Board Thread:Game Updates/@comment-3502824-20171207155334/@comment-28358541-20180205212808

All IJN destroyers are low on fuel at all times when on these long missions. When Shima was trying to catch up to Nishimura one would conclude 'full speed' must be used. But the rate at which destroyers eat their fuel would have made combat not possible. The amount of time a destroyer can operate on all of its boilers is quite limited. So in the case of the southern force conserving fuel helped keep them apart from one another. (Plus Nishimura might've not wanted to slow down for various reasons). So I can totally see this also being an issue for the main body.