August 20, 1939, Nomenkan front. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The decisive battle has finally begun. Both sides know when the other side will start the war, and they also know the strength and distribution of the other's forces. Japan, in particular, was especially familiar with all the circumstances of the USSR. In response to the Soviet offensive, full preparations were also made.

The offensive of the Soviet army marked the beginning of the decisive battle.

At 5:46, the Soviet-Mongolian army first launched a fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese anti-aircraft gun position, and then guided by the fire of 150 bombers and 100 fighters exploding on the ground, they bombed and strafed the Japanese army.

After all, the Japanese army has limited military strength, and it is the army that is largely replenished. Their strategy was to use the superiority of the army to fight the Soviets in close combat and then win. As a result, the anti-aircraft artillery units of the Japanese army were left with few shells and basically abandoned anti-aircraft artillery.

The plane arrived over the battlefield, and dawn broke in the east. At the same time as the Soviet air force attacked, Japanese planes also sorted. The Soviet army had a large number of aircraft, and the new tactics of long wingmen were well used. On the contrary, the Japanese planes, which were inferior in number and cooperation to the Soviet army, were shot down one after another. Soon, the sky above the Japanese positions was dominated by Soviet aircraft.

After the Soviets seized air superiority, the planes began to strafe artillery positions on the ground.

Later, throughout the morning, a wave of planes took off, an air battle, then quiet, and then the next one.

At 8:15, Soviet artillery and mortars of various calibers shelled Japanese positions.

The shelling did cause a lot of casualties. Because the Japanese were prepared, the bunkers were dug deep, and as a result, the casualties were smaller than the Soviets expected.

At 8:30 a.m., the Air Force bombed and strafed the Japanese forward positions for the second time.

At 8:45, a red signal flare was raised in the air, and the Soviet-Mongolian troops, under the cover of artillery fire, crossed the Haraha River and began a general offensive on the whole front.

Under the strong suppression of the Soviet air force and artillery, only an hour and a half later, the Japanese artillery was unable to return fire, and the observation posts, communication links, and artillery positions were destroyed.

The two armies began to hand over in short arms, and the Japanese army was full of fighting spirit, resisted stubbornly in the chaos, and did not surrender to the death. Suicide attacks continued, and Soviet tanks were bombed and burned.

It is clear that the number of Japanese troops was much larger and much larger than what was detected.

The northern line of the Japanese army was the Sertaulagai Heights.

This high ground was occupied by the Japanese 23rd Division after a month and a half of operation, and a permanent stronghold position was built with steel reinforced concrete, with staggered trenches and condescending heights. The well detachment is equipped with 12 heavy armored vehicles, 6 machine guns, 4 field guns, 4 rapid-fire guns, 1,000 cavalry infantry, and the support of heavy artillery in the rear.

In the morning, the units of the Well Placement Wing were bombed and strafed by aircraft and were shelled. Soon, the Soviet army 50 tanks of the Soviet army,

10 field guns, plus 600 cavalry of the Mongolian army, attacked from the direction of Hojin Gangga, and a regiment of Soviet artillery also attacked from the northwest. Combined with the heavy artillery in the rear, about 200 shells fell per minute, and the ground shook.

Japanese casualties continued to mount.

By 12 o'clock, the Soviet shelling stopped, and tanks broke through from the north.

The scuffle began, with flask flames, anti-tank mines, and anti-tank rapid-fire guns all going up. The battle lasted until sunset, and the Soviets gradually stopped attacking. Three cavalry regiments of the North Hung Yen garrison were routed. These puppet armies are native to Hailar.

In the area of the Noro Heights on the southern front, the Soviet artillery shelling continued throughout the day. The connection between the various brigades of Hasebe was severed. The Kiogawa brigade was subjected to air strikes and shelling by more than a dozen tanks, and an artillery group on the west bank also concentrated on bombarding the Kiogawa brigade.

