During the Republic of China, how many soldiers could Japanese " Colonel " lead? Why did the Japanese army even fight to be a colonel if they were not a major general? The first half of the question asked in
is really too general, and the second half of the sentence explains it is completely nonsense. There are four possible military positions in the rank of "colonel" of the Japanese Army in World War II: the captain of the infantry artillery corps, chief of staff of division or brigade, staff officers of combat units above the army, senior officers of intelligence logistics and secret service agencies. They are quite complicated roles, as explained below.
The reason why the Colonel emphasized that the "troop captain" was the "infantry" or "artillery" wing captain was because this was the largest standard tactical unit of the Japanese Army in World War II, while other wing captains such as cavalry, engineers, baggage soldiers, and railway soldiers were generally ranked by the , which was not enough for the Colonel's adaptability. The Black Island Cavalry Colonel in "Bright Sword" is an obvious common sense error. It should be the Central Secretariat. There are only 1,400 cavalry corps in full.
The Japanese Infantry Regiment's strength is roughly divided into two levels. The first level is the "Permanent Division" in the early stages of the war, the "Special Division" and the "Class A Division" after 1942. Since the infantry brigades belonging to these two types of divisions have the same force as six squadrons, the corps can reach more than 3,800 to more than 4,000 when the corps are fully engraved. For example, after the 116th Division was upgraded to Class A, each corps exceeded 4,100 when participating in the Battle of Xiangxi. The second
is the "Guard Division" of the Third Regiment, which was formed in 1938 and the Class B Division after 1942. Each infantry brigade has only three squadrons and transportation teams, so the full team of the infantry brigade is generally around 2,600 to 3,000. For example, the 23rd Division (Guard Division) that participated in the Battle of Nomenkan in 1939 had more than 2,600 troops in each infantry regiment. But no matter which rank it is, the corps captain is the rank of colonel.
Due to the important position of artillery in the old Japanese army, most of the commanders of the 1 mountain artillery gang, field artillery gang or heavy artillery gang are also the rank of colonel. For example, the standard organization of the field artillery gang is: 48 75mm field artillery and 2,894 soldiers, so the captain of the Colonel Artillery gang also has a force of about 3,000, which is basically the same as the infantry gang.
The second position is the chief of staff of the division or brigade, and most of them have the rank of colonels. For example, the 106th Division, which was almost wiped out in Wanjialing, was the commander of the division, the Lieutenant General Junjiro Matsuura, and the chief of staff was Colonel Yoshitaka Akiyama. However, the Chief of Staff only has the power to plan the battle and part of the command, but does not have the decision-making power of the entire division. The final order still needs to be issued by the commander of the division, , so it is difficult to define the number of troops that the Colonel Chief of Staff can command.
also depends on which division commander or chief of staff is stronger (the Japanese army does not have a deputy division commander, the chief of staff is the second in command), and the division commander is better, the chief of staff has greater power. In addition, there are indeed some temporary brigades and independent garrison commanders who are also in the rank of colonels, with troops ranging from 3,000 to 5,000 people. This is a special situation. Most of these positions are still held by officers with the rank of major general.
The third position is the combat staff, chief staff, senior staff of each army, the Central Army of the Army, etc., basically as the unit level rises, the position decreases as the unit level rises. These colonels' staff officers were the planners of large and large battles, but without actual military command, of course, there was no way to talk about how many troops these colludes could command.
The fourth type is the collider-level officer of the military police, army secret service organs, and logistics units. Among these non-combat units, the collider has already had a very high-level position. However, these units have different tasks, different natures and different organizational arrangements, so the number of people commanded by the Colonel is also different. For example, when Ichiro Itagaki was appointed as the chief of the secret service agency of the Infantry Regiment stationed in Tianjin, he was transferred from the captain of the Infantry Regiment (Shenyang) to the head of the secret service agency of Fengtian (Shenyang). He definitely did not have a 3,000 troops under his command, but his power and energy were quite large.
accused the second half of the sentence of lacking common sense because the Japanese army did not have the rank of "brigadier general" in World War II, and the general was only divided into three levels: general, lieutenant general and major general. Therefore, the promotion to the rank of colonel is actually equivalent to one foot entering the rank of generals. If you cannot reach this level or cannot overcome this hurdle, it is impossible to advance to major general. Therefore, the conclusion that "if you are not a major general, you must fight to be a colonel" is really ridiculous. It is called "going on the kang through the stove", which is purely for granted.
has answers about the level, treatment and promotion conditions of the Colonel's rank, and I will not repeat it anymore. Welcome to check it.
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