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Tennousu wrote: The power of Wild Guess.

OT: I hope it's really Asashio, lol. No, Asashio is confirmed.

I was asking about the Battle of Bismarck Sea part.

The twitter said:

第八駆逐隊を率いて僚艦「大潮」たちと共に活躍した、ある朝潮型駆逐艦の改二改装の実装準備を進めています. 奮戦の後、大切な約束を果たして沈んでいった彼女.

"A certain Asashio-class DD who led the 8th Destroyer Division, saw active action with Ooshio, and sunk after realizing a very important promise."

Asashio was the flagship of the 8th Destroyer Division, and her commander Satou Yasuo had a mutral promise with the captain of fleet collier Noshima, Matsumoto: "If any one of us ran into trouble, the other will come to rescue."

On 3 March 1943, after the Battle of Bismarck Sea, Noshima was hit by Allied planes, and later collided with Arashio due to inability to control her rudder. As both ships are going down, the fleet commader Kimura ordered the remaining ships to retreat. However, Satou replied "I HAVE A PROMISE WITH NOSHIMA'S CAPTAIN, I WILL RETREAT AFTER RESCUEING NOSHIMA" by telegraph. Asashio went back to rescue Noshima and Arashio alone, causing her to be further attacked and sunk by more Allied planes. Matsumoto survived and was later rescued by submarine Ro-101, but Satou went down with Asashio.