#Cold Knowledge of History # Grand Marshal and Special Admiral of the Old Chiang Kai-shek
In 1932, after the old Chiang Kai-shek returned from the wilderness for the second time, he did not have the good sense to remove Lin Sen from his position as "chairman of the National Government", but instead became the chairman of the full-time military commission, but held all the real power of the military and government. But the problem is that Lin Sen is after all the nominal "head of state", so even the position and rank of lao Jiang must be approved by the old Lin to issue a document.
In 1935, the National Revolutionary Army engaged in the "Quansu Rank", and the elder Chiang Became the only "Special General of the Army, Navy and Air Force". Therefore, on April 1, 1935, Lin Sen issued the "Letter of Appointment" of the Nationalist government, awarding the rank of general of the special rank of Chiang Kai-shek, and he remained until his death.
The rank of special general was specially set for old Chiang Kai-shek, and after his death, the highest rank was that of a first-class general of all branches of the armed forces. However, at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek was also appointed "Grand Marshal", but this was not a military rank, but the "position and title" of the highest military commander in wartime.
On August 14, 1937, the "Central Standing Committee Meeting" and the National Defense Conference of the Nanjing authorities decided to change the Military Commission of the National Government to a "wartime base camp" and Lao Chiang as the base camp of the "Grand Marshal of the Army, Navy and Air Force", and to command the three armed forces to fight against Japan.
Therefore, on August 17, 1937, three days later, Lin Sen issued a "special certificate" appointing Lao Jiang as a grand marshal, authorizing Lao Jiang to lead the wartime base camp and control all the troops of the three armies. On August 20, Lao Jiang, as grand marshal, issued the "First Instruction of the Base Camp", which stipulated the preparation plan for the reorganization of the Military Commission into a wartime base camp.
However, during this period, Lao Jiang and his staff discussed that the war against Japan should adopt the method of "not declaring war and not ending diplomatic relations", so the establishment of a wartime base camp would be out of date. After consideration, it was finally decided on August 30 that there would be no wartime base camp, and the Military Commission would still be the commander-in-chief of the war, and the organizational structure would be the same anyway.
Since the wartime base camp was abolished, the post of grand marshal of the old Chiang Kai-shek ceased to exist, and he served for a total of 13 days. However, Lin Sen did not issue any more removal documents, so some Westerners often called Lao Jiang a grand marshal, but that was a general reference to status and position, and did not informally name and rank.
Therefore, until Lin Sen's death in 1943, chiang's government position was chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, the rank of military officer was a special general, and the party position was "president" (elected in 1938), holding the actual power of the Kuomintang and the Nationalist government. At this time, it is wrong to call "president" and "president".
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