Military rank reform

Faced with the huge political pressure released by the Japanese government, all Chiang Kai-shek could do was to be busy arguing with the Japanese government. At this time, the Ninth Army under Li Guosheng had already begun the first large-scale military dress change and military rank system reform since the establishment of the troops...

In the small conference room of the General Command of the Ninth Army, confidential secretary Li Mengjie walked in with excitement and reported a news that made Li Guosheng and Jiang Baili extremely excited...

"The head of the chief, attending the seat, the confidential secretariat just intercepted a telegram from Japan. After declassification, this telegram was a diplomatic note sent by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Nanjing National Government: It requires the National Government to compensate the mixed fleet sunk off the coast of Qingdao..."

"The Japanese responded very quickly. As soon as the agreement with us was reached, I was eager to find trouble for the National Government and replenish their losses in the naval battle. It was like a hungry wolf that bites everyone when they see them. As expected, the current Prime Minister of Japan's cabinet, Inuyasu, must be under great pressure at this moment..." After nodding to Li Mengjie, Li Guosheng expressed his thoughts with a smile.

Chief of Staff Jiang Baili showed a strange smile on his face. He spoke to Li Guosheng in front of him, "Commander-in-Chief, you have more ideas. A small hint to the Japanese government will involve Lao Chiang, who is far away in the Nanjing government. If nothing unexpected happens, Lao Chiang must be busy arguing with the Japanese government and has no time to worry about us..."

Li Guosheng curled his lips disdainfully and said, "Chief of Staff, you look down on Chiang Kai-shek too much... I'm worried that Chiang Kai-shek will not be able to withstand the pressure from all sides of the Japanese government, and in the end, he will do something to sell the country and seek honor to the Japanese government. However, there is one thing that is worth celebrating. If the Japanese and the Southern Red Party together restrain Chiang Kai-shek of the Nanjing government, Chiang Kai-shek will not have enough energy. In the next period of time, we will target our Ninth Army and hinder our development."

As Li Guosheng's full-time confidential secretary, Li Mengjie was already very clear about Li Guosheng and the entire Ninth Army. However, after listening to the conversation between the two, Li Mengjie still showed a puzzled expression on her face as soon as possible. Seeing Li Mengjie frowning in front of her and a contemplative look, perhaps in order to ease the atmosphere in the conference room. Chief of Staff Jiang Baili, who has always been not serious, directly told me that during the negotiations with the Japanese government, Li Guosheng instructed the Japanese government to allow the Japanese government to trouble other places in the country.

After listening to Jiang Baili's explanation, a pair of charming dimples quickly appeared on Li Mengjie's face. Perhaps because he was too familiar with Li Guosheng and Jiang Baili. Li Mengjie was not as serious as others. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Master, you are too cunning. Even the Chairman of the National Government has been plotting against him. If Chairman Jiang knew that all of this was led by you personally, you wouldn't be so angry that he vomited blood directly..."

Li Guosheng smiled and shook his head, and said in a jokey tone: "It has nothing to do with me whether Jiang vomits blood or not. I just hope that in the next period of time, Mr. Jiang, who is far away in Nanjing, will not cause trouble for our Ninth Army. Let us develop safely for a while, and I will be grateful."

Then, he looked at Li Mengjie, who was waiting in front of him, waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's the end of this matter. The confidential secretariat must pay close attention to the radio contact between the National Government and the Japanese Government from now on. If there is any important matter, report it to me immediately..."

Seeing Li Guosheng in front of him, he showed an official expression in an instant. Invisibly, Li Mengjie, who had already developed a little love for Li Guosheng, glared at Li Guosheng very angrily and replied: "Please rest assured, I, Li Mengjie, promised to complete the task..."

After seeing Li Mengjie, who looked even more slender in a woman's military uniform, disappeared from the door of the conference room, Li Guosheng retracted his gaze. At this moment, Chief of Staff Jiang Baili suddenly said something shocked Li Guosheng: "Commander-in-Chief, I will tell you as an experienced person and elder: Our Secretary Li must like you..."

Seeing that he looked shocked in front of him, he had a great talent in military combat. However, Li Guosheng, who was almost idiot in talking about love, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Commander-in-Chief, Director Li has left. Look, are we going to get back to the point..."

It has been a few years since I came to this world. Through getting along with my wife Lan Ruoxin, Li Guosheng is no longer the first brother of the past. Even Li Guosheng himself sometimes feels a little excited about Li Mengjie, a beautiful talented woman. However, there has always been an idea in Li Guosheng's mind: being able to marry Lan Ruoxin is a blessing he has cultivated in his previous life, how can he marry a second wife again...

