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Supply Vehicle
 When
you first start off you have a fixed amount of
money in which to start building a base and subsequently
your battle plan. One obvious step is to increase
the amount of supply vehicles that you use. Initially
one vehicle will be available when a Supply Center
is constructed but it's a good idea to build extra
vehicles depending on what side you are. That
could be Chinooks for the US or Trucks for China.
With the GLA make sure you produce many extra
workers for the ferrying of supplies. Although
this means an early investment of your cash it
will soon come flowing back to you as many more
supplies are moved. As the money pours in you'll
be able achieve the better units and structures
so much quicker.
The problem soon develops however
of a Supply Dock rapidly running out of supplies.
So you need to be aware of other Supply Docks
on the map that you can avail yourself of.
 The
US army is in a strong position to get to these
other supplies quickly because it transports by
air. But depending on which side you are on you
can counter the Chinook advantage by guarding
new supply areas with the GLA's RPG Troopers or
China's Tank Hunters. The Chinooks can be brought
down quite easily as they hunt for supplies if
they have been left unprotected.
The fact is that an army becomes
vulnerable as it's supply lines get stretched.
So you need to think about protecting those lines.
As you search for extra supplies build small but
heavily armed additional bases to protect your
supply carrying vehicles. As mentioned earlier
it's all about economics and you need to do your
sums. A new Supply Dock can bring in over $25,000
so it makes sense to protect that supply with
some defenses.
You'll also find some smaller
collections of supplies dotted around but it is
not as profitable to build up a big defense for
these. Far better to just send some collection
units along and hopefully sneak in and sneak out
again.
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These
are an extra important source of income. You'll
need to capture one with either a Ranger, Red Guard
or Rebel but when you do the money will start to
roll in with an immediate $1000 and more to follow.
Again it's a good idea to protect an oil derrick
once captured but it is perhaps better to allow
it to fall into enemy hands than let it be destroyed
while defending it. After all, you can always recapture
it and continue to acquire income from it later
on. If it's destroyed a valuable resource has gone
for good.