Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 449 The lieutenant general walks all over the place, but the major general is not as good as
No matter what the people present said, Qian Dajun represented Jiang's idea, not to mention that Qian Dajun was a lieutenant general in the army and had the rank of general. Among the generals present, only Chief Wei had the same rank as Qian Dajun.

In fact, since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War three years ago, apart from the Guangxi Clan and the Jinsui Army, they can barely form a system of their own. Jiang’s orders are basically unimpeded within the National Army, no matter how much they are in private. On the surface, I dare not resist the order and disobey it.

Local warlords such as the Sichuan Army, the Northeast Army, and the Shaanxi Army lost their core figures, and their troops fell apart under Jiang's political and financial temptations.

After the meritorious service meeting, the deputy chief of staff was invited to a banquet by Chief Wei.

Zhou Weihan didn't make it, Fan Hanjie led a group of people around, claiming to celebrate Zhou Weihan.

Zhou Weihan thought to himself, when did the relationship between us become so intense, but before Zhou Weihan refused, Chief Wei's personal guards arrived.

"Seniors, Chief Wei invites you all to the banquet!" Afterwards, the guard directly mentioned the names of several people.

After hearing this, Fan Hanjie glanced at Zhou Weihan in surprise, and said strangely: "Can we still have our share?"

"This is Director Qian's special invitation to invite all the officers to the banquet!"

"Okay then!" Fan Hanjie originally wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with Zhou Weihan: "Brother Zhou, that can only be done another day. After returning to Changzhi, I have a master who cooks Lu cuisine. The craftsmanship is good, please come and try it when the time comes!"

"Commander Fan, please!" Zhou Weihan nodded.

Everyone dispersed, only Zhou Weihan and Wen Yan were left in the conference room.

Wen Wei didn't seem to be surprised by the situation in front of him, with a warm smile on his face: "Brother Weihan, we haven't seen each other for many years, and we have a lot of life. I think you, Weimin and Wen Qiang, you guys follow Weiguo and me all day long!"

"You were very naughty when you were young. Weiguo and I went down the river to catch fish, and asked the three of you to wait on the bank. In the end, you were dishonest, and you had to follow. You stepped on the air and disappeared. But we I was so scared that my ass was almost smashed when I went back, and I didn't get out of bed for half a month!" Wen Wei took the opportunity to talk about the scene of the two when they were young.

After hearing this, Zhou Weihan also recalled the scene when he was a child, with a look of reminiscence on his face.

"Yeah, I was only six years old that year, and you and your elder brother were thirteen or fourteen years old. I still remember the situation at that time!"

Zhou Weihan immediately straightened his face: "At that time, there was no worries, no thoughts of resisting Japan and saving the country, no political disputes, and factions!"

"Brothers Uyghur and Han, political disputes are a fact, but the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are just like our brothers, broken bones and joints. Which one of the two sides has no relatives or old friends who work on the opposite side!"

"But apart from political disputes, the brotherhood is still there. I can't control which path everyone takes. I never thought that I would become a military agent now!" Wen Yan said with self-deprecation.

Zhou Weihan saw that Wen Yan didn't want to stop, so he simply sat on the stool, picking up the appointment letter and the autumn and winter military uniforms.

Not to mention, the general uniforms of the national army are all real materials in terms of stitches and materials.

Wen Yan didn't feel embarrassed, and sat down next to Zhou Weihan.

"Brother Weihan, in the Eighth Route Army, you are uniquely loved by the principal. Those of us who graduated from Whampoa in the past few semesters, there are many officers above major general, but there are not many who have been awarded the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal!"

"The military rank of your division commander is a real major general, and your rank is lieutenant general!"

"Don't look at Sun Dianying who also holds the rank of lieutenant general, but the military rank is only a colonel in the army, even Fan Hanjie, a freshman from Whampoa, is now only a major general in the civil service rank. Now you can be said to be on the rise. what!"

What Wen Wei said, Zhou Weihan really didn't know the so-called civil service ranks and job ranks.

Seeing Zhou Weihan's interested expression, Wen Wei quickly added fire: "Before the Central Plains War, the top platoons of the Central Army, Northwest Army, Jinsui Army, Guangxi Army, Sichuan Army, and Northeast Army are hereby asked to join the battle." A paper warrant or even a word of mouth can promote a subordinate officer to major general or lieutenant general, and grass-headed generals appointed by various warlords are flying all over the sky.

"So it wasn't until the dust settled in the Great War in the Central Plains that the principal made his decision, and then he began to seek the unification of the military system and military orders, which of course also included the arrangement of the military rank system."

