The army is three marshals, as for the navy is one marshal.

If the rank of marshal is really established, then I am afraid that these will be the four people who will stand at the top of the Wehrmacht for a long time to come. And in the short term, I am afraid that this position will not change in any way. After all, if you want to be a marshal, you can't do it without making a meritorious service that everyone can recognize.

We usually say that generals are not so easy to be, and many times there are only about 1,000 generals in an army of two or three million―――――― including brigadier generals.

But among the nearly 1,000 generals, there are only three or two marshals, which shows how difficult it is to be a marshal~

Cai Ye and Jiang Baili were qualified to be awarded the rank of marshal because of their remarkable military exploits in the First World War, which were admired by all national defense soldiers.

As for Feng Guozhang and Sa Zhenbing...

Among the army generals, the generals who are usually strong enough in command are relatively young and have relatively young qualifications. This is the case with Cai Yi, Jiang Baili and Wu Peifu. Cai Ye and Jiang Baili are very good, although their qualifications are a little worse, but they barely pass, coupled with their outstanding military exploits, no one will say anything about awarding the rank of marshal. However, Wu Peifu's words, although he is also very capable of fighting, but his combat exploits are more or less inferior to Cai Yi and Jiang Baili, and his qualifications are lighter than them, so this time there is no Wu Peifu in the marshal, and other army generals are more or less the same.

As for seniority enough? That's right, the qualifications are sufficient. But the ability to command seems to be just too old. At least for the time being, there are really few old Chiangs in the Wehrmacht who can fight.

Only Feng Guozhang is an exception, and his qualifications are old enough. Although there is a gap between the command ability of Cai Ye and Jiang Baili, compared with others, it is already very good. Coupled with the merits of recovering the Outer Northeast, as well as the role played in the occupation of Siberia―――――― although it is not as good as Cai Yi, it is not bad.

Considering the original Beiyang system, it is still relatively strong in the Wehrmacht or something...

Among so many generals in the army, choose three of them. It's understandable.

As for the Navy ...

A little helpless, although Yan Shao hoped that there would be a little more balance between the various arms, but the fact was. In today's Wehrmacht, the army is the well-deserved boss, and even the number of marshals is much more than that of the navy―――――― but this is also a helpless thing, after all, the army has more than 2 million people, and the navy. But there are only two or three hundred thousand. They are almost nine to one in numbers.

Coupled with the fact that the size of the army and navy is not large, it is not surprising that it will turn out like this in the end.

What's more, in today's Wehrmacht, apart from Sa Zhenbing, I am afraid that there is no one more qualified to be a marshal of the Navy. That's right, maybe Sa Zhenbing does not have any proud achievements, but his prestige in the navy is definitely the highest, if he can't be a marshal. I'm afraid that no one can do it―――――― Liu Guanxiong of the Navy has some qualifications, but this person's prestige in the Navy is obviously not comparable to Sa Zhenbing. In addition, Liu Guanxiong has an unshirkable responsibility in the matter of the Haitian cruiser.

At this time, there was no Yuan Shikai to support Liu Guanxiong in this matter, so when selecting the marshal, there was such a stain on his body, and Liu Guanxiong was inevitably defeated.

And if there are no achievements in the future, I am afraid that he will not be rated as a marshal in this life, after all, marshal is not so easy to be.

Isn't there such a saying, a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier, and a general who does not want to be a marshal is not a good general. Nearly a thousand generals can be picked out of a million, and among these generals only three or five marshals can usually be picked ...

It can be said that the words of the marshal, no matter which one of them are, must be cautious, cautious and cautious, because the marshal is different from the general, no matter which one can be called a model for a soldier, and it can also be said to be a soldier's dream. If the decision is hastily made, it can easily cause dissatisfaction in the army.

This is one of the reasons why Yan Shao did not raise Fu Xiuming to the position of marshal, after all, Fu Xiuming has no military exploits that can be taken at all, all of them are just high enough qualifications.

The problem is that if you can be a marshal with high qualifications, then the marshal is inevitably too worthless, and it can even be said that if you just find a general with higher qualifications, wouldn't you be able to become a marshal? This kind of thing is absurd in any country, and Yan Shao naturally can't do it.

It should be noted that when Yan Shao proposed the establishment of the military rank of marshal, the National Assembly and the Cabinet also mentioned that Yan Shao was also awarded the rank of marshal. It is even simply to set up a higher honorary rank above the marshal―――――― Generalissimo, in recognition of Yan Shao's many contributions to China and the Chinese National Defense Forces.

However, the last mention was vetoed by Yan Shao, especially the generalissimo or something, and it was even more connected to guò.

