Chokyoku Kyu Senkan "Hachi to" 2 (Victory Novels)

[Machine Translation] The gigantic battleship Yashima, which had accomplished the feat of bombarding the U.S. mainland, sailed off Port Moresby in an attempt to gain supremacy in the South Pacific. With her increased anti-aircraft capability due to refit and repairs, Yashima easily repelled the enemy's air attacks, and with the overwhelming bombardment by her menacing 64-centimeter main guns, she was able to capture Port Moresby and then New Caledonia, the final objective in the South Pacific. The Yashima Fleet continued its successful advance, but at the request of Germany, which was engaged in a series of fierce battles in Europe, a new target was set... the Arabian Peninsula. The invasion of the Arabian Peninsula was ordered. In response to this seemingly reckless plan, the British and American allied fleets intercept Yashima as he heads for the Arabian Peninsula with an aircraft carrier fleet. What fate awaits Yashima in the distant foreign seas?

米本土砲撃という偉業を成し遂げた超巨大戦艦「八島」は、南太平洋の覇権を握るため、ポートモレスビー沖に出撃した。改装修理により対空戦力が増加した八島は敵の航空攻撃を難なく退け、脅威の64センチ主砲による圧倒的な砲撃で、ポートモレスビー、続いて南洋の最終目的拠点であるニューカレドニア攻略を果たすこととなる。順調に快進撃を続ける八島艦隊であったが、欧州で激戦を重ねるドイツの要望により、新たな目標...アラビア半島攻略が命じられる。無謀とも思えるこの作戦を受け、空母艦隊とともにアラビア半島沖に向かう八島を、英米連合艦隊が迎え撃つ。遠い異国の海で八島を待ち受ける運命とは!?