Chapter 449: The lieutenant general is everywhere, but the major general is not as good*
No matter what the people present said, Qian Dajun represented Jiang's wishes. What's more, Qian Dajun was an army lieutenant general plus a general. Among the many generals present, only the chief of Wei had the same rank as Qian Dajun.
In fact, three years since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, except for the Guangxi Clan and the Shanxi-Sui Army, which can barely form a system of their own, Chiang's orders are basically unimpeded within the national army.
I dare not resist or disobey orders even in person.
After local warlords such as the Sichuan Army, Northeastern Army, and Shaanxi Army lost their core figures, their armies fell apart under Jiang's political and financial inducements.
After the merit gathering, the Deputy Chief of General Staff was invited to a banquet by the Chief of Guard.
Zhou Weihan didn't make it, so Fan Hanjie and a group of people gathered around him, claiming that he wanted to celebrate Zhou Weihan.
Zhou Weihan asked in his heart, when did the relationship between us become so passionate, but before Zhou Weihan could refuse, the personal bodyguards of the Chief of Guards arrived.
"Sirs, the guard chief invites you to a banquet!" Then the guard directly said a few names.
After hearing this, Fan Hanjie glanced at Zhou Weihan in surprise and said curiously: "Can we still have a share?"
"Director Qian specially invited all the officers to the banquet by name!"
"Okay then!" Fan Hanjie originally wanted to take this opportunity to build a relationship with Zhou Weihan: "Brother Zhou, that can only be done another time. After I return to Changzhi, I have a master who makes Shandong cuisine.
The craftsmanship is good, please come and try it when the time comes!"
"Commander Fan, please excuse me!" Zhou Weihan nodded and said.
Everyone dispersed, leaving only Zhou Weihan and Wen Hao in the conference room.
Wen Hao didn't seem surprised by the situation in front of him, with a warm smile on his face: "Brothers Wei and Han, you and I have not seen each other for many years, and we are very familiar with each other. I think back then you, Wei Min, and Wen
Qiang, you have been following me and Wei Guo all day long!"
"You were very naughty when you were little. Wei Guo and I went down to the river to catch fish, and asked you three to wait on the shore. But you were dishonest and had to follow us down. You stepped on the air and disappeared, but we were
I was so frightened that my butt was almost beaten when I went back, and I couldn't get out of bed for half a month!" Wen Hao took the opportunity to talk about the scene when the two were young.
After hearing this, Zhou Weihan also recalled scenes from his childhood, with a look of reminiscence on his face.
"Yes, I was only six years old that year, and you and your eldest brother were thirteen or four years old. The scene at that time is still fresh in my memory!"
Zhou Weihan immediately straightened his face: "At that time, we were carefree, with no thoughts of resisting Japan and saving the country, and no political disputes or factionalism!"
"Brothers Uyghur and Han, the dispute over political opinions is a fact, but the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are just like us brothers, with broken bones and tendons. No one on either side has a relative or friend who has served on the opposite side!"
"But aside from political disputes, the brotherhood is still there. We can't control which path each person takes. Never would I have thought that I would become a military spy!" Wen Hao said mockingly.
Zhou Weihan saw that Wen Qi had no intention of stopping, so he simply sat on a stool and picked up the appointment letter and the autumn and winter military uniforms.
Not to mention, the uniforms of the generals of the national army are all genuine, both in terms of stitching and materials.
Wen Yu didn't feel embarrassed and sat down next to Zhou Weihan.
"Brother Weihan, you are the only one who has the favor of the principal in the Eighth Route Army. Those of us who graduated from Huangpu in the past few periods have many officers above the rank of major general, but only a few of us have been awarded the Medal of the Blue Sky and White Sun!"
"Your division commander's military rank is a genuine Army Major General, and your official rank is Lieutenant General!"
"Don't forget that Sun Dianying also holds the rank of lieutenant general, but the rank of Quanxu is only an army colonel. Even Fan Hanjie, a first-term student in Huangpu, the current rank of Quanxu is only an army major general. Now you can be said to have risen to the top all of a sudden.
ah!"
As Wen Yu said, Zhou Weihan really didn't understand the so-called Quanxu military ranks and job ranks.
Seeing Zhou Weihan showing interest, Wen Yu quickly added fuel to the fire: "Before the Central Plains War, the platoons of the Central Army, Northwest Army, Shanxi-Sui Army, Gui Army, Sichuan Army, and Northeast Army, I would like to ask for one."
With a paper warrant or even a verbal order, subordinate officers can be promoted to major generals or lieutenant generals. Generals appointed by various warlords are everywhere.
"Therefore, it was not until the dust of the Central Plains War settled and the principal made his final decision that he began to seek the unification of the military system and military orders, which of course also included the reorganization of the military rank system."
