Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (2012) - #1 Pyrrhic Victory [Rescue Woods/Menendez First Encounter]

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""Alex Mason steps out of retirement to rescue his old friend Sgt. Frank Woods, held captive in Angola by narco terrorist Raul Menendez."
— Mission description

"Pyrrhic Victory" is the first campaign mission in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, and the first set in the 1980s. In this mission, Alex Mason is called out of retirement by Jason Hudson to rescue their old friend, Frank Woods, who has been captured by Raul Menendez in Angola during that country's brutal civil war.

Intel Items
Intel No. 1: In a crater to the right of an overturned Buffel during the opening engagement.
Intel No. 2: In a corner on the upper deck, transport barge.
Intel No. 3: On the rightmost guard tower near the waterfall.
Trivia
A "pyrrhic victory" is a victory secured at such unprofitable cost that it could be equated with defeat.
At the Cuban radio outpost, Menendez is initially speaking with Lev Kravchenko; he mentions Mullah Rahmaan.
The Black Ops' spawn theme is played when Hudson replaces his sunglasses at the end of the mission. This could also be a reference to the end of the Call of Duty: Black Ops mission "Revelations", in which Hudson does the same.
The player will be automatically transported next to the Buffel, if not already there, while controlling Hudson's helicopter.
If the player looks in the crate from above, they can see that nobody is inside until it is opened.
The child soldiers will not damage the player but will run to him and do nothing if the player was spotted.
Despite the recommended loadout including an M1911, Mason uses a Browning HP to hold Menendez hostage. If the player plays the campaign for the first time, then the Browning HP will be locked at the moment.
If the player takes down the Hind with only one rocket, the helicopter might keep firing until it crashes.
If graphic content is turned off, the burning man will not appear. However, the blood marks from his fingers will spontaneously appear, and Mason will still try to break open the glass, even though there is nobody in there.
Also, if graphic content is turned off, the crate on the transport barge where Woods is trapped in will not have the dead bodies in there, but blood on the walls.
In the crate, there are several bloodstains on the walls, several of which are the iconic grim reaper from Call of Duty: World at War.
As Savimbi gets down from the Buffel, he discards his MM1 Grenade Launcher, and replaces it with a FAL for the rest of the mission. The player cannot pick up the discarded MM1.
Alerting after you put down woods before taking Menedez hostage will result in respawning enemies with infinite ammo RPDs rushing you infinitely, it also becomes impossible to climb through the window.
When Mason has Menendez hostage, just before Menendez pulls out a grenade, a Cuban soldier on the right can be seen raising his hands up slightly, and he then proceeds to slowly put his gun down. This suggests he understood Mason.
In the beginning cutscene where Section & Harper are gathering information from Woods, Harper says "If you have information about a threat to national security, you got to tell us." Subtitles, however, display Woods' name as if he was talking.
This is the only time Menendez spoke Russian, since he was communicating with Kravchenko before being held hostage by Mason.
During the charge, you can move friendly vehicles around the map by shooting them with a rocket or grenade launcher, it is uncertain if this is intended or is a bug.
If you place an Assault Shield in front of a vehicle, it won’t proceed in the charge and would attempt to push it down, only to fail.
If the player decides not to shoot the tanks at all, while controlling Hudson, the tanks will mysteriously explode with Mason saying the same voice lines as if the player did shoot them.
Achievements/Trophies
No Man Left Behind (20 Gamerscore/ Bronze Trophy Bronze Trophy PS3 icon) - Rescue Woods.
Old Fashioned (50 Gamerscore/ Silver Trophy Silver Trophy PS3 icon) - Complete "Pyrrhic Victory", "Old Wounds", "Time and Fate", and "Suffer With Me" in Veteran."

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