Red Guard

The People's Army!

16 (Elite)

23 (Heroic)

48 (Heroic)

Nuclear Ammo (Tao)

Radiation Defense (Tao)

## Introduction

The **Red Guard** is the generic Chinese basic infantry unit, serving mainly under General Tsing Shi Tao and General Ta Hun Kwai.

## Overview

The Red Guard is the basic Chinese combat infantry in both vanilla *Generals* and *Contra*, trained at the Barracks. While very weak on the battlefield unless facing other unprotected infantry such as Tank Hunters, every general needs them to secure tech buildings such as Oil Derricks by using their Capture Building ability, without it they serve almost no purpose, although general Tao's variation are an exception if the Nuclear Ammo upgrade is purchased at the War Factory.

During the First GLA War back in 2013, China suffered unexpectedly heavy losses and couldn't afford losing more men, which is why the People's Liberation Army drastically reformatted its structure: from now on, Red Guards are equipped with QBZ-95 bullpup assault rifles instead of outdated single bolt-action ones, wear better head and body gear and are better trained, thus avoiding the PLA to pointlessly waste its manpower. Though it also means that Red Guards are no longer trained by groups of two but instead appear in-game individually. Even if you can create a massive army of Red Guards, use your resources wisely.

Tsing Shi Tao personally ensured his soldiers could deal even more damage to the enemy (infantry and vehicles alike) thanks to devastating depleted uranium rounds. Though be careful how these rounds should be used as their damage radius is larger and could potentially harm an ally.

Another thing to acknowledge is the Red Guard's low durability and his vulnerability to anti-personnel weapons, artillery shells, incendiary and biochemical attacks. And use the numbers at your advantage: Red Guards gain a Horde bonus in numbers equal or greater than 5 and thus increase their survivability as well as their firepower.

## Assessment

Pros:

* Capture Building ability is extremely useful at the start of the match.
* Cheap (225$) and good against most other infantry units.
* Gains horde bonus when grouped in numbers equal or greater to 5.
* General Tao can supply his Red Guards with nuclear ammo, drastically increasing their damage output.

Cons:

* Ineffective against armor.
* Helpless against aircraft.
* Easily countered by anti-infantry weapons, even when in sheer numbers.
* Can be easily crushed by most vehicles.
* Vulnerable to toxins, fires and radiation.
* Low HP.

## Upgrades

**Nuclear Ammo (Tao only)** :

* This upgrade greatly increases the damage dealt by Red Guards and makes them more effective against vehicles and structures. It is helpful for Tao's Nuke Tank Hunters as Red Guards have a better rate of fire and will be able to finish off any vehicle that is left standing after the Nuke Tank Hunter's attack. They can also kill incoming infantry, and as they are very cheap, expandable and can distract enemies to protect the Nuke Tank Hunters. This upgrade also increases the damage dealt by all gatling weapons.

**Radiation Defense (Tao only)** :

* This upgrade increases Tao's Red Guards' resistance to radiation.

**Capture Building** :

* Red Guards can capture enemy and neutral tech buildings except for Command Centers.

**Nationalism** :

* Increases Horde bonus by 25%.

## Quotes (in English)

The Red Guard reuses his *Zero Hour* voice lines.

### When Selected

* Defenders of peace!
* The People's Army!
* We are the Red Guard!
* Standing attention.
* Ready for orders.

* Yes?

### When Ordered to Move

* Understood.
* Right away.
* Yes, sir!
* Immediately.
* Moving now, sir.

### When Ordered to Garrison a Building

* That building looks safe.
* We will station there.
* Hole up in that building!
* We fight from high place.
* Garrison the building!

### When Ordered to Capture a Building

* We will claim it for China!
* Raise the Red Flag!
* Expanding China's borders.
* China can use this.

### When a Building is Captured

* China can now use this building!
* This building is ours!
* We have captured the building, sir!
* Building captured!

### When a Structure has been Captured by the Enemy

* General, they took our building from us!
* General, they have captured our building!
* General, they have control of our building!

### When the Enemy is Attacking Base

* General, our base is under attack!
* They're attacking our base!
* Our base is being attacked!
* China is under attack!

### When Ordered to Attack

* Attack!
* Enemies of the State!
* For the Republic!
* We will shoot them down!
* Foreign devils!
* The Middle Kingdom!
* They cannot destroy China!

### When Wounded

* China, save us!
* Help, help!
* China, do not forget me!
* They're attacking!
* We're losing ground!

## Quotes (in native Chinese language)

### When Selected

* 是的，首长！
* 准备就绪！
* 我们是中国人民解放军！

### When Ordered to Move

* 好的！
* 前进！
* 谁也阻挡不了中国的荣华！
* 终于轮到我了！

### When Ordered to Attack

* 冲啊！！
* 上，消灭敌人！
* 我们将永垂不朽！

## Trivia

* The term 'Red Guard' originated during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, although borrowed from Russian Bolsheviks, whose Red Guard existed in 1917 before being supplanted by a proper Red Army. The real-life Red Guards were groups of students organized by Mao Zedong in an attempt to keep the Communist Revolution alive. These Red Guards were made to discredit the right-wing opponents of the Maoist revolutionary leadership. However, due to the widespread trouble spread by the Red Guards, Chairman Mao was compelled to forcibly disband this radical student organization. 'Red Guards' were not related to Chinese armed forces in any way.
* The misnaming of this unit might have contributed to *C&C General*'s banning in China.
* In his selection screen, the Red Guard wears a uniform based-off the Type 07, while in-game he wears a Type 99 instead.