The rank of colonel seems to have existed in Japan during World War II, so what can an ordinary melon-eating infantry in Japan do to become a colonel? Let's see how to be a colonel first.
The Japanese elite education system is very strict. All officers are basically military school graduates. The more senior officers, the more they value academic qualifications, even ordinary officers at the rank of lieutenant. Simply put, only those who have received formal military education are qualified to be officers. This is the standard of any regular army in modern times. For example, our Eighth Route Army cadres should study.
Among those senior Japanese officers, tojo hideki and Uehara Kenji are both high flyers who graduated from the Army University. Although tojo hideki is only a first-class soldier who can only read 15 machine guns in Ishihara's eyes, he has a hard index of academic qualifications.
Then where are the promotion channels for you ordinary melon-eating infantry? I didn't say it before, but now, if a conscript wants to be promoted, you have to have some outstanding abilities and be rewarded for meritorious service. So was the Japanese army at that time.
An ordinary Japanese soldier who wants to be promoted is a sergeant at most, and he must be the kind of person who shows outstanding courage in battle and has brains to be promoted. His way to promotion was to wander around the sergeant and accidentally hit the ceiling. If he wanted to go further, the door would have been sealed.
If you want to be an officer, you have to go to the Army NCO School, which also has a threshold. You must be a student who attended the army junior school to be eligible to enter. So, as a soldier, did you go to this school? If you haven't read it, you can't get into Lushi, and if you can't get into Lushi, you can't be an official.
Even if you entered Lushi in the war, you finished your studies and came out as a second lieutenant. Are you embarrassed? This is even more embarrassing. World War II cannot be counted from 193 1 or 1937, but from 1939.
So even if you 1939 entered the marine division, you studied the marine division for three years, 1942 came out, then became a second lieutenant, and finally got into the lieutenant, ready to be promoted to captain. You will be surprised to find that Japan has surrendered.
After reading other answers, they all said it was from the army. Indeed, an army soldier without a grassroots background can't be promoted to the rank of lieutenant in peacetime or wartime, because the army is strictly divided into three grades and the hierarchy is very strict. Only those who graduated from military schools can get the rank of lieutenant, while those who can go to military schools are basically people with backgrounds. Therefore, the Japanese army basically cut off the rising channel at the bottom, and the soldiers who have struggled all their lives can only be promoted to the rank of lieutenant at most.
Then why should I single out the army? Because when I read the information before, I found that the Japanese navy did not have this situation. Although the rank system of the navy is also very strict, a soldier with ordinary background and no background has the opportunity to obtain the rank of colonel. Ordinary sailors began to go to the naval academy for training when they joined the army, so their educational level was higher than that of army soldiers. (It should be noted here that Japan began to popularize compulsory education from the beginning of the reform, and it was nationalized by 1900. Therefore, soldiers in the army and navy are all primary school or junior high school graduates, and they are not illiterate soldiers. ).
However, few people can reach the rank of colonel. After all, the higher the level, the higher the qualifications, and it will take at least 20 years to complete the promotion. However, at least this ascending channel has not been broken. Because naval sailors are also faced with the lowest-level personnel when recruiting, it is actually equivalent to going to a military school after being recruited, but it is not a military school in Japan, but a naval officer school. Recruited naval soldiers can go for further study as long as their grades are excellent enough. Generally, Nan Yunzhong, an artillery and mine (Japan), is a man with a bad back and graduated from naval artillery.
There is also a hierarchy in the navy. Generally, children with background will go to cruisers even after graduating from naval academy, while children without background will usually be assigned to destroyers or submarines, because in the Japanese navy, only warships above the cruiser level are qualified to be called warships and to hang the chrysanthemum pattern of the royal family, while destroyers and submarines can only be counted as auxiliary ships and are not qualified to hang the chrysanthemum pattern. Therefore, life on the destroyer is very hard. After serving on the destroyer, the passage to become a colonel was opened, but it was small but not as closed as the army. In the navy, the rank of colonel is generally the captain of cruiser or above, so it is absolutely difficult for many marines to be the captain of cruiser.
If this question refers to Japan, then it can be clearly said that there is no chance! No matter what contribution the Japanese soldiers make, it is impossible. This is the law of death in Japan. Soldiers and officers are two completely different concepts. Being a soldier is just a simple recruitment, and being a soldier is just an obligation. An officer can only become an officer if he passes the exam and is admitted to a military school for education. They took two different roads.
Japan's law of death is very strong, that is to say, no matter how much contribution Japanese soldiers make, it is difficult for them to obtain the identity of officers. Even if they have the chance, they can only get junior officers, only the rank of commander. It is a miracle to get a second lieutenant, and the number is extremely rare. As for becoming a colonel, it is basically insurmountable for most officers. Japanese officers can only be promoted to masters if they graduate from naval or army universities, including in the army.
