Ribbentrop was making full use of the contradictions between countries to fan the flames in the foggy city, Hans was also carrying out a hot military reform. On
June 12, 1923, in the capital Berlin, President Hindenburg, the head of the Weimar Republic, personally held a medal ceremony for the German soldiers and generals who performed well in the German-Polish War! Major
General Mainz was promoted twice because of his outstanding performance in the war, from major general to general.
This rank has tied his father, General Edward von Levinsky. However, General Edward's rank has been fixed and will not change, but Mainz's rank is still uncertain. He is only 25 years old this year. According to the current promotion speed, he may be promoted to general before the age of 30, and he is only one step away from the marshal!
"Congratulations, Levinsky, you didn't let me down!"
Hindenburg personally put the medal on Mainz and praised him.
"Thank you for your cultivation and promotion!"
Mainz responded very humbly. He could not have achieved today's achievements and status without Hindenburg's support.
When he was still weak, if Hindenburg hadn't protected him, he would have been easily crushed by the counterattack of the Junker nobles!
Hindenburg was very satisfied with Mainz's answer. The other party still remembered his kindness, which showed that he was not an ungrateful person. Even if he died in the future, he probably would not ignore his descendants!
Hindenburg held Hans' power for a long time, from the monopoly of military power in the late Second Empire to his ascension to the presidency of the Weimar Republic. For seven years, Hans' power had always been in his hands. He is in control!
In the process, Hindenburg offended many people, including capitalists, Junker nobles, politicians, the Red Party, etc.
These people may not threaten him when he is in power, but once he loses power or dies, his descendants will definitely not escape the retaliation of these people!
In this case, President Hindenburg had to prepare a way out for himself and his descendants in advance!
Mainz is very young and has excellent abilities. If he can inherit his position and become the president of Hans, then with his kindness to him, he will definitely return the favor and take care of his descendants. In this way, those people will not dare to act so blatantly!
"Mainz, you are already 25 this year. Hasn't your family arranged a marriage for you?"
The old marshal suddenly thought of something and asked Mainz a question.
This question was really beyond Mainz's expectations. He was stunned for a moment, and then said:"You know, my father died early, and I basically haven't returned to my original home since I joined the army. In addition, the work schedule is quite tight, so I have never had time to think about these issues!"
"These are not excuses. Marriage is not necessarily less important than your work. How about this, after the awarding ceremony, I will grant you a month's leave. You can go home and meet your mother. By the way, say hello to her on my behalf and ask her to arrange a marriage for you. You know, we Junker nobles have the custom of intermarriage, so she should know this and will arrange it for you. If it doesn't work, go find your aunt, she will also help you!"
After saying this, Marshal Hindenburg immediately walked towards the next general, leaving Mainz alone in the wind.
Uh… he regretted it a little!
Looking at Hindenburg's attitude, he was probably trying to set him up with someone.
But isn't it a tradition in China to have a marriage arranged by parents and matchmakers?
Why does it seem to be very popular with Hans as well? Mainz was really ignorant. There has always been a tradition of intermarriage in Europe. During the Habsburg dynasty, there were even internal marriages. There were too many intermarriages between collateral relatives, and a lot of weird emperors were born…
Mainz shook his head and sighed. President Hindenburg spoke so decisively, without giving him a chance to interrupt, and directly decided the matter. Now, even if he wanted to not take a vacation, he was afraid he couldn't!
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The award ceremony lasted for a whole morning, and a total of 1,168 officers and soldiers were received and promoted by Hindenburg.
Among the young generals promoted by Mainz, four people, including Guderian, Manstein, Model, and Kesselring, were promoted to major generals.
Rommel, Dietrich, Goering, and Dönitz were promoted to brigadier generals, and Paulus was promoted to colonel.
In addition, a group of veterans were also promoted, and Rundstedt and Bock were also promoted to brigadier generals.
Since then, the German army has had more than ten generals for the first time since the military reform in 192.
Although a large number of them are brigadier generals, and even the number of major generals is pitifully small, Hans finally has a group of generals, and there will never be the strange situation of a colonel or even a major commanding an army of hundreds of thousands of people!
The low military rank of Hans's officers has become a curiosity in the whole world.
Everyone knows that Hans's army is very capable, but they are more concerned about why Hans's generals have such low ranks!
Even though most officers were promoted this time, their ranks were still very low compared to their counterparts in other countries. Compared to other countries in the world, Hans had no marshals in his army at this time, not even generals, but only one general, zero lieutenant generals and four major generals.
This kind of rank was really weird compared to other countries!
You know, even Bulgaria, which had only 300,000 troops, had its own marshal!
Mainz didn't care much about this. If you don't have military merits, you won't be promoted. The reason why generals in other countries have high ranks is either because they have been in the army for a long time or because they have accumulated enough military merits in the war before, so they were promoted.
Hans' army is a very young army, and their officers are also a group of young officers. They don't have much experience or military merits in the battles they participated in, so their ranks naturally can't be raised!
This is actually good for the army. After all, things are valuable because they are rare. If everyone can become a general or a marshal, then the marshal and general are too worthless!
During World War II, the Third Reich's mustache made such a mistake. He promoted dozens of marshals in one breath, making Hans' army full of marshals, and there was not even an absolute authority backbone!
The result is that no one is convinced by anyone. Everyone is a marshal. Why should I listen to you?
In the Soviet-German War, although the German army had three army groups, the Central, Northern and Southern Army Groups, each of which was very strong, the cooperation between the three army groups could hardly be called ideal! It often happens that one army group is fighting while the other two army groups are watching the show. When the troops are already insufficient, the friendly forces are still watching the show, which aggravates their problem of insufficient troops!
The failure of the German army in the Soviet-German War may not be without this reason. The internal friction is serious, coupled with the lack of a clear backbone, and the frequent intervention of the mustache in the command of the front line, which makes the strategic deployment of the German army often change. This unfavorable situation hurts the millions of German soldiers on the front line!
Moreover, if the generals are promoted too early and too easily, it is easy for everyone to lose their goals and motivation to continue to work hard, and then they will lose their desire for war. They will fight only with the professional ethics of the soldiers, but they will lose the enthusiasm for pursuing honor and merit. After all, they have been promoted to the highest level!
In this case, the combat enthusiasm of the generals will be greatly affected, causing the generals to tend to be conservative, and conservatism means mediocrity, which is what Mainz can't tolerate the most!
Therefore, he has always attached great importance to the promotion of generals, not allowing them to be promoted too quickly, but letting them see hope, stimulating their continuous efforts, and letting them compete with each other to form a virtuous circle!