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Mission 4: Last Chance, Chicago

The Soviets have deployed a Psychic Amplifier in Chicago that is much more powerful than the Psychic Beacon in mission 3. Your main mission is to destroy the Psychic Amplifier before it goes online. You will be making an amphibious landing and will have to establish a beachhead and build a base.

Objectives: Establish a base, destroy the Psychic Amplifier

In the beginning: You start the mission with a group of Destroyers and some transports loaded with troops and an MCV. You also have some Rocketeers (unless your playing hard mode) to use. You need to use these Rocketeers to clear the shoreline before you move in your transports. As you move near the beach, watch out for enemy Typhoon Subs. If you encounter any, have your Destroyers take care of them first. The have the Destroyers shell the shoreline, taking out the Naval Yard and any enemies near shore. Take out the V3 rockets first or they will destroy your ships! Take out the Sentry Guns too. Once this is done you can move your transports on shore and unload. Quickly start constructing your base. Don't full around here because you will be attacked! Build a Barracks right after your build your first Power Plant and build Engineers to capture any remaining Soviet buildings near your position. If you capture the Soviet Service Depot, you can use this to repair your vehicles. 

Against the clock: You are working on a time clock in this mission. Once you land on shore the time clock starts. Your mission must be complete before the time runs out! So don't mess around. Get your base built, place some Pillboxes in the north and west ends of your base. As soon as you can, start pumping out tanks, IFVs, and GIs. For now place these units around your base for defense, but group them (CTRL 1-9) in case you need them quickly in any certain area. It's always a good idea to place units in groups. That way you only have to select a number on  your keyboard instead of using your mouse to select individual units. 

You will get reinforcements several times throughout the mission. When your reinforcements come in by Transport, unload them and them move the Transport back into the water so they are out of your way. 

Tip: If you garrison the Sears Tower that is in the north section of the city, the entire map will be revealed to you.

Time to move! Ok now, it's time to make our move on the Soviet forces. Get a large force of tanks and IFVs and move them northeast of your base to the bridge that is destroyed. Have an Engineer repair the bridge by going into the bridge repair hut. Now move your tanks and IFVs across the bridge. Move past the Soviet buildings and start destroying everything you can. Take out the Sentry Guns first, then the Tesla Reactors. There is one Soviet garrisoned building in this area that will cause some trouble. Best way to handle this is have your tanks move to the building, and while the garrisoned Soviet Conscripts are firing at your tanks, have a group of GIs garrison the building next to it, then have them fire on the Soviet garrisoned building. It will soon fall. If course, you could just charge at the building, but be prepared to lose a lot of units. Garrisoned troops are very strong. 

After this are is secured a large group of Rocketeers appear in the northeast. Carefully explore the area around them. Just be cautious of any enemy Flak. This is deadly to the Rocketeers. Do not get them near any Flak weapons. Now move your tanks northwest towards the top of the map. Take out any Soviets on the way. You will soon discover a bridge leading into the Soviet main base. Just park your tanks right on the bridge to fight back the Soviets. Also, take out the Sentry Gun on the small island. The large strange looking building behind the Sentry Gun is the Psychic Amplifier that you need to destroy to complete this mission.

To take out the Amplifier, move your GIs into the building just northeast of it and have them fire on it. If you garrison 10 GIs in this building, it only take a couple seconds to destroy the Amplifier. You can also use your Rocketeers to help destroy it too. 

When the Amplifier is destroyed, your mission will be over.