Command & Conquer: Generals/Dead in Their Tracks

Keys to Success

 * Keep Battlemaster tanks flanked on both sides by Gattling tanks to protect from angry mobs on the west and RPG troopers on the east.
 * Use Black Lotus to capture funds from supply stash. Important: You must first click on Cash Hack command before clicking on the supply stash or the building will be captured.  (The symbol is identical for Cash Hack and Capture Building.)  The GLA will then attack it, and no more funds can be obtained.
 * It is not necessary to destroy the stadium to win the mission!
 * Avoid occupied civilian buildings to the northwest. It is not necessary to destroy these structures.  Their RPG troops will destroy an entire battalion of tanks.

Getting Started
Only a basic encampment is allowed. No buildings can be constructed. Pick up UN supplies (small boxes) to the east and west of base for quick cash. Start building Battlemaster tanks and Gattling tanks.

Make sure you put the hackers in a safe position in the back of the camp and have them hack the Internet for cash. Assign a number to Black Lotus for quick location and send her east of the river toward the GLA town. Locate the supply stash and start stealing funds from their stash. If GLA tech vehicles enter the area, cancel the Cash Hack to keep Black Lotus from being detected.

When Black Lotus no longer receives $1,000 per hack, move her further north to a second supply stash to continue her cash hacking.

Set up a defensive position of BM tanks and Gattling tanks at the east entrance to the base. Keep an eye on these vehicles when you see enemy troops approaching on radar to help manage the battle. It is not necessary to defend the north entrance to the base.

Send a contingent of at least four Gattling tanks straight north toward the stadium. (This is your northern defense.) Before you reach the stadium, a cut scene will appear, and then the mob starts coming. They will not stop until you destroy the stadium. Position your gattling tanks in a safe position away from street corners. Mob members rounding these corners have a better chance of destroying your Gattling tanks.

It is also possible to garrison Red Guard troops in buildings to stop the mob advance.

Keep the mob away from your Battlemaster tanks at all cost. Always having Gattling tanks positioned between your BM tanks and the stadium. As you move your Battlemaster tanks toward the town center, continue to adjust your Gattling tanks north with them.

You must also protect your Battlemaster tanks from incoming RPG troopers being dropped off at the train depot, so also keep Gattling tanks stationed to the east. Slowly build up a large contingent of tanks to take on the GLA armor at the town center. This is where the main tank battles will occur.

It is a good strategy to garrison tank hunter troops in civilian structures near the town center to destroy GLA armor. After the battle, be sure to vacate the tank hunters to a safe location near your Battlemaster tanks so random mob members do not destroy the building they are in and then the actual troops.

The Stadium
After the town center is clear, the stadium is the next logical target. It is not necessary to destroy the stadium to win the mission.

If you choose to destroy the stadium, protect your BM tanks from the mob by positioning Gattling tanks on both sides of them. It is a bit awkward destroying the stadium because of the stinger site to the south and the occupied structure to the northeast.

Fortified Civilian Structures to the Northeast
Black Lotus cannot use her Capture Building command on these fortified civilian structures. It is only necessary to destroy the two civilian structures on the far east of the map nearest the bridge. The structure at the southeast corner can be easily destroyed by putting ten tank hunters in the civilian building immediately to the south. As soon as the GLA building is destroyed, GLA’s soldiers will spill out of the charred remains and target your tank hunters. Immediately retreat to the south to save as many tank hunters as possible. Have your tanks ready to protect their retreat.

The second fortified structure at the northeast corner near the bridge is a bit more messy. A suicide charge by ten or more Battlemaster tanks, along with surviving tank hunters, should work. There may not be any survivors to this charge. Clean up any remaining GLA ground troops with your gattling tanks.

Once the area is clear of ground troops, don’t worry about the stinger sites. Black Lotus can avoid them and run safely onto the bridge. Mission accomplished!