readx; At that time, the food ration of Japanese naval soldiers was 6 hats of rice (about 0.18 kilograms) per person per day, 180 grams of meat, 50 grams of fish, 300 grams of vegetables, three pinchs of salt, and 2,500 to 3,000 calories. In order to prevent beriberi www.biquge.info the soldiers' staple food was barley rice mixed with half rice and half barley (sometimes 70% rice and 30% barley). Soldiers are generally in groups of 15 and are led by the squad leader to the soldiers' cafeteria for dinner. There is a separate cooking place near each cabin, so you can cook some things by yourself. During the battle, the kitchen used rice and dried plums to form rice balls, and sent them to various combat posts on the ship in "Sidoubo" wooden barrels.

Breakfast for officers above the rank of judge consists of dried fish, seaweed, miso soup, pickles (pickles), and white rice (Japanese people only eat porridge when they are sick); If someone wants to eat a Western-style breakfast, they can also tell the orderly the night before who will prepare an English breakfast such as coffee, cereal, bread, etc. The officers' lunch consisted of a Western-style full meal served in the order of soup, fish, meat, and dessert. Wear a coat when eating, whether it's hot or cold, and follow English table manners. The commander of the Combined Fleet dined in his private room, accompanied by orderlies; Sometimes, they also had meals in the Commander's Hall, and at the same time they had meals with the fleet dignitaries. The officers were divided into high and low ranks, and they ate in the officers' room and the junior officers' room. In the event of an exercise or combat mission, meals were delivered by the orderly to the officers of the command in various places within the bridge by elevator.

The Commander of the Combined Fleet has a rather complicated set of etiquette at lunch: the Chief of Staff sits in the center of the table, the Chief of Staff sits across from him, and the others include senior staff members, adjutants, Fleet Chiefs, Fleet Weather Chiefs, Fleet Chief Engineers, Fleet Comptrollers, Fleet Medical Chiefs, Fleet Judge Generals, Flagship Captains, and so on. Five minutes before the commander's meal, the military band gathers on the back deck to play classical music or Euro-American pop music instead of military songs, a tradition that is maintained even in battle, which is considered the band's daily practice time. Most of the officers and men finished their lunch as soon as possible and went to the aft deck to enjoy the music. However, this will only take place when at anchor. By the time the chief finished his meal and served the tea, the music was over.

The officer's dinner was Japanese-style and consisted of Japanese dishes such as sashimi, salt-grilled kaji, steamed eggs, pickled vegetables, and miso soup. When the warship is anchored in different places, there are local dishes such as lobster, sea bream, etc. After dinner, the officers who did not have enough to eat would ask the orderly soldiers for leftovers, in fact, the gang specially cooked an extra pot of rice to deal with these officers, plus a few poached eggs, poured soy sauce, black vinegar, etc., as a second dinner. In addition, officers have to pay for their own food, and young officers tend to spend a lot of money, while special service officers with families are more frugal. Even during the months when Kure Harbor had nothing to do, the ship's meals included curry rice, bananas, apples, macaroni, lettuce salad, etc.; As for the destroyers and submarines next to them, they only have the opportunity to improve their food when they dock at repair ships or mother ships.

By 5 p.m., when dinner was served for the whole ship, there was a commissary on the upper deck near the No. 1 main turret, from which officers and enlisted men could buy food for supper. The bartender is run by the chief bartender, and is stocked with bread, pancakes, and sweets baked on board, as well as toffee, yokan, biscuits, sake, beer, soft drinks, cigarettes, stationery, paper paper, matches, and more.

It is equipped with large washing machines and employs special laundry staff, who are among the civilian personnel employed by the army. The barber on the ship is also the same civilian status, and the haircut fee standard is 20 yuan for officers and above, 15 yuan for shaving the head, and 10 yuan for trimming the face; Soldiers were charged 13 cents, 8 cents, and 5 cents, respectively. The average daily income of the Yamato barber is about 1 yuan and 30 yuan, which is far higher than the business income on land, but once you get involved in the battle, you may not even be able to save your life.

All living and working areas are air-conditioned and heated by the strong residual power of the ammunition depot coolers and heated by steam heaters. The temperature inside the ship is constant, and the minimum temperature of the patient room is controlled at about 24 degrees Celsius and the maximum temperature is 28 degrees; The temperature range of air conditioning in the officer's quarters, office and canteen is 20-26 degrees, the ship's internal passage is 18-30 degrees, the operation room is 15-30 degrees, and the wheelhouse is 10 degrees to 32 degrees. Initially, when the refrigeration area in the ship was determined, it was planned to provide air-conditioning for all cabins on the ship. However, the Military Command Department felt that it was too luxurious to provide air-conditioning for the soldiers' quarters, so except for the soldiers' quarters near the flue and the officers' quarters, the soldiers' quarters in other areas were only ventilated by ventilators. In addition, in order to save fuel and reduce breakdowns, the chiller is rarely running at full capacity, so in addition to ensuring the temperature of the ammunition depot, the room temperature of the other compartments is higher than the rated temperature. In 1943, when Amaterasu was anchored in Truk, the room temperature was no higher than 38 degrees Celsius in the soldiers' cabins, no higher than 40 degrees in the engine cabins, and about 27 degrees Celsius in the official cabins, office offices, and starting stations.

