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|starT_to_D = Carrier Task Force

|starT_to_D = Carrier Task Force

|start_to_F = Mixed Speed Surface Task Force

|start_to_F = Mixed Speed Surface Task Force

|A_to_C = Unknown

|A_to_C = CLT=3

|A_to_E = Unknown

|A_to_E = CLT≤2

|E_to_H = Active Branching

|E_to_H = Active Branching

|E_to_J = Active Branching

|E_to_J = Active Branching

|F_to_G = Active Branching

|F_to_G = Active Branching

|F_to_H = Active Branching

|F_to_H = Active Branching

|G_to_I = LoS check. Failure to L

|G_to_I = LoS check. Failure sends to L

|G_to_L = CLT=3 or failure on LoS check

|G_to_L = CLT=3 or failure on LoS check

|M_to_L = Random if CLT=3 or SS≥1<br>Failure on LoS check

|M_to_L = Random if CLT=3 or SS≥1<br>Failure on LoS check

|M_to_O = Random if CLT=3 or SS≥1<br>If CLT=3 and previous node was K<br>LoS check. Failure sends to L

|M_to_O = Random if CLT=3 or SS≥1<br>CLT=3 '''and''' previous node was K<br>LoS check<br>Otherwise LoS check.

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|tips =  

|tips =  

*The Carrier Task Force mitigates damage and tends to send you to Node D; in this case, branching to H is recommended as the southern route contains a [[Battleship Princess]].

*The Carrier Task Force mitigates damage and sends you to Node D; branching to H is recommended as the southern route contains a night battle against a torpedo squadron led by [[Heavy_Cruiser_Ri-Class#Flagship|CA Ri-Class Flagship]] followed by a day battle against [[Battleship Princess]], both of which can be devastating.

*The Surface Task Force sends you to node F, giving you a choice between the [[Anchorage Water Demon]] (Middle) route with an extra [[Roma]]-dropping node, or the northern route which is the safest choice, containing a night battle node against a [[Battleship Princess]].

*A mixed-speed Surface Task Force sends you to node F, giving you a choice between the middle route containing [[Anchorage Water Demon]] but with an extra [[Roma]]-dropping node (K, hard difficulty only), or the northern route containing a night battle node against a [[Battleship Princess]] and a day battle against a torpedo squadron.

**The Surface Task Force is recommended for your final run on hard due to [[Aircraft Carrier Princess]] and [[Battleship Water Demon]] as it helps defend your escort fleet for night battle and swaps out a few carriers for battleships.

*A fast-speed Surface Task Force fleet is first sent to A ({{fuel}} maelstrom) then (if not sent to C) given the same choice as the Carrier Task Force. Without question, this is '''NOT''' recommended as the fuel loss will result in you evading less attacks at pre-boss and boss nodes, reducing your combat capability.

*Node M (Preboss) contains an [[Aircraft Carrier Princess]].

*For final run attempts:

**With equipment designed for night battle activating, the northern route is not very threatening; [[Battleship Princess]] typically will only inflict scratch damage on your ships, and no other enemy ship in that node is equipped with DA/CI setup. Thus, a mixed-speed Surface Task Force fleet going northern route usually only has to worry about pre-boss node and the boss node; it also conserves your escort fleet's strength, with the trade off being more damage to the first fleet.

**A Carrier Task Force fleet going through the middle route can also work. You can put 3 CLTs in the fleet in this case, so your first fleet should more likely be able to focus on the boss because your escort fleet should (ideally) clean up the other mobs.

**Boss node has AS on final run attempts ([[Aircraft Carrier Princess]] on Hard and Normal, [[Standard_Carrier_Wo-Class#Flagship|Wo-Class Flagship]] on Easy).

*Node M (Pre-boss) contains an [[Aircraft Carrier Princess]] (so Hard and Normal final runs see her in back-to-back nodes).

*Example compositions:

*Example compositions:

**(F)BBx3 CVLx2 CAV, CLTx2 CL CA DDx2 (Surface)

**(F)BBx3 CVLx2 CAV, CLTx2 CL CA DDx2 (Surface) [Note that you need to be mixed-speed]

**BBx2 CVx4, DDx2 CL CLTx3 (or DDx2 CL CA CLTx2) (Carrier)

*Consider using a shelling [[Expeditions#Support_Expeditions | support expedition]] to assist with the boss kill.

*Consider using a shelling [[Expeditions#Support_Expeditions | support expedition]] to assist with the boss kill.

|A_label = Maelstrom

|A_label = Maelstrom

|A1_node_info = fuel

|A1_node_info = fuel

|B1_node_info = No Combat

|B1_node_info = <span style="color:blue">"No enemy sighted" (battle avoided)</span>

|C1_node_info = No Combat

|C1_node_info = <span style="color:blue">"Must be my imagination" (battle avoided)</span>

|D1_node_info = No Combat

|D1_node_info = <span style="color:blue">"No enemy sighted" (battle avoided)</span>

|E1_node_info = No Combat

|F1_node_info = No Combat

|E1_node_info = (no combat)

|F1_node_info = (no combat)

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|G_label = 増援部隊<br>先遣水雷戦隊

|G_label = 増援部隊<br>先遣水雷戦隊

|K1_form = line_ahead<br>double_line

|K1_form = line_ahead<br>double_line

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|L1_node_info = No Combat

|L1_node_info = <span style="color:blue">"No enemy sighted" (battle avoided)</span>

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|M_label = ステビア海方面艦隊<br>機動部隊

|M_label = ステビア海方面艦隊<br>機動部隊