Battlestations: Pacific/Divine Winds of Leyte

Divine Winds of Leyte is a fairly straightforward mission made up of four different parts, beginning with some AA defense against the Japanese air force, who make the first use of their kamikaze strategy. It then moves on, giving you control of an airplane during the last three parts. The entire map can be played out fighting by yourself with little use of the tactical map other then finding Japanese strong points to crack.

Primary Objectives
 * Protect the escort carriers from any threat.
 * Take out the airfield.
 * Take out the shipyard
 * Sink the battleship Musashi.

Secondary Objectives
 * Destroy every gun installation.

Hidden Objectives
 * Destroy all fortresses.

Kamikaze, the coming of the divine wind
Divine winds of Leyte starts with you in control of an Atlanta-class light cruiser just as the first kamikaze has attacked, and it's up to you to defend the surrounding carriers. By now, you should know how to use AA guns. Most of the incoming kamikazes will come from your right (northeast) with some occasional plane/planes diving down from your front (northwest), so always keep an eye on the radar. After a few waves of kamikazes you will be given control of a dive-bomber to take out the airfield.

That concludes the threat of any further kamikazes and moves on to giving you the new objective to take out three shipyards producing PPs. Start this by taking out two of the shipyards to reduce the amount of PPs sent after your home away from home, your carriers, but leave the last alone for now.

Now is the time to start working on the secondary and hidden objectives, while taking out the occasional PP that is produced and is going after the carriers. Most of the fortified AA, bunkers and such are easily dealt with using your machine gun, while the forts require you to pound them with missiles twice, at the very least, to eliminate them.

Once you've made sure all fortified positions are gone on the tactical map, take out the remaining shipyard to advance to the last portion of this mission. This moves you to the last primary objective, to take out the big and nasty Japanese battleship named Musashi. Once you've made a few torpedo runs at it, and dropped a few pounds of high explosive on it, the Musashi should be on its way to its final resting place and you will be victorious.