Shinsei Saikyo Senkan "Yamato" 3 (Victory Novels)

[Machine Translation] The Imperial Japanese Navy conducts a massive bombardment by the battleship Yamato to destroy the U.S. air base on Guadalcanal Island. The surprise attack succeeds, but misses the top-secret Malabar anchorage, which had been built in secret. Meanwhile, a B17 bomber lands at the same anchorage. Meanwhile, after the attack on Ga Island, the Japanese military, having obtained information on the U.S. fleet headed for Munda, rushed the battleship Yamato and the seaplane carrier Mizuho to the island, but the latter was sunk by a B17 bomber flying from the direction of Ga Island. The airfield on Ga Island was still alive. The Japanese forces, thinking so, conducted a thorough reconnaissance by submarines and finally discovered the Malava Airbase. A special attack force was formed and launched to attack Ga Island....

日本海軍はガダルカナル島の米航空基地を壊滅させるため、戦艦大和による巨弾砲撃を実施。奇襲攻撃は見事成功するが、極秘裏に造られていたマラバ泊地を見逃してしまう。そんな中、同泊地に一機のB17爆撃機が着陸する。一方、ガ島攻撃後、ムンダに向かう米艦隊の情報をつかんだ日本軍は、同島に戦艦大和、そして水上機母艦瑞穂を急行させるのだが、ガ島方面から飛来したB17爆撃機により水上母艦瑞穂が沈没してしまう。「ガ島の飛行場はまだ生きている」。そう考えた日本軍は潜水艦による偵察を徹底的に行い、ついにマラバ泊地を発見。ガ島攻撃部隊を特別編成し出撃するのだが...。