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==Incoming!== | ==Incoming!== | ||
[[Image:BSP_eastern_solomons_pt_1.png|right|thumb|This won't end well. Be wary of falling aircraft or wing parts after a head-on pass!|200px]] | [[Image:BSP_eastern_solomons_pt_1.png|right|thumb|This won't end well. Be wary of falling aircraft or wing parts after a head-on pass!|200px]] | ||
The mission starts with several squads of Japanese attack planes coming | The mission starts with several squads of Japanese attack planes coming toward an American battlegroup consisting of two carriers and a handful of destroyers. | ||
The first wave of attack planes is sent without fighter escorts, while the second wave has two squads of Oscars protecting it. Either way, your job is to simply shoot down 10 enemy aircraft. Armed with a F4 Wildcat, this shouldn't prove to be too difficult. | The first wave of attack planes is sent without fighter escorts, while the second wave has two squads of Oscars protecting it. Either way, your job is to simply shoot down 10 enemy aircraft. Armed with a F4 Wildcat, this shouldn't prove to be too difficult. | ||
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Specifically target the strike planes in the second wave, as they're easier to shoot down than the Oscars. | Specifically target the strike planes in the second wave, as they're easier to shoot down than the Oscars. | ||
[[Image:BSP_eastern_solomons_pt_2.png|left|thumb|Keep those pesky Oscars away from your strike planes.]] | [[Image:BSP_eastern_solomons_pt_2.png|left|thumb|Keep those pesky Oscars away from your strike planes.]] | ||
Once you score your | Once you score your tenth kill, your duty changes from protecting a carrier group from Japanese strike planes, to escorting several of your own. You'll face wave after wave of Japanese Oscar fighter aircraft, and it's your job to keep them off your eight squads of Dauntless and Avenger attack planes. Make sure at least half of them make the target rally point, and this part of the mission is a success. | ||
Use your aircraft "boost" (press the right stick on the 360, or alt with the default PC controls), to intercept the fighters at the longest range possible. Just like earlier in the mission, you should have little problem taking out Oscars with your Wildcats -- | Use your aircraft "boost" (press the right stick on the 360, or alt with the default PC controls), to intercept the fighters at the longest range possible. Just like earlier in the mission, you should have little problem taking out Oscars with your Wildcats -- even on the Veteran difficulty. | ||
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Once both escort ships have been sent to the depths, turn all of your attention toward the ''Ryujo''. Riddle her with several torpedoes and a few 1,000 lb bombs to the magazine, then call it a day. | Once both escort ships have been sent to the depths, turn all of your attention toward the ''Ryujo''. Riddle her with several torpedoes and a few 1,000 lb bombs to the magazine, then call it a day. | ||
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