The Zhang Gufeng incident in official history ended with the defeat of the Japanese army, but the information revealed by later generations shows that in fact, the casualties of the Soviet army were much higher than those of the Japanese army, including the later Battle of Nomenkan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

You must know that the Soviet army far surpassed the Japanese army in terms of troops and equipment, etc., and the Japanese army almost used pure infantry divisions to confront its mechanized troops, and even so, although the Japanese army retreated last, it caused many more casualties to the opponent than themselves.

It's just that the Soviets deliberately concealed and exaggerated the casualties of the Japanese army, but the fact is that Stalin was very angry when he heard the real casualty ratio.

It can be seen that even Stalin himself was very dissatisfied with the results of the Soviet army, and it is precisely because of this that before signing a non-aggression pact with Japan, the Soviet Union in the Far East did not dare to move at all, even if Moscow was in danger at that time, they did not dare to transfer the troops in the Far East at will, which shows his fear of the Japanese army.

It was not until the non-aggression pact was truly signed with Japan that a big stone in the heart of the Soviet army fell, and then a lot of troops from the Far East were transferred.

And the Far Eastern troops at that time, for the Soviet army, were elite troops. And even the elite units of the Soviet army, when facing the Japanese army, under the leadership of the famous general Zhukov, only achieved that kind of result, which shows how much impact the Great Purge had on the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army.

But now the Zhang Gufeng incident, due to the influence of China, has become very different, first of all, the Japanese army has invested a lot of troops, in fact, the investment of equipment is no longer infantry, there are also a lot of armor and aircraft.

When the heavy weapons were not obviously lost to the Soviet army, the Japanese army's combat effectiveness was quickly manifested, and on May 5, it completely controlled Zhanggufeng, and after several failed counteroffensive of the Soviet army, it no longer attacked Zhanggufeng.

When the battle turned out like this, the Soviets were embarrassed, and Stalin was even more furious. When Hitler saw this situation, he was more excited, the Japanese army was defeated by the Chinese army, and the defeated general defeated the Soviet army, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army is really not flattering.

After Zhang Gufeng gained the advantage, the Japanese army was much more confident, and felt that the Soviet army was still similar to the Russo-Japanese War, and as long as they were willing to pay their money, they could defeat this opponent. During the Russo-Japanese War, Japan won the war with the lives of its soldiers.

The Japanese army immediately prepared to open a new battlefield in the other direction, so that the Soviet army could not take care of the left and right. Another place chosen by the Japanese army to open up a battlefield was Normenhan, and the location of Normenhan was relatively open, and both sides could invest large-scale troops.

In the Battle of Nomenkhan in the official history, the commander of the Soviet army was Zhukov, an absolute famous general, and the Soviet army far surpassed the Japanese army in terms of troops, equipment, and materials.

As for the Japanese army, only 23 divisions were invested, and everyone knows that the Japanese army has 20 divisions and regiments, from the 1st Division to the 20th Division.

The 23rd Division was only a second-rate division at best, and the division commander was not a famous general in the Japanese army, but even so, with such a second-rate division, it could fight like the superior Soviet army led by Zhukov, which shows that the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army at that time was really not very good.

And this time the Battle of Nomenhan was different, the Japanese army did not invest in the 23rd Division, but the 2nd Division and the 7th Division, and the entire Kwantung Army was supported by it. And on the side of the Soviet army, Zhukov does not know where at the moment, and he is not qualified to command a battle of this scale.

At a time when Japan and the Soviet Union were intensively preparing for war in the Nomenkhan area, the Chinese side communicated that the Mongolian army immediately accepted the reorganization of the government, and China would not allow the existence of an army that was not under the leadership of the government.

The sudden move by the Chinese side, although they did not directly participate in the war work, made the Soviets very angry, because they had already regarded Mongolia as their private property, and even used the Mongolian army to cooperate with them to resist the Japanese attack.

Now that China has come here, isn't it telling them that China wants to take Mongolia back? However, not only that, Mongolia is still Chinese territory, and the Chinese side has never recognized its independence, so it is understandable to make this demand, but Mongolia, which was forcibly occupied by the Soviet Union, is the real aggressor.

In the past, China was incapable and could only let Mongolia be at the mercy of the Soviet Union, but now, China has beaten the arrogant Japanese to the ground, can it still bear its territory being occupied by other countries? Apparently not.

The Soviet Union wanted to protest against China's downfall, but it could not find a suitable reason, after all, it was a fact that they had split China's territory, but at this juncture, the Soviet Union did not want to make enemies with China, and immediately sent representatives to stabilize China first.

The Soviet Union sent a representative, and China treated each other with courtesy, but China's determination to take back Outer Mongolia will not change, and at that time, the Soviet Union secretly supported Outer Mongolia for independence when China had no time to take care of it.

After receiving the news that China was going to take back Mongolia, Japan was greatly excited and immediately launched the Battle of Normenheim. However, Japan privately sent people to reassure the Chinese side that even if they invaded Mongolia, they would not harm the Mongolian people or plunder resources, and as long as the Soviet army withdrew from Mongolia, their Japanese army would withdraw as soon as possible.

The Chinese side did not bother to pay more attention to the small use of the Japanese, after all, the Chinese side also took advantage of the war between Japan and the Soviet Union to take the opportunity to recover Mongolia.

Otherwise, if the two countries do not have such entanglement, it will be much more difficult for China alone to recover Mongolia on the one hand. Now that Japan is contained, the Soviet Union has to weigh whether or not to make enemies with China at this time.

On May 17, when the Japanese army officially launched an attack on Nomenhan, the Chinese side gave the Supreme Commander of the Mongol Army Choibalshan an ultimatum on the 18th of the next day, giving him 48 hours to assemble his troops, lay down his arms, and accept the reorganization of the government army. Otherwise, they will be punished for treason, and government troops will immediately march into Mongolia to eliminate the rebels.

Choibalshan naturally knew that his army was a few pounds and taels, and he only dared to argue with the government by relying on the support of the Soviet Union, but now in the face of the pressure exerted by the already rapidly powerful government, he naturally could not bear it alone, and immediately sought out his master, the Soviet Union, to make an idea.

What good ideas could the USSR have? Just suffered a defeat in Zhang Gufeng, a Japanese who has already made them more uncomfortable, how can they be willing to offend a rising China again? However, they were also sincerely reluctant to let the Soviet Union give up Mongolia, which they had so hard to support.

Either offend China or abandon Mongolia, this choice is somewhat difficult, but it is not difficult.

In the end, the Soviet Union's reply to Choibalsan was, "Take your troops and go into exile in the Soviet Union......

Choibalshan was directly stunned, but he could only accept that if he did not go to exile in the Soviet Union, there would be only one way to die.