Using Fuso and Ise for the Tokyo Express

What if Japan used the Fuso and Ise classes for Tokyo Express bombardments instead of the Kongos?

They would bring heavier guns but spend longer exposed to attack and consume more fuel, making greater losses on both sides likely.

Speed is the central constraint on using the older Japanese battleships in the Tokyo Express. Fuso- and Ise-class ships could deliver heavier bombardment and force a stronger American response. Their slower transit would keep them inside the air and surface threat envelope for longer, increasing the chance that Japan loses a capital ship. They also consume more scarce fuel, so any additional American losses must be weighed against a more expensive and less repeatable Japanese operation.