The Soviet Union's military rank system may be the most complex in the world's military, which has a lot to do with the Soviet Army's complex and clear division of labor military system, Lin Jun in his previous life saw a Yankee movie, and forgot everything in the film, but he remembered one of the tidbits: a group of American GIs ridiculed a female officer of the Ministry of Defense sent by the Ministry of Defense to supervise the work, and the official had to emphasize: "My position is so-and-so, which is equivalent to your general!" ”

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In the Soviet army there would have been no such farce, even the engineers had generals and engineers, not to mention political workers, and at the first glance of the rank and the identification of the military branch clearly knew who should salute first. For example, in the draft of changes in the military rank system of senior officers shown by Stalin to Lin Jun, the concept of "marshal" is divided into three levels:

Marshal of the Soviet Union, commander of the Air Force, commander of the tank corps, commander of the artillery, general, marshal of the Air Force, marshal of the armored corps, marshal of the artillery, the synthesis of the army and the construction of various arms of the armed forces have developed rapidly, so that several military ranks have appeared in advance of history, which has a considerable relationship with Lin Jun's intervention in the past few years.

Because the "general" is the commander of the composite force, he is a little bit higher than the marshal of the arms in the concept of the central authorities, and this can be regarded as a Soviet characteristic -- "the marshal is inferior to the general," and the "general" of the Soviet Union has gone beyond the concept of "general" in some aspects.

Stalin told Lin Jun that the Air Force would now have only one air commander and one air marshal, and that the only candidate for air force commander would of course be Yakov Ivanovich Arksnes, deputy People's Commissar of Defense, director of the Air Force of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and who had already been promoted to the rank of commander of the first class army group last year.

This time, all the "marshal-level" military ranks may not be obtained, but they will be established first, and there are many factors that determine this. Judging from the military rank after the official implementation, there were several "marshal-level" officers above Lin Jun who were "higher" than him, but there were not many who had the titles of "****** Central Committee Member" and "Deputy People's Commissar for National Defense," and no one dared to look down on him, a "marshal who is not as good as a general."

The recent restoration of the "rank of general" by the Soviets is also in line with the trend of the development of military ranks in the world's armies, and is more convenient for the command and management of the armed forces. But this time, not all senior ranks have been adjusted, for example, brigade commanders have been retained, and what is more interesting is that the major general has two stars.

It is not surprising that Lin Jun, a major general and a two-star general, did not express his opinion, each has his own habits, and the American generals are still "accurate".

Every adjustment of the rank system of senior officers is like a war without gunpowder, and this "war" is staged at the top of the internal hierarchy, and each system hopes that officers from their own branches of the army can obtain higher military ranks, for which Stalin also hopes to listen to Lin Jun's opinion: no matter what, the final decision is also in Stalin's hands, and once he makes a decision, no one can overturn the case.

"Marshal of the Air Force, Comrade Stalin, I did not expect to receive such a rank, I am really happy." Stalin was going to have a private, even "family-style" conversation, and Lin Jun did not need to tell lies, he was happy when he was happy.

Other military ranks will not be adjusted for the time being, and the new senior officer rank system will be implemented before "May Day" according to the plan, and he will become an "air marshal" in less than six years in the army.

"Marshal"! What an exhilarating and resounding title!

The selection of the new marshal and general is something that Stalin needs to take time to consider, and Lin Jun's task is to give Stalin some advice: in his memory, there will be three people who will be awarded the rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" in 1940, but now the five people who were awarded the rank of marshal in 1935 are still there because of Lin Jun's appearance, and Vorosinov has not stepped down because of the Soviet-Finnish war, and perhaps in the future become a "marshal of the Soviet Union".

Here, Lin Jun is also the "Air Marshal", and Timoshenko and Kulik should meet the decision of the central government.

At present, the commanders of military districts at the level of the first-class army group are not qualified to sit on an equal footing with the original five marshals, so the only candidate for the "marshal of the Soviet Union" this time is Shaposhnikov, the general staff of the Soviet Union. It is estimated that no one will have an opinion on the award of this rank to the Chief of the General Staff.

Orlov will be awarded the title of "Marshal of the Navy", and the Central Committee has not yet wanted to create the title of "Marshal of the Navy of the Soviet Union". With the exception of the Air Force, the commanders and marshals of the other branches of the armed forces were left to Stalin to decide, and the result was likely to become a temporary vacancy.

