Compared with the Chinese and most people from other countries, the French attach more importance to eating. It seems that the Chinese sailors have just eaten and stopped eating, and they are drinking water, tea, and coffee while eating. There are large teapots and large coffee pots everywhere on the warship, and whoever wants to drink tea and coffee can pour a cup at any time. The Chinese officers did not allow the sailors to drink, so the soldiers' desire to drink was dispelled. Alcoholic beverages were never brought on board, and officers and enlisted men were not allowed to drink alcohol. Soldiers could buy drinks other than coffee, such as soda, ice cream, and a variety of sweet drinks, in the ship's cafeteria, but nothing alcoholic. They can also buy clothes, cosmetics, gifts for family and lovers, cigarettes, entertainment items, radios, and everything else that will appeal to these extraordinary customers, wealthy sailors. For a while, the restaurant also secretly sold a variety of so-called flags seized from the islands and some elaborate counterfeit trophies. Subsequently, the command banned this illegal trade. The use of private radios is always permitted. Listening to radio broadcasts is part of the break, it is permissible and even encouraged, and everyone can listen to their favorite radio programs, as well as listening to Radio Tokyo's Mandarin broadcasts. It's just that each radio is inspected by the ship's technicians to ensure that it does not produce any interfering magnetic fields. Nor can the soldiers go without movies. Movies are shown several times a week on the hangar deck (below the flight deck). Soldiers are either satirical or sarcastic about patriotic films (almost all soldiers in the world generally despise patriotism, but the political axes of various countries are very clear that patriotism is still beneficial), and they like to watch comedies. The most successful are the battle films made on aircraft carriers, in which soldiers can see themselves and their allies. These movies are mainly shown to sailors who are fighting in the cabin and can't see the battle scenes at all.

Another deep impression of the movie "Sea Fighter" to the audience is that in terms of dress, the officers and men on the ship have enviable freedom. It's hard to believe that these young men in different attire are soldiers. It seems that everyone can wear whatever they want, and many people like to wear sportswear and actor uniforms. All these clothes are colorful and aesthetically pleasing, in fact, this is mainly because when a Chinese aircraft carrier sails on the sea, the soldiers wear different colors of clothes according to the different branches of the army, which is very convenient for work. The clothes are of good texture, easy to wear, and suitable for various jobs and climates. There are so many types of clothes that there is no exact noun that can name them all. Sailors generally wear blue or khaki jumpsuits with a thick sweater and a variety of wide tunics or jackets. The color of sweaters and jackets marks their trade. The difference in their costumes can be seen more specifically on the flight deck. Marines wear khaki canvas uniforms. Officers wear khaki trousers and shirts, black ties for breakfast, and white for dinner. Many officers and soldiers wore short sweatpants during the day. Outside of duty hours, officers and men can wear vests and shorts on the deck, and this clothing is called "Yuguang Yukata." All officers and men, especially those who usually work in the cabins, are encouraged to go to the deck to do sunbathing, but they are strictly guarded against shooting sickness. Because the regulations stipulate: "Failure to fight and dereliction of duty is a crime." ”

The film reflects discipline on an aircraft carrier, or rather the surname of the officer-soldier relationship. It can be said that "military discipline" is not as strict as it is seen in Europe, but often makes people feel that soldiers are not like soldiers, but like workers working in factories, to be more precise, like sports teams that strive for good results. To fully understand this issue, it is also necessary to have served as a sailor on a Chinese aircraft carrier. Of course, the Chinese Navy imposes very severe penalties for serious mistakes, and the hierarchical relationship between officers and men during parades, inspections, and ceremonies is extremely strict. However, under normal circumstances, the relationship between officers and soldiers is not like that of a military person, but a relationship with the surname of industry and sports, and there is no stiffness in the attitude. At least part of this notion stems from the idea of **. The most obvious manifestation of this trend is that on the Chinese [***] ship, the officers and men are fed the same food. "What the soldier can't eat, the officer can't eat, and if necessary, if the soldier's ration is compressed, then, at the same time, the officer's ration must be reduced." From the actual information available, it appears that these provisions have indeed been implemented. For those who have not experienced military life firsthand, this characteristic may seem inconsequential. However, all of this is indeed crucial. There is a very different attitude towards tasks and dangers between a sailor who knows that the general and the captain eat the same meal as themselves, and a sailor who knows that there is a sumptuous meal on the officer's table that he cannot eat. On the one hand, the basis for formulating these regulations is that it originates from China's ideology, and on the other hand, it is a relatively wise assessment of the psychological conditions that can turn a citizen into a capable fighter in modern warfare. Of course, this system only applies to ** countries, not ** countries.

Another qualitative situation is that the crew is fully aware of the battles in which the warship participates. In the middle of the battle, a full-time officer sat on the bridge and described what he saw in front of a microphone, and the whole ship could hear his narration. In wartime, sailors on warships in European countries almost always did not know where they were going, and even most officers were often ignorant. Speculation about the ship's whereabouts became the subject of private conversations, and as soon as the Chinese aircraft carrier set sail, the captain personally explained the course to the entire crew. The officers and men were satisfied. The captain didn't think there was any harm in telling the crew the course, unless it was a direct line for the battlefield.

