Alright now that the ship's been launched, I gotta ask. Why did they leave part of the bridge without windows? Is that where they put the bathrooms? Where they store their perishable foods? Or maybe the captain is secretly a vampire and can't be exposed to sunlight?
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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The naming is based on major naval battles/wars and their aftermath in Chinese history - Liaoning for the major naval battle of the first Sino-Japanese war (decisive Chinese naval defeat, destruction of the Beiyang fleet, lost control of all surrounding seas), Shandong for the Siege of Weihaiwei and Lushun massacre (decisive Chinese army defeat, major Japanese army presence in Shandong peninsula, 20-30K civilian murdered, Beijing directly threatened, Korea peninsula lost, Taiwan ceded to Japan); Fujian for Battle of Fuzhou (decisive French victory, complete destruction of the Fujian fleet with 0 French ship losses, Taiwan strait blockaded, Penghu Islands and Keelung ceded). 004 will likely be Guangdong for the first and second opium wars (HK ceded for 150 years, first major sign China was a fish and not a butcher in the Imperialist 19th century, kicked off century of humiliation). 005 will likely be Jiangsu for the Treaty of Nanjing.
It's easy in the excitement of new strength to forget the bloody and painful lessons that were a mainstay not that long ago. There's still a long road ahead, and we are all witnesses.
You are a dark-hearted vampire.