"A number of Huangpu first-class graduates were divided into two grades in this ranking. Hu Zhongnan, Song Xilian, Wang Jingjiu, Sun Yuanliang and others with higher positions were all promoted to the rank of Army Lieutenant General, while those with slower progress were
Fan Hanjie, Du Yiming and others were promoted to the rank of Army Major General. As a graduate of the third batch, Wang Yaowu was able to become an Army Major General in the second year, which is actually quite good." Wen Yu seemed to be giving some guidance at this moment.
"Wei Guo is not bad. He was a major general of the army back then. Unfortunately, even if he is now the commander of the First Army and the deputy commander-in-chief of the group army, he is still a major general of the army."
As for the difference between military rank and official rank, to give an appropriate metaphor, it is very similar to the "grade salary" and "actual salary" within the system. The grade salary is strictly stipulated based on length of service, education, level, etc., and the amount is generally
It's not high, but the actual salary must include job allowances, position allowances and various subsidies, so the total amount goes up all of a sudden.
Before the reform, military ranks were basically only linked to positions. According to the universality of military systems in various countries around the world, the base rank of a field infantry regiment commander should be colonel (the Japanese army's eldest left is similar), and the positions of brigade commanders and above are basically
The rank of major general is about to be awarded. Moreover, the National Government, the Military Commission, the Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters and the military leaders of several major factions can all award the rank of brigade and above officers of their respective units at will, so of course there will be generals everywhere.
So in 1935, the Military Commission established the "Quanxu Office". Jiang, with his close confidant Lin Yu as the director, began to evaluate the generals of the national army based on their qualifications, positions, reward and punishment history, etc., and then unified them into formal military ranks, especially for senior officers.
The rules for the group are particularly strict.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! It should be said that the effect of this rectification is quite good. The number of army generals and army lieutenant generals awarded in 1935 is very limited: there are a total of special generals
1 person, 8 first-level generals, 21 second-level generals, and 89 army lieutenant generals.
Therefore, from the beginning of 1936 to July 1937, all generals at all levels wore genuine Quanxu military ranks, and there was no disorder at all.
Among them, the number of lieutenant generals in the army does not exceed 200 for two years, which is reliable.
After the Battle of Songhu broke out in 1937, someone under Chiang Kai-shek directed the Military Commission to issue a general order to the effect that promotions in the military ranks of Quanxian were completely stopped during the War of Resistance. This was the first important "operation" that affected the number of lieutenant generals.
In other words, the step-by-step promotion process of military ranks for officers who had been appointed in the year was pressed on the "pause button" during the Anti-Japanese War.
Even if an officer's "year of suspension" for a certain military rank has expired, his personal position has been promoted, or he has achieved greater military exploits in the war, it will not work. And this suspension lasted for more than eight years.
Why would Jiang do this?
The reason is actually quite complicated. On the one hand, the evaluation and assignment of officers is a relatively tedious administrative task. During the Anti-Japanese War, the war against Japan should be the first priority. There is really no extra time and energy to do this, so we might as well suspend it all.
On the other hand, it is necessary to break conventions under wartime conditions. For example, those with outstanding military exploits can be promoted to three levels in a row, while those who are unfavorable in combat should be punished and demoted. However, the Quanxu military rank system is a product of non-wartime conditions and is not appropriate for the times.
In fact, there is another aspect that cannot be discussed on the table, that is, during the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang still had the idea of strengthening the Central Army, weakening or even annexing the miscellaneous army. What he needed was absolute "military government" without any restrictions.
He has great power and is unwilling to be bound by the regulations and official appointment system.
You must know that there is a formal process for conferring the rank of Quanxu. There must be an "appointment certificate" signed by Lin*, the administrative leader of the National Government. Each officer also has his own official title.
Once the changes in military ranks were stopped, the appointment and removal of senior military officers during the entire Anti-Japanese War relied entirely on a piece of paper such as Chiang's Chairman of the Military Commission's "Appointment Order". With his signature, he could appoint major generals, brigade commanders, and lieutenant generals.
Division commanders, lieutenant generals, etc., don't they just do whatever they want without being verbose? Captain Chang is well versed in the ways of power.
So from then on, probably around the autumn of 1937, the ranks of the Kuomintang army began to become popular, and the number of lieutenant generals increased rapidly.
The size and establishment of the army during wartime will definitely increase. If you are appointed as a major general, the number of lieutenant generals will also rise sharply. However, there is a ceiling that the number of generals is basically fixed at around 60 people, so the lieutenant generals will appear.
A situation of crowding and flooding.
Therefore, division commanders, corps commanders, deputy commander-in-chief of group armies, commander-in-chief, and even theater chiefs of staff and deputy commanders all had two stars hanging on their collars.
It is not an exaggeration to say that lieutenant generals are everywhere, and major generals are not as good as *.
