Dr. Gatling's Secret Weapon

**Dr. Gatling's Secret Weapon** is the second mission in *History Civil War: Secret Missions*.

## Walkthrough

"The Civil War marked the dawn of the modern age of warfare. The
consequences were oftentimes violent beyond anything seem before. With the
introduction of the Gatling Gun, it became practically suicidal for troops
marching in formation to attack a fortified position."

Mission Briefing - Dr. Gatling's Secret Weapon:

"Confederate Intelligence has discovered the presence of a powerful weapon
in the enemy's arsenal. It's been dubbed the Gatling Gun, named after the
inventor Richard Gatling. Its first field tests will be performed near
Cold Harbor in Virginia. Your task is to move behind enemy lines and seize
the weapon, intact if possible."

You begin outside of a cabin by a river. You are informed that the Union
army has a new weapon that will decimate the Confederate army. One has
broken during field tests and has been taken to a nearby barn. Your job
is to go capture that gun for Confederate use.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Capture the Gatling Gun.
- Find Gatling ammunition crates (bonus objective).

Walk to the left side of the cabin to find an ammunition box. Grab it so
you will have 10 grenades.

Turn around and enter the river bed on the right. Follow the river and on
the left bank will be wagon. As you approach, the first of fifteen explosive
barrels will be located underneath the two right tires on the wagon. Shoot
them quickly and take cover behind the wagon as three soldiers attack. Two
will run to the left bank and one exits the bushes on the right. Kill that
soldier first and try killing the soldiers on the left. A fourth soldier
will exit the bushes on the right shortly. Kill him and then finish off any
remaining soldiers on the left.

Proceed down the river to the cover the soldiers were using and move to the
log. An explosion will erupt to the right of the log and four soldiers
will attack down river at the bend. Take cover and shoot them.

Proceed down river and follow it to the small waterfall where the objectives
will update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Capture the Gatling Gun.
- Survive the attack.
- Find Gatling ammunition crates (bonus objective).

Walk up the right side of the waterfall through the bushes and look to the
left at the top of the waterfall. There you should see explosive barrel
two.

Before you move, look to the right of barrel two at the bushes. Three
soldiers are going to attack from them as you begin moving down the river.
So, as you begin walking, throw a grenade into the bushes and then shoot
any remaining soldiers.

Continue following the river to the log on the left bank where three more
soldiers will attack as you approach it. Once again, throw a grenade as
you approach the log to minimize damage and kill them quickly.

Move to the backside of this log to find the third explosive barrel in the
mission.

At this point in time, there are several explosive barrels in the mission in
this area. You need them all in order to unlock the "Demolitions"
achievement later in the game.

For the fourth explosive barrel, stand where barrel three was and turn around
and line up in the same direction as the log. You should be looking South
now. Go in that direction (South) to find a gravel road. There will be a fork
in the road next to a large rock which has a small end pointing towards the
fork. Right near the point, and the fork in the road, is the barrel laying
in the grass.

Stand right where the fourth barrel was and look directly West. Walk forward,
cross the left path on the forked road, then continue into the grass. You
will find the fifth barrel in the grass a little before the rock.

Move to where the fifth barrel was and look directly to the South. There
will be a wagon on its side. There is a barrel in the grass next to the
wagon and can be seen from your current location.

While still at the location of barrel five, move to the the tongue of the
wagon where barrel six was to find the seventh barrel.

Stand where barrel seven was and look South-west towards the rock and log
in the grass behind the wagon. Walk towards the log on the right and you
will quickly spot barrel eight at the end of the rock next to the log.

Stand at the right side of the log where barrel eight was. Face West (look
at the compass in the top right) and visually spot the trees on the left side
of your screen. Straight ahead should be an opening between the bushes and
trees. Walk to the opening and barrel nine is hidden in the grass to the
left past the bushes in front of the first tree.

Return to the fork in the road where barrel four was located. Take the right
path and stop at the next fork. You should be looking at a large rock with
a tree to its right. Barrel ten is in the grass in front of that tree next to
the road that forks right.

Finally finished with the barrels around that area of the woods. While at
the location of that barrel, face North-West towards the log on the left and
the three pine trees to the right. Begin walking in that direction and am
explosion erupts and a wall of fire will rise up.

Move to the rocks on the right with the three pine trees. Jump into the
middle of the rocks and at the base of one of the pine trees will be the
hidden picture in the mission highlighted in red.

The 11th barrel is near the letter. It is essentially where the wall of fire
erupted. So, standing on the letter, look South-West and climb over the
rock. You should spot a wagon on its side. The barrel is in the grass much
like barrel six.

Jump down and follow the path to the right. You should spot a Confederate
soldier firing up at the top of the waterfall to the right. There's a lone
Union soldier shooting around. Take aim and kill him then move along to
the left down that road. Eventually your objectives will update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Capture the Gatling Gun.
- Scout the farm.
- Find Gatling ammunition crates (bonus objective).

Stick to the left side of the road here as you round the bend. Stick to the
bushes and you will eventually run into a tree stump and a log. Crouch
behind them as a handful of Union soldiers will begin attacking from the
right side of the road. Shoot the soldier on the right and throw a grenade
at the two on the left to quickly dispatch them.

Continue down the road toward the wagon on the left side. The game will
save and you will hear a Gatling Gun firing in the distance.

