Senkan "Yamato" Saigo No Kobo Jo / Rekishi Gunzo Shinsho 263-1

[Machine Translation] In April 1945, in the midst of a war situation in which defeat was imminent, the Imperial Japanese Navy's Second Fleet Command was in a state of confusion. What fate should be left to the remaining strength of the Combined Fleet, including the battleship "YAMATO" - suicide attack at sea or advance to Okinawa? The "YAMATO" departed, and a total of 12 ships accompanied by the heavy mineships "Oi" and "Kitakami" entered the air raid zone of the Okinawa invasion force led by the fierce General Spruance at a speed of 22 knots in the first alert navigational order. At the same time, the elite pilots of the Fifth Air Fleet, who were fully prepared for the attack, launched an all-out assault against the U.S. 58th Mission Group. Will they be able to defend the 1st Rangers?

昭和20年4月、敗色濃厚な戦況の中で、日本海軍第二艦隊司令部は迷っていた。戦艦「大和」をはじめとする連合艦隊の残存戦力を、いかなる運命に委ねるべきか-海上特攻か、沖縄進攻か?そして、往きて還らぬ「大和」は出航し、重雷装艦「大井」「北上」随伴の総勢12隻は、第一警戒航行序列、速力22ノットで猛将スプルーアンス率いる沖縄攻略部隊の空襲圏に突入した。…その時、満を持して出撃した第五航空艦隊の精鋭パイロットたちが米第58任務部隊に対し、怒濤の総攻撃を開始する。果たして彼らは、第一遊撃部隊を守りきれるか…。