In 2013, a Beijinger named Luo Xue published an autobiographical novel called "I Was a Soldier on a U.S. Aircraft Carrier," which vividly told the story of his service on U.S. aircraft carriers in the 1990s. Due to the novelty of the angle and the truth of the content, this book immediately swept the society as soon as it came out, and Luo Xue himself gradually became known.
It is understood that during his service, he made good contributions to the US military units, so he was also questioned by people: What is the intention of a Chinese who runs to the United States to serve the US troops when the state employs personnel?
Because of that experience, Luo Xue himself was once crowned with an unpatriotic and admiring hat, until the storm subsided slightly, Luo Xue made a reply: after returning to China, he found that China's strength should not be underestimated, and the gap between China and the United States is rapidly narrowing.
Born in Beijing in 1972, Luo Xue loved challenging things from an early age and was a natural adventurer. Luo Xue's father, who works in China's aerospace sector, disciplines him extremely harshly.
In his student career, Luo Xue has been studying in order to keep to himself, or it is this peace and self-preservation that makes him instantly explode after graduating from college, and he does not want to follow the path expected by his parents.
At that time, China was in a period of economic recovery, and the United States was much more prosperous than China, Luo Xue was thinking of that prosperous and beautiful country, and in order to escape the control and arrangement of his parents, he fled to the United States with $400 despite his parents' opposition.
Apparently, it was an adventurous escape, out of the control of his parents, and he was particularly pleased. At the same time, the real problem is in front of him, what should he do? How do I survive?
In order to establish himself in the United States, Luo Xue decided to continue his university major, media, and worked part-time in restaurants and hotels in his spare time.
Working and studying in a strange country is an extremely hard thing, and Luo Xue is often hungry and hungry, but despite this, he has never thought of giving up his studies.
Such a fighting spirit and perseverance made Luo Xue win the first place in the major, but it did not exchange the respect of his classmates. In the eyes of his classmates, he was just a "countryman" who ran from a backward place. No matter how hard you try, no matter how good you are, you can't be a true American citizen.
After a long period of poverty and humiliation, Luo Xue finally graduated. In other words, this is when he finally has the opportunity to work in the United States, at this moment, he realizes that the humiliation of his classmates has come true, even if he has lived in the United States for four years, he still has not received a "green card".
This shows that Luo Xue may be thrown back to China at any time, so won't these four years of efforts be in vain? Luo Xue, who was uneasy, worked carefully every day, not daring to slack off at all, for fear that one day his door would be knocked.
In 1998, Luo Xue's door was really knocked on, and it was not the consulate that came, but the turn of Luo Xue's fate.
The visitor called himself the U.S. Navy, and he hoped that Rocher could join the U.S. army. The military strength of the United States is already the first in the world, and it is the time when they employ people, and they need a large number of elites to enrich the strength of the troops.
Due to the suddenness of the incident, Luo Xue was a little confused, looking at the soldier in military uniform and heroic posture in front of him, he thought that this might be a good opportunity for him to get a green card and show his fists in the United States, so the ghost made God agree to this request.
After that, after a series of tests, Luo Xue was assigned to the aircraft carrier.
At the beginning, Luo Xue did not use the professional knowledge he had learned in the US army to become a great soldier as he imagined. Since Luo Xue was of Chinese descent, he was almost the lowest in the military, and his position was no more than that of a ground crew member.
In addition, Luo Xue is also incompatible with the American military in terms of living habits. According to Luo Xue, U.S. soldiers attach great importance to their appearance, and it can take hours to polish their shoes.
According to them, a person's appearance can reflect the spirit of the army, if the clothes are soft and collapsed, the shoes are dirty, which will make people think that the spirit of the army is not good.
Interestingly, this is not a requirement of the military, but the consciousness of the American military individual.
Luo Xue could not understand such thinking, so a few days before coming to the naval unit, Luo Xue felt a huge discomfort.
However, when Luo Xue stood on the huge aircraft carrier, he personally felt how powerful the United States was, and he thought in his heart how proud he would be if this was China's aircraft carrier.
Moreover, on the aircraft carrier, the ground crew is also an important position. Even if they are as powerful as the United States, they cannot guarantee that the carrier-based aircraft can take off and land safely every time, and even if there is a screw problem, it will cause huge safety problems. Therefore, assigning Luo Xue to this position is not overkill, on the contrary, it is recognition and trust in him.
In this regard, Luo Xue did not dare to be sloppy and worked diligently every day. But no matter how careful you are, you can't stop nature's harm. Huge aircraft carriers can withstand most of the wind and snow and thunderstorms, but the carrier-based aircraft above are very fragile.