"Among the graduates of the first phase of Whampoa, they were divided into two grades in this civil evaluation. Hu Zongnan, Song Xilian, Wang Jingjiu, Sun Yuanliang and others with relatively high positions were all assigned the rank of lieutenant general in the army, while those who progressed slowly Fan Hanjie, Du Yiming and others were promoted to the rank of major general of the army, Wang Yaowu, who graduated from the third batch, was able to become a major general of the army in the second year, which is actually quite good." Wen Wei is quite a bit pointing at the moment.

"Weiguo is not bad either. He was a major general back then. Unfortunately, even though 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."

As for the difference between civil service ranks and job ranks, to give an appropriate analogy, it is very similar to the "file salary" and "actual salary" in the system. The file salary is strictly regulated according to the length of service, education, level, etc., and the amount is generally not high. , but the actual salary will be added to the job allowance, job allowance and various subsidies, so the total amount will go up all at once.

Before the reform, the military rank was basically only linked to the position. According to the universality of the military systems of various countries in the world, the standard military rank of the commander of the field infantry should be colonel (the Japanese army’s chief is similar to him), and then the post of brigade commander above that is basically To be awarded the rank of major general.Moreover, the Nationalist Government, the Military Commission, the General Headquarters of the Northern Expedition Army, and the military leaders of several major factions can all confer ranks on the brigade and above officers of their troops at will, so of course the generals are flying all over the sky.

So in 1935, the Military Commission set up the "Civil Service Department". Jiang, with his confidant Lin Yu as the head of the department, began to evaluate the generals of the national army based on their qualifications, positions, rewards and punishments, etc., and then uniformly assigned official ranks. The group regulations are particularly strict.

应该说这次整顿的效果还是不错的，1935年授予的陆军上将和陆军中将群体，数量非常有限：总计有特级上将1人、一级上将8人、二级上将21人、陆军中将89人。

Therefore, from the beginning of 1936 to July 1937, the generals at all levels were all genuine civilian military ranks, and there was no confusion at all.

Among them, the number of lieutenant generals in the army does not exceed 200 in two years, which is reliable.

After the outbreak of the Songhu Battle in 1937, someone from Jiang instructed the Military Commission to issue a general order, to the effect that during the Anti-Japanese War, the promotion of military ranks in the Civil Service was completely stopped. This was the first important "operation" that affected the number of lieutenant generals.

That is to say, the step-by-step promotion process of the civil service ranks of the military officers who had already been appointed in 1935 and 1936 was pressed the "pause button" during the Anti-Japanese War.

Even if the "suspended years" of a certain military rank of an officer has expired, his personal position has been promoted, or he has made great achievements in the war, it will not work, and this suspension lasts for more than eight years.

Why would someone Jiang do this?

The reason is actually quite complicated. On the one hand, the evaluation and appointment of military officers is a relatively cumbersome administrative task. During the Anti-Japanese War, the war against Japan should be the top priority. There is really no extra time and energy to do these things, so they are all suspended.

On the other hand, it is necessary to break the convention under wartime conditions. For example, those with outstanding military exploits can be promoted to three ranks in a row, and those who are unfavorable in combat should be punished and downgraded.

In fact, there is another aspect that cannot be mentioned on the table, that is, during the Anti-Japanese War, Jiang still had the idea of ​​strengthening the Central Army, weakening or even annexing the miscellaneous army. What he needed was an absolute "military policy" without any restrictions. Great power, unwilling to be bound by civil service regulations and the official system.

You must know that there is a formal process for the awarding of civil service ranks, and there must be a "official certificate" signed by the top administrative leader of the Nationalist Government, Lin *, and each officer also has his own official number.

And once the change of civil service ranks is stopped, the appointment and removal of senior officers during the entire Anti-Japanese War will be entirely based on the "appointment order" of the chairman of the Military Commission of someone Jiang. Teachers, lieutenant generals, etc., don't they do whatever they want without any fuss?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 organization of the army during the war must have increased, so the number of the ranks of major generals and lieutenant generals has also risen sharply. However, there is a ceiling that the number of generals is basically fixed at about 60, so the rank of lieutenant generals appeared The situation of getting together and flooding.

So the division commander, army commander, deputy commander-in-chief of the group army, commander-in-chief, and even the chief of staff and deputy commander-in-chief of the theater all wore two stars on their necklines.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the lieutenant general walks all over the place and the major general is not as good as * *.

(End of this chapter)