The Spanish Civil War was brutal from the beginning, with Franco's rebel army of more than 150,000 soldiers, many of whom had been tested in the overseas colonies, and the Foreign Legion also joined the rebels, giving the rebels a strong fighting force.

The Left Alliance was not easy to deal with, they won the support of the people, and a large number of anti-fascist fighters appeared in the international community, who took the initiative to go to Spain to help the leftist government, with a total of more than 40,000 people, many of whom were mobilized by the Soviet Union, and they formed an international column to fight Franco.

China has no special inclination for the leftists or the rebels, as long as anyone can afford to pay for it, China will supply weapons to whomever it wants, and it is a completely fair deal, and China is not selling individual weapons, but also selling a system and sending instructors to help them learn how to use weapons to their full potential.

In the original history, the main force to aid Franco was Italy, Mussolini provided 150,000 so-called volunteers to help Franco fight, and also provided a large number of planes, tanks, guns and ammunition, you must know that Spain was also part of the Roman Empire, Mussolini is so desperate It makes sense.

However, in the current time and space, Mussolini did not have this ability, in the battlefield of Abyssinia, Italy has 40,000 dead and more than 100,000 wounded, many of which are injured by mines.

Anti-infantry mines are generally only the size of a palm, which looks inconspicuous, but this thing is the most vicious, it is not for the purpose of killing, but to hurt people, the soldier who is recruited often loses a leg, on the battlefield a wounded person is far more valuable to the army than the dead, and if you hurt one, you need to send one or two more people to protect him, and the attrition caused to the enemy is also the most serious.

After years of fighting, a large number of Italian soldiers were disabled who had lost a leg or had half of it amputated. These people were injured by landmines. The loss of a leg does not die, but it can be a huge burden on the whole society, and when a large number of wounded soldiers are sent back to Italy, Mussolini's prestige plummets, and some people have even begun to want to remove this straw bag from power.

In this situation, Mussolini was powerless even if he wanted to intervene in Spain, and the mission to help Franco fell to Hitler. At this time, Hitler was also full of ambition, German industrial technology was very strong, and Germany also had the best group of scientists in the world.

They quickly absorbed the technology provided by China and designed Germany's own new tanks and aircraft, much faster than in history, and a large number of excellent commanders received a full set of military training in China. The military thinking of these people matured rapidly, and with men and equipment, Hitler's confidence naturally became more and more sufficient.

He also used Spain as a training ground, and successively sent more than 100,000 troops into Spain to be trained in war.

As for what Germany still lacked about, it was the Navy. Subject to the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was seriously deficient in large surface ships, especially aircraft carriers. Hitler had already learned from China's previous combat experience the great value of aircraft carriers, and Germany must have its own aircraft carriers.

But the aircraft carrier is a huge combat system, and it is simply not possible to accumulate enough time, and at this time Dönitz made a suggestion to Hitler, that is, to introduce mature aircraft carrier design experience from China, and even to import a scrapped aircraft carrier from China, using training pilots and professionals.

It normally takes three years to build an aircraft carrier of more than 20,000 tons, and it takes two years to train into the army, but the introduction of warships and design technology from China can reduce detours and reduce the time by at least half.

At this time, China's energy was not focused on this, Qiao Yu was in charge for many years, during these years, national sovereignty was restored, the lost territory was recovered, and the mission of expanding the territory was completed by the way, and the world powers were also beaten by China.

Now it is also time to reward meritorious service, and the Chinese side has already begun to brew this before the war against France, and how to evaluate the title involves the historical evaluation of a person, and it also involves many issues of internal interests of the army.

There are more difficult issues, such as whether the army has the rank of generalissimo, that is, how to arrange Qiao Yu's status, and whether the personnel in the government are involved, these are all problems that must be solved.

In the end, Qiao Yu announced his withdrawal from the evaluation, and at the same time asked everyone who worked in the government to quit, this time the military evaluation was completely for active soldiers, and the rest of the people would set up another reward system according to the size of their contributions.

The total number of Chinese troops has reached more than 1.5 million, and the three armies of the navy, land, and air force must be balanced, the Sichuan and other factions must be balanced, the generals of the old Beiyang and the generals who come after them must also be balanced, seniority must be considered, merit must be considered, and even geographical classification must be taken into account, and the relationship between the north and the south must be taken care of in an all-round way.

The operation is actually a mess, after repeated consideration, Qiao Yu decided to set up six levels of generals, that is, marshal, general, general, lieutenant general, major general, brigadier general, marshal is naturally the highest glory of a soldier, Qiao Yu after setting up this rank, it is required that only people who have the merit of expanding the territory can serve, in addition, the marshal is not awarded.

The rank of general can not be taken lightly, you must have the great merit of fighting for the country, and raise the prestige of the country in a foreign land, so that you can get the rank of general, according to this standard, in fact, the generals in the early days of the founding of the country can achieve it, and after the world is promoted to peace in the later period, there is no chance to make this kind of merit.

