Japan's Tentative

After the reorganization was completed, the Soviet Army assembled the 1st Army Group (more than 60,000 people, under the jurisdiction of 3 infantry divisions, namely the 57th Division, 82nd Division, 152nd Division) and the 36th Motorized Division, the 5th Mechanized Brigade, and the 7th Armored Division. Brigade, 8th Brigade, 9th Brigade, 6th Tank Brigade, 7th Brigade, 11th Brigade, 212th Airborne Brigade, 5th Machine Gun Brigade, 185th Artillery Regiment, 37th, 85th Anti-Tank Gun Battalion, 63rd, The 66th and 150th Air Defense Battalions and other units (with the 6th Outer Mongolian Cavalry Division, the 8th Cavalry Division and other units), with a total of more than 100,000 mechanized troops, decided to launch a general offensive.

The General Staff of the Soviet Army decided that the time for the general attack would be August 20 (Sunday), because according to the usual practice, half of the officers of the Japanese front-line troops had to take turns to Hailar to go on vacation. The order to attack was conveyed to the first-line company at 2:45 a.m. on the 20th, and the Japanese positions on the opposite side were silent, and the Soviet counter-offensive achieved the greatest suddenness.

In the early morning of October 20, the Soviet and Mongolian troops launched a general offensive campaign. The Soviet and Mongolian army started a large-scale counter-offensive with 3 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 5 armored brigades, 1 machine gun brigade, 1 airborne brigade, as well as a large number of aircraft and artillery.

Although the Japanese army did not have a single tank and was heavily bombed by thousands of tons of Soviet artillery shells, and surrounded by Soviet armored troops, the Japanese army had no fear and fought bravely with the Soviet army on the ground.

The civil structures they built on the Mongolian wilderness were flattened by Soviet artillery bombardment, and they fought with simple individual bunkers dug by individual soldiers with sappers.

On October 24, the Japanese army even launched a counterattack. 3,000 Japanese infantrymen without artillery fire were stopped in front of barbed wire, field fortifications and artillery. Then the Soviet tanks began to attack. The Japanese army fought against the Soviet army with flesh and blood. The torrent of steel will soon be defeated.

By October 26, the Japanese 23rd Division had been completely encircled. Under the heavy bombardment of Soviet heavy artillery, tank groups, and aerial bombs, the Japanese suffered heavy losses.

In this campaign, the Soviet Army severely damaged the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army, wiped out the 1st Brigade of the 26th Regiment of the 7th Division, the 64th Regiment of the Japanese Army and the 13th Artillery Regiment of the Japanese Army were annihilated by most of the Soviet Army, and the 64th Regiment captain Shanxian Both Takemitsu and the 13th Artillery Regiment Commander Ise Takahide were killed, and the 71st Regiment of the 23rd Division Chief Morita Toru was also killed. The only 22 Japanese cannons were lost.

On October 31, 11 days after being bombarded by tens of thousands of tons of artillery shells, the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army, which had run out of ammunition and food, decided to break through. More than 2,000 soldiers of the 23rd Division fought their way out with grenades in close combat, breaking through the siege, and the Japanese troops also broke through.

On October 29th, in view of the unfavorable situation of the Japanese army in the Nuomenkan area, the Japanese army base camp decided to mobilize from the battlefield in Guannei: the 5th Division, the 14th Division, the 9th and 10th Wings of Field Heavy Artillery, and 9 squadrons of rapid-fire guns. 16 field anti-aircraft artillery teams, 1 flying squadron, and 22 car squadrons arrived at the border, ready to strengthen the Nomenham area.

At the same time, the Kwantung Army Headquarters mobilized 10,000 people from the 2nd Division, 9,800 people from the 4th Division, 8,000 people from the 7th Division, the anti-aircraft artillery unit and the main force of the frontier garrison to advance to Nomonhan, in an attempt to defeat the Soviet army, but the offensive was launched. The previous September 3rd was blocked by Base Camp.

On November 9, the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union made a request for an armistice at Nomonkan to the Soviet Union.

On November 16, Japan dispatched a delegation led by Chief of Operations Hashimoto Kun to Moscow to sign the Armistice Agreement.

Perhaps the Soviet Union did not want to entangle with Japan too much. As a victorious country in the stopover agreement, they unexpectedly did not put forward any harsh conditions to embarrass Japan, but only put forward the normal requirements of border demarcation and exchange of prisoners of war.

This heavy blow really frightened the Japanese high-level officials. They hurriedly adjusted their strategic direction.

After thinking about it, the base camp felt that his Kwantung Army was unreliable, so he had to turn his attention to the world, and planned to seek support from the world.

Looking left and right, they fell in love with Germany, which was the same as the Soviet Union, and Germany had a precedent for cooperating with them.

So, one month after Japan adjusted its strategy, that is, on Christmas Day in 1938, they planned to send the new ambassador to Germany, Hiroshi Oshima, to visit Lyon's house and test Lyon's attitude towards the alliance with Japan.

On Christmas Day, December 25, 1938, the Führer's Manor, Berlin, Germany.

Christmas is one of the rare holidays in Lyon. He is basking in the sun with Sophia, who is pregnant in October.

Yes, Sophia is pregnant, and Leon will soon have her own child.

"Darling." Leon looked at Sophia's bulging belly with excitement that could not be concealed on his face, "What do you think the child should be named after he is born?"

"Haha, you are the father of the child, of course you choose the name." Sophia replied with a smile.

Leon blushed, thinking hard, suddenly, he had an epiphany: "Why don't you just call..."

However, before he could say it, he was interrupted by a voice from under the villa.

"My head of state! Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima is asking for a meeting outside the manor!"

"God!" Leon patted his face when he heard this.

"Calling God? I'm afraid it's not a good idea." Sophia jokingly said, "Okay, go get busy, I will take the baby to bask in the sun."

"Let him come in." Leon stood up with a painful face and said to the officer downstairs.

"Hateful Japanese, I have a rare holiday and they have to come to disturb me." Leon looked at the officer who was leaving, kissed Sophia's forehead, and then walked to the living room while muttering.

It didn't take long for the Japanese ambassador to Germany, Hiroshi Oshima, to walk into Lyon's villa with two boxes of things.

"Mr. Leon, please forgive me for disturbing you." Hiroshi Oshima said to Leon in fluent German while nodding and bowing to Leon.

"Don't bother." Leon and Oshima Hiroshi shook hands and said playfully, "I wonder why Mr. Oshima Hiroshi suddenly came to visit today, why?"

Oshima Hiroshi picked up the two boxes that had just been put on the ground because he shook hands with Leon, and handed them to Leon with a flattering expression, saying, "I heard that Madam is pregnant, so I brought a small gift to congratulate them. The stuff in the box is the deep-sea fish oil I specially brought from our Empire of Japan, which is good for the child and his wife. Here, I would like to congratulate Mr. Leon in advance on his happy son!"

The so-called people who don't reach out and don't hit the smiling face, although Leon doesn't like the Japanese in his heart, but since people came to express their congratulations, he can't help but give people a good face.

Leon pointed to the inside of the house and replied with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Hiroshi Oshima, for your kindness, let's go in and talk!"