Red Alert 3 - Soviet Mission 6 - Von Esling Airbase

* Commander Krukov will steal your funds shortly into the mission, so go on a spending spree ASAP, building as many units and structures possible. A suggested building order is given below in the walkthrough.

* Build a line of five Flak Cannons along your eastern perimeter. This will help alleviate the main threat to your base early on.

* Once it is discovered that Commander Krukov is a traitor, it is only necessary to destroy the Soviet VIP Bunker and the Construction Yard. Do not destroy any other structures! The entire base will then be turned over to your control, completing the bonus objective of building an expansion base.

* It is only necessary to destroy the enemy structures that are highlighted by the green numbers, comprising Construction Yards, Airfields, Boot Camps and Naval Yards. These can all be destroyed by your Kirov Airships. You can add additional Airships to your command once you take over Commander Krukov's base by utilizing that Airfield.

Mission Objectives

* Destroy Both Allied Forward Bases.
* Eliminate Krukov.
* Destroy the Allied Strategic Airbase
* Build an Expansion Base.

Walkthrough:

You have limited time to utilize the massive funds entrusted to your care before being transferred to Commander Krukov. Here is a suggested building order that works quite well.

1. Build a crane and place it in the back of your base as you build the first Flak Cannon as far east as possible.

2. Build a Naval Yard and Airfield simultaneously while adding two more Flak Cannons to your eastern perimeter.

3. Before you forget, queue up four MIG Fighters and then three Twinblades while also building up your naval fleet. Be sure to add a few Bullfrogs in the mix to eliminate aerial threats.

4. Build a War Factory and Battle Lab simultaneously, while adding the fourth and fifth Flak Cannons to the eastern perimeter.

5. Crank out a few units from your War Factory in case a few land-based units penetrate your base.

6. If desired, build a Super Reactor and whatever structure you may want -- perhaps a second Airfield for quicker construction of your Kirov Airshops later in the mission.

Once you have this accomplished, you should be well in control of this mission. Don't do anything too drastic to lose units while waiting to be informed that Commander Krukov is a traitor.

You can start making peremptory strikes on the Allied Airbase to your northeast and west. Don't forget to make use of Orbital Drop in attacking these Airbases.

Build a few Dreadnoughts, but don't get carried away, as you want to keep plenty of funds to build Kirov Airships once they are available.

If necessary, send over a Twinblade so you are able to visualize the Allied structures. Bombard these structures with your Dreadnoughts and Orbital Drop and they will be destroyed ASAP!

Once the northeastern base is destroyed, head over to the west with a Dreadnought or two and easily take out the last remaining Allied structure to accomplish the first objective of destroying the Allied base.

Once it is announced that Commander Krukov is a traitor, build two or three Airships and head to the east to destroy the Soviet VIP Bunker (looks like the Kremlin) and the Construction Yard ONLY! Use your Dreadnoughts to destroy the Flak Cannons at the front of the base to lessen the damage inflicted on your Airships.

Once these two structures are destroyed, Commander Krukov's troops and structures will come under your control. Hopefully he will have a few Airships in his command for you to utilize against the Allies.

By this time, the Proton Collider is counting down and must be destroyed. Send your Airships in this direction, destroying all structures marked with the green 1 indicator along the way (if any are left.)

Keep cranking out Airships and continue to destroy all designated structures as you head to the northwest, culminating with the Naval Yard in the far northwest corner.

Mission accomplished!