The restoration of the military rank system is heavy news, and the most important thing for soldiers is a sense of honor. And the military rank can well reflect the sense of honor of the soldier, even Napoleon said that a soldier who does not want to be a general is not a good soldier. And for the senior generals of the Red Army, who doesn't want to go out in a majestic military uniform to show off?

Moreover, it is really troublesome in wartime without military ranks, and when the main commander of the unit leaves the command because of wounding or death, who will succeed is a very critical issue. The disputes and disputes that have arisen because of this are too numerous to mention. That is to say, the tutor has always insisted on embodying the idea of equality between officers and soldiers of the proletarian army, and this matter has been put on hold.

Now, Lenin has relented, and the biggest obstacle to the restoration of the rank system is no longer there, and it can be said that the restoration of the rank system is inevitable. But since it was already inevitable, the big guy's attention shifted to another aspect - what rank can I obtain?

For a time, there was a lot of discussion in the Red Army, and many high-ranking generals had already begun to secretly move, preparing to get themselves a large rank as much as possible. But they didn't know that Tukhachevsky, who was mainly in charge of this matter at this time, was in a hurry.

On the one hand, it was because his army building plan was completely stranded, which can be said to be a blow to the head, which hit the Red Napoleon very hard. On the other hand, the kind of rank system he advocated was strongly opposed.

Tukhachevsky's military rank system is similar to that of the Soviet Union in history, divided into 7 classes and 22 grades, with the highest rank being Generalissimo of the Soviet Union and the lowest rank being private. Of course, the highest military rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union could not have been tailor-made for Stalin. Because in this space-time Stalin did not have such authority. Lao Tuo and Lenin were still in front. The first contribution of the domestic revolutionary war could not be brought to the head of steel.

According to Tukhachevsky's idea and Trotsky's opinion, the rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was that of the Grand Mentor and the Second Mentor, and the rest of Frunze was awarded the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. However, as soon as this proposal was thrown, it was strongly opposed by Li Xiaofeng and Stalin.

The reason is simple, the traces of Continental Armyism in this program are too strong. Among the three major branches of the military, the Air Force was directly ignored, and its highest rank was only equivalent to a general. And Li Xiaofeng is so complicated about the marshal's rank. It's the Marshal of the Soviet Union again, what kind of commander is it, and the Marshal of the Service and Arms, it's a headache to watch. Is it necessary to make it so complicated and cumbersome, and is it necessary to make it so clearly and distinctly?

Li Xiaofeng was resolutely opposed to this complicated plan, but Stalin actually didn't feel much about it, whether to restore the military rank system, whether the military rank was too complicated or not was a trivial matter in his opinion. However, since a gentleman's agreement has been reached with a certain immortal, and we will advance and retreat together in the Military Commission, let's oppose it together!

Li Xiaofeng soon put forward his plan, and the highest military rank remained the same, which was still the generalissimo of the Soviet Union. But under the Generalissimo of the USSR. The navy, army, and air force should be equal in rank, and three military ranks should be established: Marshal of the Soviet Navy, Marshal of the Soviet Air Force, and Field Marshal of the Soviet Army. Again, the military rank is not a commander-in-chief, it is extremely awkward, and it is directly the general, general, lieutenant general, major general and brigadier general of the navy and army. After that came colonels, lieutenant colonels, majors, and lieutenants, captains, lieutenants, and ensigns.

As soon as Li Xiaofeng's proposal was thrown, it was immediately unanimously approved by the navy and the air force, and although the army had opposing opinions, it could not make any waves in the face of the powerful Li Xiaofeng and Stalin. In the end, when the Military Commission voted on it, Li Xiaofeng's plan was passed, and Tukhachevsky's plan was thrown into the trash.

This time Tukhachevsky was deflated again, and it was planted in the hands of the same person, if you want to say that he is not angry, it is impossible, but what is the use of being angry? Democratic centralism, the minority obeys the majority!

