57th Special Corps (1st formation)

1936 year

In accordance with the Soviet-Mongolian protocol on mutual assistance, dated March 12, 1936, military units and formations of the Red Army of the Union Armed Forces were deployed on the territory of the friendly Mongolian People's Republic (hereinafter referred to as the MPR).

The Trans-Baikal Military District (hereinafter ZabVO) allocated troops to provide military assistance to the MPR. The main source for two years for their temporary replenishment was the 11th mechanized corps (hereinafter 11 microns), deployed in Transbaikalia .

To send to the MPR from the 6th mechanized brigade (hereinafter referred to as 6 mechanized brigade ) 11 mk a small-arms machine gun battalion , artillery battery and reconnaissance company were dispatched, from the 32nd mechanized brigade (further 32 brigade ) 11 mk - 3rd tank battalion under the command of Major Shvetsov. On the basis of 3 TB 32 mechanized brigade and St. Petersburg 6 mechanized brigade, a Motorized Armored Regiment (hereinafter MBP) was formed, departing for Mongolia ^[1] .

On March 31, Japanese troops (rifle units supported by twelve tanks and three aircraft) crossed the Mongolian state border and attacked the Adyk-Dolon border outpost . For four hours, the border guard heroes repelled the onslaught of the aggressor, and then, with the help of the troops who approached, drove off the attacking Japanese from their territory. Despite the numerical superiority, the Japanese cowardly fled from Mongolian land, leaving a hundred dead, two wrecked tanks and many weapons. In this battle took part the Mongolian armored vehicles. Having received numerous holes from armor-piercing shells, they attacked the enemy five times, inflicting huge losses on him. One armored car was hit in the rear of the enemy. When the cartridges in machine guns ran out, her crew went into hand-to-hand combat to the platoon of the Japanese ... ^[2]

In April , the Special Motorized Armored Brigade arrived from the Moscow Military District in Mongolia. Brigade commander brigade commander Vasily Fedorovich Shipov. It was deployed in the city of Undurkhan (Under Khan or Underhaan; settlement 330 km from Ulan Bator ). ^[3] , ^[4] .

In October, the personnel of the Motorized Armored Regiment returned back, leaving the material part at the place of deployment. Permanent personnel, trained at 11 mk, left for Mongolia ^[1] .

1937 year

In July, Zabaluev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich was appointed commander of the 29th air squadron in the MPR ^[5] .

In the middle of the year, the leadership of Mongolia became aware that in September, the Japanese were going to attack the MPR. In this regard, it appealed to the leadership of the Soviet Union with a request to increase military assistance, the presence of which subsequently frustrated the plans of the Japanese, who planned, through the invasion of large military forces, supported by internal counter-revolutionary forces, to quickly defeat the small Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army (hereinafter MPR), to seize the country and put in power a puppet government consisting of feudal lords and clergy ^[2] .

On August 12, the 7th Red Armored Brigade of the Red Army was introduced to the MPR with its deployment in Zamyn-Ude . Brigade commander Colonel N.V. Feklenko (1936-38). ^[6]

On August 16, Directive No. 48593 of the Military Council of the ZabVO 32 mechbr 11 mk was renamed the Special Mechanized Brigade (Omekhbr). On August 19, Omehbr, under the command of Colonel Malinin, was withdrawn from the 11 mk and went on a march to Undurkhan in the MPR ^[1] .

On August 29, a separate communications battalion of 11 mk was seconded to the MPR ^[1] .

