...we managed to sink her this time,

but it took us going into night battle to do so.

To sink the Ru-class Kai battleship with our current fleet comp and equipment,

we'll have to take into account night battle with the boss.

But the battles leading up to it are still a problem... on top of the pre-boss night battle keeping us from advancing,

during day battle with the boss, ships that could've night battled may be heavily damaged or enemy escorts may evade damage.

Because of that, we have to expect drawn-out battles.

Operation Propo-

And to deal with those... we use Double Line instead of Line Ahead.

The carriers are put in the last fleet positions, so that they attack last... and we bring less of them too.

There is no other way.

In exchange, we'll bring two aviation batteships instead of one

to get more attacks in night battle...

Is there anything else we can do to increase our chances of victory...

Commander, would it be alright for me to present a proposal?

Yeah, go ahead.

Ise-san and Hyuuga-san can carry Zuiun, right? Note the Zuiun fairy on the left

Ah! We can go ahead and rely on their artillery spotting!

Fortunately, enemy airpower isn't great enough to pose a threat.

Our new Reppuu Kai has strong AA.

And then...