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Difficulty: Hard Mode

I first ran a 3-carrier fleet to take out node L, then eventually focused on a 2-carrier fleet to kill the boss. The 3-carrier fleet is very similar to what other people used, so I'll focus on my boss-killing fleet.

Escort Fleet:

For boss support, I ran 4 CV, 2 DD. Each carrier was equipped with 3 dive bombers and 1 fighter, with the best dive bomber on the biggest slot and the fighter on the smallest. I used the best of my remaining dive bombers, in order: Suisei (601 Air Group), Ju 87C Kai, Suisei Model 12A, Suisei.

For node support, I ran 2 BB, 2 CV and 2 DD. The CVs mainly used torpedo bombers so that I could save the dive bombers for the main fleet and air support.

This fleet was very RNG dependent as usual, but when it worked I did big damage on the boss. This basically throws everything possible against the boss at the expense of attacking the escorts. As a result, I only got a couple of Bs and a lot of Cs. The escort fleet is not strong enough to finish the boss/escorts in night battle unless you get lots of critical hits. This fleet is definitely powerful enough for every run, I killed the boss with my opening airstrike on the first try of my final run (before the air support even showed up).