The main body of the army system is still generals, lieutenant generals and major generals, as for the issue of brigadier generals, Qiao Yu originally did not want to set up, because the Chinese army is numerous, once it is established, it will cause a flood of generals, but Premier Wang Yongjiang and adviser Yang Du strongly advocated the establishment of brigadier generals, and their reasons are very sufficient, that is, this time it is a celebration of the whole world, so naturally all parties will be happy, so they simply come to a big delivery.

Qiao Yu had no choice but to agree, and after repeated weighing, this time China elected a total of three marshals, namely Jiang Baili, Wu Tong, and Han Yong. In fact, there are others who are sufficient. For example, Liu Xiang, Shi Yi, Pan Wenhua, etc., but considering that the Chinese army will vigorously participate in the war in World War II in the future, there will be a greater reward action at that time, and three marshals will be set up for the time being.

A total of 15 generals were elected, including Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Deng Xihou, Pan Wenhua, Shi Yi, Su Ding, Wang Huai, Liu Yunhong, Xu Shuzheng, Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Xiaohuai, Long Yun, Chen Shaokuan, Tian Songyao, and Lu Han.

There were thirty-six generals in all. These include Wang Mingzhang, Lu Yuguang, Liu Cunhou, Liu Wenhui, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Zuoxiang and others.

There are 120 lieutenant generals, 853 major generals, and 1,700 brigadier generals. When this list is drawn up, it basically determines the pattern of the Chinese armed forces.

Among them, the marshal and the general are all from the Sichuan family, and it is difficult for other generals to squeeze in, only Xu Shuzheng, Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xiaohuai have great merit and relatively high qualifications, so they squeeze in, and as for the generals, they are more average. There are all factions. It's more about balancing factions.

At a time when the Chinese government is making a big show about the selection of generals, a breakthrough has been made in the Sino-French negotiations on the three Indo-Chinese countries. The French had agreed to give up the Three Kingdoms and regain suzerainty over to China, which in turn would return all French captives.

In addition, France also asked China to give France half a year to withdraw its property in the three countries, but China categorically refused, these properties are ill-gotten gains, how can the French calmly take it away, and China used 500,000 people to fight this time, and lost more than 600 million yuan in military spending, these China did not ask France for war reparations, it is already considered leniency, how can it still agree to France's request.

In order to make France yield, China opened the prisoner of war camps and allowed French journalists to go to cover them, most of these prisoners of war were under the care of the Vietnamese, used as coolies, although they did not die, but also lost half their lives, and the miserable photos of these prisoners of war were sent to France.

Immediately, those family members took to the streets with tears in their eyes, they knew very well that those who had property in Vietnam were all powerful people, and the government was watching their children suffer in the Far East for the sake of these people, it was simply too much, they absolutely could not bear it!

The tremendous pressure of public opinion finally made the French government choose to give in and withdraw from the Far East in disgrace, and at this juncture, the submission of the French also added a lot of festive atmosphere to China's great cause.

For this grand ceremony, the Chinese side specially designed a new military uniform, with the best dark yellow generals, cut straight and neat, and with sabers, riding boots, armed belts, medals and other ornaments, it looks extremely majestic.

Jiang Baili and other three marshals military uniforms are designed most carefully, the epaulettes are five gold stars, decorated with a circle of mutton fat white jade beads, China has been comparing white jade to gentlemen since ancient times, gold is valuable, jade is priceless, white jade is the best in jade, but also highlights the noble status of the marshal.

In addition, the neckline and cuffs of the marshal's military uniform are inlaid with gold unicorn patterns, the general here is Pixiu, and the general is a tiger, in order to show the difference, the armed belt imitates the ancient jade belt, and the belt is inlaid with a circle of jade, and the handle of the saber is inlaid with seven diamonds in the shape of the Beidou, symbolizing that the marshal is the hope of the Beidou in the army......

In the face of these complex designs, Jiang Baili and the others also shook their heads, "President, this is too luxurious, and the soldiers should be simpler!" ”

"Brother Baili, this uniform is not for you to wear every day, doesn't it mean that a soldier who doesn't want to be a marshal is not a good soldier, you can show all Chinese soldiers, how noble the marshal is, so that everyone can be motivated!"

Han Yong has always felt a little guilty about being named a marshal, and even more so when he wears this luxurious military uniform.

"President, my achievements over the years are limited, and I really can't bear this kind of reputation!"

"At this time, you can't retreat, that is, deserters......"

While speaking, Yang Du personally came over to inform that the time was almost up, this time the award ceremony was arranged in the Taihe Palace, at this time the Taihe Hall was already star-studded, all the generals were wearing brand new military uniforms, looking majestic and majestic, the appearance of President Qiao Yu and the three marshals meant the official start of the award ceremony.

The audience played the majestic national anthem "China Stands in the Universe" President Qiao Yu personally awarded the title, Jiang Baili and other three people walked into the middle of the hall in turn, Qiao Yu held the purple ribbon gold medal, and issued it to three people in turn! (To be continued.) )