Chapter Four: The Spades

Allied Contracts

Contract: Humanitarian Efforts

It seems that the Chinese are intentionally disrupting Allied aid efforts in the Tenement Ruins, so Garrett wants you to help out the Allied MASH units in that area as covertly as possible. To that end, he wants you to run some vaccination samples into the Ruins, but without attracting too much attention; if civilians start winding up dead, he'll cancel the contract.

Running down the east side of this area should prevent any accidental civilian casualties.

To begin with, grab a vehicle and get the vaccine from the doctor down the road, then start heading out towards the ruins. It's best to approach from the southeast; you'll hit a roadblock soon enough, at which point you can probably just get out and run in on foot. Since you're tresspassing on Chinese territory, your factional reputation won't matter a whit; they're going to shoot you on sight. The civilian casualties here will come into play thanks to the numerous grenade launchers they've got set up in the area; if they spot you, they'll open fire, and any nearby civilians will take the brunt of the blasts. If you want the bonus money (from not having a single civilian casualty), then proceed on foot along the hills on the eastern side of town. You should be able to skirt the edge of Chinese territory that way, and avoid all of the grenade launchers, until you come to one stationed near a gate. It'll be angled inward, so it's an easy matter to dispath the guard, then use your grenades or C4 to blow through the gate and start heading west towards the road leading to the Allied MASH.

When you reach the road, all you have to do is get to the MASH. There are two APCs looking over the unit, so you'll want to either RPG them or use Anti-tank missiles to bust them up. A Tank Buster airstrike is also an option, if you're in dire straights. Regardless, getting past them and to the MASH doctor will finish off the mission.

South Korean Contracts

Since we did the South Korean contracts at the end of the last chapter, one of which brought you to the bottom of the reputation pile with the Chinese, we'll go ahead and do the South Korean missions now, since many of them will see you fighting against the Chinese troops. If we save the Chinese for last, we won't have to bribe their guard more than once. Note that the second mission here does make getting to and from the Chinese HQ kind of annoying, so you can do those missions first if you wish, but you'll need to bribe both the Chinese HQ guard, then bribe the South Korean HQ guard later on to access these missions, since the Chinese missions will reduce your factional rep with the South Koreans to zero. Contract: In and Out Buford wants you to head up to Dandong and retrieve one of his spies, who's under cover as a Chinese soldier. You're going to want some kind of cover before you head out on this mission, as there's a lot of Chinese / South Korean factional fighting going on in the land route to Dandong, particularly in the area of Sinuiju. Grabbing a civilian car will be your best bet, as that'll ensure that the North Koreans, South Koreans, and Chinese will all leave you alone.

A civilian car can get you to the agent in one piece, but a Chinese vehicle will be even better.

Of course, not everything can stay so sweet for long, and indeed, in order to reach the agent (who's pacing around near the lighthouse on the western end of Dandong), you're going to have to enter Chinese territory. This isn't too big of a deal, as the agent is walking around all by himself, giving you plenty of time to pick him up and do whatever you want to do to the Chinese forces that will be waiting for you on the road out of town. You might try calling down a Tank Buster, some Carpet Bombing, or just getting back into your car and speeding out of town. There's probably only one tank to deal with, and so long as you can move quickly enough to prevent him from locking onto you with his turret, you shouldn't take any damage from him and only light damage from the soldiers that are shooting at you. (You might also want to try calling in for a chopper delivery to the lighthouse and using that to fly back to Buford.)

The only other major challenge will be getting back through Sinuiju, as your disguise isn't likely to come back up before you cross the bridge. Of course, there's going to be a fair amount of battle no matter where you go, but with a little luck, and a lot of speed, you should be able to return the agent safely back to Chongju.