Of course, the system comes out, which does not mean that the things behind it are simpler, in fact, the things behind it are more complicated. Who did not want to get a higher rank, for a time the Red Army generals were active, and the most active and zealous among them was Voroshilov.

Not only because Voroshilov is the most enthusiastic about this kind of thing that can be displayed, but more importantly, according to the title of the Military Commission, he is at the threshold of being awarded the rank of marshal or general. Who does not know that the marshal is more awesome, naturally Voroshilov is full of energy.

"Comrade Joseph, during the revolutionary war I served as the head of the military and political forces of the Front, and I was supposed to give me the rank of marshal, but Tukhachevsky was only ready to give me the rank of general, I can't figure it out. Could it be that my contribution to the revolution was lower than his? ”

Looking at the angry Voroshilov, Stalin was also speechless for a while, in terms of qualifications, this is indeed enough for the rank of marshal, but in terms of combat performance, he really can't take it, and this is the most important reason for Tukhachevsky Kavoroshilov.

Of course, Stalin knew that the main reason why Tukhachevsky dared to do this was that Lenin did not like Voroshilov very much. The Mentor had a bad feeling about Voroshilov, otherwise he would not have transferred this from the Southwestern Front at the most important moment in the elimination of Denikin.

And what made Stalin even more embarrassed was that he was not very easy to talk about this matter, because he had already rejected Tukhachevsky's face twice in partnership with Li Xiaofeng, and it was really inappropriate to come back a third time.

It's not that Stalin was afraid of Tukhachevsky, and steel was not afraid of Tukhachevsky at all, who had ever heard that the Grand Elder of the Politburo was afraid of a guy who was not even a member of the Central Committee? Stalin was even more afraid of Trotsky, because it seemed that it was Tukhachevsky who was slapped in the face the first two times, but in fact it was Trotsky who was embarrassed, and if Trotsky was embarrassed again, he would be annoyed at once. Stalin was not ready to break the net with Trotsky.

But in the face of the request of his henchmen, Stalin could not directly refuse, and after thinking about it, he could only make a phone call to Li Xiaofeng: "Comrade Andrei? There is such a situation, is the military rank of Comrade Voroshilov not considered very thoughtfully, and the veteran comrades who have made special contributions to the revolution like Comrade Voroshilov should still be more praised...... Yes, is that so...... Good. Good. I got it! ”

Put down the phone. Stalin said to Voroshilov with a blank face: "Originally, I was going to award you the rank of marshal, but when the plan was submitted to Comrade Lenin and Comrade Trotsky for reading, Trotsky said a lot of bad things about you, strongly opposed the award of the rank of marshal, and did not even want to give you the rank of general......

Voroshilov's face turned white, and his chest fell even more, and he could see that this "big man" was angry, and it took him a long time to grit his teeth and scold: "Trotsky." You wait for me! ”

Stalin could only reassure him with kind words: "Don't be angry, Klimant, I will always remember your contribution to the revolution, and some villains with ulterior motives who try to smear you with intrigues and tricks, and try to use these undesirable means to erase your contributions, such behavior is absolutely intolerable...... In the future, I will definitely correct these mistakes and give you back the credit you deserve! ”

What else can Voroshilov say, except to greet Trotsky's eighth-generation ancestors in his heart, he can only accept reality. However, Voroshilov was not the only marshal who had a difficult birth. Regarding the issue of the military ranks of the other two people, there was also a lot of arguing. The first one is about Yegorov.

As deputy chief of the General Staff, it should not be a problem for Yegorov to receive the rank of marshal. However, after the proposal was submitted, Trotsky thought that Yegorov's performance during the Revolutionary War was not so good, and that when he was commander-in-chief of the Southwestern Front, there had been a terrible incident of persecution of the Jews, and that he should not be awarded the rank of marshal.

However, as mentioned before, Yegorov's network of relations is very developed, his relationship with a certain immortal and Stalin is very good, and Trotsky not only brushed down Egorov, but also Voroshilov in front and Ubolevich in the back, and it is clear that Lao Toto is suspected of retaliation.

