Chapter 252: Lieutenant Colonel's career is at the point of no return
Lieutenant Commander Ume is an elderly officer who has served for more than 30 years and has served three monarchs of the Sun Kingdom. He was born in a farmer's family in Aizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, and he is the oldest among his fellow villagers who have served together. His vision and social skills are certain. This limited his promotion to a certain extent. Even though he participated in several wars to invade China, he was not promoted to the rank of colonel. When he reached the age of retirement, he had to return home sadly.
The current military rank system of the Rising Sun Kingdom determines that officers who have not been promoted to the rank of colonel cannot take professional soldiers as their lifelong career. For many soldiers who are not graduates of military schools or who have accumulated seniority over the years, the rank of colonel or even general is out of reach. The goal you seek. Serving under a country’s monarch and military nobles who use soldiers as consumables, and surviving until retirement or disability from active service is also a good life experience.
The former can go home with their accumulated assets and live out their old age, while the latter can go back and earn a living with a meager pension. No matter how you think about it, preserving life is more important. With such an attitude, when participating in a war of aggression, making money will naturally take priority over serving a superior officer. Adding merit and color.
The military construction of pre-modern countries often grouped together the strong men recruited from the same territory. In the past, there was the Wudang Army of the Eastern Han Dynasty [1], the Western Army of the Northern Song Dynasty, and later the Hunan Army and the Huai Army of the late Qing Dynasty; China had the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army. Army, Jinsui Army, Shengyang, Kumamoto Division, Sendai Division, etc.
Three years ago, when Lieutenant Colonel Mei was transferred to China, he had the thought of going further. After all, in a state of war, the promotion speed of ranks and military ranks is comparable to that of a paper kite in peacetime.
The gears of fate always turn unexpectedly. On the battlefield in eastern Shanxi, a stray bullet opened a big hole in his right leg from a thousand meters away. When the officer commanding the front line was injured, the medical soldier promptly bandaged the injury and sent him to the hospital for treatment. When he was discharged from hospital six months later, his mobility was severely impaired and he was a disabled person who needed the assistance of a cane to walk independently.
There is an old saying in China that goes, "A blessing in disguise is a blessing in disguise." Lieutenant Colonel Mei's experience of being injured on the battlefield led him to leave the front-line troops and be transferred to the rear occupation area to serve as the chief officer of the Yuanhanting County Military Police Squadron. Perhaps it was In view of his many years of service and his injuries in the line of duty, the promotion order issued with the letter of appointment added two flowers to his military rank.
In the following two years or so, Lieutenant Colonel Mei basically lost his enthusiasm for military affairs and concentrated on improving his living standards. He knew very well that the reward for promotion to military rank was probably given to him in advance with honorary promotion after retirement. .In the time before retirement at the age of 60, the right way is to live by your fingers and save more money to spend your old age.
A few days ago, Lieutenant Colonel Mei had just held his sixtieth birthday party. After handing over work to his successor, he was ready to pack up his belongings and return to China.
As the saying goes, antiques are collected in prosperous times, and gold and silver are gathered in troubled times. In order to make it easier to carry, Lieutenant General Mei replaced most of the antiques and treasures that were delivered to him into gold bars and silver coins, and packed them in two rattan boxes that he carried with him. During the dispatched troops Accompanied by field personnel from the military affairs department of the headquarters, they went to the North China Front in Shuntianfu to complete the resignation and handover procedures.
From the moment an invader sets foot on a foreign land, his life and death are no longer as simple as leaving it to fate.
For example, today, Lieutenant Colonel Mei took a bus to the train station and embarked on the road of no return in his life.