The player is then hailed as a hero who made NATO's or the PLA's (depending on which side the player chose to take) victory possible. The player parachutes into the remote Burning Flag hideout, deactivates two of the missiles and laser target designates the control tower Commander 31 had locked himself into. Commander 31 reveals to the world his plans to send three missiles at either the US and Europe, or at China and the Middle East. It is then revealed near the end of the campaign that Commander 31, a leader of an organization called The Burning Flag, bent on world domination, was the one to instigate the war and also was the one who sent the Mi-24 Hind to assassinate the NATO peace diplomat.
What follows is a series of battles between NATO and the PLA as well as the use of air propaganda to make the other side look "evil". However, the NATO diplomat is assassinated by an unmarked Mi-24 Hind that both NATO and China believe to be the other side's, spreading the conflict from the Almaty Region to the Mangystau region.
NATO, PLA, and MEC diplomats negotiate in an abandoned school guarded by both NATO and PLA snipers.
The conflict starts with the PLA moving into Almaty, Kazakhstan, while NATO forces attempt to remove them from the area. The game also allows players to switch bodies with other comrades in order to get to or complete an objective relatively quickly. In addition, there are numerous vehicles to use on land, in the air (Helicopters only), and on the water (River Patrol Boats) In Modern Combat, there are five classes to choose from: Engineer, Special Ops, Assault, Sniper, and Support. Achievements Main article: Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Achievements Singleplayer Overviewīattlefield 2: Modern Combat pits the People's Republic of China and NATO in a fictional conflict.