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I'd probably have to thank Crimsonkoba for making that post. It made me try out the south route.

Fleet comp at a glance: https://twitter.com/altaGnoma/status/566547663353413634 Medium mode HQ lvl 91 Initially I tried the north route since I thought... or I got the impression that having a Yamato class BB (Musashi) can help me win the map easily. Boy was I wrong. Basically, the north route (2DD 2BB (slow) 2CV) is very fuel intensive and no matter how many times I try, the boss will live. Type 1 AP shells may have helped, but it still does not do enough to kill her. Having 2 CV does help gaining air superiority but at the same time you have two guaranteed sitting ducks at night battle, which in my opinion, sucks. Night battle is extremely important in order to sink the flagship since Diamond formation will protect their flagship (pretty much) forever. I grinded Fubuki to kai-ni and gave the director to Ushio kai-ni (because I already maxxed her Anti Air), but that did not save me. The south route is a lot better. The first node after B is similar to the north route which was ... ok I suppose. The main differences are the 2nd and 3rd battle nodes. 2nd battle node is merely 3 transport and 3 'stuff'. Air suppremacy can be attained here with a single seaplane bomber, letting you double attack and stuff taking very little damage in this node. Compared to the north 2nd battle node, this one is extremely safe. 3rd battle node in south route is night battle, really easy since you have 2DD 2CA(V) doing massive damage while BB doing good damage. As for the boss node, I have to say that it is extremely luck dependent i.e. you NEED to AA cut in to win. The battle before the last had no AA cut in, so I actually got D rank but the final battle has AA cut in = S rank, flagship sunk. 0 sitting ducks. real difference.