The Last Red Blossom Trembled

The Last Red Blossom Trembled is the final Imperial mission in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. The Imperial army needs to destroy the FutureTech Headquarters, the laboratory for the Allied forces to prevent the technologies being perfected. This was held in Amsterdam and Soviet survivors had also been brought to the science building to prevent the rise of a global Empire of the Rising Sun.Electronic Arts Los Angeles, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3. Imperial mission 9: "The Last Red Blossom Trembled".
== Background ==
With the destruction of Moscow, the attention of the Empire now turned to destroying Allied resistance against Imperial supremacy. Key to the Allied war effort were the FutureTech labs in Amsterdam, the source of the Allied advanced weaponry. The Imperials were intent the labs be destroyed at all cost.
The Allies, anticipating the Imperial assault, fortified the city, with ships patrolling its many canals. Soviet survivors from the Imperial conquest of the USSR soon arrived in the city to join the Allies in protecting the FutureTech HQ. Among them was Dr. Gregor Zelinsky, the scientific genius behind the Time Machine. He had joined the Allies, working at FutureTech to perfect the Chronosphere technology (presumably to create another, more perfect time machine).
=== Force composition ===
The Imperials had an extremely large force, with several battalions of infantry and armor.
Emperor Yoshiro sent his most honored warriors made up of elite Tengus, Rocket Angels and even King Onis, after a superweapon attack from the Anglo-Soviet alliance. The Imperial advance crushed the last of them.
Being defeated at Moscow and Yokohama, the Allies and the Soviets were low on numbers. A number of Aircraft Carriers, Assault Destroyer and Mirage Tanks were last seen in action along with Special Agent . During the early stages of the battle, the Allies had a large airbase giving them dominance in the sky. After the Superweapon Attack, the Soviets had Tesla Tanks, Apocalypse Tanks, Flak Troopers and Tesla Troopers defending the FutureTech Research Center.
== Events ==
Two Japanese commanders - Shinzo Nagama and an unnamed but highly successful commander- approached the city from the south, with a significant force including four King Onis and two Yuriko Omegas. They destroyed the Allied supply bases there and building their own bases in their place.
The Allies employed everything they had in the defence of FutureTech labs, including two Proton Colliders, and the most advanced weapons in the Allied arsenal including Aircraft Carriers, Mirage Tanks and the devastating Athena Cannons. Initial Allied superiority in the air prevented the Empire from deploying its own air units. The Soviets and their heavily armored units soon joined the fight.
Despite the best efforts of the Allied forces, the Allied airbase controlling the airspace above the city was destroyed, permitting the Empire to send in reinforcements. The Imperials captured several War Factories and Power Plants to repair their vehicles and power their Psionic Decimators. The full power of the Imperial arsenal was then unleashed upon the joint Allied-Soviet forces.
=== Death of Field Marshall Bingham ===
Even with the Airbase destroyed, the Allies still had a substantial force in Amsterdam. Shinzo sent a force to attack the remaining Allies, but Spectrum Towers and Athena Cannons stopped them in their tracks. The Commander noticed a large field of Power Plants to the north-west.
He activated the Psionic Decimator on the tight cluster of Power Plants, which resulted in all of the Spectrum Towers powering down. Seizing the opportunity, Shinzo sent in a full battalion of King Onis to crush the remaining survivors. Bingham was about to be destroyed, but tanks came to reinforce him.
However, the Shogun and Shinzo overpowered them. They managed to destroy the Athena Cannons, before they caused too much damage. The Imperial forces saw the last Allied VIP Bunker and demolished it, killing Bingham in the process. This crushing blow caused all the Allies to surrender to the might of the Empire.
The Imperial forces marched toward the Soviet base defenses. After long-range support from Shogun Battleships and Wave-Force artillery destroyed the Soviet defensive perimeter, King Onis, Chopper VXs, and Yuriko Omega herself stormed the Soviet bases.
Dr. Zelinsky attempted to stop them by having a large amount of material picked up by Magnetic Satellites and dropped (along with the Satellites), which inflicted more damage to Amsterdam than the Imperials were doing (though it inflicted causalities on them as well).
The remaining Tesla Coils fell to the Shogun Battleships. King Onis bull rushed the Soviet Apocalypse tanks, and Chopper VXs unleashed a missile barrage on the Soviet base. Soon, FutureTech HQ was in sight of the approaching Imperial Forces.
