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Chapter 104 Chapter [-] Vulture (╳) Red Eagle (√)
Both "gao" and "edict" are official documents, which are special documents for conferring official positions or titles. In the 26th year of Hongwu, it was stipulated that "above the fifth rank and above are granted imperial orders, and below the sixth rank are granted imperial orders."

However, there are many changes nowadays. Except for generals, the promotion of military ranks and ranks is all based on imperial orders, which are drafted by the Army Promotion Division of the Ministry of War, and then submitted to the palace to be stamped with the seal of "The Treasure of Imperial Order".

Of course, the stamping was just a formality to show that the emperor was the biggest. In fact, it was basically decided by the Ministry of War, and the emperor didn't have time to review the promotion of a mid-level officer.

"When will the word 'same' be removed?"

"Today next year."

What left Zhou Changfeng speechless was that he had to be promoted to a lieutenant colonel with the word "same". The Ministry of War explained that because his qualifications were too low, he could only become a full-fledged lieutenant colonel after passing the one-year assessment. There is no difference in treatment other than that.

The reason for setting up this rule is not clear, but it is generally believed that it is specially made to prevent people from getting promoted by rocket?

Seeing his expression, the lieutenant colonel couldn't help laughing and said, "You will only be 27 next year. A 27-year-old lieutenant colonel...is not common."

As for the honorary officer, there is no need to say much, it is an honorary official position that has existed since ancient times, from the lowest rank from the sixth-rank Wuqiwei to the first-rank Zhuguo.

Different from the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Sanguan and Xunguan in the Ming Dynasty were awarded following the official position, but now considering the situation of the times, the conferment of the Xunguan has resumed the operation of the Tang and Song Dynasties-from the lowest level, the Wuqiwei is the One turn, Yun Qiwei is two turns, etc., and so on up to twelve turns.

According to the practice of "In the early days of Yongle, the Ministry of Rites was ordered to follow the Taizu's promotion and reward regulations. It is divided into three grades: extraordinary merit, first merit, and second merit..." Military merit is divided into three levels. One revolution of merit, two revolutions of first power, three revolutions of extraordinary power.

Zhou Changfeng was designated as the first meritorious service this time, so he directly transferred it to Lieutenant Yunqi for the second time.

The medals are more casual because they are not valued very much. There is no detailed distinction between the lapel ribbon, the collar ribbon, and the large ribbon, and they are all worn on the left lapel in the form of a lapel award.

There are not many types of medals, and they are only divided into bronze, silver and gold.

At the beginning, the army used Xiaoqi, the navy used dragons, and the air force used flying bears. These three are of the same nature.However, it was later abolished, and now it is unified into the cross-service, general-purpose Eagle Medal, which is equivalent to the Silver Star Medal or the Iron Cross Medal.

The Qi Li Medal is awarded to the wounded, which is equivalent to the Purple Heart Medal or the Battle Wound Medal. , and Qi Li Pai......" example.

The Bronze Qili Medal only needs to be injured once, the Silver needs to be injured or moderately disabled three times, and the Gold needs to be wounded or severely disabled five times; the Gold Qili Medal can also be obtained if the child loses fertility due to injury.

In addition to these, Zhou Changfeng also got a check, a fixed amount check from the Sun Moon Bank, on which he was extremely surprised that it said "Take the four sea banknotes for [-] yuan by check".

Ten thousand yen?This is by no means a small amount, equivalent to a full four years of salary, so much at once?

He felt that the thick paper in his hand seemed to become heavy.

For a long time, Zhou Changfeng felt that he had no concept of money. He was not bad for food and drink in the army. After staying for a long time, it was easy to forget the price of goods. It was not until the last time he asked about the price of air tickets in Chengdu that he realized that it was really embarrassing to have no money.

He stopped at the gate of the military department for a long time before leaving, but as soon as he returned to the camp, two civil servants from the military department followed him as if stepping on his shadow.

"Here are the reward documents and medals from your ministry. Let's distribute them. Can Commander Zhou cooperate with you?"

"I thought you guys would wait until after the big troop divisions to do it together, but I didn't expect it to be so soon."

"Since you guys withdrew first, then naturally we should count them up first, no matter how you say it, we can't be idle, right?"

After calling the guards to help, the two clerks moved out of the car five large suitcases, which were full of paperwork, checks, medals and the like.

In fact, it didn't take much time to distribute the various rewards, just hand them over to the class according to the number.

Checks with denominations of [-] or [-] yuan are like handing out leaflets. In addition, all soldiers in the battalion will be promoted to a higher level. From today onwards, there will be no private soldiers in the first battalion; It has already been reported to the Military Promotion Division.

By the time of lunch, the matter will be over. The ordinary soldiers really don't have many pursuits after they have made military achievements, promoted their ranks, received awards, and received rewards. The series of happy events today made each of them elated.

In the afternoon, Zhou Changfeng, who was about to drink tea to relieve fatigue, suddenly received a call from Shen Yu.

"Hey, brother, you're now a lieutenant colonel after being promoted and receiving rewards today. How much did you pay? Five thousand? Ten thousand?"

"What lieutenant colonel? You have to add the word 'same' in front of it. There are quite a lot of checks, just [-]."

"This is a good thing. Those who wait until the end of the year to get promoted are envious. Since ancient times, only military exploits are the real deal."

"Well, what's the call?"

"Ahem... Do you think that you go abroad to kill thieves for nothing? Naturally, there will be rewards for meritorious deeds, but it is not convenient to disclose this matter publicly at the moment, so it is given as a special allowance. Someone will send it in two days."

"Okay, got it."

"I made a big fuss with you in Batavia this time, shit, the more I think about it, the more I get scared. You have to buy me a drink in the future, or I will come to your house to argue with you." Shen Yu on the other end of the phone complained .

"Come on, why didn't you say that you called me away before I finished my meal that day?" Zhou Changfeng was very upset when he mentioned this.

"Hey, which is more important, business or love?"

The two chatted for a few more words, then hung up the phone.

After the sleepiness dissipated, Zhou Changfeng, who had nothing to do, flipped through the newspaper.

On July 28, due to diplomatic pressure from Britain, France withdrew its military aid to the Spanish Republican Army.

On the same day, the two countries announced the joint establishment of the "Non-Intervention Committee" and signed an agreement prohibiting military and economic assistance to Spain.

On July [-], the National Army set off from Seville and began to attack Madrid.

On August [-], France officially closed its border with Spain, prohibiting all travel.

On the same day, Tsarist Russia openly supported the National Army. Two cargo ships loaded with ordnance anchored from St. Petersburg. Their destination was Porto, Portugal-because the Spanish Navy was still controlled by the Republican Army.

On August [-]th, the German Association announced that it would organize volunteers to support the Republican Army against the "rebels", and the Red Eagle Corps was established.

Although it is called a volunteer, it actually consists of a motorized infantry regiment as the backbone, with an armored battalion, four light anti-aircraft gun companies, two heavy anti-aircraft gun companies, two howitzer battalions, and two communication companies, with a total strength of more than 6000 people.

Zhou Changfeng, who was drinking tea, almost spit out the tea when he saw the words "Red Eagle Legion".

Grass!Violation, too violation!
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