AW1 Normal Campaign Mission 18 (Sami): Battle Mystery!

Difficulty: ***
Days: 5-8
Technique Limit: 3
Briefing:

In this survival map, you must escape with your infantry in a transport copter over the waters filled with Drake's units. Drake has three cruisers, a sub, a battleship, a mid tank, three anti-air units, and a missile launcher. Just get your units out of there and destroy the cruisers with your rocket launcher and battleship.
If you're a good player, you can capture the base by day 5 or 6. If you capture Drake's base, Drake will say the standard defeat line, but Sami will not ask him any questions, and the level will end without any further conversation.

Walkthrough:

Day one, move your essential infantry north, your north transport copter five east, your west copter west, your remaining copter one south five west, your north mech west, load your remaining mech into your remaining transport copter and move it two east one south. Attack the sub with your cruisers from the west and north. Dive your sub three south two east, move your battleship one south four east, move your recon west, your tank north, your mechs west, and your rocket launcher two north. Move your east lander three east four south and your remaining lander north of that lander.
When Drake attacks your landers, it doesn't matter if they are destroyed or are only injured to 1hp. If the battleship doesn't attack and moves out of the way instead, destroy the sub with your cruisers, then attack the battleship with your sub. You don't need your landers for anything else but fodder, so move them out of the way if they've survived and are blocking your attacks. You may have to do something different to destroy two units in one day, though.

Day two, attack the sub with your cruiser(s), move your west transport copter south, attack the battleship with your sub, use your CO power, attack the middle cruiser with your rocket launcher, and the south cruiser with your battleship. Load your infantry into your remaining transport copter and move it west, your mech west, move your copter south of your mech and your remaining copter west of that copter.

Day three, attack the healthy cruiser with your battleship (and rocket launcher, if possible), the battleship with your sub, the sub with your cruiser (if it's alive), join your two cruisers if one has been seriously damaged. Move your transport copter three east four south and drop the mech east. Move your remaining transport copter west, your mech north into the forest, and your copters south.

Day four, begin capturing the base, attack the two cruisers with your rocket launcher and battleship, and the battleship with your sub.

Day five, finish capturing.

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