In September, Commander I. S. Konev was appointed commander of the 57th ok . ^[7]

By September 14 , in three weeks, the Special Mechanized Brigade had marched to Undurhan in the MPR. ^[8] , ^[1]

1938

Since 1938, the special mechanized brigade became known as the 11th light tank brigade. Brigade commander Colonel N.V. Feklenko (on 1.07.38). Located in Undurkhan in the MPR. ^[eight]

The 36th Motorized Division was redeployed from the city of Chita ZabVO to the territory of the MPR. Division commander brigade commander Ivan Timofeevich Emlin (arrested). Later, the division commander Major, Colonel Ivan Petrovich Dorofeev. ^[9]

In June, the commander of the 57th ok division commander, I. S. Konev, was awarded the personal military rank “comcor.” ^[7]

July 23, the Main Military Council of the Red Army decided to form the 8th motorized armored brigade. The brigade was based on the Special Motorized Armored Regiment (formerly motorized regiment; regiment commander Major V. A. Mishulin ) and the Special Motorized Armored Detachment. ^[ten]

On August 15, the 7th mbr was armed with armored vehicles : 21 light and 74 medium. ^[11]

On August 15, the 8th mbbr was armed with: light high-speed tanks BT-5 - 36, small amphibious tanks T-37A - 8 and armored vehicles : light - 21 and medium - 74. ^[10]

On August 15, the 9th mbbr was armed with armored vehicles : light - 21 and medium - 74, T-26 tractors based on the light tank T-26 - 5. ^[4]

In September, the commander of the 57th ok corps commander I.S. Konev was appointed commander of the 2nd Separate Red Banner Army. ^[7]

On September 8, Commander N.V. Feklenko , formerly the commander of the 7th Motorized Armored Brigade, was appointed commander of the 57th ok . ^[12]

In September, the formation of the 8th motorized armored brigade, brigade commander Major V. A. Mishulin was completed. ^[ten]

1939

On January 14, in the region of Mount Nomon-Khan-Burd-Obo, a Japanese-Bargut group from the Manzhou-th Army attacked a watch outfit of Mongolian border guards. ^[13] , ^[2]

On January 29 and 30, Japanese-Bargut groups of cavalrymen from the Manzhou-th Army made attempts to capture prison guards of the Mongolian border guards. ^[13] , ^[2]

In February and March , about thirty attacks by military personnel from the 23rd Japanese Infantry Division (23rd infantry regiment ) and the Bargut cavalry regiments on the Mongolian border guards took place on the border of the MPR and Manzhou. Japanese provocations were facilitated by the fact that the steppe and uninhabited area east of the Khalkhin-Gol River was guarded only by a few few patrols of the Mongolian border guards. The Mongolian border posts themselves were removed 20-30 kilometers from the state border and 40-60 kilometers from each other. There were no military units of the People's Revolutionary Army of the MPR near the border. The military units of the Soviet 57th ok were located 400-500 kilometers from the Khalkhin-Gol River. ^[13] , ^[2]

Conflict by the Khalkhin Gol River

In April , corps troops began to participate in an armed conflict on the border between the MPR and Manzhou-Guo near the Khalkhin Gol River with the Kwantung Army in eastern Mongolia.

In late April, the Mongolian border guards in the area of ​​the river. Khalkhin-Gol noticed activity on the opposite side near the border: the number of cars increased, horse-drawn carts moved with a load covered with tarpaulin, surveillance intensified (binoculars glittered in the sun). The Mongolian border guards through their radio stations have established a revival of Japanese talks on the air. ^[13] , ^[2]

To protect the airspace in the building was the 100th mixed aviation brigade (hereinafter referred to as the 100th submarine division), which included part of the 70th fighter aviation regiment, armed with 38th I-15bis and I-16 fighters, and the 150th high-speed a bomber regiment armed with 29 high-speed SB bombers. ^[13]

The brigade experienced some difficulties in the combat training of pilots, since they were trained only in the technique of piloting single aircraft and did not possess the skills of group air combat, in maintaining the aircraft in good condition, up to half of the fighters were malfunctioning, and new bomber aircraft were only mastered by pilots and technicians . ^[14] , ^[13] , ^[15]

Japanese aircraft in the area were located at well-equipped airfields in the Hailar area. She had 25-30 fighters and up to 40 scouts and bombers. The pilots had combat experience in China. In preparation for the attack on the MPR, the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army organized several aviation exercises, reconnoitered the sites for field airfields in the area of ​​future military operations, and compiled special aviation maps. ^[13]

