What rank could be called "Grand Marshal" during the Republic of China period?
Compared with now, there were also military ranks in the Republic of China, but there was still a big difference from our current military ranks, when their highest rank was marshal, and what kind of marshal was very small.
In the period before the Republic of China, people were very dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Because the Qing Dynasty did not win once in a series of wars, each time it was a land cut reparation, which lost a large amount of land and wealth on the mainland to other countries.
The people became more and more dissatisfied, and finally the Qing Dynasty was overthrown under the leadership of revolutionaries. This is the origin of the Republic of China period, and later Yuan Shikai served as the president of the Republic of China government.
But Yuan Shikai's purpose was not as simple as becoming a great president, he always wanted to be emperor, so he restored the old system, but the people had just broken away from the feudal dynasty and could not agree.
Because of this, the country is once again in chaos, and many forces are eager to move. At this time, the Faction of the Kuomintang appeared, monopolizing one side, and later formed a situation of warlord scuffle led by the three major warlords, and then the Northern Expedition was carried out.
At that time, there were only three people who could become the heroes, and Zhang Zuolin was the one who could be called a marshal.
At that time, when the Government of the Republic of China was not very active in the War of Resistance Against Japan, he never compromised on the Japanese provocations in the northeast region, did not bow to the Japanese, and preserved the territory of the northeast region.
Later, the Beiyang government was also controlled by Zhang Zuolin and became the leader of the warlords. He is the well-deserved supreme leader, and people are used to calling him Zhang Dashuai,
And there are not many people who can do this level, there are only a few people, and the other two of the three warlords who are also the same as Zhang Zuolin are also people who can be called marshals, as well as Zhang Xun, Cao Kun and others at that time.
Cao Kun was a grand commander, so he could also be called a grand marshal. And Zhang Xun, who has always regarded himself as a loyal vassal of the Manchu Qing, dreams of always being able to restore the Qing Dynasty, has a certain military strength, and calls himself "old marshal".
According to his meaning, the old marshal was one level higher than the big marshal, although he still failed later. Generally speaking, those who could be called marshals in the Republic of China were all great warlords with strength and territory.
Nowadays, the military rank titles of the Republic of China period have lagged behind, and after the three major warlords were suppressed, the Republic of China period has also ended, ushering in new China. With that comes new ranks and titles, so we don't have to worry about the old titles anymore.