In addition to the influence of monogamy in later generations on himself since childhood, Li Guosheng has been resisting Li Mengjie's love for him from the bottom of his heart. Now, this matter has been revealed directly by the Chief of Staff, and the embarrassing expression on Li Guosheng's face can be imagined.

Chief of Staff Jiang Baili seemed to see through what Li Guosheng thought and continued to speak: "Commander-in-Chief, I have observed for a while. Secretary Li is a rare talented woman. If you really have feelings for Secretary Li, please do it with confidence and boldness... Although the so-called monogamy system is constantly promoted in China, it has not been implemented after all. As long as you have the ability and both sides are voluntary, there is absolutely nothing to say about outsiders...."

A word woke up the dreamer, Li Guosheng subconsciously thought of the era he was in. However, even so, the awkward expression on Li Guosheng's face did not dissipate at all. He quickly spoke to Jiang Baili, "Chief of Staff, don't joke with me. Don't worry, I will handle this matter well. OK, Chief of Staff, we will get back to the point, and there is not much time left."

Although I don’t know what Li Guosheng thought, as a subordinate and elder, Jiang Baili couldn’t help but remind him: “Master, I can see that Secretary Li is sincere to you. And you, I believe that after getting along for so long, you have also cultivated a certain relationship. Of course, if you can’t say anything, your sister-in-law and I can help you…”

After saying that, the expression on his face had already returned to seriousness without realizing it. Without waiting for Li Guosheng to answer, he continued to speak: "Commander-in-Chief. We just talked about a unified division of the current ranks of the troops. I wonder if you have any specific new ideas?"

The unified division of all military ranks in the army has been brewing for a long time in Li Guosheng's heart.

In later armies, due to the unified application of military ranks, a unit, whether on the battlefield or on the training ground, would not be in the situation where the soldiers were not aware of their generals or generals were not aware of their soldiers.

And the current China. Once the troops are in chaos during the battle, this situation will arise naturally.

In addition, most of the officers and soldiers in the Ninth Army come from other armies. If there is no unified military rank system, the command system of the entire army may be in chaos during the specific command operations.

As of now, this situation has not happened yet because the Ninth Army has never failed on the battlefield. However, once the Ninth Army loses in a future battle, it is conceivable that when the command system falls into chaos and the rank cannot reflect the level of the military position, it will definitely be a matter of chaos and defeat in the entire army.

Therefore, unify the ranks of the entire army. Let ordinary soldiers see the ranks, just like seeing the commander. They become the Ninth Army, and even all the Chinese teams. Things that must be solved at present.

To Jiang Baili, he said his thoughts without reservation: "Chief of Staff. Only when the entire army is unified in the military ranks, our officers can better command the troops to fight on the battlefield. At the same time, a perfect military rank system can better stimulate the combat potential of officers and soldiers to a certain extent..."

"This time, I not only want to improve the unified military rank system, but also further improve the officer promotion system of the entire Ninth Army, and link the military pay received by the soldiers with the military rank and the positions they hold. At the same time, the military achievements made by the soldiers on the battlefield will directly become the conditions for everyone to advance their military ranks."

"Of course, the promotion of military rank will also be a condition for the promotion of the officer position, but this is not the only condition. Because if an officer does not conduct systematic cultural and military learning, his vision and knowledge will never be opened. Even if he has rich practical experience, this uneducated officer can only serve as a grassroots officer."

"So, in my future Ninth Army, in addition to culture and military command capabilities, one of the important prerequisites is to promote one's own military rank. To be promoted, one must have military achievements that can be achieved. Of course, if the soldiers want to obtain higher military pay, and to be promoted, it is also a convenient way for them to get higher military pay..."

A perfect military rank system, a perfect officer promotion system... Jiang Baili, who had studied in Germany, was very clear about the importance of these two systems to an army. As soon as Li Guosheng finished speaking, he replied without any objection: "Commander-in-Chief, I fully support you in the Ninth Army and truly improve these two systems..."

The decision has been made, and the next step is to discuss the specific plan.

Seeing Jiang Baili, who looked hesitant and seemed to know how to speak, Li Guosheng first said: "Chief of Staff, the military ranks of our two people are directly appointed by the Military and Political Department of the Nanjing National Government, there is no point in changing them. Therefore, what we mainly discuss is the division commanders and regiment commanders below..."

Facing Li Guosheng with a sincere face, Jiang Baili did not hesitate and quickly expressed another concern in his heart: "Commander-in-Chief, there are currently more than a dozen division commanders of our Ninth Group. Among them are the old men who have been following you, and some have gradually improved through military merits in the battle. Of course, there are also prisoners of war who were captured on the battlefield and finally joined our Ninth Group Army."

"For these dozen division commanders, I don't know what the chief officer plans to deal with..."