If in other countries, a soldier may get the opportunity to be promoted to the rank of colonel or even general for reasons such as combat application, it is very difficult, but it gives a theoretical channel to a certain extent, which is no problem in Japan.
If you catch a general, you can become a colonel.
Sentinel Tiger replied in Article 846.
It can be said that there is basically no chance.
First, what is a colonel?
Dazuo is the rank symbol of Japan during World War II, which is generally equivalent to the rank of colonel in other countries.
Their ranks are usually awarded to joint captains, brigade chiefs of staff and division chiefs of staff.
It should be pointed out here that:
(1) Its team leader is equivalent to our group (brigade) system. The rank is colonel.
The brigade is equivalent to our divisional unit, and the chief of staff is also a colonel. The head of this brigade is a major general.
(3) The division is equivalent to our military unit, the division head is equivalent to the commander, the chief of staff is the rank of colonel, and the division head is the rank of Lieutenant General (Major General).
(Japanese staff officer)
That is to say, in the old Japanese army, if the rank of colonel belongs to the chief of the formed army (joint captain, brigade commander), his rights are usually not as great as those of the staff (brigade chief of staff, division chief of staff). Especially in times of war.
This is precisely the disadvantage that Japanese subordinates and staff officers belong to the exclusive appointment of the base camp.
Second, why is there no chance?
1. Methods of training Japanese officers.
Japanese officers carry out three-level elite education. From 13-year-old Lu You to 30-year-old Lu Da, it can be said that it is a layer-by-layer screening, and it is almost a "progressive" relationship.
1 land tour.
Luyou is the abbreviation of Japanese Army Junior School, which is mainly responsible for the education of Japanese teenagers' high school education. After Lu You graduated, only 20% of people can enter the Army NCO School.
② Lushi.
Lu Shi is the abbreviation of Japanese Army NCO School. In Japan, officers are called non-commissioned officers, and non-commissioned officers are called sergeants. Therefore, Lu Shi was awarded the rank of second lieutenant after graduation. Among them, outstanding officers who have worked in cavalry and artillery units for more than two years and have been recommended by officers at or above the company commander can study at Luda University.
(Those who graduate from the land division will get a silver pocket watch)
③ Luda University.
Luda is a university student of the Imperial Army. Officers who can study in Luda University will basically have a stable future, and it is difficult to graduate from Luda University. Since its establishment 64 years ago, * * * has 3,485 graduates. On average, there are less than 60 per year. After the 13 period, at the request of the emperor, the number of people increased to about 60 per year.
2. The "gang" of officers.
Everyone knows that there are many factions within the Japanese army, such as the discord between the army and the navy, the assassination of the ruling party and the royalists, and the discord between the military and political departments and the General Staff.
If this is all about fighting for rights and resources and serving your own military and political interests, that's right.
However, among the officers, there are still "pocket watch group", "nature protection fund group" and "saber group" and so on.
In other words, if an ordinary soldier wants to be a colonel, he must graduate from Lu You and Lu Da. At least graduated from Lu University.
And if you graduated from Shandong University, you will naturally join the Natural Forest Protection Money Group. If there is no saber regiment to compete with you, you may have a chance to become a colonel, but saber regiment usually doesn't want to give up the position of a powerful colonel.
Therefore, if you are quite a colonel, you will actively study in the army and enter the land university. After graduation, he was awarded the "Saber Corps", and then it was smooth sailing.
It has always been the dream of grassroots soldiers, but it is hard to say how far it can go.
Soldiers in some countries, who have been promoted, may be discharged after serving for a long time, and they can't go far at all.
The old Japanese army also had a system of promoting cadres. These soldiers who promoted cadres were called second lieutenant cadets, and they were selected from the army good soldier.
Captain's road
It's a long way to the lieutenant.
All the people who come here are veterans, either corporal or sergeant, who have served for a long time and entered the NCO school around the age of 25.
Generally, a midshipman is almost 30 years old when he graduates from the Army NCO School. A 30-year-old second lieutenant has no advantage over a 30-year-old captain or a young sergeant (this is a quick promotion).
Mukai Toshiak and Noda Yoshihiko, murderers of the Nanjing Massacre, were second lieutenants. 1937 They are 26 years old and very old.
Second lieutenant cadets are usually wandering around among junior officers, so there is little that can be done in the sky. The remaining promotion possibility is 0.
In the battle of Songshan, Jin Guanghui Jiro was born as a second lieutenant. Shaozuo was already over 40 years old.
Of course, he also became a colonel. It was after the battle of Songshan was completely annihilated that he became famous in China and was regarded as the god of war in Japan, and he was promoted to two levels.
Dazu road
Japanese NCO School attaches great importance to mountainism. Because of the elite route taken by the sergeant school, every graduate of the sergeant school holds a group.
