"Hurry! Hurry! Move faster!" clutching his parachute, a pilot sprinted forward while urging the ground crew following him.
The young members of the ground crew held bright orange life jackets and fuel sticks that could burn intensely as they ran towards their planes.
As they ran, they donned their gear with the base's alarm blaring shrilly; all the duty pilots were already preparing to strike.
On the runway, one plane after another was being fueled, with ground crew members running back and forth with hoses.
Special vehicles laden with ammunition for the bombers trembled as they drove past the planes being prepped, as ground crew awkwardly removed 500-kilogram aerial bombs from their racks.
Technicians constantly checked the condition of their aircraft; all instruments had to function normally, and engines had to be in good working order to carry out bombing missions.
