good mission, i noticed a couple problems though:
-- if you're going to recommend the player uses the ECP mod, tell him what settings he can use while still being able to save. i had to restart the mission 3-4 times because of corrupt saves.
-- i was at Cf54 calling arty on VC i saw at Cg58, and noticed that VC will surrender even if there are no enemy troops around (i was more than 500m away)
-- the VC call in mortar support unrealistically fast (it seems as though they call as soon as they see you); if you run into the smallest VC group you are sure to have mortars falling on you within 60 seconds. consider extending the amount of time before the vc call in mortar support, because at this point i always order my troops to charge the VC just to avoid the mortar fire, which brings me to my next point,
-- when i order my whole squad to do something, my RTO doesn't follow the orders. i couldn't find my RTO several times because after rallying and ordering my squad to follow me, the RTO just stayed there. when telling my squad to charge vc squads, my RTO would stay back and die from the mortar fire.
-- it takes a really long time to order the whole squad to change status; example: i generally have my squad either prone, halted, and holding fire, or standing, following me, and firing at will; switching between these two modes takes at least a minute if not more, and although a minute may seem like a short amount of time, its a long time when in-game, especially if you'd rather be scanning for vc with ur binocs; plz consider making the animations faster
-- idk how realistic this would be, but being able to have the gunship attack a specific point with rockets would be very helpful
-- the vc that can be seen patrolling are constantly running, and as you said yourself running all over the place is unrealistic. patrols in "safe" mode look better than patrols in "aware," and are easier to call arty on too
even though it may seem like i hated the mission from all the negative points i brought up, i really am enjoying it (haven't gotten to the village yet)