Sailing the Indian Ocean - miss the days when the Navy

 Sailing the Indian Ocean - miss the days when the Navy Memorial Navy
Old Man of the sixtieth anniversary
a description: our military birth day life 10,000 sea miles, holding force 30 days and nights, for 200 students, 30 teachers were interns COSCO sea voyage. ship are equipped with weapons to fire on air and sea targets, with a certain self-defense capability, the submarine has a certain attack capability. 260,000 sea miles, the equivalent of more than 10 laps around the earth, more than 30 tracks around the world, sea and ports, creating a range of people as far as single-ship Navy, the highest rate in the aircraft, the Air District by the number of ports and up to four records abroad ; total of nearly 30,000 cadets in the ship internship, memory is unforgettable. that it was a voyage, travel 12,000 sea miles and has remained one of China's navy ship sailing record the farthest distance.
voyage officers and men in the ship commander
photo: President of the Dalian Naval Academy Major General Chen Ching quarter
Zhanjiang military port in the storm, the main Bo
pictures before sailing day at sea I do not specifically for people who work jobs and actually very dull very boring. I remember many people said the ship was will no sea. But it is this voyage, I saw some of the gap the Chinese navy. We are proud of data, the navy and marine power than really nothing to be proud of. But times through the experience of the South China Sea and the Malacca Strait, so I am a new understanding of national security. Ten years later, when I was in charge of multilateral regional cooperation in defense and security affairs, my greatest wish is to promote our navy really go out, is not simply some ceremonial visits, but substantially participate in the new regional security architecture to the formation, because the ocean can not do without China's national security.
mostly based on Chinese warships to the city named. to name to name a few, I remember only two training ship to: Zheng number (81 ships), and MAN No. (82 ships). six years ago, Zheng He's seven voyages is undoubtedly a Great initiative. but different and European navigators, Zheng He's voyage costly to our nation did not bring the expansion of territory and wealth, which was in addition to showing the strength of world economic power and love in addition, to the world is left more confused. Six hundred years later, on the voyage of Zheng He had more to say. Some people say he is just such a voyage scaled fled overseas in search of the Ming Emperor Jianwen; was said to be found in Zheng America, some say he created the ocean of peace (the so-called After Zheng China is farther from the ocean.
1993 at the end of that voyage, our road trip and Zheng He's voyages is somewhat similar to the year, it became the highlight of journalistic speculation, it has made my With some sense of history. I was sitting in a small cabin every day, in the small notebook on an obscure diary. but unfortunately, that the move last year when the diary lost. Fortunately, that The tour guide still preserved, I saw some pictures of the time,UGG boots clearance, still able to think of that unforgettable day, so will have some words later.
yearbook made after returning to visit my voyage route

played rough sea to us with the ship
visit our headquarters from Beijing to Zhanjiang, a few people when, in the middle in Changsha paused to Zhanjiang, when it was night. Zhanjiang, South China Sea Fleet of the location of the Navy South China Sea Fleet sent a car to send us to the ship. my duty is to foreign affairs, foreign affairs it and is responsible for the Dalian Naval Academy with a few English teacher admitted to the deck of a cabin. that they proceed from Dalian, has stayed on board several days. cabin small, a total of four people live, bunk beds, bed is very narrow, which are fixed for all devices.
the day before the luxury of a hotel in Beijing to eat, suddenly entered the cold plate into the narrow space separated, it is not suited to the thought of the next two months will live in such an environment, a romantic voyage was eliminated a lot of sense all of a sudden. But a big sleep sleep, woke up with all the very natural, as if back to the military and the company. have long had such a collective life of the level attained ever more collective, we are boat people, We are in the same boat, really stood out to be.
next day, I put on a navy suit. in this life can be considered as the Navy had not lived in vain for two months. Each of us took a white plastic bucket and filled about twenty kilograms water, this is our life, each of the next ten days the water can only wash your face and brush teeth with, bathe and wash clothes only when the next supply to the dock. water supply also.
scheduled departure date on October 15. but bad weather, it started to pour with rain. Pengfei, deputy commander of the Navy (the eldest son of Marshal He Long, has died) made a special trip to come off, the pier was full of people farewell tour to the officers and men neatly ship moored at the station. I also have their own fixed station berths, and out of various ports in the two months, has stood ten parking.
station parked in front of pictures of
farewell ceremony in the military music
in Zheng ship sailed slowly away from the sea terminal out. When the eyes disappear from the crowd farewell, we returned to the cabin, replaced the white naval uniforms, put on a blue training uniform. temporarily not working people to the point of view deck, although the day is gloomy, but the mood was very good. out of the Zhanjiang Port, the land gradually away from us, and the wind was big up gradually, the sea is also surging, but did not churn out waves was. This may seem fairly calm sea was pregnant with great lethality, here it is off the surge zone of Zhanjiang.
voyage with the ship in the ship internship students in school classrooms. They come from several institutions Navy, dark, reminds me of a few years ago to military life. Each of them also made a small red plastic barrel, on the legs next to the classroom, this may seem strange. initially I do not know what these barrels are used, not too long into the surge area, they began to get seasick vomit, when he sent on the use of red drum, they spit side edge class. seasickness and vomiting is extremely painful, sometimes even the gall bladder will spit it out. I heard some people could not bear the pain of torture and even jumped into the sea to seek relief. not too long, then empty the classroom.
I started very strange, these future naval officers Many of the people will live in a warship (the ship's officers and soldiers on land, not quarters), why they are not anti-seasick. seasickness some congenital, but it should not have so many people are congenital seasick. Later Think also understand that a large amount of exercise every day cadet, who has been in a state of fatigue, nausea easy. I on the military, when every day mental and physical exhaustion. it will occasionally have a beer drunk. After graduation,cheap UGG boots, surge capacity for liquor, but also with the physique.
some countries, when the Naval Academy in the admissions will go directly to the student to the sea, not seasick people can stay and continue their examination, the other people just to send when the Army .
I myself grew up in the sea, the ship has been in many times, it was also on the deck stiffness. for the first time many people on board went back into the house lying down, not much better than lying. noon hours, the smell of food floating board, in addition to ship its own officers and men Zheng, most people do not spit has been pretty good, simply could not eat. sixty days at sea the first day of life started that way, it really scary back to the days since.