Aircraft carriers must operate during the day with dual protection from the air: high-altitude protection against enemy aircraft and low-altitude protection against enemy submarines. That is, the aircraft takes off and lands on the flight deck several times a day. The planes came and went on the deck, and the movements were frequent, and the scene was particularly strange and spectacular.

Before landing on deck, the aircraft circles in an ideal space above the aircraft carrier, called a landing circle. When people walked out of the cabin of the "Xuanyuan" and boarded the ramp of the "Ship Island", an open field with a length of more than 300 meters and a width of more than 40 meters appeared under their feet, swimming rapidly on the sea surface. It is important to remember that the flight deck moves against the wind at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour. When the plane takes off and lands, everything on the deck is suddenly swept into a violent turbulent air current, and people have to bend over the air flow to walk, one by one, as if gravity has become horizontal. Right now, the deck is empty. A call came from high up to the empty deck: "Prepare the plane to land!" "This is the loudspeaker in the command and dispatch room. A few seconds later, the sound of "plane landing" came from the loudspeaker again. On the hoistrope of the "ship island", the red flag was lowered and the white flag was raised. An airplane left the landing circle and approached the stern. The first to go into action on an aircraft carrier was the commander of the aircraft landing. He stood on the platform on the port side jutting out to sea, facing the stern of the boat, watching the planes approaching. The commander held a brightly colored clapper and waved it according to clear rules to direct the plane to land. The clapper in his hand is not a solid plane, but a hollowed-out frame, and the short belt nailed to the frame is taut against the wind, forming a plane that the pilot can see clearly. The movements of the landing commander are quite artistic. This movement is not a pure technique, but a true art. Because the object of this action is people, and the specific situation is always ever-changing. Landing on the flight deck is a technique for all pilots, but each pilot has its own characteristics. The situation is complex and varied, and the landing of a pilot when he runs out of fuel or is exhausted after a fierce battle is very different from landing on the return of a customary patrol. Some pilots came back with injuries, while others had damaged planes. The landing commander must be able to see these differences and, often, feel them. The pilot was injured, it was not visible on the deck, and the damage to the aircraft was not completely visible. However, the attitude of the aircraft flying and the way it descended was obvious. The landing commander must know or guess what happened to the aircraft in order to guide the pilot accordingly. Sometimes, pilots can't land successfully in one go. The plane swept over the deck like lightning, circled in the air, and turned to the stern. The landing commander redirects and controls the plane to land according to his intentions. Sometimes, the landing commander's intentions were clear at a glance and the guidance was so precise that it was as if two lines were leading the plane on two bright clappers, which made onlookers look at it with great pleasure. At night, the landing commander replaced the clapper with two bright glow-in-the-dark sticks. Needless to say, it's definitely more difficult. There were several aircraft landing commanders who were well-known in the Chinese Navy.

When the plane arrived exactly above the deck in the landing position, the landing commander immediately gave the signal to "cut off". The pilot turned off the engine, the plane touched the deck, taxied for a section, the landing hook hung on a spring steel cable stretched across the deck, and the plane quickly stopped. As soon as the plane's landing hook was hung on the steel cable, the next step began. Several groups of personnel dressed in various costumes rushed to the plane from both sides of the runway, pushing the plane forward, or pushing it onto the lift platform (there are four lift platforms on an aircraft carrier, each the size of a tennis court, and the three lift platforms are completely on the same plane as the deck) for refueling and maintenance, and there are people up and down who are responsible for the division of labor. They wore tight sweaters, jackets, and sometimes cloth hats, and in different colors: the traffic signalman and beacon were all yellow, the hook group was green, the ammunition and fuel group was red, the handyman was blue, the firefighters were white, and the mechanic, the "plane boss," was brown. These colourfully dressed crews weave from side to side on deck, while traffic signalmen appear to direct the planes that have landed on deck. The deck is divided into several work areas, each with a traffic signalman, who makes adjustments as soon as the plane arrives in his area. He commanded the fleet with his bare hands without any equipment. He stood on his back against the wind, leaning on the air waves, waving his arms, shaking his upper body, his pale yellow clothes flashing with it, and his whole body movements were coordinated and danced, although not as graceful and moving as the movements of the plane landing commander, but it was indeed a little artistic. Just as the team was busy, a man dressed in khaki came running single-handedly, holding a blackboard with riddle-like words written in chalk: "Is there any contact?" He showed it to the pilot, meaning to ask him if he had encountered an enemy. When the pilot shook his head and said "no", the plane was towed away. By this time, another plane had already taxied over.

