User blog comment:BasakaNZ/Thoughts and musings on effective ship levelling/@comment-24161900-20131214150139

For 4-3, i find it far more fuel efficient to use this setup

Flag : Wildcard/Level ship

ship 2 : pure Antisub ship (Verniy/Isuzu)

3/4 : Torp sisters.

5/6 : CV/CVL

Only downside is on the first node if you don't sink at least 4 ships it kinda sucks from there.

On the torp sisters, Put a single 12.7 on them so they can shoot planes in the 1st node. The torp sisters themselves are pretty good against subs, and it's better than having a BB + 2 antisub ships in fleet for fuel, and gives a higher chance of your flagship netting MVP.