Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20150205083915/@comment-24930367-20150209040426

Forgot about this one. Hard, HQ 105. 9 sorties, 1 retreat, 3 kills.

The aim was to trade BB's firepower with air superiority...which honestly isn't the best choice. Didn't help that Akizuki NEVER PROC'd her AA cut-in at boss node despite using the setup that I've been using for months with considerable success rate. Granted that's mostly because I didn't equip her with Air Radar but I needed something to boost cut-in rate (which, again, isn't the best choice).

And amongst 8 boss encounters, I only saw ONE AA cut-in proc'd...and that was from Fubuki (when I set her up for double attack + radar)...which crippled BOTH of my DDs to taiha, I didn't even...

And the enemies were so smart, they kept aiming for my married Fubuki...

Anyway, this composition has (almost) no room of error at boss node; you can expect failure to kill if any of 4 night combatants got injured (though maybe you can still chip her) unless your fleet pulled last-minute-miracle like instant-death torpedo cut-in (which never happened in mine) or if the BB in question is Yamato.

Nagato:
 * 2x Shisei 41cm + Type 0 Observer + Type 32 Surface Radar.

Naka:
 * 20.3cm #2 + 15.5cm + Night Scout.

Akizuki:
 * 2x 10cm HA-FD, Star Shell/Searchlight.

Fubuki:
 * 10cm HA-FD, 2x Quint-mount Oxygen Torpedo.

Akagi, in this order:
 * Reppuu - Ryuusei Kai - Reppuu 601 - Type 21 Skilled Zero Fighter.

Kaga, in this order:
 * Reppuu - Reppuu 601 - Ryuusei 601 - Type 21 Skilled Zero Fighter.

Boss node support fleet for every single sortie:
 * Went with 2CAV 2CVL 2DD for preliminary kills and chipping purpose;
 * Switching to CA BB 2CV 2DD for the last.