As for why Yan Shao vetoed...

cough, how to say it, when I get myself the rank of marshal or generalissimo, there is always a very unlucky feeling. After all, in the history of Yan Shao's time, those who would give their leaders the rank of marshal or even generalissimo were usually such as Soviet Russia (Stalin) and North Korea (Kim father and son), and later generations of China also had it, but it only established this military rank, but it was not awarded to anyone, because the person who should have been awarded this military rank refused.

In addition, it is the fat man Goringo, who served as the marshal of the empire, Yan Shao was the special general of the Republic of China in history, a certain principal―――――― although this special general seems to be only equivalent to a marshal.

Then there is the United States, where a five-star general is basically equivalent to a marshal, and a six-star general is equivalent to a generalissimo. At the same time, in the history of the United States, only one six-star general was awarded, and that was Washington.

However, it needs to be clarified. This six-star admiral in Washington was posthumously awarded by the U.S. government when he had been dead for 200 years...

As can be seen from the above cases, generally speaking. Anyone who holds the rank of generalissimo or the equivalent of that rank does not seem to have had particularly good luck. Even Washington, who was a little more lucky, was only posthumously awarded, in this case, how dare Yan Shao get such a military rank for himself?

What's more, in Yan Shao's era, warlords in Africa or only in some rural corners of the Middle East and South America always liked to give themselves the titles of so-and-so general, so-and-so commander, and so-and-so marshal. Yan Shao didn't think that getting himself the rank of generalissimo would be a very handsome thing.

What's more, it is very clearly written in China's constitution today, that is, as the president. He is the legitimate commander of the Chinese armed forces, and this position is far more secure and reliable than getting himself the rank of generalissimo.

And if you want to stabilize your position, the most important thing is the military will and public opinion, that is, to find a way to govern the country well. To all. At least the vast majority of people are willing to support themselves, rather than hoping for such an ethereal thing.

Maybe in other things, Yan Shao is indeed not very likable, but at least Yan Shao still sees this very clearly.

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In fact, Yan Shao originally wanted to set up another air force, after all, the air force will become the mainstream of the war in the future, and if there is one more air force, Yan Shao can also elect one more air marshal to balance the strong position of the army.

And if Yan Shao does this. It doesn't seem to be anything special, because by this time the Air Force had already appeared. 1918 year in history. The Royal Air Force became the world's first independent air force, and other countries followed suit with the establishment of independent air forces or equivalent army air forces. At this time, Yan Shao specially set up an independent air force, and if there is resistance, there may be some, but it will definitely not be very large...

It's a pity that the establishment time of the aviation unit is still too short after all, and there is no way to find a person with sufficient qualifications to come out, and as for the record or something, there is no way to compare it with the army and the navy, even if Yan Shao establishes the air force, I am afraid there is no way to elect an air marshal...

Therefore, Yan Shaocai did not set up the air force for a long time, but just thought that when the army would be changed to the three-three system, and then the time would be to get it together, so that it could be simpler and there would be no need to go through many troubles.

Naturally, these are Yan Shao's own thoughts, and Jiang Baili definitely doesn't understand them.

After Yan Shao learned that he, Cai Yi and others had basically been confirmed to be awarded the rank of marshal, even the city government of Jiang Baili couldn't help but be ecstatic.

This is not surprising, after all, being a marshal is definitely the biggest dream of every soldier―――――― of course, there are also dreams of becoming generals, but compared with the dream of marshals, it seems a little unproductive.

Although Jiang Baili had already known that he would definitely be awarded the title of marshal, when he really learned the news, he was still a little unable to control his feelings.

And looking at Jiang Baili's expression at the moment, Yan Shao couldn't help but smile.

However, there was still business to be done at the moment, so Yan Shao couldn't make Jiang Baili happy for too long, and after waiting for more than ten seconds, Yan Shao stretched out his hands and gently patted Jiang Baili twice in front of him, attracting Jiang Baili's attention.

"I'll be happy later," he said, moving his chair and leaning forward a bit. Didn't I just say that this will have to wait until the problem of the Japanese is resolved? When will the Japanese be dealt with, and when will this marshal title be worn on your shoulders, understand? ”

"Don't worry..."Although Jiang Baili is no longer young, after hearing Yan Shao's words, he is still a little excited. I will definitely help General Feng to get rid of the Japanese before winter..."

There's no way, who said that this matter is related to the awarding of titles, Yan Shao has made it very clear that he will only award titles if the Japanese are solved. In other words, the longer the Japanese delay in the matter, the later the title will be conferred.

Although no matter how late it is, it is impossible to be a year late, but for Jiang Baili at this moment, he is not willing to wait for a quarter of an hour.

Seeing Jiang Baili like this, Yan Shao's face also showed a smile.

Use the marshal's affairs to motivate these generals under him. Although it cannot be regarded as the main purpose, it is more or less a more important purpose.

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In a small town about 30 kilometers behind Dandong, there are countless national defense soldiers in black uniforms. It's busy walking back and forth inside.