Luo Xue will always remember that day, the tornado was like a domineering giant, constantly shuttling between sea and land. Before the tornado came, several fighters were already out on the job. After receiving the order, several planes had returned, and only one Hornet fighter did not return as scheduled.
Looking out the window, Luo Xue saw the plane, which tried to land but kept failing. Before Luo Xue could make any more movements, he had already disappeared from sight.
Luo Xue had a bad premonition in his heart, and after the tornado left, he immediately sent a helicopter to the rescue.
Unfortunately, the helicopter searched for a day and a night, and finally found the wreckage of the fighter in two in a wasteland, while the pilot had been burned in the explosion and the bones were gone.
For the first time, Luo Xue felt the passing of life up close, even such a powerful country, so advanced military equipment, could not avoid casualties.
As a ground crew, Luo Xue knew very well that there must be a problem with the parts of the Hornet fighter, and the pilot must have found this problem, in order to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier and other fighters, he did not choose to return to the aircraft carrier, but coexisted with the fighter.
Luo Xue developed a feeling of admiration and guilt for the pilot, and the two emotions intertwined in his heart, which once made him sleep and eat.
With this lesson learned, Luo Xue secretly told himself that such casualties and accidents, hoping that they would not happen again, was of vital importance to his ground staff.
Since then, Luo Xue's work has been more meticulous, and in the 4 years of service, the number of accidents of aircraft carrier fighters has been greatly reduced, based on this, the US military troops have praised this unassuming Chinese boy, and even praised him as the patron saint of the US aircraft carrier.
It is worth mentioning that Luo Xue's name was also engraved on the early warning aircraft, which is the supreme and unprecedented honor. Luo Xue exchanged his meticulousness for the respect of the Americans, which belonged to Luo Xue and belonged to China.
When Luo Xue got his "green card" as he wished, he decided to return to China. It turned out that after the United States knew the background of Luo Xue's father, it realized that the young man in front of him not only had the role of escorting the aircraft carrier, but also served as a useful "pawn".
Although Luo Xue has always longed for American citizenship, this is just a way for him to prove his ability, and his heart has always been toward China.
Luo Xue did not want to become a pawn of others, and at the same time, after feeling the power of the aircraft carrier, Luo Xue hoped to serve the Chinese aircraft carrier and make China also become such a powerful country.
With such an idea, after retiring from the U.S. military honors, Luo Xue returned to serve in the Chinese Navy.
After leaving for many years and returning to the embrace of the motherland, Luo Xue found that China was no longer the backward and poor motherland he remembered. It has taken Decades for China to complete development that other countries can only complete for hundreds of years, while the gap between China and the so-called first power, the United States, is rapidly narrowing.
After returning to China, Luo Xue had personally witnessed the first carrier-based aircraft of China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, take off steadily and land steadily, and when he saw this, his eyes were full of tears.
Rocher's history of serving in the U.S. military is both an honor for him and a reason for his public criticism. At this point, Luo Xue was reluctant to explain too much why he wanted to go to the United States and why he wanted to become the U.S. Navy.
In addition, he will not regret everything he has done, nor will he be willing to mention the past. Becoming the U.S. Navy does not mean that his faith and spirit must become the soul of the United States, he admits that the idea of joining the army is very selfish, just to fight for a breath, get a green card, but who is not selfish?
If he could do it all over again, Luo Xue hoped that after graduating from college, he would stay in China to continue his studies, wait for more than a decade, and then serve in the Chinese aircraft carrier. If it can serve China's first test flight of the first carrier-based aircraft, its honor will surely far exceed the name of "the patron saint of American aircraft carriers".
I wrote this book only to say goodbye to the past, and now that the book is over, this matter should be sealed up, and there is no need to mention it again, and everyone does not need to focus on him.
More important than in the past is the present, and now he only hopes to stay in the arms of the mother of the motherland, to see That China is stronger, more beautiful, and that the people can be happier.
In addition, for the relationship between the United States and China, Luo Xue also published a small idea in the book.
It is precisely because I have served in the U.S. army for 4 years and have close contact with the equipment weapons that I can personally feel how powerful it is. If the two countries can develop benignly and constantly urge each other to make progress, then it will play a positive role in world peace.
Aircraft carriers are not fundamental to national strength, nor are they symbols of strength. Even more precious than that is life, and peace is the ultimate goal we pursue.
Finally, I hope that our motherland will prosper and get better and better.