July 23, Nomenkan front. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's a good day, and a lot of literature documents it. The Nomenkan front was 70 kilometers long, and the army had already entered positions early, waiting for the order to attack generally. Anyone can see that the big war is about to begin.

At 6 o'clock in the morning, 58 Japanese bombers and fighters first flew over the Haraha River and bombed and strafed the positions of the Soviet and Mongolian troops on both sides of the river in turn. At the same time, a gray oblong observation balloon was raised above the Japanese heavy artillery position, and in the hanging basket under the balloon, three artillery observation officers controlled the artillery team mirror to find the Soviet heavy artillery position on the west bank platform.

At 6:30, the Japanese army first fired a group of field artillery to lure the Soviet heavy artillery to return fire, so that after the target was discovered, it would correct the target observed in the past, and then use heavy artillery to give the Soviet artillery a devastating bombardment.

Decades later, the Japanese artillery would never have imagined that this shelling would be so unbearable.

After an hour of bombardment, by 7:30 a.m., the Japanese artillery commanders could not see whether the goal had been achieved. What to do? Another 30 minutes of lure bombardment. No response?

At 8 o'clock, the artillery commander, Major General Uchiyama, had no choice but to order the two artillery groups to attack and fire at full efficiency according to the plan, and informed Lieutenant General Komatsubara to order the infantry to go out at 10 o'clock in the afternoon. The 10 o'clock sortie order of the division commander was transmitted to the wings and even the brigades.

At this time, all the artillery of the Japanese army fired at the same time, and the warheads of the heavy artillery wing flew from the position of more than ten kilometers behind the infantry to the west bank of the Haraha River.

How effective are these heavy artillery bombings? It's still not clear.

Mountain artillery, mortars, and infantry artillery of various divisions and regiments also helped to fire at the same time.

The Japanese army had never used such large-scale artillery, and it was also an unprecedented first in the history of Japanese army warfare. Rear Admiral Uchiyama was thrilled to be able to command 38 field heavy guns and 72 field guns (86 in one case) at the same time.

The bombardment worked.

Heavy fires and black smoke began to appear in Soviet positions on the West Bank terraces, and vehicles drove backwards. Observing the balloon informants, the Soviet artillery was wiped out 12 guns, the artillery was shifting positions, and later, more than a dozen guns were broken, and the effect was remarkable.

10 a.m.

This is a critical moment. The tide of the battle is changing at this moment due to a number of factors.

Three Soviet I-16 fighters shot down an artillery observation balloon. The plane flew at a low altitude, machine gun fire, and the balloon exploded and caught fire and fell to the ground. 3 observation officers on the gondola died, and the artillerymen lost their observation posts.

This was a critical moment, and at 10 o'clock, the main attack force of tens of thousands of Japanese infantry at the forefront charged.

At this moment, Major General Uchiyama temporarily decided to extend the shelling by one hour, and the infantry sortie was changed to 11 o'clock.

At this time, due to the fierce artillery battle between the two sides, explosions were everywhere on the position.

The problem came, and the consequences of this problem soon became apparent.

Due to the destruction of communications equipment, the decision of Major General Uchiyama could not be communicated, the infantry did not know, the command did not know, and Hailar did not know. Only the artillerymen knew. Moreover, the artillery strictly carried out the order.

At 10:30, when the Japanese rushed to the positions of the Soviet troops, they suffered heavy losses. The Soviets retreated, but the Japanese were bombarded by their own rear artillery groups. Wing Captain Sakai thumped his chest and vowed to take Major General Uchiyama to court.

This artillery mistake was talked about by war history researchers. How is it that the strongest Japanese army is full of loopholes in front of the Soviet army?

At 11 o'clock, the Japanese infantry on the front line stopped the attack under the front and rear attacks.

Lieutenant General Komatsubara ordered the infantry to consolidate the positions of the battle leader; The artillery group advanced accordingly, preparing to attack the river bank at dawn the next day. The Japanese did not expect that the number of shells of the Soviet army was several times higher than theirs.

In the evening, the dozen or so unbeatable loudspeakers in the Soviet positions sounded again, and the content of the broadcast turned out to be today's battle situation. The Japanese soldiers were all witnesses, and they could hear it, and the radio did not lie. Then, the captive told himself. Today's prisoners' self-reports are obviously new, and several former secret service members have analyzed that the Japanese army should not participate in the war based on today's war situation.

Until now, the Japanese believed that the prisoners of war were still alive and that the recordings were not recorded before the execution.

At 8 o'clock on the 24th, the front line of Nomenkan.

The Japanese attacked.

The Japanese attacked yesterday and had reached the vicinity of the Haraha River. There was a pontoon bridge over the river, which became a point of contention.

Because the artillery positions moved forward, the shelling began at 8 o'clock

After the attack of Japanese aircraft and artillery, the Soviet-Mongolian defenders retreated, and a Japanese brigade crossed the river and rushed to the Soviet artillery position.

Hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles poured out of the Sangbu Ola Pass, the 11th Tank Brigade of Major General Yakovlev and the 8th Armored Automobile Brigade of Colonel Mishulin.

Major General Yakovlev took the lead and led the tank king to rush to the riverbank. The Japanese army's death squads rushed up and perished along with the chariots. Three meat bullets rushed up, two were killed, and one blew up the tank.

Major General Yakovlev died.

The news of the sacrifice of Major General Yakovlev blew like a wind.

The sacrifice of Major General Yakovlev infuriated the tank crews, who carried out a massacre of the Japanese infantry. The tank crews were very frenzied, and they rampaged through the positions of the Japanese infantry, and the Japanese suffered numerous casualties.

There were also losses among the senior officers of the Japanese army, and the commander of the 71st Wing, Eiji Nagano, who had only been in office for half a month, was also seriously wounded.

July 25, 7 a.m.

The shelling began, and the density of Soviet artillery fire was greater than in the previous two days. The two heavy artillery brigades advanced by the Japanese were almost completely lost in artillery and personnel. The Japanese infantry launched an attack, which was counterattacked by the Soviet-Mongolian army and soon stopped.

The Japanese artillery observed the balloon, which was again lifted into the air for use, and was quickly broken. On that day, the artillery of the Japanese army fired about 1 and a half base ammunition. Because of poor observation, the shelling effect was poor.

On the afternoon of the 25th, Komatsubara decided that Major General Kobayashi Tsuneichi, commander of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, would command three infantry wings and artillery units to carry out a general attack in an attempt to break through the positions of the Soviet-Mongolian troops in front of him, and at the same time asked the Kwantung Army to allocate ammunition for a combat unit.

At this time, an order was received from the Kwantung Army at 14 o'clock on July 24: stop the attack and hold the key positions on the east bank of the Haraha River.

In desperation, Komatsubara ordered: "Immediately stop the attack, occupy the east bank front, build positions, and prepare for a protracted battle"

Subsequently, the 23rd Division and other troops built fortifications in the Nomenhan area to hold on.

In these three days of battle, the Japanese army prepared for half a month, but the position on the west bank of the river was still taken. The Japanese army was not good except for the tank regiment, and the artillery was not good.

Similar battles continued to take place later, but on a small, sporadic scale. The Kwantung Army deliberately restrained the movements of the front line and made every effort to prepare for a decisive battle. Only the upper echelons knew that covert contacts and negotiations with the Soviet side had begun. Actions on the battlefield must be in line with the needs of the negotiating table.