Therefore, Li Xiaofeng quickly turned his artillery fire on Tukhachevsky, fiercely criticized his performance in the Second Battle of Warsaw, and strongly questioned his qualifications for the rank of marshal. Stalin also simply waved his flag and shouted, believing that there was only one person who was eligible for the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Army, and that was Frunze.

In other words, this controversy over military ranks eventually turned into a fire between the Trotskyists and Leninists, and the lawsuit ended up on Lenin's desk. At that time, the mentor said with disdain: "I have long said that military rank is not a good thing, when you don't have this card, you are still a comrade, and with this card, you become an enemy, it's really not true!" ”

At the plenary session of the Central Committee in March, Lenin fiercely criticized this phenomenon: "I heard that the Military Commission was ready to confer on me the rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, but I could only refuse this, and I had no specific responsibility for military work since I returned to Petrograd in April 1917, and I was always in the rear at the height of the civil war. I haven't even held a gun, how can I be a generalissimo? ”

"Personally, I am resolutely opposed to being a generalissimo, and I also hope that those comrades who have worked in the army, but are now working in the localities, will not participate in this award, do you still lack this military uniform to wear?"

Lenin spoke personally, and the turmoil was contained, and because of his resolute refusal to accept the rank of generalissimo of the Soviet Union, even the dream of being a generalissimo with Trotsky was shattered. Although the rank of Generalissimo of the Soviet Union was retained, it was never again awarded to anyone.

In the end, the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was awarded to Frunze, Tukhachevsky, Yegorov, Blyukhel, Budyonny. The rank of general was awarded to Voroshilov, Sergei. Sergeyevich. Kamenev (Attention!) This Kamenev is not Pigaminev, who was the commander-in-chief of the Red Army), Ubolevich, Orlov (admiral), Arksnis (admiral).

It is not difficult to see that after Li Xiaofeng's tossing, the status of the Red Navy and the Air Force in the armed forces has been greatly enhanced, and they will not be as miserable and miserable as they were in history. Occupies at least two positions in the ranks of the second rank. By the way, he also grabbed a number of seats among the generals behind, and all in all, the harvest was quite good.

Even Li Xiaofeng himself received the rank of army general, which is much stronger than Stalin, who won the rank of generalissimo of the Soviet Union in history, but did not catch anything in this time and space. So why was an immortal able to obtain this rank? According to Lenin, isn't it not conferred titles for local work?

The problem is that Li Xiaofeng is not a local worker, and his job has always been to be in charge of the intelligence system, not just the People's Commissar for National Security. He also served as a chief of intelligence in the General Staff. In accordance with the rules of the title and the contribution during the Revolutionary War in the country. Got the rank of general.

Also awarded the rank of general was Trianda Filov. Although he had a somewhat unpleasant quarrel with Tukhachevsky about the theory of mechanized warfare throughout the twenties, and in 25 he was forced to step down from his post in charge of the Armored Corps Directorate of the Army Operations Department of the General Staff, a certain immortal gave him the post of director of the Frunze Military Academy and commander of the Leningrad Military District.

As for Li Xiaofeng's other little friend, Sukhoi, he only received the rank of lieutenant general, but he was already very content. He doesn't particularly care about the rank god horse mustache, he cares more about being able to control naval aviation all the time. It was his greatest ideal to be able to build naval aviation according to his ideas!

The vigorous investiture continued until 1934, in the spring of that year. When the final list is released, it means that the Red Army sequence has completed a major reshuffle. In that year, Tukhachevsky resigned as chief of the General Staff, because his ideas constantly collided with Li Xiaofeng and Stalin, and later every one of his plans would be changed by those two men, and the most crucial parts were always changed.

