Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171207155334/@comment-32474711-20180116143358

If you have enough bauxite and screw to upgrade T0Recon to T2SPF, Suzuya is not your concern anymore because Kumano functions exactly the same. And for some first maps, Zuiuns can pretty much cover your fleet even in Normal mode except you want to try Hard right away. In fall 2017 E2 i used a wild Hyuuga to bring all 40 Zuiuns to achieve AS in order to unlock routes. And for the last maps or EO maps, which i assume that you will go with easy, 1-2 T2SPF is pretty much enough.

For LBAS, about 4 is good enough, the usual formation is 2 bombers and 2 fighters. You may look at the quest chain which reward you PBY-5A Catalina, which will increase the range of your LBAS. If you have it, you can use your carrier-base bomber as well in some absurd range (261 bauxite each try is pretty horrible to your bauxite). But if you have Akitsushima, it is not necessary.