Board Thread:Special Events/@comment-1820055-20141114104501/@comment-42.60.99.191-20141120121723

Spent the better half of my time on this dreaded level figuring out just how to reach the boss without someone getting blown to red, especially at preboss node G. Lost count of the number of attempts that ended in forced retreats. Many buckets were lost.

Using Surface Fleet seemed to do the trick.

HQ 101

Route C—D/E—G—J

Main

Akitsu-maru (44) Reppu, Shinden kai2, Fleet Command Facility

Hiyou (55) Reppu, Reppu, Reppu, Suisei (Comet) (Egusa Squadron)

Junyou (80) Reppu kai, Reppu, Reppu (601 Air Group), Saiun

Fusou (78) 46 cm, 35.6 cm, Type 91 AP Shell, Type 0 Recon

Mutsu (96) 46 cm, 41 cm, Type 91 AP Shell, Type 0 Recon

Nagato (82) 46 cm, Prototype 41 cm, Type 1 AP Shell, Type 0 Observation

Escort

Kitakami (96) 61 cm Quint (Oxygen) Torpedo, 61 cm Quint (Oxygen) Torpedo, Type A Ko-hyoteki

Jintsu (70) 20.3 cm (no.3), SKC34 20.3 cm, Type 98 Recon (Night Scout)

Shigure (79) 10 cm High Angle, 61 cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo, 61 cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo

Yukikaze (79) 10 cm High Angle, 61 cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo, 61 cm Quad (Oxygen) Torpedo

Tone (81) 20.3 cm (no.3), 20.3 cm (no.2), Type 0 Observation, Type 32 Surface RADAR

Ooi (94) 20.3 cm (no.3), 20.3 cm (no.2), Type A Ko-hyoteki

Fleet Command Facility was instrumental in securing victory. That brilliant piece of work gives you what is essentially a second chance in the event of node G wrecking one of your ships (and half the time someone does get wrecked).

This setup gets you air superiority for the final form of the boss. Forget about air parity/superiority for those non-final forms. There is simply no point in trying to fight with two  takoyaki Wo's for air power. Just try to whittle down as much of the boss as possible.

Support for the very last kill

2BB 41 cm guns in all slots

2DD 10 cm High Angle in all slots

2CV (Kaga, Hiryuu) Dive bombers in all slots

Last kill saw NO ONE cutting in. Tone was apparently entirely capable of taking out half the boss's health in a single double attack. She's that good. Ooi does this sometimes too.

Found Tanikaze right after that.