It can carry 2,018 tons of fresh water, but in addition to boiler and steam turbine water, as well as drinking water, the fresh water that can be used for washing is very limited, and even the soldiers' kitchens use seawater for washing rice. Hot seawater is also used for bathing, from the commander of the Combined Fleet to ordinary soldiers, and then washed with fresh water. Only the commander, chief of staff, and captain of the ship have special public baths, and the deputy commander and below department chiefs, detachment leaders, and other officers and non-commissioned officers have special public baths according to their ranks. There are two men's bathrooms on board, and the sailors take a bath every three days, and the number of people bathing at a time is fifty or sixty. Before bathing, each person receives three wooden plaques, first exchange the first one for a small basin of hot water (fresh water) to scrub the whole body, hand over the second one and rinse it with hot seawater, and the third one rinse off the body with fresh water. In addition, some officers and soldiers received dripping water from the condensation outside the refrigerator pipes to scrub their bodies. Since the eighth era of the first generation of Yamato captains, in order to boost morale, every day before noon and in the afternoon, the entire crew of the ship must be bare-chested, and under the leadership of the captain, they will concentrate on the foredeck, middle deck and aft deck in the open air to do naval gymnastics. In addition, if the fleet is anchored in the tropical zone with heavy rainfall, if the weather forecast is rainy, all crew members are notified to gather on the top deck and take a bath in the rain. At the same time, canvas troughs for rainwater collection were erected on the front turret group, and the accumulated rainwater was stored in empty oil tanks, water filling troughs and iron drums for firefighting and washing.

The Commander's Suite of the Yamato was located near the center of the starboard side of the upper deck, contrary to the tradition of battleships being located at the stern of the ship. From the bow to the stern of the ship, there is the officer's office (office), the officer's office (conference room and the officer's dining room), the officer's private room (bedroom), the bathroom and the toilet. In front of this room is the suite of the Chief of Staff of the Fleet, which also includes an office, bedroom and bathroom. The cabins of the Chief of Staff of the Combined Fleet and the Fleet Staff were located on the port side and on the middle deck in front and behind the lower part of the bridge. The entrance to the Chief's Suite is at the front of the Chief's Office, and there is a rectangular conference table and dining table, seven chairs on each side, and seats for the Commander and Chief of Staff at each end. There is a door leading to the chief's room at the right rear of the governor's seat, which contains a desk and a set of writing chairs, a small sofa and a coffee table for six people, a couch for three people, and a bookcase. The chief's room has a door leading to the corridor next door, and there is a chief's pantry with 8 sets of silver tableware for 96 people, 12 sets of high-grade "Minoyaki" porcelain tableware, 4 sets of Japanese and Western-style tea sets, and 8 sets of wine and coffee sets. There are also food items such as liquor, tea, biscuits, chocolates, cigarettes, and canned food for the governor. The opposite direction of the governor's office is the governor's private room, which has a single bed, a writing desk, a couch, a bookcase, a wardrobe, a safe, a telephone and air conditioner everywhere, a silver-gray wool carpet, and a coffee-colored chestnut wood panel, which is very luxurious. There is a small corridor in the governor's private room, with a bathroom with a shower and bathtub on the left hand, a toilet on the right hand, and a lieutenant's room and the governor's bedroom in front.

Amaterasu even had special sleepers for ordinary soldiers (one-third of the total number of soldiers, the rest of the soldiers still lived in hammocks). With a full capacity of 10,000 people, its per capita living area is 12.8 square meters, compared to only 2.6 square meters for the Nagato class and about 1 square meter for destroyers. Most of the Yamato-class soldiers' quarters are located in front of the hull, with white cabins and three-tiered berths, 1.8 meters long and 0.75 meters wide, while officers have double-deckers with two or four people in a room.

The Fleet Staff Officer lives in a room on the port side of the center, with a single bed, a writing desk, a wardrobe and a folding washbasin. For example, the chief staff officer of the Combined Fleet, who had drawn up the plan for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, was forever burning incense, with pieces of paper scattered all over the floor, and "Asahi" cigarette butts piled up in a hill in the ashtray. The living facilities on the Amaterasu are complete and comfortable; Moreover, since the start of the war between Japan and the United States, almost all of them have been anchored in Truk, staying at home, not going to the battlefield, and living a leisurely and comfortable life, no wonder it will be ridiculed by other warship officers and soldiers as the "Amaterasu Hotel".