Chapter 180: The Japanese-Soviet War

Mao Yimin stepped forward to probe Dai Li's forehead, but Dai Li pushed his hand away.

"You're sick!" Dai Li scolded.

"You're not sick? I don't sleep in the middle of the night, why do you come here? Mao Yimin looked at Dai Li strangely, ready to retreat and escape at any time.

Dai Li took out the first secret document on his body and handed it to Mao Yimin to see.

When Mao Yimin saw it, he also became Dai Li's excited look.

The guard officer in the distance saw this situation and hurriedly ran to call someone: "Director Dai is sick, and he came to the mansion in the middle of the night with a smile, Director Mao went to ask him, but he infected Director Mao, and Director Mao also began to get sick." ”

As a result, no one dared to persuade these two patients anymore.

The news soon reached the ears of the old man, and he felt very strange, so he sent someone to bring Dai Li and Mao Yimin into the office.

"What the hell are you doing? It made the whole mansion talk about it. The old man asked.

Dai Li hurriedly presented the secret document, then stood aside and laughed.

The old man looked at the secret telegram, the smile on his face became more and more, and the frightened lady hurriedly ran out: "Darling! Are you okay? ”

The old man hurriedly explained: "Very important, very good news. ”

Madame leaned over to take a look and smiled: "This is good news!" China can turn the corner! You should reward Zhou Lin again. ”

The old man said to Mao Yimin: "Promote the spy to one level and award the rank of major general!" ”

Mao Yimin immediately wrote down the old man's order.

At this time, the lady said: "It is estimated that the Americans do not know this information, we should inform the United States, maybe they will be happy and will support us more." ”

The old man nodded: "I will urgently meet with the American ambassador after dawn, tell them this information, and let them inform the US government." ”

"Let little Japan touch the Soviets! It's better for them to lose both. The old man said, looking at the location on the map.

At this time, it happened that Yan'an received the secret telegram for fifteen hours, and the Soviet Union received the information for ten hours, and the mountain was still in Yunling and did not go to Yan'an.

When it became known that the mountain had escaped from the pearl and entered the base of the New Fourth Army, the Japanese military immediately launched the "Nomenhan Battle Plan".

The commander of the Kwantung Army ordered the 23rd Division to launch a ground offensive.

The 23rd Division has a total of more than 20,000 troops, 84 tanks, 180 aircraft and 400 vehicles.

The Japanese army, under the command of Major General Kobayashi, attacked the west bank of the Haraha River with a force of 6,000 men and captured the Sertaulagai Heights on the east bank of the river.

Zhu **, commander of the Soviet Special 57th Army, organized 150 tanks, 154 armored vehicles, 90 artillery pieces, all aircraft and other troops to counterattack in three directions.

Due to the open ground around the Bayinchagang Heights, which was very conducive to aircraft and combat vehicles, the Japanese troops were all exposed in front of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles.

The first Soviet bombers and fighters bombed and strafed the Japanese.

At the same time, the artillery of the Soviet-Mongolian army fiercely bombarded the Japanese cluster.

These two fires immediately halted the Japanese advance, and the Japanese were unable to carry out their firepower and were only concerned with hastily digging personal bunkers in the sand.

At 9 a.m., 150 tanks of the 11th Soviet Tank Brigade opened fire on the Japanese troops who were cowering in dune bunkers.

The command of the Kwantung Army ordered to stop the offensive, to carry out the reorganization of the front, and decided to transfer troops to the Nomenkhan front. An independent field heavy artillery wing was transferred from the interior, and anti-tank rapid-fire artillery squadrons were transferred from Mukden, Bei'an, Qiqihar, and other places to replenish the 23rd Division with weapons and personnel, and to increase aircraft and vehicles.

After replenishing and resting the units of the Nomenhan front, the Japanese army concentrated 25,000 troops and 82 artillery pieces to launch a general attack on the whole line.

The Soviets launched a counteroffensive, and the Japanese retreated.

In order to implement unified command, the Japanese army formed the 6th Army (under the jurisdiction of the 23rd and 8th Border Garrisons, etc., under the command of Lieutenant General Ogishu Libing) in Hailar, with a strength of about 25,000 troops.

