Battle of Nomonham

While the European side is undergoing peaceful changes, the Asian side is already under fire.

Leon has tried hard to advocate that Japan's self-confidence in this life is more than that of the previous life, or in other words, it is more blind than the previous life. They think that their strength is extremely powerful, and they dare not say that they are stronger than France, which is known as the "world number one in the army", and Germany, which has just beaten France. (Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905)

So the Japanese base camp passed the "Northward Advance Plan" advocated by the navy, and ordered the Kwantung Army to prepare for battle and to fight against the Soviet Union at any time.

At the beginning of July, the Japanese Kwantung Army decided to first attack the Mongolian People's Republic in the area of ​​Nomenkhan, occupying its eastern territory, the Halaha area, as a springboard for the next step to invade the Soviet Union's Far East, thereby realizing the "Northward Advance Plan".

On July 11, the Mongolian Army's 24th Frontier Guard Corps waded from the west bank of the Haraha River to the east bank for grazing. A group of soldiers from the 3rd Company of the Xing'an Guard Cavalry of the Puppet Manchukuo located at the Xilin Taolagai post immediately opened fire to block it. , and chased after him, driving the Mongolian army herdsmen and horses back to the West Bank, which marked the official firing of the first shot of the Battle of Nomonhan.

At 21:00 on the evening of July 13, the head of the search team of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Zhongzuo Dongbabaizang, was ordered to lead 104 cavalry and 90 armored soldiers to the Kanyur Temple, which is more than 80 kilometers away from Nuomenhan, and sent an investigation. Soldiers prepare for battle.

From July 14th to 15th, with the cooperation of 5 Japanese planes, the East Babaizang troops attacked the Mongolian Army 742 Heights east of the Haraha River. The Mongolian army was at a disadvantage (more than 30 casualties) and took the initiative to withdraw to Hexi.

After the Japanese attacked, the Soviet government intervened in the conflict in accordance with the "Su-Mongolian Mutual Aid Agreement" and immediately sent the 11th Tank Brigade to the Haraha River area, and at the same time ordered the 36th Motorized Infantry Division stationed in Ulan-Ude to go to Kazakhstan. Assembled on the Laha River and moved the 57th Special Army Headquarters from Ulaanbaatar to Tamchag Prague, which is 125 kilometers away from the Haraha River, and the aircraft of the Soviet Air Force continued to assemble in the war area, and in Nomen Airborne reconnaissance in the Han area.

At dawn on July 28, about 1,058 members of the 64th Regiment, commanded by Chief Wuguang of Shanxian County, about 200 members of the East Eight Hundred Zang Zhongzuo Search Team, and the 1st, 2nd, and 8th Regiments of the Puppet Manchu State Xing'an Cavalry. The Japanese army besieged the Mongolian army in three directions, but was defeated by the Soviet and Mongolian army. The Japanese search team lost 115 people and 81 people were missing. Almost the entire army was wiped out. 151 people, 92 people whose life and death are unknown, the casualty rate is 20%.

On June 18, Sukov became the commander of the 57th Special Army of Sumeng. Immediately after he became the commander, Sukov began to assemble troops, store and transport military supplies, and set up the commander of the 57th special army in Tamchag, Sambes (now Choibalsan) Field airports were opened up in other places, and Soviet fighter jets began to deal with Japanese aircraft in the air.

The Japanese army was in a hurry and immediately ordered more than 20,000 people from the 23rd Division of the Kwantung Army to attack across the board, and dispatched more than 70 tanks and more than 180 aircraft from the 1st Tank Regiment and the 2nd Flying Group to reinforce the 23rd Division.

On August 21, Lieutenant General Toru 2 Saga, head of the Japanese 2nd Air Group, moved his headquarters from Beijing to Hailar, and transferred 4 air groups to concentrate 17 squadrons of fighter bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. On August 22, the Soviet Army dispatched 150 planes to air raids on the Japanese military assembly areas and field airfields in the Kanyur Temple and General Amugulang Temple, and Japanese planes were also dispatched. From the 22nd to the 24th, the two sides fought over the Nomenhan area for three days, and nearly 60 planes were shot down on the grassland. Since then, the number of Soviet aircraft has continued to increase, and new fighter jets have appeared, while the Japanese army gradually lost the initiative and was in a position of passive beating.

At 3:00 a.m. on August 27, 137 Japanese planes took off at Hailar Airport, and the formation covered the sky over Hailar. At 8:20, the Japanese aircraft group arrived over the Tamtchag Prague Airport and carried out indiscriminat.

At 7:00 a.m. on September 3, the first batch of Soviet bombers and fighter jets bombed and strafed the Japanese army. At the same time, the artillery of the Soviet and Mongolian troops also bombarded the Japanese army cluster violently. These two firepower immediately stopped the advance of the Japanese army.

Unable to deploy firepower, the attacked Japanese army hurriedly dug personal bunkers in the sand. At 9 a.m., 150 tanks of the 11th Tank Brigade of the Soviet Army opened fire on the Japanese troops who were huddled in the dunes. The Japanese troops who lacked anti-tank firepower suffered heavy casualties.

On September 11, the Kwantung Army Headquarters ordered to stop the offensive and rectify the front, and decided to send more troops to the Nomenhan front. They transferred an independent field heavy artillery unit from the mainland and an anti-tank rapid-fire gun squadron from the territory of the Republic of China, which greatly strengthened the Japanese army's firepower and enhanced the Japanese army's anti-tank capability.

In addition to this, the Japanese army also sent a secret unit - Ishii Unit, the infamous Unit 731.

On September 13, Major Ikari Changzhong of the Ishii Bacterial Force led 22 death squads to take 2 rubber rafts down the Halaha River to sprinkle 22.5 kilograms of bacteria such as typhoid, cholera, plague, and melioid into the river water. Army conducts germ warfare.

However, what the Japanese army did not expect was that the Sumeng army did not suffer much damage from the 22.5 kilograms of bacteria. On the contrary, 1,340 Japanese soldiers contracted typhoid fever, dysentery and cholera, while the 731 army doctors and death squads who spread the bacteria More than 40 people died of bacterial infection.

On September 23, after half a month of replenishment and rest, the Japanese troops on the Nomonhan frontline gathered 25,000 soldiers and 82 artillery pieces to launch a general attack across the board. On the 24th, the Soviet army launched a counter-offensive, and the Japanese army returned to their original position. On the 25th, the Kwantung Army Command issued an instruction to "stop the offensive and build positions".

On October 4, in order to implement a unified command, the Japanese army formed the 6th Army in Hailar (administered the 23rd Division, the 8th Border Guard, etc., commanded by Lieutenant General Dizhou), with a strength of about 25,000 people.

In order to solve the war in the Nomenhan area as soon as possible, the Soviet Army Command decided to expand the 57th Special Army in Tamchag Prague into the 1st Army, which is a temporary organization with independent combat functions and a combination of arms. Zhukov was appointed. For the army commander.