Soon, 50 tanks and armored vehicles made a rapid detour from the south and penetrated into the rear of the entire Noro Heights area defended by the Hasebe detachment. Soviet troops are near

More than 200 tanks, armored vehicles and more than 1,000 infantrymen got on the pontoon bridge erected in Yari and rushed to the front of the 71st Wing. Coupled with the constant bombing and strafing of Soviet planes in the air, the 7th

l The wing was caught in a hard battle and suffered heavy casualties.

The Soviet Central Corps advanced slowly, and the divisions and brigades advanced only 500-1,500 meters.

21st.

The decisive battle came to the second day. At 6 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army successively dispatched 113 combat planes of various kinds, and the Japanese aircraft group was divided into several shock waves to carry out a surprise attack on the Soviet-Mongolian army airfield.

For the first time, at 6 o'clock, a fleet of light bombers bombed the Sambes airfield.

The second time, at 11 o'clock, groups of light and heavy bombers bombed the Prague airport in Tamchag.

The third time, at 16 o'clock, the group of light bombers fired strafing the armored clusters of Soviet-Mongolian tanks and trucks near the Sertaulagai Heights.

Japanese units on the ground continued to fight hard. The Soviet-Mongolian army met with unusually stubborn resistance.

On the second day of the Soviet-Mongolian ground offensive, the fighting intensified.

Northern Route. Colonel-General Zhukov in turn used the 9th Panzer Brigade and the 212th Paratrooper Brigade on the Northern Front from the reserves. The 9th Armored Brigade made a great detour. The paratrooper brigade was airdropped to the rear of the Japanese army to occupy the logistics base and cut off the supply of the Japanese army on the front line.

At the same time, heavy artillery units intensified the bombardment of the Sertaulagai Heights, and by the afternoon the fortifications on the Sertaulagai Heights had been destroyed. The Japanese suffered a large number of wounds, but the well troops did not retreat, and the infantry began to melee.

Southern Route. 4500 men of the 71st Infantry Wing under the command of Toru Morita fought with Soviet tanks. Field artillery supporting the infantry was the tank stage.

At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, 8 Soviet tanks and 200 infantry broke through to open a breakthrough, and then 95 tanks and towed guns poured into the breakthrough and bombarded the flank of the 71st Wing.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 30 tanks attacked the headquarters of the 71st Wing of the Japanese Army and the grain and straw assembly center. The tank is driven by diesel fuel and is not afraid of flare flames and ordinary mines. The battle situation of the 71st Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army deteriorated, and one by one small heights of sand dunes were occupied by Soviet troops step by step.

Central position. The 72nd Infantry Wing was drawn to Nomenkhan to assemble, leaving only the 64th Infantry Wing to defend the position, and the field heavy artillery group in the rear was also attacked by 50 Soviet tanks and armored vehicles.

Soviet tanks and armored vehicles were sandwiched between Japanese artillery and infantry, and the Japanese and Soviet forces were intertwined.

As a result of the offensive the next day, the Soviet-Mongolian army had completed the division and encirclement of the Japanese 23rd Division and other units.

22nd. The third day of the campaign.

At 9:30 a.m., the Japanese Air Force bombed Sambes airfield again. Then, the Japanese attacked the Soviet field airfield on the east side of Lake Bell. It was quickly repulsed by Soviet aircraft.

At the same time, the Soviet army dispatched a large number of aircraft to attack the material assembly points in the rear of the Japanese army, such as Wangye Temple, Arshan, etc. The Japanese planes intercepted, but the effect was not great. Soviet troops continued to gain air superiority

On this day, the 2nd Division was sent to the battlefield as the second echelon of the campaign.

Originally, the Soviet army had already seen the decline of the Japanese army, and was ready to defeat them on the third day of the battle, end the battle as soon as possible, and save them, but the offensive of the new Japanese army caused them great pressure.

Shortly after the 2nd Division arrived at Nomenkan, it completed its preparations yesterday and entered the battlefield for a night attack, which caught the Soviet troops off guard. By the morning of the scuffle, all the lost positions on the northern front had been recaptured, half of the positions on the southern front had been recaptured, and the central line had advanced a thousand meters to the west.

The infantry guns, anti-tank guns, and field artillery of the second division destroyed dozens of Soviet troops, and the infantry and cavalry that the Soviet troops rushed up to join the division according to the original plan were repulsed, and the two sides were stuck together again.

