Interpretation: What is the rank of "adjutant" in the army? Officers of this rank have adjutants!
Adjutants generally belong to the military establishment, so there are also ranks, which are the deputies of the chief officer, but unlike the deputy position of the chief officer, the adjutant of a commander is not equivalent to a deputy commander. The adjutant is generally also a close confidant of the chief officer, and if not, it can only mean that the strength of the chief officer is not good.
In film and television dramas, it is often seen that Kuomintang officers are equipped with the post of adjutant, but it should be noted that not all officers are qualified to be equipped with adjutants, at least officers at or above the regimental level. Taking the regimental level as an example, the chief officer of the army is the regimental commander, and the deputy posts include the deputy regimental commander and the chief of staff, and the adjutants are not among the deputy posts of the army.
The rank of adjutant is generally inferior to that of the chief officer by 3 and a half levels
According to general practice, the rank of adjutant of the Kuomintang army is 3 to 3 and a half levels lower than that of the military commander he serves, such as the aide-de-camp level of the regimental commander is the level of the company, the aide-de-camp of the brigade commander is the deputy battalion level, the aide-de-camp of the division commander is the level of the main battalion, the aide-de-camp of the military commander is the level of the regiment, and so on.
The rank of position and rank are not the same, and the rank of military chief officer and his aide-de-camp is generally one level behind, for example, the military chief officer is a general and the adjutant is a school officer; the military chief officer is a school officer, and the adjutant is a lieutenant; the major basically does not have an aide-de-camp at this level.
To give a concrete example, the lieutenant general of the Nationalist army, whose aide-de-camp is generally at the regimental level and the rank of colonel.
The roles played by the adjutants are also many, but they are more inclined to the masters in the ancient yamen, and the relationship with the chief officer is "one glory and one loss". The direct warlord Sun Chuanfang lived in Tianjin after losing power, and whether Sun was at home or in Jushilin, his lieutenants always followed him.
Many of us should have seen the TV series "Love Is Deeply Rainy", the warlord Lu Zhenhua moved to Shanghai after retirement, and his aide-de-camp Li could only follow him to Shanghai; Zhang Dafo in "Old Nine Doors" is also where Zhang Dafoye went, where he went, and Zhang Dafo asked him to do what he did, which also shows the relationship between the adjutant and the chief officer.
The adjutant must act as the master of the chief officer and play the role of a staff officer, but also serve as the chief officer's work secretary, life secretary, bodyguard officer and even housekeeper, in short, from work to personal safety and food, clothing, shelter and transportation, basically belong to the responsibility of the lieutenant.
In addition, the Kuomintang once had a separate adjutant office and a secretariat, which were directly subordinate organs within the National Government, which also showed that adjutants could not simply be regarded as secretaries. Secretaries say mostly civilian jobs, including text secretaries, confidential secretaries, communication secretaries, affairs secretaries, life secretaries, etc., text secretaries, confidential secretaries, etc. are work secretaries, dealing with work affairs for the main officer, and life secretaries are mainly dealing with life and itinerary matters, and the responsibilities are clear and clear.
Those who have watched the "Young Marshal" series should remember the role of "Xishun", which is Zhang Dashuai's personal aide-de-camp, whose rank is a lieutenant colonel, who not only undertakes Zhang Zuolin's guard and etiquette tasks, but also participates in family affairs with the marshal every day, and even hugs Zhang Xueliang when he was a child.
Zhang Xueliang simply used his classmate Xu Chengye as an adjutant, hanging the lieutenant colonel's epaulettes, but he had to wait outside to send money when playing mahjong, and because of this, this title was a feudal remnant of "the lord respects the vice and the inferiority", and it is basically no longer used after liberation.