Move towards the wagon and look at the tongue of the wagon to find the 12th
explosive barrel in the grass. As a note, until the next time the game saves
a checkpoint, if you die, this barrel will appear again when the game
reloads. Do not forget to shoot this barrel again if you die.

Approach the town and move to the wagon in the middle of the buildings along
the road. That's the only entrance. Do not move past the wagon and fence
until the Gatling Gun stop firing for reloading. When it stops, run in and
take cover. A decent location is the crates directly in front of you where
another Confederate soldier is takign cover.

From the crates, begin shooting the Union soldiers on the left side of the
farm. Continue shooting them until they stop appearing, then wait for the
Gatling Gun to stop firing and shoot the Gatling Gun crew. After they're
dead, take aim at the soldiers on the right side closest to you.

When all of the soldiers are dead and no other reinforcements come, move to
the Gatling Gun. If you get shot in the back, run to it as a lot of
reinforcements are coming now.

* + NOTE: There is an occasional bug that can occur at this point in time.

The second wave of reinforcements will sometimes never attack. This appears
to usually happen when running through the level quickly and killing the
enemy soldiers very fast. If that second wave does not attack, and you've
looked around the farm for any remaining Union soldiers only to find none,
your only option is to select Load Last Checkpoint from the Pause Menu.\*\*

Jump the crates in front of the Gatling Gun and press the Y Button to
use the Gatling Gun. Begin shooting the Union soldiers until a Confederate
soldier approaches you and states the 'Blue coats' delivered a new toy for
you to play with. The objectives will then update.

CURRENT OBJECTIVES:
- Report your findings at HQ.
- Find Gatling ammunition crates (bonus objective).

Do not leave the farm yet. The two Gatling ammunition crates are located
here along with the hidden picture.

Press the Y Button to exit the Gatling Gun. Turn to the left and you should
see the red highlighted picture laying in the corner.

Return to the barn entrance and look out towards the farmstead. Jump over
the boxes and turn to the right. You should see a two-story white house
with a large crate on the right. Move to the right side of the house and go
behind it to find the first Gatling ammunition crate on the ground.

Return to the Gatling Gun and stare out at the farmstead again. This time,
turn to the left. Walk forward and make a right around the house. Walk
past the wagon tire leaning against the building and make another right to
find the second Gatling ammunition crate. This will complete the bonus
objective for the mission.

Go back to the wagon wheel and look ahead to see the opened gate and the
soldier standing by it. That's the exit to the farm that leads to the HQ.

Follow the path towards a covered wagon in the road. As you approach it,
a few Union soldiers will be attacking from the right and one from the woods
to the left. You can generally ignore the soldier from the woods as the AI
Confederate usually kills him. Throw a grenade to the front of the wagon
as you approach it to quickly kill the three soldiers there. Grab the ammo
box by the wagon and continue down the road.

As you are moving along, you should see the log ahead at the next bend.
That means some soldiers will be attacking from there as you approach.
Three soldiers will exit the woods and take cover behind it. You can
charge it and throw a grenade or take cover behind the log on the right
side of the road. A fourth soldier will eventually exit the woods on the
left side of the road. Be sure you don't miss him as you are attacking or
running.

Make the left turn in the road and start down the hill towards the two logs
on the right. As before, more soldiers will attack and take cover behind
the logs. Once again, take cover yourself or throw one grenade to quickly
kill them.

Before leaving the two logs, at the end of the first log you approach will
be the 13th explosive barrel in the mission.

Go past the second log where barrel 13 is located. The bushes on the right
will clear up showing a large clearing. The 14th and 15th barrels should
easily be seen in the middle of the grass field.

Turn back to the left and look at the large rock. A handful of soldiers
will run out from behind that rock as you approach it. So, as you move
near it, throw a grenade behind the rock to kill the majority of the
soldiers. Then, just clean up any remaining soldiers and cross the bridge.

Near the middle of the bridge, a wagon will come rolling down the hillside
on the left. Three Union soldiers will attack from the hill once the
wagon crashes. Take cover behind it and kill the men on the hill.

Move around the burning wagon and kill the two soldiers attacking from
behind the crates. A single grenade thrown under the wagon can quickly
dispatch them.

As you walk to the crates and wagon they were using, a Gatling Gun begins
firing at you from down the road. Crouch and slowly advance down the
road using the various bits of cover. When it stop firing, stand, take
aim and kill one of the crew so it will stop firing at you.

Move to the large log on the left of the road and several Union soldiers
will exit the woods behind the Gatling Gun. You can quickly run to the
Gatling Gun and throw a grenade to the left, killing most, if not all, of
the attackers, or just sit still and fire from behind the log.

Sometimes the soldiers do not approach the cover where the Gatling Gun
is located. Sometimes they remain along the edge of the woods and fire
from there.

Either way, kill the attackers and move past the Gatling Gun down the road
to the right.

As you enter the woods via the road, you'll hear more gun fire in the
distance. Eventually, you will find four attacking Union soldiers. Kill
them and run forward through the spiked barricades.

Follow the road to the tent with the Union flag above it to complete the
mission.

At the end of Dr. Gatling's Secret Weapon, you should unlock at least three
achievements when at the Level Statistics screen. "Corporal", "Sergeant",
and "Cold Harbor".