Battlestations: Pacific/Air Raid against Indochina

Completing this mission on any difficulty will unlock the B-29 Superfortress. Getting a gold rank on this mission (completing all the objectives) does not earn anything more.


 * Primary Objectives
 * Destroy all indicated targets before time runs out.
 * Protect the level bombers.
 * Destroy the train.

Destroy 30 military installations on the island.
 * Secondary Objective

Destroy the Japanese convoy before it escapes.
 * Hidden Objective

Primary objectives
At the beginning of the mission you will be in command of a squadron of F4U Corsairs armed with rockets. Your first objective is to destroy several destroyers, PT boats and AA emplacements before time runs out. Proceed ahead and you will encounter some PT boats and the destroyer Minekaze that is, of course, of the Minekaze class. The destroyer is damaged for unknown reasons, so fire your rockets into the ship to eliminate it quickly. Don't worry about the time limit, because you have more than enough time to destroy all targets.

After you have destroyed the targets around the Minekaze and you have passed the bridge, you will notice a second destroyer, the Hakaze. Like his sister Minekaze, it has low health so deal with it in the same way. You will also notice a group of tankers and cargo ships that are escaping. Stopping this convoy is your hidden objective. After you have destroyed the convoy, eliminate the remaining targets.

Now the control switches to a squadron of fast twin-engine P38 Lightnings and your objective is to protect a squadron of level bombers that are targeting the bridge. You will be attacked by Zeroes and Raidens – fast interceptors armed with four cannons which can really take a punch to your bombers. For this reason, concentrate on the Raidens when they arrive to attack you and let the gunners of the bombers finish off the remaining Zeroes of the first wave.

When the bombers arrive at the bridge and blow it up, you will receive new orders: destroy a train that passed the bridge right before its destruction and now is escaping with important cargo. The train is very well armored, and it is equipped with triple 25mm AA guns, which are not to be underestimated, especially at veteran difficulty. You will receive a secondary objective too: destroy 30 military installations around the path of the train, which are offices, bunkers and AA guns. When making a run on the train, make sure you pull up before you crash into it or another element of the scenario. Destroy the train before it exits from the map to complete your primary obectives.

Secondary objective
Probably one of the hardest secondary objectives you have to do in this campaign. You must take out 30 military installations, while simultaneously attacking a train that is somehow very armored. Your best shot would be to get a good run on the train, then break off for a few seconds and take out some installations. More will spawn as you move down the valley. If you do not take out the train in time however, it will escape and you will fail the mission. Taking out the 30 installations will complete the secondary objective.

It is worth noting that you can completely ignore the train and instead wait until it passes alongside an oil refinery just before it enters the tunnel – hitting the oil tanks with your machine guns will destroy the train instantly if it is close enough. Adopting this strategy leaves you free to destroy the 30 secondary targets in and around the valley before the train approaches the oil refinery.

Hidden objective
This "destroy the convoy" mission is located within the vicinity of the two main island you are attacking during the first main objective. During that time, when you have the F4U would be the best time to sink the enemy convoy. There are around 6–7 ships in the convoy, but you only have a few minutes to destroy the gun installations, so leave them if you have to. When you have sunk all the ships in the convoy you will have completed the hidden objective.