23rd. The fourth day of the campaign.

Soviet troops sent out aircraft to bomb the positions of the 2nd Division. After the bombardment, the bombardment continued with artillery. Because all the positions were destroyed, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties. After noon, the Soviets dispatched planes to bomb the rear headquarters and material assembly points of the 2nd Division, and won a complete victory. Having completely lost air superiority, the 2nd Division was hit by artillery and air force for a morning.

In the afternoon, after the artillery continued to bombard, the infantry followed the armored vehicles and tanks into the battlefield, and the two sides staggered and continued to fight.

24th. The fifth day of the campaign.

The Japanese army finally put the grinding Fourth Division on the battlefield.

The 4th Division recuperated and its combat effectiveness was stronger than that of the tired Soviet army, helping the 2nd Division to continue to advance. Because the 23rd Division and other troops had been crippled and retreated during the night, the 2nd and 4th Divisions were left on the battlefield. At the moment, they are in an advantageous position.

Among the veteran divisions of the Japanese army, the Fourth Division had the weakest combat effectiveness, and many of its soldiers were small citizens of the city, who were calculating and afraid of death, and were known as a peace-loving army. The other Japanese divisions and regiments were unwilling to cooperate with them, because they could always find various reasons to calculate their marching time and enter the battlefield at just the right time, in addition to taking advantage of them, that is, to preserve their own strength.

Therefore, Japan's own articles are mostly sarcastic when evaluating this division.

26th. Day 7 of the campaign.

Zhukov began to use Soviet aircraft with strategic reserves, ordered the 9th motorized armored brigade into battle, and strengthened artillery support. Zhukov's plan was to destroy the Japanese army after encircling it and end the campaign as soon as possible.

Although he knew that the Japanese army had sent new troops in a row, he could not retreat. The only thing that can be done is to step up contact with the Northeast Coalition Army and let them enter the battlefield as soon as possible.

On the evening of the 26th, the Soviet tank units and motorized units completed the encirclement of the entire Japanese 6th Army, and then began to intersperse and divide, the Japanese stubbornly resisted, and the Soviet-Mongolian army fought very hard.

Two division commanders disobeyed due to heavy casualties, and Zhukov immediately removed them from their posts.

In the evening, a Japanese army retreated, and the Soviets, led by tanks, opened a gap and advanced two kilometers before dark. At this time, the baggage of the 2nd and 4th Divisions could no longer keep up.

August 29th. After the remnants of the 7th Division of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army were repaired, 2,000 men returned to the battle. The battlefield of Nomenkan is once again in a bitter battle. The Soviet front retreated a thousand meters before it stabilized.

The commander of the Kwantung Army, Ueda, decided to send an additional 20th Division to the 6th Army in Seoul, and at the same time ordered the 23rd, 7th, 2nd, and 4th Divisions to stand by for reinforcements.

It turned out that the 20th Division stationed in Seoul had already been prepared, and it had already assembled in Harbin and other cities, and at the sound of an order, it took a train and quickly rushed to Hailar. Along the railway, all the way to the green light.

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1. This chapter is not a pure narrative of history. As a novel, there are three changes: A: The 2nd and 4th Divisions are put into battle. Historically, these two units did not go into battle. B: The number of puppet armies has decreased, and in history, Shi Lanbin and other puppet armies have also entered the battle. The puppet army that threw itself into the Battle of Nomenkan looked like about 10,000 men. C: 20th Division. Historically, it has not been mobilized. d: Time. Historically, because of negotiations, the battle ended very quickly.

2. Sasu made a clear mistake when describing the role of the 2nd Division and the 4th Division in the Battle of Nomenkan. The 4th Division failed to participate in the war, and neither did the 2nd Division.

3, South Route Corps,

The 6th and 8th cavalry divisions of the Mongolian army defeated the mixed brigade of Shi Lanbin of the puppet Manchu army.

4, the role of the puppet army in the Battle of Nomenkan is very peculiar. Many Mongol puppet army units defected to the Soviet-Mongolian army. Many Han puppet armies fled.