Operation Ten-Go
Uchida uses the shore leave to escape the hospital and rejoin the crew. Meanwhile, IJN representative Vice-Admiral Ryūnosuke Kusaka arrives and briefs the admiral-in-charge of "Yamato", Vice-Admiral Seiichi Itō, and the other senior officers, of the details of "Operation Ten-Go". It will almost certainly be a suicide mission - and with no air cover, the entire Japanese force will be extremely vulnerable to Allied attacks, making it unlikely that they will even reach Okinawa. Fights break out among the crew as some believe the mission is futile, but an officer convinces them that the "Yamato", as Japan's last operational battleship, must make every effort to defend the nation.