6 carriers on roster will have both the north and south zones covered with one carrier at call on all times. However, the problem will be more on the air wing component than the ships as the Chinese still yet to make any major breakthrough that allows them to churn out the numbers that needed to field 2 combat-duty carrier air wing at any one time.
Be patient and wait. What you describe will be realized on type 002.
On US carriers that is the purpose of the lower bridge. I think so.
On CV-17 the suspicion is that it is a pri-fly deck, (pry-fly is shorthand for primary flight control). On Nimitz carriers the top 'windowed' deck is the pri-fly. The deck below that is the bridge, where the captain or other officer commands the carrier. The deck below that is the flag bridge, where the admiral commands the entire CSG. The Wuhan model is no doubt being used to test CV-17 features, since both CV-17 and CV-16 are similar carriers.
I expect type 001A with Pri-Fly at the same position as Liaoning. The actual Wuhan status looks like 002-prototype. Wuhan is one step in advance.
