Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25033430-20151208182502/@comment-26574811-20151210025831

クッキー wrote: I disagree, the DDs in the first fleet don't really matter. It's not a problem of matter or not, it is REQUIRED to have seven DDs. I didn't event mention branching yet, they cound demand even more.

Once Tanaka puts carriers against transport TF, low level DDs in the first fleet will start to make you feel the pain. And yes, this is historically correct and will eventually happen.