Running the Palawan Passage | Singleplayer Campaign BS Midway Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Units at your disposal: American Clemson-class destroyer USS "Kane" Enemy: 5 big Japanese cargo ships plus 4 small, landing ships, patrol boats, submarines, recon planes, coastal fortresses and destroyer Level of difficulty: 4 (5 with hidden objectives)

Primary objectives:

• Reach the other side of the strait (1)
• Annihilate the enemy destroyer (2)
• Your unit must survive (3)

Secondary objectives:

• Destroy the Japanese recon base (1)
• Take out the PT boat base (2)

Hidden objectives:

• Meet with the Allied submarine within 17 minutes (1)
• Destroy all cargo ships (2)

Potential medals to earn:

• Navy Distinguished Service Medal
• Sea Unit Service medal

Your main objective in this scenario is to reach the other side of the strait (1) you can see in front of you. [#1] And the destroyer under your command should do this in one piece, he must survive (3). When you switch to map you'll see pretty big traffic in that strait and many Japanese ships mooring at a shore. There are enemy bases in two locations (one of them, further to the north is PT boat base). Here and there on the hills you can also see coastal fortresses occupied by the enemy. [#2] However you don't have much time to look at map because in your direction fly two enemy recon planes, both armed with torpedos.

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Try to shoot them down during their first bombing run, simultaneously place yourself sideways to the closest enemy fortress and destroy it with your artillery, sailing all the time through the strait. [#3] A moment later you'll see two Japanese cargo ships - you can sink both with your torpedos (by firing two at each of them) but it's better to save this weapon for better opportunity. Instead of this destroy both cargo ships with accurate salvos of your artillery. [#4]

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Pretty fast you will also have to deal with Japanese patrol boats - avoid their torpedos (you can see them well on the map when it's zoomed in) and burn these small boats with your AA guns fire or - when they're really close - with one or two artillery rounds. [#5] If you have suffered a damage during the fight (red icons twinkling in the lower right corner of the screen) switch to repair's panel and take care of all failures immediately. [#6]

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You can sail over the whole strait back and forth, using one or another canal and destroying all around, for example enemy submarines mooring at a shore (among other things). Probably you will finally sail to the canal with enemy recon base on the shore - watch out for few squadrons of enemy planes approaching from the right (east) edge of a map! Shoot them down. [#7] Destroy the hangar of enemy recon base (1) with your artillery and by placing your ship sideways to him to let all of your deck guns fire. But first - get over with the Japanese coastal fortress! Sink also all small ships you'll see at a pier. [#8]

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Some cargo ships lie at anchor close to this location - these are nice targets for your artillery or torpedos. Sending them to the coral (2) is one of hidden objectives in this mission. [#9] Farther on you'll find enemy submarines standing at anchor but still dangerous because armed with single deck guns - take them out quickly as you did it with cargo ships earlier. [#10]

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Close to the other side of the strait, to the north, on left (west) shore, you'll see Japanese PT boat base - these small patrol boats are probably harassing you all the time. Set your destroyer sideways to the base and quickly demolish the hangar on the shore (2) with few well-aimed artillery salvos to complete secondary objective number two. Destroy enemy fortress located a little bit further on this shore: don't set up yourself opposite to her because she has limited angle of fire and you can take out that fortress without sailing into this angle - keep yourself on the side. [#11] Route to the open sea stands now open. However, before you sail to the open sea repair all damages (don't forget about those applying to your weapons) because you will have to face one more enemy in a moment. Namely you'll see a Japanese destroyer on your left. You can send him few torpedoes, he will use his probably. [#12] Your task now is to sink him (2) and your unit must stay in one piece (3).

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I've managed to do this without using my torpedoes - I've sent him to the bottom with couple of artillery salvos. When you're also using your deck guns take an adjustment on target movement. It's best to shoot and observe on zoom where rounds fall (water fountains) - it's also obvious probably :-). [#13] Now you will only have to meet with the Allied submarine - if you have managed to meet with her within 17 minutes (counting from the beginning of a mission) you have also completed hidden objective (1). [#14]

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