Halha River

11.5.1939 - 31.8.1939

PacPG: 20.8.1939 - 31.8.1939

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Historic overview:

After Khasan experience the Japanese command has identified area+of next conflict and thus his expected victory by the mountain Nomonchan-Burda-obo, below which the river ran Khalkhin Gol. Therefore the Japanese counterpart talked about Nomonhan incident while the Soviet Union about defeat of the Japanese imperialists in Khalkhin Gol. Venue of the planned conflict is thus situated in the western part of Manchuria called Barge. The name probably came more from the time of Czarist Russia where the local Mongolian people called Barguts. It is situated between the borders of the USSR in the north the Mongolian Peoples Republic to the west and south of the mountains affects large Chingan already been in the territory of Manchuria. (Josef Novotný - Kantó Gun - Historie Kuantungské armády, Fontána 2003) Article on Czech Wikipedia Article on English Wikipedia Scenario in dates: August 22, 1937: Soviet Union, Mongolia - On his way to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Highway, the Minister of Defense and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Mongolian People´s Republic, Marshal Demid, dies in Novosibirsk under suspicious circumstances. Both offices in Mongolia are immediately occupied by Pro-Soviet Marshal Choibalsan, the current Minister of the Interior, whose ministry has a quarter of the staff of NKVD agents. Alarmed by Japanese military movements in Manchuria, Stalin sends 30,000 Red Army troops to Mongolia, as well as NKVD Deputy Commander-in-Chief Mikhail Frinovsky to carry out purges throughout the country. September 10, 1937: Mongolia - Marshal Choibalsan begins a Soviet-style purge by arrest of 65 high ranking government officials and intelligentsia on the night. In a spasm of violence that will last nearly 18 months, tens of thousands of people will be executed. June 13, 1938: Manchuria - NKVD officer Genrich Lyushkov flees to the Japanese across the border from the Soviet Union. He carries with him valuable secret documents about Soviet military power in the region, much larger than the Japanese assume. He is the highest official of the Soviet secret police who has ever deserted. He also had the greatest knowledge of the Red Army purges, because he himself participated in their implementation and decided to flee when he himself was to become their victim. May 27, 1939: Mongolia, Khalkhin Gol area - during his first combat sortie, a warrant officer Hiromichi Shinohara, flying a Nakajima Ki-27, downed four Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighters. He became an ace within 24 hours, after he claimed six more victories, downing a Polikarpov R-Z reconnaissance plane and five Polikarpov I-15 biplane fighters. No other pilot in history scored 10 victories during his first day of combat. June 27, 1939: Mongolia, Khalkhin Gol area - after one month of successfull fights, Hiromichi Shinoha´s air victories are culminating in an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force record of eleven victories in a single day during an air battle over Tamsak-Bulak. Only top ace of all time Erich Hartmann (12), Emil Lang (18), Hans-Joachim Marseille (17), Erich Rudorffer (13 in 17 minutes), will surpasse him. July 3, 1939: Mongolia, Halha River area - a Japanese 4th Tank Regiment consisting of Type 95 Ha-Go, Type 89 I-Go tanks and Type 94 tankettes penetrates Soviet lines and destroys 4 artillery batteries (122mm howitzers, 107mm guns and 76.2mm field guns), 7 anti-tank guns, 5 mortars, 12 armored vehicles and 20 trucks almost without own losses. Brilliant action is commanded by Colonel Yoshio Tamada. August 27, 1939: Mongolia, Halha River area - The Japanese fighter ace Hiromichi Shinohara is shot down by Soviet Polikarpov I-16 fighters after claiming three victories during a bombing escort mission. His Nakajima Ki-27 fighter fells in flames into Mohorehi Lake, ten kilometres south of Abdara Lake. Warrant Officer Hiromichi Shinohara will be posthumously promoted to the rank of second lieutenant, having claimed 58 victories in only three months of combat — the last three in the battle that would take him down — earning him the nickname of the Richthofen of the Orient. September 17, 1939: Eastern Poland - The Soviet Union, which recently freed its hands by ending the conflict with Japan after the victory on the Halha River, invades Poland, severely crushed by German troops since start of September. October 1, 1939: In Tokyo - Several senior officers of the Kwantung army, the Japanese army stationed in nominally independent state of Manchukuo (formerly Manchuria), have been dismissed in the wake of the agreement signed in Moscow, settling the border war with the USSR. June 21, 1944: France - Wehrmacht soldier of Asian origin is taken by US soldiers as PoW in Normandy. Intelligence learns that he is Korean Yang Kyoungjong, who was forcibly recruited into Manchuria by the Japanese in 1938. The Soviets took him prisoner during the battle of Khalkhin Gol and then forced him to fight against the Germans in 1943. For the third time, Yang Kyoungjong was captured at Kharkov and was forced to serve the German Reich. Posted in the Cotentin Peninsula in an Ost-Battalion of the 709. Infantry-Division, he finally surrendered to the Americans. He will settle after the war in the United States. His story will inspire the movie My Way (2011). Literature sources: Novotný, Josef: Causa Dohihara,   Laser, 1994, Plzeň Skřivan, Aleš: Cestou samurajů (By Path of Samurais),   Mladá fronta, 1984, Praha Jowett, Philip: Japanese Army (1) & (2),   Computer press, 2007, Brno . Skřivan, Aleš: Japonská válka 1931 - 1945 (Japanese War 1931 - 1945),   Libri, 1997, Praha Hata, Izawa, Sh, Ikuhiro, Yasuho, Christopher: Japanese army air force fighter units and their aces, 1931-1945,   DOBROVSKÝ s.r.o., 2007, Praha Novotný, Josef: Kantó Gun: Historie kuangtungské armády (Kanto Gun: History of Kwangtung army),   Fontána, 2003, Olomouc Pejčoch, I., Spurný S.: Obrněná technika 3 (Armored machinery 3),   Ares, 1999, Praha Tesárek, Bohuslav: Japonské tankové síly do roku 1945 (Japanese Armored Forces up to 1945),  HPM No. 5 a 6/1997 Novotný, Josef, JUDr.: Japonské tanky do roku 1945 (Japanese Tanks up to 1945),  HPM No. 2 a 3/1993 Spurný, Svatopluk: Lehký tank T-26 (Light Tank T-26),  HPM No. 12/1997 + 1 a 2/1998 Pejčoch, Ivo: Lehký tank Typ 95 Ha-Go (Light tank Type 95 Ha-Go),  HPM No. 1/1994 Šťastný, Pavel, Mgr.: Nejlepší japonský tank (The Best Japanese tTnk),  Válka revue No. 1-2/2010, Brno Pejčoch, Ivo: Obrněný automobil BA-6 (Armoured Car BA-6),  HPM No. 4/2001

