Capturing bases is the focus of this mission.

Perfect Speed: 9 days

Capturing is an essential part of Advance Wars, granting you great defensive cover, 20% HP recovery and 1000G per day. Since you have no deploying bases just yet, the only use you’ll get out of these cities is the cover and the healing, which comes in handy quite a bit. Move all your infantry units to the right on your first turn, and capture all 5 cities on your second turn.

By the time you’re done capturing, enemy infantry should be arriving. Let them come to you; by all means attack them first if they’re next to you, but I’d advise you to stay in your cities and take them out while there, since your terrain advantage will be highly noticeable. Do not worry about the tanks, since they can’t cross mountains and are therefore harmless as long as you don’t cross the mountains.

In the next turn, I recommend sneaking by an infantry through the south, around the mountains. In a few days, it should be able to reach the enemy HQ without stepping in range of the tanks; check their range often with B to make sure. Finish the enemy infantry units and capture the HQ for an easy A-rank.