Jiang Baili's problem seems simple, but in fact, it has already exposed a big problem hidden within the Ninth Army invisibly, that is factional disputes. You should know that as long as there are people and ruled places, there will be fighting and factions... And the Ninth Army under Li Guosheng is also no exception.

With the continuous development and growth of the Ninth Army, two particularly obvious factions have gradually grown and grown within the Ninth Army. That is: the veteran faction led by Wang Guoli and others, and the new faction led by Zhang Zizhong and others...

This time, all soldiers of the army were re-granted and a complete military rank system was formulated. Once the distribution was unfair, it can be imagined that the gap between these two factions would become increasingly larger.

For a moment, Li Guosheng's brows were already twisted into a Sichuanzi without realizing it.

After five minutes, a decisive expression slowly appeared on Li Guosheng's face. He responded firmly to Jiang Baili in front of him and said, "Chief of Staff, I know what you mean. As the saying goes, 'break and then establish', since this atmosphere in the army has been formed, we will completely disrupt him..."

Speaking of this, Li Guosheng's mind has already emerged in the mind of the commanders of the major military regions of the Republic in later generations. Since the Republic can be used, why can't it be used by itself? Use this system to prevent officers from transforming the troops into their own private property. At the same time, through the mobilization of military personnel in several years, the factional disputes in the troops should be weakened as much as possible.

"Break and then set up..." Under Jiang Baili's shocked gaze, Li Guosheng quickly told the rotation system of senior army commanders in his heart.

Although Jiang Baili was worried about this new system that he had never had before, he had a keen sense of smell and discovered the importance of this system to an army at the first time.

It is certain that once this system is really implemented in the army, then the main divisions under the entire Ninth Army will no longer be the private territory of any one person. In the future, no matter how large the Ninth Army develops, it will be an elite force that only obeys the commander-in-chief in front of you.

Chief of Staff Jiang Baili sighed that Li Guosheng was sophisticated that he had a last bit of worry in his heart. With the emergence of this system, it completely disappeared. Without any hesitation, he asked directly to Li Guosheng.

"Since that's the case, you plan to... the military ranks of these dozen division commanders..."

Li Guosheng responded: "Chief of Staff. In the central government army under the National Government, the rank of the division commander can be either a major general or a lieutenant general. I mean, all the field division commanders under our Ninth Army must be the rank of major general. Local security divisions and garrison division commanders are the rank of colonels. Among the deputy division officers at the division level, the main field division is the rank of colonels, and the garrison division and garrison division are the rank of colonels. In addition, from the date of formal award, any major general division commanders and colonel commanders who have made great contributions can be promoted to ranks of lieutenant general and major general commanders according to their military merits and as appropriate...."

"In all field troops of the army: regiment-level officers have unified military ranks as colonels. Deputy officers have unified military ranks as lieutenant colonels, including regiment chief staff and deputy regiment commanders. Of course, if any regiment commander makes great contributions in office, it is enough to be promoted to the first-level military rank. Then, the military general directly awards the rank of colonels and serves as the regiment commander as the colonel. Of course, we should not underestimate the rank of this colonel, because in the future expansion of the army, all the expanded division-level officers will be produced among these colonel commanders. Therefore, if you want to promote your military rank, you must first promote the rank to the colonel..."

"The local garrison division, regiment-level officers in the garrison division, have all downgraded their ranks and used them, that is, lieutenant colonel commander. If you have military achievements, you can be promoted to colonel commander..."

"In all troops in the entire army, including the local garrison division and the garrison division: battalion-level officers, with uniform rank as major. In addition, if they have sufficient military achievements, they can also serve as battalion commander as lieutenant colonel. Of course, the rank of lieutenant colonel is also a level that battalion-level officers must go through to be promoted to regiment-level officers..."

"In all troops in the entire army, including the local garrison division and the security division: the ranks of company-level officers are unified as captains, the ranks of deputy company-level officers are unified as lieutenants, and the ranks of platoon-level officers are unified as lieutenants..."

"In the infantry squad, each infantry squad leader is under the jurisdiction of one sergeant squad leader, two sergeant deputy squad leader, one sergeant machine gunner, and eight corporal ordinary soldiers..."

"Overall, that's all. I don't know if you have anything to add to, Chief of Staff..." After saying his thoughts, Li Guosheng quickly turned his attention to the Chief of Staff and asked.

Looking at the record just now in his hand, Jiang Baili, who had a brief analysis, first shook his head. Then, he smiled and reminded: "I have no objection to the military. The introduction you just now is already very comprehensive. However, in the headquarters logistics and the headquarters directly affiliated agencies, should we also carry out a unified plan..."

Li Guosheng nodded affirmatively and said, "Chief of Staff, this is certain. I, Li Guosheng, can't forget the heroes behind my Ninth Army..."
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