Liberation of Caen: 100% (Expert) Walkthrough Part 1 - Authie: Boudica's Boys (No Commentary)
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
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3rd Battalion Cap Badge: All Territory Sectors Captured - 28:56
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Welcome back to the next exciting campaign in the Company of Heroes series: Liberation of Caen. Here I’ll be taking command of the Commonwealth’s 3rd Battalion. The British are the second faction added to the Opposing Fronts expansion and play entirely different to their Panzer Elite counterpart. While the P.E. are focused on offensive units, the British implement more defensive command tactics/units.
Another unique feature is how their units do not earn experience to gain veterancy, but instead rely entirely on command units for a major bonus to accuracy, fire rate, and reload speed. When these commanding officers level up the bonuses they distribute will become even stronger as well as unlock special abilities for use. I’ll go into further detail in the next mission when some of these units are made available for use. Another thing to note is their roster is very limited due to their support units are building emplacements instead of mobile crews. So there are no heavy machine guns, mortars, nor antitank guns. And to top it off no there’s no Sniper unit, but instead an upgrade for Infantry Sections.
Only units you’ll be working with here are Sappers, the Infantry Section, and the Cromwell Tank. Each unit has upgrades, but for the sake of time and what’s actually available to you, I will only explain the function of upgrades present in the first mission.
Infantry Sections are your frontline soldiers capable of building basic defensive structures such as slit trenches, Vickers HMG emplacement, a mortar emplacement, and a casualty clearing station. They do cost more than most of their faction counterparts and move slower in territory you don’t own. This can be mitigated with the presence of an officer. With the Recon Element upgrade it not only eliminates this drawback, but it also gives them the ability to snipe infantry, for a price of course. I can’t say I’m a huge fun of this compared to their other upgrades, but it will do for now.
The Cromwell is your standard medium tank that can be upgraded with a tank commander for better sight-range. It also has the “Flank Speed” ability to help it maneuver quickly around the battlefield making it perfect for circling around enemy tanks or speeding past heavy defenses.
Sappers are your standard engineer unit and will be used in this mission to build your more advanced defensive emplacements such as the AT emplacement, Bofors 40mm canon, and the 25 Pounder Howitzer. Their use expands greatly later on in the game when upgrades are available.
The first half of this mission is very straightforward and near impossible to fail. Simply follow what the game tells you to do until later on when you’re given command of two Infantry Sections and two Cromwell tanks. When ordered to take the church, order the artillery emplacements to fire at the sandbags near the munition point. With some luck this will wipe out the mortar crew and AT gun lying in wait for you. Only threats left are the several Grenadier squads (one equipped with Panzershrecks) and an MG42 near the entrance. I suggested to use the Cromwells to draw most of the fire as the Infantry Sections flank around the left side to assist from better cover.
Be careful here, because when you enter the territory you’ve been tasked in capturing, a Panzer IV will head over to engage your forces. Simply flank it for rear shots or grab the unmanned AT gun (presuming the artillery didn’t blow it up) to make short work of it. Once the territory is taken you’ll have more Cromwell reinforcements join the fight and you’ll gain access to build more Infantry Sections from the Headquarters Command Truck.
After being instructed to call out creeping barrages you’ll be ordered to advance to the town to capture the point. The medal requires that you secure all surrounding territories as well. With the recon planes constantly going off you’ll have a very clear idea of all the obstacles on the map. Only changes to expect are groups consisting of a Stug tank and two squads of Grenadiers that will push down the main road. Just like earlier, any tank losses are immediately replaced so don’t worry about making mistakes with them. Infantry, however, have to be replaced at the HQ truck and, just for this mission, it cannot be moved from it’s spot once deployed.
Once they main objective is captured a Panzer IV will move in from the East of town to counter your forces. Use your Cromwells and any captured AT guns to destroy it to bring the mission to an end. Overall, very simple stuff, but I wouldn’t expect much considering it’s the first mission in the campaign. Now sit back and watch as I show you how to complete this part without losing any units. Enjoy!
Where do you find out of this in-depth information about the units you play with? Is it in the manual or something? I'm really curious to see more stuff like this.
@@balthasargelt5823 check the CoH wiki. Loads of stuff on there to browse if you want the numbers.
@@balthasargelt5823 yeah, what flute knight said. The CoH wiki has all the info you'll need if you want to know more about the units.
Excellent! New campaign here we go.
Brilliant start so far. Very excited for this walkthrough. Keep it up, Star!
Didn't think you could beat this level without losing anyone given how limited your options are. Then again, you are one of the best players I've seen for this game so I shouldn't be too surprised about that. To say the least I am very excited for the new walkthrough!
Another walkthrough started already? This is going to be a blast! Nice work keeping those tanks alive. Was a real close call near the end there.
Excellent first mission. At this rate you will be done with CoH 1 and 2 walkthroughs before 3 comes out.
Probably another year before it’s out. That being said I am taking a break from CoH after Opposing Fronts is over. CoH 2 will also take a lot longer due to all the theater of war campaigns available. Not to mention Ardennes Assault.