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Scenario data:

Map size: 41 x 29 hexes 12 turns, 1 day per turn Version: PacAGPG 2, Starting side: Allies, Campaign: Russian campaign, Order in campaign: 2.
Allied states:     USSR, Mongolia Axis states:     Japan Neutral states:     -
Allies:     attack Axis:     defend
Experience of Allied purchased units:     Experience of Axis purchased units:
Climate region:      Bland Weather character in region:      Snowing and frozing in winter time. Rainy and clear days during summer time.
Game time costingness of scenario:    23.44 % (product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Allied units: 94 units, from them are 15 core units and 79 auxiliary units 15 air units, 0 naval units and 79 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Transports Air/Naval: Allies - Axis 1/0 - 0/0
Number of Axis units: 85 units 12 air units, 0 naval units and 73 ground units 0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport	Initial prestige + every turn donation: Allies / Axis 400 + 0 / 470 + 85
Max number of Allied units: 95 units, from them are 15 core units and 80 auxiliary units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 1 units    (0 core + 1 auxiliary)
Max number of Axis units: 85 units - on start of scenario is possible to purchase 0 unit
Transport units: Allies - air:     Tupolev TB-3 Axis - air:     not available Allies - naval:     not available Axis - naval:     not available

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Russian soldiers watching Japanese tank Ha-Go after Battle of Khalkhin Gol