Chapter 160 Spiritual Mentor
The historical Yukikaze had an important feature that other ships did not have: the atmosphere was extremely humane. The crew was almost like a family, with a very weak sense of hierarchy, unlike other warships where veterans often "educated" and beat up new recruits for various reasons.
Yukikaze was also very active in saving the lives of enemy soldiers, such as taking the lead in rescuing British soldiers who fell into the water during the Battle of Surabaya. At that time, Yukikaze and Hatsukaze were a team that rescued the British crew of the destroyer Electra and sent them to the Allied hospital ship anchored in Banjarmasin.
It must be mentioned that if you were rescued by the Japanese army and not sent back to the Allied forces, it was definitely not a lucky thing. The Japanese army had extremely serious abuse of prisoners of war.
Another example is during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, after the Johnston was hit by the Yamato, it lost its combat capability and slowly sank. The Yukikaze slowly passed by the sinking Johnston and did not shoot the American naval crew members still in the water. Instead, some crew members threw some food to the American soldiers floating on the sea. In contrast, the people who fell into the water from several other American warships were being shot by Japanese warships.
The Yukikaze was able to survive the war, and many people said that kind people can still be treated kindly, and good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil.
In any case, with such experience, there is no doubt that as a ship girl, the Yukikaze, and now the Danyang is definitely a kind and good child.
At this time, two people were sitting side by side on the bench in the garden corridor. Su Xia put his arm around Danyang and let her lean on him. Danyang said, "Why? I really don't understand. It's obviously in the past. Now China and Japan have so many economic exchanges and so on..."
Danyang leaned on Su Xia. There were many things he didn't know who to tell normally, but now he could tell them to the admiral.
"Sister Yixian is a good person, and so is Sister Chongqing. Sister Akagi is a good person, and so is Sister Kaga. We are all good people. We are still sisters living together in the tutelary fort, so why are you all so hostile to us?"
"Today, Zhaohe said that there are no good people in the Japanese style. Obviously, everyone is a good person. Mutsu-sister is a mess, but it's just Mutsu-sister's business... Mutsu-sister is also a good person, and the tempura she makes is the most delicious. Why does it become that there are no good people in the Japanese style."
"But I can't refute Zhao He. Because I'm in Danyang now, I'm on a fishery patrol boat, I can't speak for outsiders."
"I want to get along well with everyone, but I don't know how. Kagero, Shiranui, Kuroshio...the sisters asked me to play, and I couldn't refuse them. Whenever Hajime saw me with the sisters, she always...she felt that I shouldn't play with them. But, they are my sisters."
"Sister Yixian is very nice, and Sister Chongqing is also very nice. They didn't care about me playing with my sisters, and they gave me snacks to bring to everyone. They also didn't allow anyone to say bad things about Japanese people when I was around, for fear that I would be too sensitive. Sister Yixian treated me better than Yingrui and Zhaohe , and was nice to everyone. She never scolded me, because she was afraid... that is, she was afraid that I would misunderstand her and that she didn't like me because I was Japanese."
"Sister Yixian is really nice to me, but she doesn't knock on my head like she did to Zhaohe and Changchun... But I just feel like I'm an outsider, a guest."
Or they just keep everything in their hearts and never want to speak. Once they open their mouths, it's like a flood bursting the dam. Danyang talked a lot and for a long time, but Su Xia never spoke, just listened quietly, gently holding Danyang's head and stroking it gently.
After Danyang finished speaking, Su Xia said, "We are all good people, there are no bad people. Why did it become like this... Anyway, it is definitely not Danyang's fault. It has become like this, but it does not mean that it will always be like this in the future. As long as we work hard, there may be a day when Yixian feeds Chicheng or something."
"How to work hard?" Danyang asked.
“I don’t know what to do yet.”
"Huh?" Danyang was surprised. So Admiral, you have no ideas?
"No problem. Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it." As an admiral, Su Xia is best at making big promises.
"Okay." Danyang lowered his head.
"Zhaohe is a fool, you know that. Why do you care so much about her words? Just do whatever you want." Su Xia said, "What's the big deal? Xiao Zhai, Xiao Hua and Xiao Luo can be friends. You said they are children, and Hipper can also love Firefly."
Su Xia continued, "Where is the admiral from? According to what you said, the fishery administration cannot be friends with the Japanese. Should I hate the Japanese, or would I be betraying my country? Should I divorce everyone now and drive them out of the garrison?"
Su Xia thought that if she really did that kind of thing, the result would probably be that she would never have to pay attention to those things again.
"You are different, you are the admiral." Danyang said.