On May 4, at dawn, border guards of the outpost commanded by Namsaren arrested a barghout defector. He said that the Japanese had taken out the entire population from the border areas. Young barguts under armed guard built landing sites. After the completion of the work, all “to keep secrets” were shot. ^[13] , ^[2]

On the night of May 7-8, a group of Japanese, before the platoon with a light machine gun, tried to capture an island belonging to the MPR in the middle of the river. Khalkhin Gol. The Mongolian border guards repelled the attack and captured the 1st rank soldier Takazaki Itiro from the reconnaissance detachment of the 23rd Japanese Front. ^[13] , ^[2]

On the morning of May 11, the patrol of the Mongolian border guards located at the height of Nomon-Khan-Burd-Obo entered into battle with a Japanese detachment that crossed the Mongolian border. Approaching reinforcements from the outpost could not turn the tide: against 20 Mongolian circuses with rifles and machine guns, about 200 Japanese attacked with the support of machine guns and mortars. Under the onslaught of superior forces, border guards retreated to the river. Khalkhin-Gol, and already at this frontier, with the help of the units of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army who approached, the violators were thrown into their territory with great losses. ^[13] , ^[2]

On May 14, about 300 Japanese-Bargut cavalrymen violated the border. They deepened by 20 kilometers and occupied the height of Dungur Obo on the left bank of the river. Khalkhin Gol. Japanese aviation began active operations: carried out reconnaissance flights over the territory of the Mongolian People's Republic, bombed, and fired at the Mongolian border guards with machine guns. ^[13] , ^[2]

On May 15, Mongolian border guards observed about 700 Japanese-Bargut cavalrymen opposite the Dungur-Obo altitude. ^[13] , ^[2]

On May 15, Japanese troops (a detachment of two infantry companies with seven armored vehicles and one tank from the 23rd Japanese Infantry Division [23rd Front] under the command of Lieutenant General Kamatsubara) arrived from the city of Hailar to the Mount Nomon Khan-Burd region -Both together with the 7th Bargut cavalry regiment of the army of Manzhou, with the support of aviation, after stubborn battles against the small Mongol border guards, they again went to the river. Khalkhin Gol. ^[13] , ^[2]

On May 15, five Japanese light bombers launched an air attack on the 7th outpost of the MPR in the region of Mount Hamar-Daba and dropped 52 bombs. As a result, two clerks were killed and twelve wounded. ^[13] , ^[2]

Warnings about the impending Japanese provocation in the area of ​​the river. Khalkhin-Gol was received by the Soviet leadership from the Soviet intelligence officer Richard Sorge, who worked in Tokyo. In connection with the information received about the sharp aggravation of the situation on the borders of the MPR and the ongoing provocative actions of the Japanese, the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, in accordance with the Protocol on Mutual Assistance concluded in March 1936, instructed to draw up military units of the Red Army to the conflict area. ^[13] , ^[2]

On the morning of May 17, the commander of the 57th ok division commander N.V. Feklenko sent from n.p. Tamtsag-Bulak, where the corps control was located, to r. Khalkhin-Gol operational group consisting of a machine-gun battalion, a combat engineer company and a battery of 76-mm guns of the 11th Light Brigade. The MHPA command sent the 6th Cavalry Division of the MHPA (hereinafter referred to as the 6th cd of the MHPA) reinforced by a division of armored vehicles. ^{[2] The} 6th cc of the MPRA consisted of: 2 cavalry regiments (2 saber squadrons, machine gun squadrons, artillery battalions), armored division (light armored squadrons, medium armored squadrons), communications squadron, transport company, and division school. ^[sixteen]

On May 21, the commander of the 23rd Japanese Front, Lieutenant General Kamatsubara, in his order set the task - to destroy the forces of Outer Mongolia (that is, the MPR) with the forces of the division; a combined detachment under the command of the commander of the 64th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Yamagato, with the support of aviation, must strike at the Mongolian troops on the right bank of the river. Khalkhin-Gol, cut them off from the crossing and, surrounding, destroy. Then, having forced the river, create a bridgehead on the western bank of the river for a further offensive. ^[13] , ^[2]

Japanese aviation reigned supreme in the air, supported ground units, conducted active reconnaissance to great depths, and attacked the Mongolian border outposts and advanced army units.

