To gain ground move your soldiers up to the very highest spot on the map, the terrain will change and and germans left behind will count towards the amount of german you have let thru
for the machine gun you need to fully upgrade evrything in the long range section, include forked upgrades, and 4 the chainsaw u must do the same with melee towers
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