"What's the difference? The principle is the same. The past is the past, and now is a new beginning." Su Xia said, "Now we are all ship girls, not just that battleship."
"It doesn't matter." Su Xia said, "No matter if it's Zhaohe or anyone else who says bad things about the Japanese, if they are right, no one can quibble. If they are wrong, Danyang can correct them. Correspondingly, the same is true for the Japanese side."
Su Xia continued, "Think about it, the bad relationship between the fishery administration and the Japanese department, could it be due to a deep misunderstanding? There were so many opportunities to explain the misunderstanding, but Danyang said nothing, which led to the misunderstanding getting deeper and deeper, and everyone's relationship getting worse... Has Danyang read "Pride and Prejudice"? "
"No." Danyang shook his head, but he had heard of the name before, it was a famous book.
"The Japanese are arrogant and look down on the Fisheries Administration, not knowing how powerful the Fisheries Administration will be in the future. The Fisheries Administration is prejudiced and stubbornly believes that the Japanese are bad people. Everyone just doesn't understand. If they understood, they might be sisters or friends." Su Xia thought for a while and said, "Speaking of which, "Pride and Prejudice" was originally named "First Impressions". Isn't this the same as the relationship between the Fisheries Administration and the Japanese? Everyone has always viewed each other with their first impressions."
Su Xia held Danyang in her arms, tilted her head and rested it on the little girl's head, and said, "When the fishery administration spoke ill of the Japanese, and when the Japanese looked down on the fishery administration, if Danyang did not remain silent, but bravely stood up and clarified the facts, the fishery administration would understand the Japanese, and the Japanese would also understand the fishery administration, and the arrogance and prejudice would be gone, wouldn't it be better?"
" I, I understand." Danyang said.
"We can give it a try." Su Xia said, "We are all reasonable people. We will never vent our anger on Danyang and call him a traitor."
"Think about it, it's still not possible. Rational people are in the minority." Su Xia said, "If Danyang does that, both sides may misunderstand that Danyang is speaking for the other side, and the pressure Danyang will face will be extremely, extremely great."
"Danyang, Danyang is not afraid of pressure." Danyang said.
"Forget it... Danyang will be under a lot of pressure, so let's leave it to the admiral." Su Xia said. It turned out to be just a flash of inspiration. It was not easy to realize it after thinking about it. At least Danyang should not be allowed to do that thing.
"No, Danyang has to work hard too." Danyang said affirmatively.
"Don't be in a hurry, take your time." Su Xia said perfunctorily.
"Um."
"I want to ask again." Su Xia said, "Danyang just said that Yixian is good to Danyang, and Danyang feels that he is a guest and an outsider, otherwise he would not be so good to Danyang?"
“Hmm…”
"Yixian is good to Danyang, but he is not good to everyone else?"
"Okay."
"Did Yixian knock on Zhaohe and Changchun's heads, Yingrui's head, or Haiqi's head?"
"No."
"Perhaps Danyang can try to make some trouble and see if Yixian will knock Danyang on the head." Su Xia pondered for a moment, "Also, Danyang wants everyone not to treat Danyang as an outsider or a guest. Has Danyang tried to truly integrate into the group? Has he been too polite and treated himself as an outsider or a guest?"
Danyang narrowed his eyes: "I don't know."
"Besides, some things are human nature." Su Xia said, "Let me tell you, I took care of L20 so well, not because I treated her as an outsider or a guest, but because she just joined the garrison. If there are new people coming, I will take care of them, it's just human nature."
"I understand." Danyang said, "Why did the admiral arrange a newcomer to join the garrison as a secretary ship in order to take care of her."
Danyang, you may have misunderstood something, Su Xia thought, but he was not prepared to explain.
This afternoon, they sat in the secluded garden corridor for a long time, and then returned to the Chinese restaurant.
Yixian had already taken people to clean up the table. When she saw Su Xia and Danyang coming back, Danyang seemed to have changed a lot. She found an opportunity to find Su Xia and said, "How did the admiral enlighten Danyang? She looks much better."
"Nothing, no guidance, just a few words."
"Really?" Yixian said, "I worked so hard, but it was not as good as the admiral's casual words. For the ship girl, the admiral is really the key?"
"I don't know." Su Xia said.
"Anyway, thank you for your hard work, Admiral."
"Yes, you've worked hard." Su Xia smiled, "So, did Yixian get any reward?"
"Yes." Yixian asked, "What does the admiral want?"
"Ah?" Su Xia was stunned for a moment. Yixian, you don't play by the rules. It turns out that you are easily shy.
Yixian snorted and chuckled. Yixian was not the kind of person who would allow others to bully him all the time.
