In the early morning of July 24, Manturov, Zhukov and Choibalshan rushed to the headquarters of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition on the Normenkhand front and personally directed the counteroffensive. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The success or failure of this counteroffensive is of great importance to the three men, if successful, Choibalsan will be able to retain his power and position, and protect his people from the threat of Japanese imperialist aggression, while Manturov and Zhukov will be able to gain military merit from this victory, and their future careers will be even easier.

At the same time as the leadership arrived, the artillery units of the Soviet army, as well as the air force units participating in the counteroffensive, were ready for battle. More than five hundred artillery pieces, three hundred aircraft, are already ready in their respective artillery positions/air bases, waiting for the next order.

At 5:40 a.m., on a high ground on the west bank of the Haraha River, Manturov was using a telescope to observe movements on the opposite bank.

At that time, the sun had not yet come out, and the sky was still dark. On the Japanese position, however, there was a lot of light.

The patrolmen of the Japanese devils, holding torches or flashlights, patrolled back and forth near the position, and a large number of soldiers stayed on the position, looking at the Soviet position in the distance with a serious expression, closely paying attention to the movement in front of them, and maintaining a high degree of vigilance at all times.

But on the side of the Soviet position, there was not much light. Under the cover of night, the Japanese devils saw almost nothing, even if they looked at the brightest place with binoculars, they could only see a few soldiers chatting, smoking or dozing off, and thought that the Soviet troops were all deserting.

At the same time that the devil saw the sporadic Soviet troops deserting, the rest of the Soviet army had already assembled.

On the northern front, on the southern bank of the Haraha River, the Soviet mechanized units involved in the counteroffensive had all arrived, ready to cross the river to attack, and outflank the Japanese troops on the other side of the river from the flank.

But under the cover of night and the terrain, the Japanese could not see these at all. What they saw was only the situation that Manturov arranged for them, and the Soviet army watched the desertion.

He deliberately set up several "bright spots" on the frontal position, that is, places with more lights, and ordered the soldiers at these points to desert, deliberately allowing the Japanese troops to discover and relax their vigilance.

Of course, in order to avoid the suspicion of the devils, the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces on some "bright spots" did not desert, but pretended to be ready for battle.

Otherwise, if the Japanese see that the Soviet-Mongolian forces on all the bright spots are deserting, they will suspect that the Soviets are playing tricks on them, and then they will move the concentration point to other places, increasing the chance of discovering that the Soviets are preparing for a counteroffensive.

On the east coast of the devils' position, the scene was still very quiet, and the devils could only hear the footsteps of animals and people, as well as sporadic conversations, but on the side of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces, these sounds had been muffled by the sound of tank engines.

The tranquility on the east bank was soon broken by the rumbling of artillery fire, and at 5:45 a.m., more than 500 Soviet artillery pieces and mortars of various calibers bombarded the Japanese positions.

The shells fell on the anti-aircraft gun positions and anti-tank gun positions of the Japanese army, clearing the way for the Soviet mechanized offensive and air-ground coordinated operations. At the same time, countless shells also hit the devil's observation post, communication station and other facilities, destroying the Japanese army's communication system.

Manturov had been standing on the hill, watching the shelling intently, only to see the fire on the Japanese position, and some of the originally heroic and formidable Japanese devils were instantly blown away by the artillery fire and taken to see Marx.

Some anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and other weapons were blown up into scrap metal at once, and they could no longer be used against the Soviet army; The box containing ammunition and grenades, after being hit by the shell, also sent out a more violent explosion, ending the life of himself and the devil next to him with a loud noise and flames for a moment.

Seeing such a scene, Manturov, who has always been merciful and humanitarian, actually laughed. He did not regard those little Japan as human beings, but only as devils.

Every time a devil dies, many innocent lives can be saved, and if they are spared, these devils may kill more innocent civilians in China or the Pacific theater, and force more women to die in comfort stations. Killing these devils will prevent more such tragedies from happening and save countless civilians.

Before the artillery bombardment was over, the Soviets dispatched their air power to inflict a greater blow on the Japanese army, and 150 bombers and 100 fighters appeared in the sky above the Japanese positions, constantly bombing and strafing, causing many casualties among the devils.

Since most of the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery positions were destroyed by Soviet artillery fire, the devils could only shoot the planes whizzing from the night sky with rifles in their hands (without grenades).

However, due to the fact that the sky was not bright, and the first wave of Soviet planes used dark paint and flew at extremely high speeds, the Japanese army could not aim at all, and could not hit the low-flying Il-16 fighters, let alone the high-flying bombers.

Under the strong suppression of the Soviet air force and artillery, the Japanese artillery fire was simply unable to return fire within an hour and a half. Their observation posts, communications links and artillery positions were destroyed by artillery fire and bomber bombs, leaving the battlefield littered with corpses and debris.

However, the Japanese troops who were hit by artillery fire and aerial bombardment were still very combative, resisted stubbornly in the chaos, and prepared to meet the attack of the Soviet ground forces. Brainwashed, they had long been prepared to die for Japanese imperialism, and would rather die in battle than surrender.

Seeing the chaotic situation on the Japanese position, Zhukov decisively gave the Soviet-Mongolian army an order to attack.

The mechanized and motorized Soviet forces in full gear rushed out of their respective positions, crossed the Haraha River, and launched an attack on the left and right flanks of the Japanese army.

Since the previous artillery bombardment, ground attacks, and so on were all concentrated in the center, the devils also concentrated their forces on the positions in the middle, and also transferred some of the troops on the periphery inward, so they did not notice the danger on the north and south flanks.

To the south, as the Soviets held their positions on the south bank, the counteroffensive troops had quietly crossed the Haraha River and soon exchanged fire with the Japanese.

The Japanese devils, who were inferior in troops and lacked anti-tank equipment, could not withstand the torrent of steel of the attack. With the fire support of the aircraft, it became easier for the Soviets to kill the enemy.

Three regiments and two brigades of the Soviet Southern Cluster broke through the positions of the Japanese 71st Wing and other left flank units in an hour, and began to attack and outflank to the north. The 8th Cavalry Division of the Soviet-Mongolian coalition army has also broken through the defense line of the mixed brigade of the Japanese army in the southeast, and the progress is smoother than Manturov and Zhukov expected.

However, on the side of the northern cluster, progress was not as good as it was ideal, and although the Soviets had gathered enough troops, when crossing the river, they made a lot of noise and aroused the vigilance of the Japanese devils.

Nevertheless, the Soviets broke through the Japanese position in the north a few hours later, eliminated the Japanese troops stationed there, and began to advance to the south and southeast, preparing to outflank the main Japanese forces in the center with the southern cluster, encircle them, and then destroy them.

However, with the march of Japanese reinforcements, coupled with the determination of the Japanese devils to die rather than surrender, the difficulty of the Soviet counteroffensive increased, adding a lot of potential variables to the future situation.