May 22, the Soviet-Mongolian troops crossed the river. Khalkhin-Gol attacked the offenders, the troops of the 23rd Japanese Front and the 7th Bargutsk CP, and by sunset they reached the state border. ^[13] , ^[2]

On May 22, the first air battle of the fighter corps with the Japanese took place. At approximately 12:00, five Soviet I-15bis and I-16 fighters met over the Hamar-Daba mountain with five Japanese I-96 fighters that violated the Mongolian border. Both sides lost one fighter each. ^[13]

On May 22-23, squadrons of the 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment (hereinafter referred to as the 22nd IAP), regiment commander Nikolai Georgievich Glazykin, regiment military commissar V.N. Kalachev, from the 23rd mixed air brigade of the Trans-Baikal Military District flew to the steppe airfield near the city of Tamtsak - Bulak. (in the settlement of Bain-Tumen. ^[13] ) After 3 days, the ground crew arrived by road. The regiment was armed with 63 I-15bis and I-16 fighters of the first releases. The combat training of the regiment was considered satisfactory. The squadrons had many beautiful pilots who had perfect command and control skills and well-aimed fire masters. Among them, squadron commanders senior lieutenants A. I. Balashev and V. F. Chistyakov, pilots V. F. Skobarikhin, V. P. Trubachenko, N. V. Grinev, I. I. Krasnoyurchenko, A. P. Pyankov, A D. Yakimenko and others. ^[17]

Pilots of the 70th Fighter Aviation Regiment (hereinafter referred to as the 70th IAP) fought one battle over Mount Khamar - Daba, in which 5 Soviet I-15bis and I-16 fighters met with 5 Japanese I-96 fighters. The pilot Lysenko was shot down. The Japanese had no losses. ^[17] , ^[18]

On May 27, pilots of the 22nd IAP held the first battle. In the morning, a group of Soviet fighters flew out to alert the Japanese fighters to intercept Japanese fighters. 6 Soviet fighters met with 9 Japanese I-96 fighters. In an air battle, pilots Senior Lieutenant N. S. Cherenkov and Junior Lieutenant V. G. Paksyutov were shot down, and Captain A. I. Savchenko, who was trying to land on a damaged plane, crashed near his airfield. The engine failed on the plane of lieutenant A.P. Pyankov, and the pilot made an emergency landing in the steppe. The Japanese had no losses. ^[17]

In May, corps commander Feklenko reported to the higher command that holding the bridgehead on the eastern shore of Khalkhin Gol would only be possible at the cost of heavy losses from Japanese aircraft. ^[15]

By May 28, the Japanese command concentrated considerable forces on the border for a new offensive: units of the 64th Japanese infantry regiment (without two battalions) and a reconnaissance detachment of the 23rd Japanese regiment, 8th Bargutsky regiment. The combined detachment had 1,680 officers and soldiers of various branches of the armed forces, 900 cavalrymen, 75 machine guns, 18 guns, up to 8 armored vehicles, 1 tank. ^[13] , ^[2]

By May 28, Soviet-Mongolian troops defended on the right eastern bank of the river, 2-5 km from the border line, which stretched along the front to 20 km on both sides of the Khailastyn-Gol river. They included 668 commanders, Red Army men and cirics of various branches of the armed forces, 260 cavalrymen, 58 machine guns, 20 guns and 39 armored vehicles. The Soviet-Mongolian troops had almost 6 times more armored vehicles, they had a slight superiority in artillery, but they were inferior to the enemy in people by almost 3 times, by machine guns - by 1.3 times. Composition: the Soviet operational group consisting of a small-machine gun battalion, a sapper company and a battery of 76-mm guns of the 11th light tank brigade (11th light brigade) and Mongolian troops as part of the 6th cavalry division and armored vehicles division. ^[13] , ^[2]

