Empire Earth II/San Juan Hill

The first American mission is well, boring, despite the somewhat original setting (the Spanish-American War). With the help of a huge army (that will grow even bigger), you will have to destroy Fortresses and capture City Centers in Cuba. Oddly, Mad Doc decided to set this mission in the 11th Epoch, which means your units will look like WWII soldiers *shrugs*. Also worthy of notice are the Medic, who will replace EE1 Hospitals by healing your units.

The final objective is to take the city of Santiago, which will open the way to Havana. Your only opponent will be Spain. You will receive the help of Cuban "freedom fighters" as well as several waves of reinforcements.

There's no base building in this mission (though you will be able to build two Fortresses), but the Spanish will occasionally produce new units in Santiago and El Caney. Do not worries though, you will still outnumber him almost two to one.

Mission information
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 * Primary Objectives
 * 1) Kettle Hill
 * 2) San Juan Hill
 * 3) On to Santiago!


 * Secondary Objectives
 * 1) Liberate El Caney
 * 2) Guerilla Tactics

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 * Defeat Conditions
 * 1) Teddy Roosevelt must survive
 * 2) Maintain Troop Strength
 * Factions
 * 1) United States - Blue (Player)
 * 2) Spain - Red
 * 3) Cuba - Green
 * 4) Cuba - Orange
 * 5) United States - Teal

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 * Epochs Available
 * 1) XI - The Modern Age

Walkthrough
For once, you don't have to bother with resources and technology. Just make a group with your huge army (ctrl+1) and start heading West into the Unclaimed Territory. A few Spanish patrols will attack you, but nothing to be worried about.

You will soon reach a road, a meet some Spanish fortifications: Machinegun Nests and Concertina Wires, guarded by some infantry and Field Artillery. Kill and destroy everything, and take care of the new Secondary Objective you just received: Liberate El Caney.

The city of El Caney is up North (you can see it on your minimap). Follow the road, destroy the Fortress, the Outposts and the Machingun Nests protecting it, and capture the City Center. Do not destroy it if you want to fulfill the Secondary Objective. This will prevent Spanish reinforcements to arrive from this city. You will also get a first wave of reinforcements (they will appear in the American Base). Next, go back to the crossroad and keep heading West. Add your reinforcements to your army and cross the bridge, before attacking Kettle Hill. They are a few units defending it, but taking the Fort down shouldn't be a real problem. When it is down, make sure to destroy the few Machingun Nests around it.

After destroying Kettle Hill, you receive even more units to help you, as well as some resources. Among the reinforcements are three engineers. They are builders than can only build fortification. Use them to build your own Fortress on Kettle Hill.

The Spanish will send a counter attack. If you have captured El Caney, you will have to face only one army, coming from Santiago (West). Otherwise, another army will appear in El Caney and attack from the East. In any case, if you make sure to fight the two armies separately, you shouldn't have any problem dealing with them. If you can gather your army at the top of Kettle Hill and have time to build a Fortress there, that's even better. When the counter-attack lies dead, take your army West, following the road and eliminating any Spanish unit standing on your way, until you arrive near the (green) Cuban encampment. Bring five units inside the camp to complete the "Guerilla Tactics" objective. From now on, you won't have to bother about reinforcements coming from Santiago either. The Cuban patriots will also attack Santiago occasionally, even though they won't be of much help.

Go back to Kettle Hill and head South to San Juan Hill. Just like Kettle Hill, it is lightly defended and shouldn't be a threat to your huge army. When the Fortress falls down, you receive even more reinforcements (with Siege Guns) and resources. Build your own Fortress in San Juan Hill, and crush the miserable counter-attack Spain will throw at you.

Once this is done, your last target is Santiago. With the army you have now, you shouldn't have any issue taking the City, even blindfolded. Destroy everything that stands on your way and capture (or destroy) the City Center to win the mission.

Tips

 * You can hide Roosevelt in the American Base, but for once, your leader might not end up killed by artillery, so you may as well take him along.
 * Cuban partisans (Regulars) will spawn on the map occasionally. They won't help much, but can be used as cannon fodders if your own army follow them closely.
 * Make good use of your Medics. They automatically heal any injured unit surrounding them (Field Artillery included), which is quite convenient. Make sure they don't get killed needlessly.