, they won't be able to hit you.