Advance Wars 1+2: Mission 25 (AW1 Final)

This is the end of the Advance Wars 1 campaign, with this map only unlocking if you have done all of the other maps. The good news is that on normal mode, you can win this essentially the same as I do here. The bad news is that in the advanced campaign, this is the RNG map, where you need to wait for Eagle to make a mistake to win, and by the time he does, you must have the forces left to capitalize on the mistake, which is not always possible. Sadly, there are a couple maps like that in the advanced campaign, which is why I never really bother with it in AW1. Pretty much doing it once, is more than enough for anyone.

As for the fight here, Eagle has his forward bases and airport, and a sizeable economic advantage on you by extension. You need to rely on bottlenecks and cheap units to deal more damage than you take at a minimum ratio to make some way through him. The goal is to block tank attacks with infantry, anti-air attacks with armored units (tanks), shoot down his air units, and chip away at his ground forces with cheap artillery. Your north side is easier to defend since the city is right by the bridge, allowing you to heal and resupply with some good defenses while he is out in the open. The south is not as kind, so you will have more difficulty there more often than not.

Once you can seize one of his bases, you pretty much have the foothold you need to turn everything around. Getting the airport in the middle of the map will allow you to start sending Bombers to blast his fortifications, and it will really limit what he is able to do in the sky. You can see here we had a bit of a back and forth for it before it finally fell into my hands.

Anyway, the mission isn't too bad here, but I do not plan to do this on advanced. With the new vision rules, it may not be as bad as it used to be, but I can't be brought to bother with it since there are so many other things I need to do.