These people are all Japanese elites, and only they can become colonels. In their eyes, the second lieutenant is an officer who can no longer lose his job. It is at the bottom of the officer's food chain. Of course, they think the navy is even less worthy.
The famous Japanese young generation "Sanyuwu": Nagata Tieshan, Kobayashi Shiro and Okamura Ningji.
Okamura Ningji
These people all graduated in the same batch. When three people take a bath, their schoolmate tojo hideki only stands outside the door.
Moreover, these three people were directly admitted to the NCO School, from which they were admitted to the Army University.
The results are excellent enough, and the road to generals has been opened by learning from Lu Da.
But how old were they when they were colonels?
Nagata Tieshan is 43 years old, Kobayashi Junlang is 42 years old and Okamura Ningji is 43 years old. Even Shintaro Ishihara, who instigated the September 18th Incident, was promoted to colonel only after the incident broke out, at the age of 43.
These people are all graduates of Shandong University and military elites among Showa warlords. When they were colonels, they were all promoted at the age of forty.
The examinee's graduation at the age of 30 is also the end of his life.
During World War II, in the Japanese army, ordinary soldiers could not hold the rank of colonel under any circumstances, because the promotion system of Japanese officers was very strict. Only military school graduates have the opportunity to be awarded the rank of second lieutenant and highest lieutenant, and then they have the opportunity to start the promotion mode in military service, which of course depends on their qualifications, achievements and military achievements. Therefore, as far as the soldiers in the Japanese army are concerned, even if they are very brave and good at fighting, they are at most awarded the rank of non-commissioned officer and promoted to second lieutenant and lieutenant officer. This situation is very rare and there is no such report. The reason is that the promotion system of Japanese officers is very rigid, unlike the armies of other countries. As long as soldiers are tenacious and brave, they can be awarded medals and junior officer ranks. In the history of our country, there are many famous generals, all of whom came from grass-roots soldiers and have rich experience in actual combat and command. In wartime, Japanese soldiers were promoted from recruits, second-class soldiers, first-class soldiers and first-class soldiers to captains, corporal, sergeants, Cao Chang and Cao Chang. This is the highest rank of Japanese soldiers, but it is only a non-commissioned officer, not an officer. A colonel is a middle-ranking officer in the Japanese army, and is usually awarded the rank of joint captain. The joint captain of the Japanese army can generally command more than 3,800 combat troops, and the colonel or above is the head of the Major General Brigade. Therefore, the cascade captain of the colonel is a very important rank in the Japanese army and plays a great role in connecting the preceding with the following. In order to be promoted to a senior officer above the rank of major general, it is necessary to pass the joint captain of the colonel. Only graduates of the Japanese Army Academy can join the army as division-level officers such as second lieutenant and captain, and then have the opportunity to be promoted to at least middle-level officers such as assistant, middle assistant and colonel. The first level can be described as a hurdle, and the promotion speed is very slow. Many officers will find it difficult to cross the hurdle of Zhongzuo, especially the colonel. This is actually very understandable. There will only be fewer and fewer heads of major-general brigades and major-general divisions, especially general-level officers, who are the highest ranks of the Japanese army in wartime and must be the top figures in the pyramid. Marshal, for the Japanese army, is rare, just an honorary rank; Generally awarded to senior generals who have died, such as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese naval joint fleet, was posthumously awarded the rank of Marshal by the military.
In World War II, Japan implemented elite education, and Japanese officers above colonel were selected and eliminated step by step through the Army Junior School-Army NCO School-Army University.
Japanese preschool schools are divided into local schools and central schools, which are equivalent to junior high schools and senior high schools. Enrollment 13- 16 young students, with a schooling of three years, mainly studying military technology education and soldiers' military education. After graduation, he entered Tokyo Central Junior School for two years after passing the selection examination. After graduation, I trained as a non-commissioned officer in the Japanese army for half a year, and then entered the Japanese non-commissioned officer school to study.
The Japanese Army NCO School, founded in 1874, is a military school that trains Japanese grass-roots officers. The school lasts for three years, and almost all junior officers and senior generals of the Japanese army have graduated from it, such as Okamura Ningji, Seijiro Banhara, Shigen Matsui, and Kanji Ishihara.
Officers who graduated from the Japanese Army NCO School can only reach the rank of captain, and those who can reach the rank of captain are all graduates of the Japanese Army University. The army university of the Japanese army is the elite of the elite, with high requirements. You must be an active officer or above to apply for the exam and train staff officers who use modern strategies and tactics.
Therefore, during World War II, Japanese officers were all elites. Ordinary soldiers can't all be officers, let alone colonels. The Japanese colonel is brewing step by step. In real War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it is very difficult to kill a Japanese officer, and it is even more difficult to kill a Japanese colonel. Only in anti-Japanese dramas can Japanese colonels easily walk around.