Hindenburg's Journey

First of all, I personally think this book is good, and it has achieved quite good results in the relatively niche field of naval warfare. But that's not what I want to talk about here. Instead, I want to share my feelings. I'm not a WoW player, and my knowledge of ship-themed games is limited to fan fiction and game models, so I found the naval battles quite challenging when reading this book. But perhaps that's what allowed me to see something else beneath the exciting naval battles (laughs). That something is loneliness. Loneliness has many sources, but the key reason for its existence is the lack of someone with whom one can have a spiritual exchange. This person doesn't have to be a person; it could be a goal or something else, but the protagonist lacks these things. In this era, the protagonist is like Meursault in Camus's *The Stranger*, an observer. (But not as severe as Meursault, who is indifferent to most things, including his own fate.) The protagonist is a warship that has traveled through time. This is different from most time-travel novels, which involve a double barrier. The time travel determines that the protagonist's spiritual level and cognitive level are different from others, while the difference between a warship and humans creates a second barrier, which undoubtedly exacerbates the sense of loneliness. This is one source of loneliness. The protagonist is someone who has forgotten the past and the future. As a time traveler, she has no past, and her true "past" is the future. The future has not yet arrived, and the long passage of time has already eroded all memories. Looking back, there is nothing but killing. Although the protagonist seems to be a humanitarian who hates killing, she found some work after the war. However, it is clear that these jobs did not help her integrate into society, nor did they alleviate her loneliness. The protagonist is still an "outsider." In the era in which the protagonist lives, her homeland is still in chaos, and she is powerless to save it (perhaps?). Powerful nations are vying for power, leaving her with nowhere to go, no origin, no destination. No country or place gives her a sense of belonging; she is a "foreigner." This differs from most (alternate) historical fiction. The protagonist has no goal or ambition to change her homeland (and perhaps no ability to do so), and this lack of a goal intensifies her loneliness. The most crucial point is that the protagonist lacks a close friend, someone with whom he can have a deep emotional connection. The old captain might be the closest, but due to lifespan considerations or other pressures, they haven't reached that level of closeness. (Judging from the previous chapters, the protagonist is clearly more lively; aside from the initial excitement of arriving in the new world, having friends around would obviously make one more active.) I haven't finished writing yet, I've exceeded the word limit.