@@StarMarshal what will you be doing inbetween 1 and 2?
@@funnyguy3D Fallout Tactics for starters.
@@StarMarshal neat, looking forwards to it.
Will skip FOT for being a broad strokes Fallout game, unfortunately.
As a artillery lover i gotta say this game has the worst and most inaccurate artillery I've ever seen. My favorite games with good arty are Supreme Commander and World in Conflict.
I don't know if you've already recorded all of the campaign but if not good luck with this faction. Looking forward to the next ones!
Sometimes the artillery is on point. Other times it goes way off the mark. Just a bit of RNG that can determine how good the shots are. I haven't played Supreme Commander yet, but World in Conflict I can certainly attest to.
Admittedly, the artillery could be deemed as realistic enough. It's not always *that* accurate, you know.
*whistles* Ah, Supreme Commander+Forged Alliance and World in Conflict+Soviet Assault... SM is so going to do well on the latter, though I'm not sure if he can be able to play the former.
@@michaelandreipalon359 WiC did it best. The further out you went the wider the circle where the shots could land became. I just want the game to give me an informed decision about where my shots are gonna land so i don't blow up 3 of my own squads.
@@krogadoxrondor5942Agreed.WIC has some of the best artillery in any RTS game I've ever played.You can just absolutely pour it in right on top of the enemy's head.Compared to that..... artillery in COH is sadly very disappointing.
Bloody brilliant first episode. Can already see the difference in playstyle between the British and the Panzer Elite. Looking forward to seeing how the rest of the campaign starts out.
Those Cromwells were really clutch at the end there. Amazing how they all made it too considering most were only one hit away from death.
Major Blackmore Sounded Like Commander Nelson From The Wonderful 101, A Decade Before The Wonderful 101.
Correct. That’s because Gideon Emery voiced both of them.
Good ear there, sir/ma'am.
@@StarMarshal I Need A Voice Evolution Of Gideon Emery Video, Please?
@@MikeWildePredator so an IMDB page?
You know what, I'd love to see you play the godfather game again, that was such a joy to watch!
I always loved that opening with the soldiers talking on the tank. Shame they didn't make it.
Sorry for being late. Was marathoning Red vs. Blue, went asleep, ate, watched some of my YT recommendations from Unclassified Encounter to Geetsly's, and then some.
0:36: Boudica's Boys... named after the native Druid heroine of ancient UK history, and a brave defier of the Roman Empire. Fitting, but they better not lose in the end.
1:30: Hey, blame the old guard for only being to fight the Great War all over again... lucky Paris was commanded by an otherwise sensible German commander... no need. Operation Dragoon will handle Cannes (a possible CoH 3 battlefield, in my opinion)... oh, wait, you said Caen.
1:43: Was that a Wilhelm?
Nice looking red beret... geez, what a waste of good tanks.
Arty hell. One reason as to why the British Commonwealth in this game is deemed as OP.
extremly well done! the cromwell seam like a infantry support tank, considering it really cant do much without them :P
it's actually the equivalent to a Sherman tank before the upgrade. The flank speed, however, is the real advantage here.
Hi Star Marshal. Campaign well started. Just like that. I have only one question. After completing the last British campaign "Liberation of Caen ", will you take on the latest expansion pack for Company of Heroes entitled "Tales of Valor" ?
Yes, I will play Tales of Valor. Just not right after this walkthrough. I have some other games to cover first.
@@StarMarshal So you can expect Tales of Valor to appear in November or in December?
@@adriansmutek3045 hard to say. We'll see around that time.
@@StarMarshal I understand. I hope to see Tales of Valor later this year. And if not this, then probably next year.
Best bets on late December for me. Average bets on January-February next year.
British start!
More Company of Heroes? Just what I was hooping for.
I can already see how they play more defensive, which makes senes given the german's entire war strategy was the Blitzkrieg, and the british were..well, dig in and survive. its..thematically appropriate :D
Hahaha I forgot about the turbo mode the Cromwell tanks get. Looks funny af watching them zoom around. When's the next episode?
Not too sure. Probably in a few days.
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Here I am. Watching the entire playlist of you playing the worst and most fraustrating CoH campaign in it's entire franchise.
Even just the first mission, you already losing one of your Cromwell from that Panther. Worse, you're fighting against the Panzer Elite's Panther which is superior than typical Wehrmacht's counterpart. Good thing is the dev actually nerf it's armor a bit.
Well to be fair that Cromwell dying was just apart of the script. Nothing could be done to save him, but I do believe they did nerf the Panther as you stated given how quick it goes down even on Expert mode.
@@StarMarshal At least you did better than me in commanding those 3 cromwell you're given though. I always lose the one spawn in front of the Panther's gun as that thing just one-shot it before it could do anything. But at least it's nothing compares to EaW version where you could lose the entire Cromwell team against it.
@@johncarter4956 wouldn't expect anything less from that mod at this point.
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