Difficulty: Hard
There is no deadline for this mission.
Please post your reports in this other thread.



We are planning to make a bombing raid on a nearby enemy fortification. The location is well defended by the Luftwaffe though, so we plan to draw them away with a moderate air squad hit-and-run attack.

However, to ensure better results, we are ordering you to prepare a trap for them in a nearby thinly occupied location. You are to set up AAA batteries and ensure their concealment.



Primary objectives:

1) Set up three AAAs. They are provided free by the HQ and will not be deducted from your battalion.

2) Protect them with camo nets (must cover at least 90% of the AAA gunner emplacement to count).



Secondary objectives:

1) Build a radar, also covered by a camo net (90% of the main dish).



Conditions:

1) Do not allow enemy airplanes to see and attack you, or the surprise element will be lost and the mission failed. More specifically, if the mission results reveal you have been either bombed or staffed, you will have failed. Paratrooper assault, artillery and downed planes do not pose such a threat.

2) Do not stack the core part of the AAAs on each other or on the radar, nor the camo nets with each other (the supporting wire does not count). You can build them close, but not overlapping.

3) You must provide a screenshot before you end the mission to show us your completed setup.

4) End the mission with a reasonably well-defended front. In your final screenshot, there must be no enemies on your half of the battlefield (save for a straggler or two).

5) You cannot use the Last Stand deployment option for this mission.



Tips:

1) Try to employ a strategy that requires little maintenance. You will need to save a lot of TPs!

2) Be wary of enemy scouts! If they do manage to send an airplane through, your last chance will be to bring it down - or to hope it's only a paratroop drop.

3) You can end the mission as soon as you build the final AAA / camo net, provided your half of the field is clear of immediate threats.

4) Remember that both the AAAs and the camo nets are very fragile. Take all measures to draw fire away from them. A replacement net or crew member will cost you 5 points! If nothing seems to help, you can build a palisade in front of them as a last resort.


( the rocket in the screenshot missed ;-) )