Name: 戰艦世界-傳奇歸來。武藏 (World of Warships - Return of the Legend: Musashi)
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There is a reason why the Japanese navy  decided to create the colossal Musashi

The production and industrial potential of Japan fell far behind that of the United States,

and they understood well that they had  no chance of winning a naval arms

race going face to face with their rivals.

To compensate for this gap, Japan sought a  venturous plan to compensate lack

Their plan was to develop superior technology to construct a battleship wielding guns

Battleship Musashi was designed to be the world's most powerful battleship,

The 46-cm gun mounted on the Musashi was nothing  short of that in both firepower and range.

Ironically, the Japanese navy's dream of naval superiority through powerful battleships

was shattered by none other than themselves.

In 1944, Musashi underwent modification  to install more anti-aircraft armaments;

secondary guns on both sides of the ship were dismounted to make space for equipping

You may recognize this design as the one seen  on battleship Yamato in World of Warships.

Back then, everyone was expected to enroll  in the military around the age of 20,

When I joined the Navy, I've heard rumors  that the Japanese Navy

had a colossal battleship in their disposition,  those even the United States had not owned.

Those colossuses was indeed rumors about the Yamato and Musashi.

I was the only one of the graduates to be designated to the Musashi,

and my assigned destination was to be a top secret.

I was forbidden to inform any of my colleagues nor my families.

I've kept my silence and boarded my transport  on Yokosuka to sail to the Truk Island.

I was posted to the 5th division, in charge of anti-aircraft guns.

My duty was to assist the commander in  directing the anti-aircraft armaments

placed on the starboard side of the bridge.

I learnt to operate the range  during my training,

so I was appointed to this important role even in my young age.

In the Battle of Leyte Gulf,  my assigned post

was the second best place to scan  the entire ship, besides the command post.

But since I was in the dead center  of the bridge,

it felt as  if all of the enemies' attacks were heading towards me.

During the enemy aerial attack in the Sibuyan Sea,

a bomb struck near the bridge  and damaged the gun control device.

Shortly after, a torpedo struck near the starboard side, right under my nose.

I would assume this damage also  cut off the auxiliary signal circuits.

As a result, not a single command could be relayed to the anti-aircraft guns

where they had to be manually controlled individually.

Until the afternoon, the Musashi  was hit with 5 aerial raids in total.

The first waves of incoming enemies were few, but I could feel the enemy focusing

their fire on the Musashi as her  damage began to stand out.

After falling behind the fleet, the attack intensified,

and we felt as if several hundred planes  were heading towards us.

After being hit with the 5th raid,  Musashi's portside bow was

The slope gradually became steeper, and  stern side of the ship was starting to rise.

We have tried to compensate the tip  by latching off the port side anchor.

No matter how hard we tried,  the slant was getting worse

By night, all crew on board were  ordered to assemble above deck…

which meant we were going  to prepare for evacuation.

By this time, many survivors climbed out  from inside the hull and gathered on the deck.

They were shocked to see the Musashi's  deck riddled with holes and the bridge in ruins

Majority of the crews on board had no  way of knowing of the Musashi's condition.

My senior officer carrying a frightened  young soldier was the first to take the jump.

I was lucky enough to land on the water, but many of my comrades were not so fortunate.

I have heard many were torn with the sharp edges of the shell holes.

Later, I was rescued by the destroyer  Hamakaze's cutter boat.

I have later learned that out of the 11 men in my squad, 9 survived.

My senior officer and the young soldier  with him were deemed missing in action.

the majority of survivors were left in the Philippines,

Mr. Tsukada was pardoned to return  to Japan due to his injuries

and spent the rest of his time during  the war in his post as anti-air

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