Something that always bugged me.

"Red" Tunics.

"What's the purpose of the security division on the Enterprise? Well, they're usually the mindless supporting characters who are immediately killed whenever the crew is confronted by a new enemy. This is something of a running gag for Trek fans, as whenever one of the "Red Shirts" is seen on screen, you know they're not long for this world."
"The blue shirts are worn by the science/medical staff, including McCoy and Spock"

"It gets more confusing when you look at the later Trek series, like The Next Generation, which had the command staff in red and operations in yellow—basically the reverse of the original series. Then, of course, the movies switched costumes and colors with nearly every entry, including the infamous powder blue monstrosities worn in Star Trek: The Motion Picture."

http://mentalfloss.com/article/85781/what-do-different-star-trek-uniform-colors-mean



Can you fly this plane?
Surely u cant be serious
I am serious,and dont call me Shirley

In my above post I erroneously typed "blue-shirts" when I should have typed "red-shirts".

Except that the Chinese Captain actually didn't go with the second group that was massacred by the Japanese.

It's pretty standard military practice that splitting one's forces when one hasn't yet contacted the enemy force (and therefore one doesn't know the enemy's strength) is a no-no.