Alternate Route

"How can a man stay focused on life, when all he sees is death? I can't get it out of my head that sending Allen and Garnett with Leggett got them killed. If they'd just been with me... FUCK... IF THEY'D JUST BEEN WITH ME! MAYBE THEY'D STILL BE ALIVE! MAYBE I COULD'VE SAVED THEM!......... Maybe."

— Baker's Monologue

Alternate Route is the 14th chapter of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.

Summary[]

To avoid the open causeway, there must be an alternate route to Carentan. Baker's Dozen must bear the cost to find it...

Plot[]

Few hours after "Buying the Farm" event, the squad except Baker and Corrion are angry for letting Allen & Garnett as they express their anger while Leggett is alone grieving. Mac managed to stop the fight and ordered Baker to destroy a bridge which is another route to Carentan but also a potential flank. Mac and Leggett leaves Baker's team and a tank to deal with it.

Baker's team encountered some German defenders, a StuG tank and a Pak 36 to defend the area. The Americans fought their way through the defense and reach the trainyard where the objective is nearby. As they crossed the bridge, they encounter a counterattack but managed to repel it. Baker goes to the detonate and pushing it to destroy the bridge.

Objectives[]

Destroy the bridge to Carentan[]

The bridge may be an alternate route into Carentan, but it can be used by the enemy to mass a counter-attack on the 101st flank.

Characters[]

Staff Sergeant Gregory Hassay
Sergeant Matthew Baker (Playable)
Sergeant Jackson (does not speak)
Corporal Samuel Corrion
Corporal Joseph Hartsock
Private First Class Kevin Leggett (does not speak)
Private Larry Allen (mentioned)
Private Michael Desola
Private Michael Garnett (mentioned)

Weapons[]

American Weapons and Vehicles[]

German Weapons and Vehicles[]

Teams[]

Assault Team:[]

Cpl. Hartsock - B.A.R. M1918
Cpl. Corrion - M1A1 Thompson
Pvt. Desola - M1A1 Thompson

Tank:[]

Sgt. Jackson - Sherman Tank

Transcript[]

Main article: Alternate Route/Transcript

Extras[]

The German MP-40 SMG - Col. Antal Briefing[]

This is the German MP40 Sub-machine gun.

The MP40 was the standard German sub-machine gun of World War II and was the preferred weapon for squad leaders in the German Army.

The MP40 is 32.75 inches long, with the folding metal stock extended. And it weights 8.7 pounds.

The MP40 was a very lethal weapon at close range. Many Americans preferred the MP40 over their own sub-machine guns and scavenged them whenever possible. in Brothers in Arms, you can feel free to take one for yourself.

Alternate Route Official After Action Report[]

Official After Action Report detailing attempts to discover an "Alternate Route" to advance on Carentan.

Alternate Route Official After Action Report (2) — This section describes the "Alternate Route" mission area.

Just a few minutes before dark of the night that 502-3 was to move out, Capt. Henry G. Plitt, Rgt S-3, was told that an alternate route might be needed for the advance, and that the information would be needed before 0300. He took a Piper Cub from Houesville, and scouted the railway line south of the Douve as a possible alternate. The hour was about 2130 but there was still sufficient light for his purpose. Flying at 1500 feet, he could see the bridge over the Jourdan-Douve intersection and noted that it looked passable for foot troops.

The Bridge, Then, Now and In Game[]

The real bridge across the "Alternate Route" was not destroyed in the action during the Normandy campaign.

The "Alternate Route" bridge in Brothers in Arms.

Orchestral Score, Part 3[]

Orchestral_Score_09_-_The_Crack_of_Dawn — Orchestral Score 09 - The Crack of Dawn

Orchestral_Score_10_-_Objective_XYZ — Orchestral Score 10 - Objective XYZ

Orchestral_Score_11_-_The_Fall — Orchestral Score 11 - The Fall

Orchestral_Score_12_-_End_Credits — Orchestral Score 12 - End Credits

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

This is the only chapter where Baker starts with a Browning Automatic Rifle.
If the player restarts from the last checkpoint, the German troops on the middle of the bridge will fail to spawn, making the final section a little easier.