...hey, what are you guys doing?

...Damn it... Hey... Everyone...

We can continue to fight as long as we want

I want to fight by your side!

Where is everyone!?

Is everyone alright?

I'm begging you, don't leave me behind!

I'll protect you all!

Please!

Kiso, KISO!!

-so

Kiso-san

Hatsuharu

American's forces attack Manila City. The Battle of Manila.

February 3rd, 1945 (Showa 20)

Huh...? Oh.

Oh, so my order made it through.

We can brag to Okinami once she arrives.

Everyone from back then managed to get their Kai Ni.

Hey... aren't you forgetting about me ?

Sources are conflicted about Akebono being in Manila or in nearby Cavite. American records seem to show Akebono at Cavite.

Ah, Kiso-san, seems like this is your new weapon.

What is it? Is it needed in fleet battle?

No, this is fine.

With this, next time I'll even be able to

protect them on foot.

December 15th, 1955 (Showa 30) The Kiso is finally refloated. On January 30th of the next year, she is towed to northern Manila Harbour to be scrapped.

That was ten years after the war had ended.

Yeah... I suppose.

You guys don't seem so good... Like you're half gone or something...

What are you spacing out for?

Your Kai Ni's been done for a while now.

I can only fight on water.

Let's stick together everyone, all right?

Don't take my armaments away, I can't fight without them.

I'll fight, even without my weapons.

Kiso Dead: 89 Casualties: 105

And fought on foot.

Run, Ushio!

Morning, November 13, 1944 (Showa 19) Aircraft from the American Task Force 38 raid Manila Bay. Task Force 38's carrier tasks groups 38.1 (Hornet, Monterey, and Cowpens), 38.3 (Essex, Ticonderoga, and Langely), and 38.4 (Enterprise and San Jacinto), amounting to over 350 aircraft.

Okinami

Okinami is sunk.

A series of near misses sets Hatsuharu afire and her hull lists to starboard.

Near misses spring leaks in Ushios's hull and damage her starboard boiler.

Ushio undergoes emergency repairs and retreats to Lingga.

Evening - Fleet HQ sends Hatsuharu the signal to retreat three times.

It is said that the hull of Hatsuharu was still burning two days later...

Whaat? In this shallow water, we don't have to worry about sinking at all

For a few days, the crew of Kiso protected themselves by firing machine guns from the wreckage of her hull.

However, after removing the equipment and dismantling the bulkheads, they abandoned the Kiso

Roasted by the flames, she grounded under heavy damage.