Metal Hawk/Area J-9

For its seventh mission, Metal Hawk will start out directly over the two rocks at the top of the area; push the lever up to descend to about 150 metres while the familiar arrow is pointing you towards the first oil rig surrounded by seven more rocks in the centre of the area. It has four Type 4 Cannons firing anti-aircraft missiles up at you from their positions on it (which you can drop a missile of your own on for 10 points apiece), along with four oil tanks and a medium-sized building (which you can also drop a missile on for 5 and 20 points respectively). Once you have destroyed them all, the rig will launch two Red Heri and two Green Heri into the air (which will fly towards you once they have reached your altitude, and can be shot for 10 points apiece). The arrow will then reappear to point you towards the second oil rig surrounded by four more rocks in the bottom-right corner of the area - where you will have to deal with four more Type 4 Cannons firing anti-aircraft missiles up at you before you drop a missile on the oil tanks and medium-sized building. Once the rig has launched two more Red Heri and two more Green Heri into the air, the arrow will reappear for a third time to point you towards the third oil rig at the bottom of the area surrounded by one last rock - where you will have to deal with four more Type 4 Cannons firing anti-aircraft missiles up at you before you drop a missile on the oil tanks and medium-sized building once again. Once you have destroyed them all, the rig will launch two more Red Heri and two more Green Heri into the air just before the arrow reappears for a fourth time to point you towards three big boats and two Mini Battleships sailing through the water on the left side of the area - the big boats each have two Type 1 Cannons mounted on them, which will be firing more anti-aircraft missiles up at you with the Mini Battleships from their behinds. Once you have destroyed them all for 10 points apiece, you can start dropping missiles on the various parts of the boats themselves for 10-20 points apiece (and if you manage to destroy them completely, they are worth 100 extra points). Once you have scored over 650 points, Metal Hawk will fly back up to its highest altitude of 400 metres and off the top of the screen. You will then get 10 bonus points for every second you have remaining, and if you had not attained the military ranking of Marshal by the time you had cleared the previous area, you probably will have by now. Metal Hawk will now proceed to Area G-11: The Last Target.