In order to settle the fighting in the Normenkhand area at an early date, the Soviet High Command decided to expand the 57th Special Army in Prague into the 1st Army.

This is a large corps of various combinations with independent combat functions organized temporarily.

The Soviet Army assembled the 1st Army (more than 60,000 people, under the jurisdiction of 3 infantry divisions, namely the 57th, 82nd, and 152nd Divisions), the 36th Motorized Division, the 5th Mechanized Brigade, the 7th, 8th, and 9th Armored Brigades, the 6th, 7th, and 11th Tank Brigades, the 212th Airborne Brigade, the 5th Machine Gun Brigade, the 185th Artillery Regiment, the 37th and 85th Anti-Tank Gun Battalions, the 63rd, 66th, and 150th Air Defense Battalions and other units (the 6th Outer Mongolian Cavalry Division, the 8th Cavalry Division and other units are also attached). A total of more than 100,000 mechanized troops.

In addition, 18,000 tons of artillery shells, 6,500 tons of bombs, 7,000 tons of fuel, 4,000 tons of food and 4,000 tons of supplies, 3,000 trucks, 498 tanks, 346 armored vehicles, 542 artillery pieces, and 515 aircraft were transported by rail.

Zhu ** was appointed commander of the group army.

The Soviet-Mongolian army launched a general offensive campaign. With 3 infantry divisions, 2 cavalry divisions, 5 armored brigades, 1 machine gun brigade, 1 airborne brigade, and a large number of aircraft and artillery, the Soviet-Mongolian army began a large-scale counteroffensive.

Although the Japanese army did not have a single tank, it was heavily bombarded by thousands of tons of Soviet artillery shells, and it was also surrounded by Soviet armored units, but the Japanese army was not afraid and bravely fought fiercely with the Soviet army on the position.

The civil fortifications built in the Mongolian wilderness were quickly flattened by Soviet artillery, and the Japanese relied on simple individual bunkers dug by individual sappers and shovels.

The Japanese even launched a counterattack, and 3,000 Japanese infantrymen without artillery cover were stopped in front of barbed wire, field fortifications and artillery, and then the Soviet tanks began to attack, and the Japanese retreated.

By the end of the battle, the Japanese 23rd Division had been completely encircled.

Under the heavy bombardment of Soviet heavy artillery groups, tank groups, and aerial bombs, the Japanese 23rd Division suffered heavy losses.

In this battle, the Soviet army suffered heavy losses to the search team of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army, the 1st Brigade of the 26th Wing of the 7th Division, the 64th Wing of the Japanese Army and the 13th Artillery Wing were annihilated by most of the Soviet Army, the commander of the 64th Wing, Takemitsu Yamaguchi Daisa, and the commander of the 13th Artillery Wing, Ise Takahide Osa, were both killed, and the commander of the 71st Wing of the 23rd Division, Toru Morita, was also killed, and all the only 22 cannons of the Japanese army were lost.

After being bombarded by tens of thousands of tons of 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 through the encirclement with grenades in close combat. The Japanese units also broke through.

In desperation, the Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union asked the Soviet Union for an armistice.

Japanese Ambassador to the Soviet Union Togo and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov signed an armistice agreement, and the two sides decided: to stop all actual military operations.

In the battle of Normenhan, the two sides invested more than 200,000 soldiers, more than 500 artillery pieces, 900 aircraft, thousands of tanks and armored vehicles, and more than 60,000 people died.

The defeat in this battle caused the Japanese military to abandon the plan to advance north and move south. In the end, the United States declared war on Japan, hastening Japan's demise.

After the war, the Japanese military ruled that the defeat of the campaign was related to the early leakage of intelligence.

Due to the vigorous maneuvering of Yoshikawa, the commander of the Japanese forces stationed in China, Yamada was exempted from punishment. This surprised Yamada, who was about to commit suicide by caesarean section.

And after learning the actual situation on the mountain that had been sent to Moscow by the Chinese Communist Party, he had a new understanding of Zhou Lin in his heart. Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!