Command and Conquer 3 Walkthrough NOD Mission 5, Amazon Desert

You're immediately put on the defensive in this mission. Send your forces on the northern side of your base to defend from the GDI assault. Build a couple flame tanks, as well as some rocket squads to hold them off. I don't feel a crane is necessary in this mission. Instead, build a second refinery and sell it to increase your income to better afford an army later. Skip the tech center, as there is no great benefit to creating one at this point. Save your money.

Scorpion tanks will become available soon, and their power should definitely be added to your military. At least a few, to help your rocket squads bust armor. Send two flame tanks, three scorpion tanks and a dash of militant/rocket squads for good measure, and crush the GDI base to the north.

The map's expansion reveals a more intimidating base to the extreme northeast, and lush tiberium fields to the east. Send several flame and scorpion tanks to guard the area, and set up an expansion there (use an emissary). Build two refineries and sell one. This will give you a quick income boost to build a massive army. Be sure to capture the reinforcement bay for some free units and to satisfy a secondary mission objective.

I had fun at the end of this mission. Defending is easy, and you can have some fun with fanatics. I built twenty and shoved them at the enemy base, destroying basically every defense he had, then followed in with a respectable force of flame and scorpions.