=== The Secret Superweapon ===
The increasingly unstable Dr. Zelinsky had warned of a terrible catastrophe if the Empire insisted on threatening FutureTech. When the labs were attacked by Imperial forces, the scientist followed through with his threat.
He unleashed a mysterious superweapon that he claimed to be a prototype Chronosphere that he had been working on, which unleashed an uncontrollable force of devastation that obliterated all that remained of the city and its defenders. Imperial soldiers stood in awe of the destruction before realizing too late that it was indeed a terrifying superweapon. The blast killed all the Imperial forces outside the FutureTech headquarters and destroyed both Imperial bases (it is likely Yuriko and her "twin" were also killed in the blast, but this is yet to be confirmed by Imperial analysts).
Amsterdam was all, but destroyed - only the FutureTech headquarters and the Soviet guards around it remained. Zelinsky had done it and made the superweapon go online as the Imperial advance tried another push to the building.
=== The Final Showdown ===
The Imperials weren't going to give up. Emperor Yoshiro immediately ordered his elite warriors into the ruined city to finish off the FutureTech HQ. A team of Mecha Tengus, Sleeper Ambush Tankbusters, Rocket Angels,  King Onis and a Final Squadron Omega faced the remaining Soviet defenders, which included two teams of Flak troopers and Apocalypse Tanks.
The elite troops clashed outside the FutureTech building. King Onis destroyed Apocalypse Tanks and a Tesla Tank, Mecha Tengus shot up the infantry and Rocket Angels unleashed their arsenal against the last of the USSR. The Empire emerged victorious, and soon FutureTech HQ collapsed under Imperial assault.
== Aftermath ==
The Imperial flag flew over Amsterdam. With their vital laboratories lost, the Allies had lost the means and the will to resist against Imperial dominance. The war was effectively over. The world was now under the Imperials' domination.
The unnamed commander in the battle was received at the Imperial Palace, where Emperor Yoshiro bestowed upon him the title of Supreme Shogun. The hero of Amsterdam was last seen with Suki Toyama on a secluded beach in north Oahu.
To commemorate the victory, several King Onis began cutting the flags of their fallen Allied enemies, replacing them with the Imperial standards.
==Walkthrough==
The first part is to destroy the Allied outpost with infantry, King onis and Yuriko.
After the MCV and nanocores arrive destroy the Allied air base to get 2 Chopper VXs amd 4 rocket angels. Use the King onis to absorb the fire from the allied units so Yuriko can kill them all.
Build tons of King Onis due to the Imperials ground forces are still stronger than the Allies toughest land weapons but beware of Tanya and the aircraft carriers.
The soviets will arrive to defend the Allies with their powerful apocalypse tanks and Sickles. Get large numbers of King Onis and if the air force is available get Rocket angels and Chopper VXs.
The Allies have only two proton colliders. Get Final Squadrons to hit only their power plants to take them offline.
Up at the Northwest of the map are many Allied power plants. Destroy it with the Psionic decimator to take the Allies defenses offline.
Destroy the Allied ground bases to stop the Mirage tank attacks.
The soviet base has tons of Tesla coils so get air power or Wave force Artillery to hit them from a safe distance because the Tesla Coils will destroy the King Onis.
Before attacking the Futuretech Headquarters get all the way to final squadron Omega and Sleeper Ambush Top Secret protocols first because the Soviets will unleash a superweapon attack that destroys everything if the headquarters takes too much damage.
After the superweapon attack the player gets king oni, rocket angels, mecha tengus and any top secret protocols are available even without the Imperial Conyard.
Destroy the Apocalypse tanks and Tesla Tanks with the Final Squadron protocols and get Sleeper ambush to reinforce the King Onis and then shoot up the flak and tesla troopers with the tengus then destroy the Futuretech Headquarters to end the mission.
== Trivia ==
* If the FutureTech building is destroyed by an Empire-trained or Natasha Volkova, the game will end before the final battle. Also, you can skip the main battle, by having Shogun battleships (with necessary escort) rush the FutureTech facility.
** However, if the building is destroyed before the first player finishes the first main objective (destroying the supply base where his base is supposed to be), the mission ends in failure instead.
* This is the second and last mission where the player fights the Allied-Soviet alliance.
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