Battle of Leyte Gulf Hard (WW II Pacific; Allies 6)

There are 4 islands and 3 out of these require you to land troops there via ship or plane. We also want to help MacArthur with the bulk of our forces on the main island. Fortunately, Halsey and Mitcher can deal with Yamamoto and Ozawa so our navy can concentrate on taking the southern ports, supporting any landing operations there and helping Kinkaid against Toyoda.

Kurbayashi stood no chance aginst the heavy bombardment. The howitzer and heavy tank are now transferred to the main island where the rocket artillery and medium tank ensure their save landing by taking out the lv1 city and surrounding units (with the help of McCain and MacArthur). I pulled the destroyer back to support the northern fleet. One additional cruiser is produced in the SE port and takes the southern(-most) route. The double stacked cruiser captured another port and softens up the nearby city for paratroopers.

Paratrooper operation was succesful and the (single) cruiser occupied yet another empty port. The double stacked cruiser attacks the upper port first (not the one with Toyoda since  we don't have a unit there yet to take it once he's defeated).

Now the land units are united again and they move west to catch up with MacArthur, firing a few shots at the port that the double stacked cruiser was besieging. The (single) cruiser and an additional submarine are now in place to help against Toyoda. The double stacked destoyer keeps the enemy submarines busy.

Manila was easily taken (Itagaki moved out earlier) and now has to be defedened against Itagaki and Terauchi. Too much spam at the SE port of the main island so the destroyer moves north, in case he has the chance to capture Yamamoto's empty port. In the south, Toyoda is gone and the cruisers prepare SW city for paratroopers from Manila.

The drop worked, enemy generals are defeated (with Okamura one turn away from this fate) and Mitcher even managed to capture Yamamoto's port.

Nimitz Lv2 Rumor; Leeb Lv2 Rumor; Guderian Lv1 Rumor; Messe and Crerar not upgraded
Tech level:
Inf: HP+20; M+4; A+6; Mobility 70%; Grenade+45%; Mines-75%
Tank: HP+40; M+2; A+6; D+3; MGun+45%; Assault 75%
Arty: M+2; D+2; ArtA&RAA+11; RA 80%; Arty 65%
Air: Range+1; -5%gold
Navy: HP+100; M+2; D+6; A+4; Torpedo+80%