In comparison, even the original inhabitants of the town do not seem to have as many as these people.

This is the forward headquarters of the National Defense Forces in the Northeast Theater at this moment, and Feng Guozhang's headquarters is in the town government office building―――――― which is said to be an office building, but in fact it is only three stories high, it is an ordinary ordinary small building.

Of course, there are many greedy officials in this era, but there are also many honest officials. Although the mayor of this town is not really clean, at least he cannot be said to be a corrupt official. In addition, Song Jiaoren's work has always been very good. Naturally, the town government buildings in this town can't be built too extravagantly...

At the same time, in this temporary headquarters, Feng Guozhang himself was also in the conference room with several staff officers, as well as some division commanders and army commanders under his command, discussing the battle situation on the front line. This is also one of the reasons why he did not place his headquarters in Dandong City. After all, he is the commander of the entire Northeast Theater of Operations. And not the commander of Danton.

Placing the headquarters in Dandong can certainly boost morale, but on the other hand, it may not be so easy to command in several other directions. Coupled with the danger of the battlefield, if any shell does not last long and its eyes happen to fall on the head of the headquarters, then I am afraid that the entire war situation in the northeast will be a mess.

So instead of going to the city to put on a show, it's better to stay honestly in this small town that is still very safe. Anyway, if it is really necessary, the distance from Dandong is not very far, only 30 kilometers. It's almost a 20-minute car ride away...

“……… The situation in Dandong was still the same as before, and the Japanese were going to drive us out of the city. In order to gain an advantageous position in negotiations. However, the battle has been fought for such a long time, and although the Japanese are very desperate, they don't have much sharpness, so the Japanese attack in Dandong is not too threatening..."

Standing in front of Dandong's sand table, Wang Zhicheng, who was in charge of Dandong's defense, said to Feng Guozhang and others.

An army commanded by Wang Zhicheng, probably replaced during the rotation, had been fighting fiercely with the Japanese in Dandong for more than a month, so he also knew the situation in Dandong very well. The reason why Feng Guozhang called him over this time was also out of this consideration.

In Wang Zhicheng's view, after the war had lasted for more than half a year, although the Japanese were still clamoring to occupy Dandong, at the same time to drive the Chinese out of Korea, and even simply occupy the entire northeast with one blow, in fact, the sharp spirit of the Japanese has been completely wiped out by the long-term war.

Although today's Japanese army is already fierce in combat, it is actually a little too mechanized in terms of tactics and other aspects...

And this is obviously not a threat in front of the Wehrmacht...

Hearing Wang Zhicheng say this, Feng Guozhang nodded.

At this time, Wang Zhicheng came again. "If we had been allowed to do it from above, we would have been able to drive the Japanese out of Dandong a long time ago, and I don't know what the above thinks..."

Hearing Wang Zhicheng say this, Feng Guozhang shook his head and smiled helplessly.

This is probably the most dissatisfied place for the Wehrmacht in the Northeast, after all, with the current strength of the Wehrmacht in the Northeast, it may not be enough to occupy Korea, but if it is just to drive the Japanese out of Dandong, it will definitely succeed...

It's just that the upper echelons have never allowed them to do this, which naturally caused confusion and dissatisfaction among the lower echelons.

On the other side, looking at Wang Zhicheng's complaining appearance, Feng Guozhang had nothing else to say except shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Feng Guozhang naturally understood the above ideas, but he couldn't tell Wang Zhicheng about them. You can't sue them, the above means that Dandong is to be occupied by the Japanese, find a way to drag the Japanese in Dandong, and then bleed the Japanese little by little in this way, right?

Just when Feng Guozhang shook his head helplessly, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.

After getting permission from Feng Guozhang to come in, Feng Guozhang's adjutant came over with a telegram.

"Commander, this one was just sent from Beijing..."

"Well, I see..."nodded slightly, and after indicating that he had understood, Feng Guozhang opened the telegram in his hand and read it carefully.

Just by looking at it slightly, Feng Guozhang was shocked, and at the same time, Wang Zhicheng and others couldn't help but have a trace of curiosity about the telegram in Feng Guozhang's hand.

"Commander, what is written in the telegram above?" The northeast side is different from the Urals, and the strength of the army is not yet a group army group, and the actual strength is actually the appearance of one or two corps, so Wang Zhicheng, the army commander, also has a considerable status here, plus he is the main army commander under Feng Guozhang, and he is usually very important, so he has the courage to ask on the side.

Hearing the words of his subordinates, Feng Guozhang didn't say anything, just threw the telegram on the table, walked to the window, and looked at the scenery outside, but he didn't know why, looking at it, Feng Guozhang's eyes were a little red.

At the same time, there was a burst of cheers and excitement behind Feng Guozhang...

Because Wang Zhicheng and those people finally waited for their long-awaited order... (To be continued......)