You have two ways of controlling your troops: through the placement of your Landing Craft and with the Flare.
- When you tap on the shore to send in your Landing Craft, the area you tap will be marked with a flag. When your troops leave the landing craft, they will move to that flag and then go for the nearest target.
- The Flare is a gunboat ability, which unlocks when you upgrade your Headquarters for the first time. If you fire a Flare, all troops will move towards the Flare while it burns, or attack a building marked by it!
It is important to know that the Flare overrules the flag. If you fire a Flare before your troops have reached the flag on the shore, they will forget about the flag and move towards the Flare in the shortest possible way – which might lead them straight through a minefield. So timing is everything!