You have the idea.
And don't make the hills the same height difference as you move back, would look unatural.
I also wouldn't do too many. Stick with between 2-4.
The nice thing about a box dio is you can really put these almost right together at the back and still have a lot of room for your main dio.
T
H T
H H
H H T
H H H T main action
Pardon my rough attempt here. This would be looking at your dio from one end with the back of the box to the left. The T stands for trees and the H for hills with the main action (tank, building, artillery, etc) taking place at the right (or front of the box).