Keep the green men away form your fort. It starts to get better around level 5. I played untill level 32. I bought all the barricades, autodefence, and I ended up with 20 gaurds on duty that I didn't even have to shoot anymore.
The airstrikes would be the best defense there. It's kind of fun.
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