Counter Battery Challenge

Walkthrough

Three enemy columns converge on the river crossing. Counter-battery fire commences with the first shot, High Command requires maximum kills before the position is silenced.

Objectives

• Destroy as many hostile units as possible before counter-battery pressure ends the mission.
• Prioritize underground Fire Direction Centers with AP because they control enemy counter-battery coordination.
• Use Emergency Move and intel cards only when they buy enough time or accuracy to keep the run alive.

Practical route

• AP is the key shell for Fire Direction Centers and supply caches.
• This is a pressure mission: favor quick confirmed shots over perfect but slow plotting.

Start by plotting the mission map, then prioritize Ammunition Cache, Armor Mechanized, Field Artillery, Fire Direction Center, Infantry. Counter-battery timer: Starts at 10:00 when triggered. Counter-battery time extension: Can add 30 seconds from mission progress. Set up the next shot before the first impact when possible.

Starting resources

Targets and map markers

Marker	Side	Count	Zone
Enemy Ammunition Cache	Enemy	2	Enemy
Enemy Armor Mechanized	Enemy	5	Enemy
Enemy Field Artillery	Enemy	4	Enemy
Enemy Fire Direction Center	Enemy	3	Enemy
Enemy Infantry	Enemy	10	Front Line
Friendly Armor Mechanized	Friendly	3	Enemy
Friendly Hospital	Friendly	2	Allied
Friendly Infantry	Friendly	8	Front Line
Friendly Reconnaissance	Friendly	3	Allied
Reference Point A	Neutral	1	Enemy

Requisition cards

Card	Cost	Type	Effect
AP Shell	3	Shell	Get 1 hardened bunker-piercing small burst shell.
HCHE Shell	5	Shell	Get 1 high-capacity bursting charge shell.
HE Shell	3	Shell	Get 1 high-explosive fragmentation shell.
SMK Shell	1	Shell	Get 1 white phosphorus smoke shell.
STAR Shell	1	Shell	Get 1 illumination star shell.
Scout Plane	20	Recon	Requests an aerial flyover report for the selected location.
Forward Observer	1	Observer	Adds observer intel, usually a bearing or distance report to help locate the nearest enemy.
Move Direction	3	Movement	Moves Iron Nest by a selected bearing and distance.
Powder Charges	4	Powder	Adds 20 powder charges for the loader.
Emergency Move	35	Movement	Immediately repositions Iron Nest, pauses counter-battery pressure, and adds 120 seconds.
Position Report	2	Observer	Reports Iron Nest's own position so you can plot bearings and distances from the turret on the tactical map.

Medals

Map