AWDS Hard Campaign Guide - Mission 24: Pincer Strike
Difficulty: Easy - Moderate.
Objective: Rout the enemy or capture the enemy Headquarters.
Suggested COs for Orange Star: Hawke/Andy.
Suggested COs for Blue Moon: Sasha/Colin.
Suggested skills for Main Orange Star CO: Eagle Eye, High and Dry, Gold Rush, Fire Sale.
Suggested skills for Main Blue Moon CO: Star Power, Eagle Eye, High and Dry, Pathfinder.
Suggested skills for Support COs: All three Tag bonuses, High and Dry.
General Strategy
Considered by many to be the hardest mission without the correct CO choice. If you have Sasha as Blue moon then you can pretty much negate Drake and Jugger's Tag for the entire match. By having Hawke and Andy you have a failsafe in case Drake uses a CO power than charging up for his Tag with Jugger.
Your greatest danger for Orange Star is the Battleship and the trio of Battle Helicopters threatening our units. However, you needn't worry at all. With High and Dry, you can destroy any Submarine in one hit with a Cruiser, you can severely cripple land units or even destroy them with your Battleship. Hide a Cruiser in the Reefs so you can surprise the Computer when they try to attack your Battleship and your Cruiser isn't too far away.
For Blue Moon, you have to move all of your units out of the way from the Battleship and several Rockets. You must wait until rain falls before you can tip toe your way to the forest's edge and fire upon the indirects targeting the Battleship first, then Rockets then Artillery. After they're disposed of, use the Missile Silos to weaken the Megatank and proceed to destroy it. Watch out for the Ooziums wandering around. Unfortunately, they move very sporadically, sometimes they will climb over mountains North of the enemy Battleship, sometimes they will go South West.
In-Depth Guide
To negate the Tag Power, you should use Sasha's Market Crash after you've attacked all enemies but not yet deployed any units. This way doesn't allow you to have the power and defence boost granted by the power but it does stop the computer from Tagging in the following turn.
It is probably best to stick with Sasha throughout the battle. Don't Tag unless you're very close to finishing off Drake and Jugger as Blue Moon. Tag once you get the chance with Orange Star though or on your next turn. Mass damage does wonders against the computer because it forces an immediate retreat on all engaged units to sit on a city to repair the damage before moving out again. Remember t get the Black Boat? Deploy one here so you can keep the dived Submarine alive. It isn't essential to capture the Communication Towers but it does somewhat help speed things up. The computer initially has only one factory to produce anything and it takes it a very, very long time for it to get to the central factories.
My Score: 11 days, Hawke/Andy (Orange Star), Sasha/Colin (Blue Moon).