"expect heavy resistance" never turns out that much..
 

on more than a few missions on AS2 (i'm sure this happens on previous versions), just as you are nearing the end, the voice over states "expect heavy resistance" and yet it's always only like 2 tanks and 20 men. i am playing this on normal so that might be it?

by the time you have got to that stage in the game you have plenty of stuff and money so you could fight off a bigger 'resistance' force of maybe 4 to 6 tanks and 40 men?