>>55629For the light cruisers, I recommend dumping max armour, 3-4 of the best light cruiser turrets you have, the best floatplanes you have, and the best targeting system. If you want it to be a bit cheaper, go for 2 floatplane catapults, otherwise replace 1 with another turret. also put a secondary battery.
Make a separate shitter fleet with 1-2 of these cruisers and like 10 raisin destroyers, and put that on patrol at never engage or engage at low risk. Keep your massive deathstack fleet in port at engage at medium/high risk, at strike force so it doesn't eat all your fuel.
Using torp planes is another option but its still ass, especially as germany/italy because you have very little rubber and these planes are completely worthless after. A fleet also helps provide shore bombardment and can raid/protect convoys