1. Rank of the Japanese Army:

(1) In order from small to largest: recruits, first-class privates, second-class soldiers (the above are soldiers, and our army only has privates and privates).

(2) Wu Commander, Jun Cao, Cao Chang (the above are sergeants, which are equivalent to corporals, sergeants and sergeants before 99 years of our army), non-commissioned officers (this is the epaulette of military academy trainee students, not military ranks), and special agent Cao Chang (equivalent to graduates who have not been awarded titles, that is, warrant officers of foreign armies).

(3) Ensign, lieutenant, and first lieutenant (the above are lieutenants. Equivalent to second lieutenant, lieutenant, lieutenant of our army, respectively).

(4) Major, Nakasa, and Dazuo (the above are adjutants, which are equivalent to the majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels of our army, respectively).

(5) Major general, lieutenant general, general (the above are generals, respectively equivalent to major generals, lieutenant generals and generals of our army), marshal (not the actual military rank, the Japanese army does not have the official military rank of marshal, marshal is the honorary title of senior and outstanding general awarded by the emperor, and the official title is "marshal of the army/navy". Kind of like "Military Senate", but rarer. ).

2. The establishment and firepower of the Japanese army

(1) Squad: Similar to the squad of our army.

The Japanese squad consisted of 13 men, including a squad leader, 4 machine gun shooters and 8 riflemen. a light machine gun with four men (commander, shooter, two secondary shooters with ammunition), who were armed with self-defense pistols and sometimes carried rifles in battle (except machine gun shooters); The remaining eight riflemen, each with a single-shot rifle. Among the specially reinforced units, the reinforced squad will be equipped with an additional 50-mm grenadier carried by two people.

(2) Squad: Similar to the formation of our platoon, but the number of people is larger, which is equivalent to a reinforced platoon.

The Japanese army had three squads and one grenadier squad equipped with three grenadiers. A total of 54 people.

(3) Squadron: Similar to the establishment of our army's company, but with a larger number of people, it is equivalent to a reinforced company.

A standard infantry squadron of 180 men in the Japanese army consisted of a 19-man squadron headquarters: squadron leader, executive officer, 3 sergeants, 4 health officers, officers' orderlies, commanders, 8 messengers), and 3 aforementioned 54-man squads.

(4) Brigade: Similar to the establishment of our legion.

A standard 1,100-man brigade of the Japanese army includes: a 30-man brigade headquarters, a 110-man transport squadron (carts, mules and horses), and some brigades merge their transport squadrons into a wing. four aforementioned infantry squadrons (some have only three); a 174-man machine gun squadron (14-man company and 3 machine-gun platoons, 1 ammunition platoon) with 4 heavy machine guns per platoon, a total of 12 (some companies have only 8); A 55-man artillery platoon (one 10-man platoon, one 15-man ammunition squad, two 15-man artillery squads each equipped with a 70mm Type 92 infantry gun), and a very small number of troops equipped with a 122-man artillery battery (including a 27-man ammunition platoon, and two 31-man artillery platoons each equipped with two infantry guns). AMONG THESE SMALL ARTILLERY BATTERIES, SOME OF THE LUCKY ONES THAT COULD BE ASSIGNED TO 20 MM ANTI-TANK GUNS COULD BE ORGANIZED INTO FOUR PLATOONS OF 24 MEN ARMED WITH TWO ANTI-TANK GUNS, IN WHICH CASE THE AMMUNITION PLATOON WOULD BE EXPANDED TO 39 MEN.

(5) Wing: Similar to the establishment of our army's brigade (deputy division).

A standard 3,800-man wing of the Japanese army included a 54-man command; a convoy of 121 men (carts, mules and horses) carrying a day's rations for the regimental headquarters and the immediate subordinate companies, as well as field kitchens for possibly divisions; An 81-man ammunition platoon carries a day's worth of ammunition. three infantry brigades; An artillery squadron of 122 people, including a company headquarters of 25 people, 1 observation squad, an ammunition platoon of 31 people, three gun platoons of 31 people (each with 2 gun squads of 15 people, armed with 1 70mm 92 infantry gun). A very small number of wings had an artillery brigade of 364 men and two squadrons of 170 men with 4 guns each. The anti-tank squadron of the wing has 122 people: a company of 20 people, an ammunition platoon of 21 people, and three gun platoons of 33 people (each with two 37mm anti-tank guns). The communications squadron has a telephone platoon (4 to 6 telephone squads, 3 telephones per shift, an exchange), a radio platoon (5 to 8 radios), and the telephone and radio stations are assigned to the brigades and subordinate units during the battle. The health system of the wing is very weak, with only 2 doctors and 2 hygienists in the wing, 3 doctors and 4 hygienists in the brigade and 4 hygienists in the squadron.

(6) Divisions: Similar to the establishment of our army's group army, about 25,000-30,000 people.

The divisional units of the Japanese army mainly consisted of three infantry wings, one field artillery wing, one reconnaissance wing, one engineer wing, one transport wing, and a communications unit. The field artillery wing has a strength of 2,322 people, with three artillery groups of 688 people, each equipped with 12 75mm field guns or mountain guns, and only some divisions and regiments have replaced one of the brigades with 105mm guns. The reconnaissance wing is composed of 730 people, including a 130-man wing headquarters, a 130-man cavalry squadron (4 platoons of 30 people), two 160-man motorized squadrons, and a 100-man trucking squadron (at least on paper can transport those two motorized squadrons). This reconnaissance wing can also be replaced by a cavalry wing of 950 people. The engineer wing has a strength of 900-10 people, almost no mechanical equipment, and can only undertake very few tasks, and more specialized tasks are mainly carried out by the attached independent engineer wing. The size of the transport wing depends largely on the number of trucks available, and theoretically consists of a truck brigade and a mule-horse cart brigade. The truck brigade consisted of 2 or 3 squadrons, each with a maximum of 50 trucks carrying 1.5 tons, and many divisions lacked trucks, some at all. A DIVISION OF THE JAPANESE ARMY HAS 54 75MM FIELD GUNS OR MOUNTAIN GUNS, A FEW DIVISIONS HAVE REPLACED 75MM GUNS WITH 12 105MM GUNS, AND THE JAPANESE ARMY HAS A MAXIMUM OF 100-150 TRUCKS IN THE TRUCK INFANTRY DIVISION'S CAVALRY WING: 2 CAVALRY SQUADRONS, EACH SQUADRON HAS 123 HORSE RIFLES AND 2 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS.

Cavalry wing of the cavalry division: 4 cavalry squadrons, each squadron has 119 horse rifles, 2 light machine guns, 1 heavy machine gun squadron, 2 subordinate squads, 4 heavy machine guns. In addition, the establishment of the 4th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army in 1945 was attached: 15 people from the brigade headquarters, 80 people from the guard squadron, 30 people from the communication squad, and 20 confidential personnel, a total of 145 people

3. The commander of the Japanese army and the corresponding military rank

The military ranks are: Commander of the Front Army-General, Army Commander - General or Lieutenant General (there are few generals), Division Commander - Lieutenant General or Major General (there are fewer Major Generals), Brigade Commander - Major General, Wing Commander - Captain, Group Commander - Lieutenant or Lieutenant, Squadron Leader - Lieutenant or Captain