The planes were lined up in stern formation before takeoff. The counterpart to the landing commander is the aircraft take-off commander. He stood on the deck facing the helm station, holding a white stick or a coloured checkered flag. The first plane entered the take-off runway, and the take-off commander turned the white stick in his hand, which means: "drive". He glanced over the deck to see that there were no obstacles on it, and then pointed the white stick upwards: "Take off." The plane taxied, took off, and immediately retracted the landing gear as soon as it flew off the deck. When the first plane ran to the front, the second plane was on the take-off runway. The wings of the torpedo plane were folded over the pilot's head and looked a lot like a biplane. As soon as the torpedo plane entered the take-off runway, the pilot's wings automatically opened, without the need for people on deck.

Adjusting the aircraft on the deck, even at a great distance from the enemy, is dangerous. This work is carried out in a hurry, with the roaring and deafening sound of the aircraft motors, and the strong air currents combined with the speed of more than 60 kilometers per hour (the speed of the aircraft carrier itself plus the speed of the wind) makes it very difficult to move. A fast-spinning propeller is a rolling knife without long eyes. However, when the plane took off and landed, the people on the deck acted according to the regulations, the crew danced a colorful ballet, the traffic signal officer jumped as if he was four steps slower, and the landing commander seemed to be doing a mantra, and one by one they were in a variety of postures, and they contrasted with each other, especially in the bright sunshine, which was even more interesting and made people never get tired of watching it.

At this time, the "Xuanyuan" went deeper and deeper into the control area of the person himself. The weather was sunny and sunny. The task force sailed the vast expanse of the seas while cutting off all radio contact. The blue sky is high, with only a few clouds floating at an altitude of more than 6,000 meters. The air protection fleet has already flown out of sight. It was getting late, and a single plane appeared in the sky, flying towards the back of the task force.

The plane, which was still 35 nautical miles from the fleet, was discovered by the watchman on the upper deck of the aircraft carrier. After a while, the people on the deck also saw it. The attendant recognized it as a bomber. The plane was out of the sky, following closely behind, almost above the task force's route. The fleet ploughed wide and deep tracks on the calm sea, which could be seen from far behind. Everyone was watching the plane. The Regulus is only 215 nautical miles from Kagoshima. As soon as this pilot discovers the fleet's tracks, the aircraft group in the islands will immediately pounce on the task force.

The plane did not deviate from its course at all. Maybe he didn't see the fleet's tracks, or maybe it was in this period of defeat and retreat, and he couldn't imagine that the Chinese [***] ship would go so far into the control area of the city. Wu Qianlong put down the binoculars and did not give any orders. After a while, the plane was gone.

The sun is setting.

The "Regulus" changed course for a while (standing against the wind), retracted the returning air protection group, and then turned around and continued its heading towards Kagoshima Island. Night had just fallen, and a bright moon was rising. Standing on the deck of the "Xuanyuan", one frigate after another was as vivid as the day. The task force was moving at a speed of 25 knots. The sea water changes with the direction of observation, and suddenly it is ochre-colored and suddenly gray-green. Every warship sailed by, and the sea was covered with white spray, leaving a trail.

During the night, the Wu Qianlong task force split up, and a group of ships led by Rear Admiral Lu Zhishen, including the heavy cruisers "Hubei" and "Hunan", plus a destroyer, was responsible for shelling Kagoshima. The fleet left the task force and attacked Kagoshima from a direction that surprised him most. The heavy cruiser "Anhui" led two destroyers to stab diagonally towards Yakushima at a fork in the road. The aircraft carrier alone and three destroyers continued on its way.

At 1:50 p.m. on 1 July, the first to start action on the aircraft carrier "Xuanyuan" were the cooks and waiters of the canteen, preparing a special breakfast with steak, ham and eggs, fried potatoes, Yangzhou fried rice, milk tea, and coffee. The pilot and the aircraft dispatcher met at 3 o'clock and had dinner at 3:15 a.m.

At 3:35, the ground crew came to the hangar and deck, and the pilots rushed to the standby room. Located below the flight deck, the standby room is air-conditioned and lined with comfortable leather chairs that look like a movie theater. A fluorescent board hung on the front, which was specially designed to show notices for pilots. The pilot, dressed in a flight suit, sat in a leather chair and waited for the final orders. At this time, the sirens sounded, calling the crew to combat duty, and the pilots quickly ran to the deck.

The moon still hangs high in the sky. There was not even a hint of wind at sea, and in order to facilitate the take-off of the aircraft, the aircraft carrier drove at full power. The pilots walked towards the planes assembled at the stern of the ship and boarded their respective planes. The planes were parked on the deck one after the other, like restless horses, a long runway stretched out in front of the plane, and the moonlight poured silently on the runway like water. At this time, the radio horn sounded: "Please leave the propeller,...... The engine starts. Suddenly, 80 planes started at once, and a thunderous roar erupted from the dense fleet. The sound of the radio horn was louder: "Prepare for the plane to take off...... The plane takes off! "The first plane entered the take-off runway. Opposite the bridge, in the middle of the deck, the bright baton in the hands of the take-off commander was seen turning. A blue electric flame erupted from the plane's spray can; The bright baton is pointed at the sky; The plane slid onto the moonlit runway, cocked its tail, and soared into the sky. The second plane slid into the take-off runway with a blast of blue flames.

(To be continued)