User blog comment:Shinhwalee/Major Event Preparation Guide for Admirals (OUTDATED)/@comment-189.121.205.137-20150724170426/@comment-24930367-20150724180655

Devs only said 'carrier task force', they didn't said anything (yet) about what kind of battle you'll encounter later using that task force.

I would say YES if the battles are just old-fashioned brawl using carrier task force combined fleet, as long as you have good fighter planes your bauxite use will be fine...I think, you still have to worry about enemy AA defense, after all.

However, if the map you'll farm has a lot of aerial combat node (represented with double arrows, check 1-6 if you haven't), then 30k might not be enough, again, depending on your available fighter planes, enemy AA defense, and the map itself.

I guess you'd better stockpile until you feel comfortable, don't forget there is still 480 free bauxite everyday should your stock dropped to critical level.