admiral, hibiki, inazuma, fubuki, ikazuchi, and 4 more (kantai collection) drawn by mizumoto_tadashi

Range?

Heavy and light cruisers are mostly medium-range.

Example

Well then, commencing bombardment!Battle start line

If the enemy's strength can be whittled down at the beginning with the battleships' long range and high firepower,

And above all else, the greatest feature of battleships is...!

Bam

then the battle will proceed in our favor as well, right?

Blackboooard!!

Their Side

A commander that's captured the sea areas up until this point should already know this,

Destroyers are short.

Battleship Range: Long

Bam

And battleships' main batteries are long.

Heavy Cruiser Range: Medium

Destroyer Range: Short

then proceeds ship by ship in order of range, alternating between ally and enemy.

Our Side

Ku ma

Battleship Range: Long

Ooh, Kirishima's battle-ready

From the brain of the fleet, Kirishima—

Light Cruiser Range: Medium

the Kirishima Cram School is now in session!

Range Order

but the shelling phase begins with shelling from long-range battleships.

No matter how long the range, our shelling and the enemy's will still alternate.

The shelling phase begins with the longest-range ship among the allied shipgirls...