To those who do t know jack shit about the mechanics of E-4 You will need dominate the last nodes of the map A-S rank (X and Y nodes) this is unlock phase 1 as you will get Z node unlock 2 you must end up at the Z nodes to unlock ZZ nodes and win A-S rank phase 2 unlock 3 you must not get any of you LBAS get damaged during an aerial assault mid boss unlock You can do this on different runs but remember you must have at least 4 historically accurate ships on sorties 1-2 After you do these 3 you must have the nishimura fleet and shima fleet ready and beat mid-boss (fusou and yamashiro abyssal) 4 last dance with the duck no specific about fleet requirements here but to be safe have at least 4 boats used historically they maybe the only way to get to ZZ nodes Tl;dr watch Death Usagi's 3 part guide on finishing this hell of a map...Tanaka... On a side note the deeper you get into the node the more cancerous the nodes get Z3 Z4 Z5 P and U nodes are cancerous but you need to take that path first, path 2 requires you to get to the rest of the Z nodes (nishimura/shima fleet is required) However your fleet must end up at Z6, and Z8 to prepare ten-go part 2 as getting out of philippine waters is more or less a requirement for the success of the final defense at Okinawa which Ooyodo explains in short this is a map that reqiures the player finishing it 4-5 times with 2 boss life gauges hahahahahaha
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I didn't understand a word!...and that's how we'll proceed. Is that acceptable?Such a cramped sea...The enemy's lineup for Surigao Strait has been determined.