[ToV - Causeway] Battle Over Cauquigny - Mission 2

[GeoffS]

Battle Over Cauquigny

La Fière has been flushed and the Causeway cleared. With these crucial access points secured, the 505th must cross the landbridge and retake Cauquigny.

[slim]

La Fière has been flushed and the Causeway cleared. With these crucial access points secured, the 505th must cross the landbridge and retake Cauquigny.

Well this mission is even easier then the first because now your men have a few CP points under there belt’s usually 5-6 if your lucky.

To give the Germans the best chance I’m going to tell as if you just selected this mission from the main menu not directly continuing on from the last.

Resources given to you when starting the mission

-600munitions
-2CP point (I think it was 2)
-1 mg squad
-1 engo squad
-1 AT gun
-able company – I think they are guys with RR’s
-baker company – ones with SMG’s

Main points about Cauquigny (the city you need to take just on the north side of the bridge/river.

-4 entrances points north, south, east, west all connected by a main road you cant miss them.
-good mg position to the north side


Ok playing the mission.

Once the mission starts you are told to hold the town first up move all your squads into the town place your mg in the two story house to the north with the AT gun just out to the right behind the stone wall next to the gate (or I think it was a gate) facing down the north road as this will be where the first attack comes from once this is done select your engos and order them to place about 400-500 munitions of mines over on the western entrance of the town and then tell him to place the remaining to the east along the road next to the small hedges just out of town (like right next to) once this is done grab able and baker and move them north starting behind the hay stakes in the field (not that they really need it). by this time the attacks would have started sending light tanks volks at you move baker and able up to the next little town killing everything in your way if you do miss something your AT and MG gun will get it. Once the first wave has been defeated select you engos again and place more mines (you should have about another 600 munitions) on the east side of town around the same spot as the last and maybe extending a bit up the path in between the 2 wooden fences (you will see them if not just mine everything). Retreat baker and able ready to move out and defend in the next attacks (usually from the west) you mines will give you a good indications when some thing is coming. Once you start hearing the mines go up send out your squad (usually you only need baker to mop up the volks and other random inf coming in make your way up to the orchard looking field as this is where they seem to be spawning in from (it’s the place where the last lot of paratroopers was refer to mission 1 guide). While this attack is going on they send in a few light tanks and inf from the east so send able over there to deal with them. Once every thing is dead the third wave will come in only make light defences as you will lose the city in this wave (you don’t have a choice I held everything out and still lost it ) the trd wave will be much like the other 2 only this time more men and more tanks coming from all directions just leave your mg and at gun where they are and you should be ok from the north able and baker can hold to the west and all the mines you should now have to the east will hold there for most of the attack. Just b4 the final wave is about to end some arty will start to fall in the north sector at this stage its time to start puling back so begin moving your mg and AT gun away kipping distance between them so you don’t lose them both in one hit. Once they are out and you get prompted to fall back just keep holding eventually it will go to a cut scene where a panther kills one of your men (cant remember his name). once over you are back on the south side of the bridge with axis armour heading your way. So turn your at guns around and leap frog them up the road to about half way while you run baker and able all the way just to clear it out then they can fall back and wait. After repelling the attack the mission is over.

Hints

-Through out this mission I only pumped points into two tec trees the one about increasing RR’s damage/range/number/reload and the other about SMG’s damage/range/number/reload I suggest you do the same there is really no need for nades/demo/any other trash because everything is usually dead B4 the animation is over.
-use direct fire with RR’s they become ridicules rape weapons (can snipe inf and kill tanks in like 3 shots)

I would tell you how to get the medal but when I was taking notes for this guide I did not get it and again you do not get told what to do till the end by the name of it. “stop axis armour spearhead” so I would say that just means killing all the crappy tanks that come your way.

If anyone knows some thing I missed please add I wrote this like the day after rushing through it as a bit of fun.

[captainmorgan]

i finished this level 3 times and never got the medal. even took one squad all the way around the other way to find the lost paratroopers. i think theres some kind of glitch.

[slim]

i finished this level 3 times and never got the medal. even took one squad all the way around the other way to find the lost paratroopers. i think theres some kind of glitch.

Thy are going to hate me for the bump but I think you have the wrong mission you don’t need to find any paratroopers in this one that is in the first mission look here I cover where they all are

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...eway-Mission-1