Especially after the final test results of the T-28 tank came out, Xiaotu hurt his self-esteem very much. The new multi-turret tank, on which he had high hopes, proved to be a real waste - high price and low power. In the face of the hard facts, the T-28 was announced to be dismounted after only 12 prototypes were produced for testing, and the heavier and more expensive T-35 was stillborn.

It is not only in terms of tanks that Tukhachevsky could not get off the stage, but also in terms of the construction of the Air Force and Navy. He was even more defeated. The flying tanks he strenuously advocated and the vigorous development of the front-line support fighter program were all kicked back -- Tukhachevsky wanted the air force to become a flying artilleryman, and hoped that the air force would pay more attention to battlefield support and battlefield interdiction missions. And Arxnis is against this. In the air general's view, Tukhachevsky did this to turn the air force into a vassal of the army, and Arksnis wanted to develop a strategic strike force. It can be said that the contradictions between these two people are almost irreconcilable.

On the navy side, Tukhachevsky, who advocated the development of air and submarine speed, was counterattacked by Li Xiaofeng and Stalin, who advocated the development of a large navy, and was almost beaten to the point of losing his armor. From Type 33 destroyers, Type 35 heavy cruisers, and road aircraft carriers, every major project meant the defeat of Tukhachevsky.

Tukhachevsky finally couldn't help but pick on his son, to which Trotsky once again became furious in the Politburo: "The opinion of the chairman of the military commissar and the chief of the General Staff is not respected at all!" Is it the party that commands the gun or the gun that commands the party? ”

But his anger had no effect, because Lenin clearly prepared democracy to the end, and at the end of his reign, as long as it was the result of a democratic vote, he would not say that he wholeheartedly supported it, but he would never oppose it. And in the Politburo, Trotsky had no advantage, and naturally it was useless for him to shout.

The final result was that Tukhachevsky picked his pick, and the Red Army was full of talents at this time, and it was not impossible to do without him. The original deputy chief of the General Staff, Yegorov, is not on top, anyway, in the eyes of everyone, Yegorov, who is popular, is more suitable to be the chief of the General Staff than Tukhachevsky - first of all, Yegorov also supports mechanization, and secondly, he is not as good as Tukhachevsky, and these two items alone make everyone not remember Tukhachevsky.

So where did Tukhachevsky go? After all, this Marshal of the Soviet Union, who is also a member of the Military Commission and has just been awarded the title, can't let this marshal who has just turned 40 go home to retire, right?

Don't worry, as Trotsky's younger brother, Tukhachevsky was not worried about having nowhere to go, and soon Lao Tuo arranged for Xiaotu to be a deputy member of the People's Commissariat of National Defense, and snatched the position of president of the Frunze Military Academy.

Oh, you ask how Terry Andafilov arranged? After Voroshilov took over the post of Chief of the General Staff, Voroshilov became Deputy Chief of the General Staff, and he filled the vacancy that Voroshilov had previously vacated and became the head of the Army Operations Department.

With such an adjustment, the strength of the Leninists in the Military Commission naturally rose unprecedentedly, which was naturally unacceptable to Trotsky, whose representative in the Military Commission, Tukhachevsky, was squeezed out so badly that he also took revenge.

How to take revenge? That is, let Tukhachevsky toss in the People's Commissariat of Defense. Speaking of which, the People's Commissariat of National Defense is actually playing soy sauce, and it sounds like this department is in charge of military work, but in fact no one can command it. From 1920 to 1934, the four general departments of the Red Army listened only to the Military Commission, and from 1920 to 1934 this department was only responsible for foreign affairs, which was regarded as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the army.

Look at Frunze, who, as the head of this department, was tired of being idle, because throughout the thirties, the Red Army did not have any military exchange work (blocked by imperialism, who communicates with you!). ）。 Fortunately, Frunze was not afraid of idleness, because he had to recuperate from an illness (supposedly a stomach ulcer). Tukhachevsky, on the other hand, was not sick or sick, so naturally he could not be so idle, and with Trotsky's support, he would inevitably use this to fight for the right to speak in the army...... (To be continued......)

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