VRで戦艦大和ツアー Part 2
Okay, pulling myself together! We’re now passing the main turret on our left, heading towards the center of the ship. Have you noticed that this deck you’re walking on is slightly sloped? This was apparently known among the crew as ‘Yamato-zaka’ – the Yamato Slope. Eh? Why is it sloped, you ask? Well, apparently it’s for some clever reason like installing those giant cannon chunks slightly lower to stabilize the ship’s center of gravity so it wouldn’t wobble so much. Alright, we’ve reached the central part of the ship! Everyone, please look up! This is the Yamato’s bridge! Looks kind of like a high-rise apartment building, doesn’t it? Seems like laundry would dry really well up there! Okay, since we’re here, let me briefly explain the structure of this giant bridge, from top to bottom. First, the very top part. See all those antennas and poles and whatnot clustered up there? That’s where things like the radar for spotting enemies, and the large ‘Rangefinder’ for accurately measuring distance to targets were. The eyes and ears of the Yamato, so to speak. A little below that is the First Bridge, where the oh-so-important Captain gave orders. Further below that is the Second Bridge – the second office, I guess you could call it. And then, there’s that part that looks particularly bulky and sturdy, right? That’s the ‘Conning Tower’! It was heavily protected with thick steel plates that not even a thief could get through, ensuring command could be maintained until the very end. Now, shift your gaze just a little downwards… Yes, focus on the slightly lower part of the bridge. Look, see that crew member about to enter there, looking like they’re saying ‘heave-ho’? Next, let’s go check that out! Come on, follow me! Oh my, everyone, you’re all sitting there looking like skilled marksmen! Oh my, everyone, you’re all sitting there looking like skilled marksmen! ou could form a small baseball team with that many! Have you seen the movie ‘The men of Yamato’? Actually, this is exactly where those handsome actors Kenichi Matsuyama, Takashi Sorimachi, and Shido Nakamura were conducting anti-aircraft combat! However, while they were shown operating them manually, clank-clank, in the movie, to tell you the truth, most of the anti-aircraft machine guns aboard the Yamato weren’t that analog. They used a more high-tech system called remote control, operated from a different location, kind of like a video game – ‘Beep-beep-boop, BANG!’. Sounds like the dawn of a new era, doesn’t it! It’s TIGHT! What is this place! A closet? A storeroom!? Everyone’s squeezed in like sardines! You couldn’t get in here if you were a bit chubby! Okay, we’ve arrived! This is inside the rumored Machine Gun Fire Control Director! This, too, is because the blast wave from when that giant main gun goes BOOM! is no joke. So, to protect the important machinery, it was all squeezed tightly inside this sturdy casing. Safety first, so it couldn’t be helped. And so, from this cramped spot, they’d remotely control two or three of the machine guns outside, all at once, like shouting ‘Right face! Fire!’. Radar confirms unidentified flying objects rapidly approaching. Anti-aircraft action stations!
戦艦大和を高解像度でVR化しました。
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