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Mission 8: Free Gateway, St. Louis

Objectives: The Soviets have planted another Psychic Beacon in the the St. Louis area. Your mission is to destroy or capture the Beacon, keep Tanya alive, and then eliminate all Soviet forces. 

Here we go: Your team starts with Tanya, five GIs, and two Engineers. You have 20 minutes to get to the Beacon and capture or destroy it. Again, as in past missions, but your units in groups so they are easy to command. Put Tanya in group 1, the GIs in group 2, and the Engineers in group 3. Then start moving south. Watch out for dogs in the area. Have Tanya target them first. Also, while your slowly making your way south, keep checking your rear for dogs or Conscripts sneaking up behind you. Just south of your starting position you'll see some buildings. Continue moving southwest of them till you run into the St. Louis Gateway Arch. You can't miss it. It's quite large. Once you reach the Arch, head west until you find the Hospital. Be very careful when going under the bridge near the Hospital. You will run into Soviet troops you can't see. Send your GIs in first and take them out. then bring Tanya and the Engineers. When you reach the Hospital, cross the street to the northwest and have your GIs garrison the building. Keep Tanya and the Engineers away from this building. It will be attacked from several directions by enemy troopers. Stay put until your garrisoned GIs kill all the enemy, then have them target the barrels next to the Soviet Barracks. You can hit the barrels from the building you are garrisoned in. If not, you are in the wrong building! The explosion will take out the Barracks, the Soviet troops, and a large section of the base wall. 

Now move Tanya and have her destroy the two Tesla Reactors she can safely reach. This will disable the two Tesla Coils guarding the Psychic Beacon. Now have Tanya blow up the Beacon. After this blows up you will receive your reinforcements so you can build your base. Reinforcements will arrive at the Gateway Arch. Start building your base and concentrate on getting defenses up as soon as possible. A few Pillboxes at first and a Patriot Missile site to handle the V3 Rockets that will be coming at you. Also make tanks and IFVs whenever you can and use these as part of your base defenses. Don't rely totally on just defense structures. Also put a few Engineers in IFVs to create Repair Vehicles and keep your damaged tanks repaired. 

You'll be fighting off attacks from the Soviets for awhile, but just stick with it and keep building up your forces. At one point concentrate on making GIs and start garrisoning whatever buildings you can closer to the Soviet base. That will relieve some pressure on your main base. Your garrisoned GIs can pick off some of the Soviet troops before they get to your base. Also, if possible take out the Soviet War Miners to hurt their production of units. Keep moving GIs into buildings. The more the better. Eventually you will turn the tides of battle. 

Tip: When building up a force of tanks or whatever units you like to use, build lots of them. Then when you attack, combine your firepower on one target at a time. It only take seconds to destroy a target, then move to the next.

Time to crush the enemy: By now you should have an army of Grizzly and Prism tanks and IFVs built. Now take your units and go to the Soviet base. Make a dash for their Construction Yard and destroy it. This will stop any further structures being built. Then take out everything else. Get the War Factory and Barracks so no more units can be produced by the Soviets. Then all that's left is mopping up. If you made any Harrier Jets, you can use these against Soviet Sentry Guns and Tesla Coils. Don't forget to destroy any building you may have left in Busch Stadium where the Psychic Beacon was located. 

Your mission is over after you destroy all Soviets.