I said I was going to do E-6 on easy mode, but my pride wouldn't let me. I tried copying Zealot's fleet, but of course there were some major differences:
1) I don't have Yamato or Musashi. I had to substitute Nagato and Mutsu - who are at Level 48.
2) I don't have Bismarck. I used Chikuma instead.
3) I don't have any CLTs. I used Fubuki - my highest-level destroyer at 94 - with anti-air equipment.
4) I don't have Ayanami or Yukikaze. I had to use Shigure as the luck-based torpedo destroyer, and Yudachi with Skilled Lookouts as the other.
5) My Junyo isn't K2 - so all her slots had to hold fighters in order to obtain air superiority over the Carrier Princess.
So obviously my fleet is nowhere as strong as the Grand Admiral's, but I hoped I could increase my chances by playing on normal mode and not hard, and by bringing a boss support expedition.
In about 10 sorties, I've gotten the boss down to 1/4 life, with three clean S victories and a bunch of A victories that took some pixels off of the boss lifebar. The resource drain is immense, but my stockpile looks like it can handle the drain.
Also, I ran three rabbit hunt sorties on E-3.
I said RABBIT. Does the game not understand?