binnovel Chapter 423 Nomonhan
Chapter 423 Nomonhan
After the field airport was built, Soviet fighter planes began to engage in fierce battles with Japanese planes in the air. Under the cover of fighter planes, Soviet bombers carried out large-scale bombings on Japanese assembly areas near Arshan, Ganzhuer Temple and Amugulang, causing heavy casualties among Japanese troops and damage to a large amount of supplies.
On June 1, the entire 2rd Division of the Japanese Army was mobilized. The division commander, Lieutenant General Komatsubara, led 70 men and marched towards Nomonhan with great enthusiasm. At the same time, the Kwantung Army Headquarters dispatched a total of 180 tanks and aircraft from the st Tank Regiment and the nd Aviation Division to support the rd Division's offensive operations.
On June 2, Lieutenant General Toru Saga, commander of the 4nd Flying Division of the Japanese Army, moved his headquarters from Xinjing to Hailar. With him came four flying regiments, 17 fighter-bomber and reconnaissance aircraft squadrons, ready to have a good fight with the Soviet Air Force.
However, on June 22, the Soviet army dispatched 150 aircraft to attack Japanese military assembly areas and field airports in the areas of Ganzhuer Temple and General Amugulang Temple. After receiving the news of the Soviet aircraft attack, Japanese aircraft also went out in full force.
As a result, Soviet and Japanese planes fought for three days over the Nomonhan area, and the 2nd Flying Division of the Japanese Kwantung Army lost more than aircraft.
After that, Soviet Air Force planes were continuously mobilized from various places to reinforce the battle here, and the Soviet Union also sent many new fighter jets to the battlefield. This caused the Japanese Air Force to gradually lose the initiative in air combat and was in a passive position.
On June 137, Japanese planes took off from Hailar Airport, and the aircraft formations in the air covered the sky over Hailar. Afterwards, the Japanese aircraft fleet came to the Soviet Datamtsagbulag Airport and carried out indiscriminate bombing. This bombing also destroyed a number of Soviet combat aircraft, but the subsequent Soviet reinforcement aircraft quickly made up for the losses.
At the end of June, the Kwantung Army Headquarters ordered the 23rd Division to launch a ground offensive as soon as possible. So on July 1, the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army, under the command of Lieutenant General Komatsubara, launched an attack on the west bank of the Khalkha River. At noon, the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army successfully captured the Sheltaulagai Heights.
When he learned that the Japanese army had launched a full-scale offensive, Zhukov immediately organized 150 tanks, 154 armored vehicles, 90 cannons, all aircraft and other troops to counterattack in three directions.
Since the battlefield was surrounded by open areas, which was very conducive to aircraft and tank operations, the troops of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army were completely exposed to the fire of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles.
At the same time, Soviet bombers and fighter planes also bombed and strafed the Japanese army. The Soviet artillery was used to the extreme, and the shells were bombarding the Japanese troops fiercely as if they were free.
Under the fierce firepower of the Soviet Army, the attack of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army was repelled by the Soviet Army. Under the fierce attack of the Soviet Army, the Japanese Army could not even carry out effective firepower confrontation. Many officers and soldiers could only hurriedly dig personal shelters in the sand to save their lives.
Before the 11rd Division of the Japanese Army was ready for defense, 150 tanks of the th Tank Brigade of the Soviet Army rushed towards the Japanese troops hiding in the sand dunes. This immediately defeated the rd Division of the Japanese Army, and the Japanese troops fled directly under the attack of the Soviet tanks.
After the 23rd Division's attack failed, the Japanese Kwantung Army Command ordered the 23rd Division to stop the offensive and reorganize the front line, and decided to send reinforcements to the Nomonhan front.
In response to the Soviet Union's firepower configuration, the Japanese Kwantung Army Command also dispatched an independent field heavy artillery regiment. In response to the Soviet Union's tank and armored forces, it transferred anti-tank rapid-fire artillery squadrons from Fengtian, Bei'an, Qiqihar and other places, and replenished weapons and personnel to the 23rd Division as quickly as possible.
The Japanese Kwantung Army not only strengthened the strength of its combat forces on the front battlefield, but also instructed the notorious Unit 731 to carry out biological warfare in the Nomonhan area.
Major Ikari Tsuneshige of Unit 731 was ordered to lead 22.5 suicide squad members on two rubber rafts to spread kilograms of typhoid, cholera, plague, glanders and other bacteria into the Khalkha River, waging biological warfare against the Soviet-Mongolian coalition forces.
However, the biological warfare operations of Unit 731 caused 731 Japanese soldiers to be infected with typhoid fever, dysentery, and cholera. In addition, more than of Unit 's own military doctors and suicide squad members died from the bacterial infection. It was truly ridiculous.
After half a month of replenishment and rest, the Japanese Kwantung Army's troops on the Nomonhan front could not wait to launch another all-out attack on the Soviet Army opposite.
As a result, the Japanese army's all-out attack was once again ruthlessly beaten back by the Soviet army's powerful firepower. The Japanese army could only retreat to their original position to rest and sent a telegram for help to the Kwantung Army Headquarters. The Kwantung Army Headquarters then instructed the troops to "stop the attack and build positions."
In order to resolve the war in the Nomonhan area as soon as possible, the Soviet Military Command decided to expand the 57th Special Army in Tamtsagbulag into the 1st Army and appointed Zhukov as the commander of the army. This force was a temporary multi-arms composite large corps with independent combat functions.
苏军集结了第1集团军所辖的三个步兵师，即第57师、第82师、第152师、摩托化第36师，机械化第5旅，装甲第7旅、第8旅、第9旅，坦克第6旅、第7旅、第11旅，空降第212旅、机枪第5旅、炮兵第185团，反坦克炮第37、85营，第63、66、150防空营及外蒙骑兵第6师、骑兵第8师等部队，共计机械化大军10万余人，并集结了498辆坦克、346辆装甲车，542门大炮，515架飞机。
At the same time, during the time when the Japanese army was resting, the Soviet Union used the railway to transport tons of artillery shells, 6500 tons of bombs, 7000 tons of fuel, 4000 tons of food and 4000 tons of supplies and 3000 trucks day and night to ensure the combat needs of the army.
After everything was ready, the Soviet General Staff decided to launch the general offensive against the Japanese army on August 8, because that day was a Sunday. According to Japanese military practice, half of the officers of the frontline troops had to take turns to go to Hailar for vacation on that day, which gave the Soviet army an opportunity.
In order to prevent the secrecy of the offensive plan, the Soviet offensive order was not uniformly transmitted to the front-line combat troops until 20:2 a.m. on the 45th. The Japanese positions opposite the Soviets were still silent, and they were completely unaware of the impending Soviet offensive, which made the Soviet offensive extremely sudden.