Greyfield Strikes is the 13 mission in Advance Wars Days of Ruin. This mission focuses more on naval combat and using naval units to support ground units. It also introduces the Carrier unit.
Story
Greyfield has had enough of the 12th Battalion running rampant and not following his direct commands. He sends a token force to the coast where Brenners Wolves are to show his authority and relay orders to the 12th Battalion and if orders are not met they will be executed including the enlisted men who delivered the order. Shortly after the battle Isabell is met by a civilian who recognizes her and informs her she has/had a family. Specifically two sisters and a brother. However the civilian also informs her that strange things happened when they appeared that strange things happened like men disappearing at a single slight or weapons exploding in her presence. The civilian leaves leaving Isabelle totally dumb struck.
Strategy
The mission opens with having a few ground units and naval units though Greyfield only sent two Gun Boats and a Rig on the central island. The Co opposing you is Gage however do not worry as this mission does not have Co abilities and bars active. Use your lander and gun boat to transport your infantry and rig to the center island and secure it as quickly as you can. This will give you a factory and port in which to make units. You also have a carrier so start making it produce sea planes but don’t launch any of them until you have dealt with the Missile units with your Battle Ship.
During Day 3 of the battle Greyfield will start to shout out orders to you. this first starts with him telling you to produce a unit type and then the next day telling that unit to not move for the rest of that day in game. This can ether be pointless or frustrating as a unit you produce will be stuck on the factory or port you produced them on and being unable to produce any unit what so ever for a day on said factory or port.
ignore the western part of the map as trying to stop Gages naval units is only going to hurt you in the long run. Instead use carriers, battle ships and sea planes to harass the eastern side of the map where the main HQ is for the Lazurians. Use landers to land at the north beach with medium tanks and bikes and quickly surround the HQ and capture it. Giving you a easy win. However Gage will try to harass you from the west send submarines and frigates to intercept any battle ships, frigates or carriers that might try to stop you.
Greyfield should not be relied upon. He has only sent two gunboats and a rig and cannot heal said gunboats as he has no funds. leave those ships to do there own thing and don’t bother trying to plan around them. It will only waste time and resources to support him.
Trivia
- This is the first mission to reveal the Carrier and Sea Planes as playable units in Days of Ruin.
- This is the first and only mission where Greyfield is your ally. Though that‘s debatable.
- We find out Isabelle has a family specifically two sisters and a brother. This is referencing Penny, Tabitha, and Cyrus.
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