Lin Jun's current "four carriages" -- Tukhachevsky, Zhukov, Rokossovsky, and Malinovsky, Tukhachevsky or not, Zhukov is already a candidate for "general" because of his outstanding performance in the Haraha River operation and the "Liberation Army." Because of the assassination incident, Rokossovsky was recommended by Lin Jun, and it is estimated that he will be awarded the title of "general", not to mention that he is now a military-level commander. And Malinovsky, as the commander of the army group, killed even a general, and it is not outrageous to give him the rank of lieutenant general.

Vasilevsky, whom Lin Jun values very much, only joined the party two years ago, and the Central Committee will give him the rank of general, and Vasilevsky's stage is still in the future, and like other famous "marshals of the Soviet Union" in history, many people are still young, and this time they are all "generals" of choice.

"Comrade Stalin, I have no other opinion on the draft, only a suggestion for Rokossovsky's rank." After reading the list in his hand, Lin Jun said to Stalin, "He still made outstanding contributions in the Soviet-Finnish war, can he be awarded the rank of general?" ”

"I've thought about it, he's a conductor you value, and like Malinovsky, they've been shown to be very good commanders. But at present, he Rokossovsky is only a commander-in-command, and it is not appropriate to skip the rank and confer the title. Although your injury is not directly related to him, it is more appropriate to confer the title of general at the moment. The Central Committee was soon going to transfer Debenko back to Moscow, and Rokossovsky was appointed commander of the Leningrad Military District. ”

Since Stalin said so, he gave himself face very much, and took care of his "four carriages", Lin Jun also consciously shut up, there was nothing to fight.

At this time, Snornick came over with a plate with the drinks that Stalin and Lin Jun wanted. Stalin asked for a cup of coffee, and Lin Jun was a cup of green tea.

"Or do you like to drink Chinese tea?" Stalin said with his coffee cup in his hand.

"I'm used to it, the doctor said that you can't drink coffee during the treatment, this green tea can clear the lungs and detoxify with the doctrine of Chinese traditional medicine, and I have been drinking it all this time."

"After you were injured, messages of condolence were sent from Chongqing and Yan'an, China."

"I saw it. During this time, Gusev and Leonov were busy replying to letters, and they have not yet finished writing, and letters and parcels from all over the country have been piled up. ”

After hearing the news of Lin Jun's injury, various letters of condolence were sent from all over the Soviet Union, and a small number of letters of condolence came from abroad. Not to mention the letters, there are also piles of packages, which are basically specialties from all over the world: Chukotka's comrades even sent Lin Jun a seal fur coat, saying that it was to wear in winter to protect against the invasion of the cold on the inner abdomen.

The postal department transferred everything sent to the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense to Leningrad and Sochi, and the secretaries had to ask the local government to help and transfer several staff members to sort out and check the letters and parcels.

There are all kinds of things, light treatment remedies and local medicinal materials can be piled up to open a pharmacy, among which there are some precious medicinal materials, Lin Jun left these all to the Leningrad Military District Hospital, and those received after arriving in Sochi were also sent to the medical institutions in Sochi.

Two of his secretaries replied to the relatively important letters, and the others were photocopied - Lin Jun asked for a reply without leakage, and he knew that a letter that was photocopied in batches was important to the ordinary Soviet people and local departments, so Lin Jun signed all the replies at the back.

Stalin had something to listen to Lin Jun's advice, and Lin Jun also had something to ask Stalin, that is, the Baltic Sea strategy, which was very important, and it was the last strategic defensive weakness of the Soviet Union.

"The Ministry of People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs has done enough work, and the governments of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have basically agreed to be incorporated into the Soviets. The German side also does not want to entangle us with the Lithuanian issue. ”

After the Soviet-Finnish war, the Germans did not want to contradict the Soviet Union on the issue of Lithuania, and besides, they had already occupied a piece of land from Lithuania, which helped the Soviet Union.

"The Central Committee intends to set up a new military district after Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are incorporated into the Soviets, what suggestions do you have for the new military district commander?" Stalin put down the coffee cup in his hand.

"Tukhachevsky, Zhukov also has this ability."

Stalin smiled: "Just let Tukhachevsky go to the front line in the west, your marshal should not disappoint us." ”

Stalin had already acquiesced in the fact that his successor had co-opted senior officers, and Lin Jun had proved to be very accurate - since Tukhachevsky could accept Andrei's leadership, he could not let this cadre stay in Mongolia and let his horses go to the west of the gun.

Tukhachevsky's blocking of the muzzle of the artillery is not an exaggeration at all -- the new military district, the newly combined troops, and the relatively unstable popular will make this commander not easy to do.

Lin Jun had confidence in the "Red Napoleon". (To be continued.) )