At dawn on May 28 at dawn in the blue, cloudless sky from the side of Manchuria, Japanese twin-engine bombers appeared with fighter cover. The first group of planes went directly to the only crossing across the river. Khalkhin Gol. The construction of the bridge has just been completed by a separate demining company of the 11th ltbr. The group bombed badly. There was not a single hit in the bridge. The sappers did not suffer. Only two cars were damaged. Almost simultaneously, another group of aircraft bombed the rear of the Soviet-Mongolian troops located on the left western bank of the river. Khalkhin Gol. Как только самолёты, развернулись и взяли обратный курс, на северо-востоке началась артиллерийская подготовка и началось наступление. Главный удар японцы наносили своим правым флангом по левому флангу обороны советско-монгольских войск. Здесь действовала группа в составе разведывательного отряда 23-й пд под командованием подполковника Адзума и моторизованной роты под командованием капитана Ковано. Группа имела задачу обойти левый фланг советско-монгольских войск, выйти в их тыл, захватить единственную переправу и отрезать путь для отхода. Почти одновременно на правом фланге обороны советско-монгольских войск перешёл в наступление 8-й баргутский кп, который имел задачу замкнуть кольцо окружения с юга. Однако быстро выполнить свой замысел японцам не удалось. Группа под командованием подполковника Адзума, двигавшаяся по восточному берегу р. Халхин-Гол, попала под артиллерийский огонь артиллерийского дивизиона 6-й монгольской кд. Японцы продолжали рваться к переправе, неся потери. Разумную инициативу проявил командир советской батареи 76-мм пушек 11-й лтбр старший лейтенант Ю. Б. Бахтин, он переправил орудия на восточный берег и с открытой огневой позиции открыл огонь прямой наводкой по врагу. Японцы пришли в замешательство и приостановили движение. Этим воспользовались советские командиры, в контратаку перешли отдельная сапёрная рота и 1-я рота стрелково-пулемётного батальона 11-й лтбр. При поддержке артиллерии они не только остановили противника, но и почти полностью уничтожили его. ^[13] , ^[2]

28 мая в 22-м иап к вылету готовили 20 самолётов, но в 7.15 по боевой тревоге смогло подняться в воздух лишь одно звено на И-15бис в составе командира эскадрильи старшего лейтенанта Г. К. Иванченко, адъютанта эскадрильи старшего лейтенанта Е. П. Вознесенского и флаг-штурмана эскадрильи лейтенанта П. В. Чекмарева. Никто из них не вернулся с боевого задания. ^[17]

28 мая в 22-м иап в 9.15 для воздушного прикрытия советско-монгольских частей, ведущих бой на восточном берегу р. Халхин-Гол, поднялась группа во главе с помощником командира полка майором П. А. Мягковым. В районе переправы через реку 9 советских истребителей И-16 встретились с 18 японскими истребителями И-96. В воздушном бою японцы сбили 6 советских самолётов, а ещё один сожгли, после того как пилот, потерявший ориентировку, сделал посадку в степи. Погибли замечательные лётчики майор П. А. Мягков, лейтенанты В. А. Бакаев, В. П. Константинов, А. Я. Кулешов, А. В. Лимасов, И. Ф. Пустовой. Японцы потерь не имели. ^[17]

На левом фланге советско-монгольской обороны бой длился весь день. Примерно в 19.00 на помощь прибыла мотопехота, передовые роты 149-го полка 36-й мотострелковой дивизии (36-й мсд) во главе с командиром майором полка И. М. Ремизовым. Полк перевозился из н.п. Тамцаг-Булака на автомашинах за 120 километров, вводился в бой по частям, без взаимодействия с артиллерией и поэтому переломить ситуацию в свою пользу к исходу дня не смог. Короткие ожесточённые схватки продолжались и ночью, не принося успеха ни одной из сторон. ^[13] , ^[2]

29 мая утром на левый фланг обороны прибыл дивизион 175-го артиллерийского полка (36-й мсд) под командованием капитана А. С. Рыбкина и сразу вступил в бой. После артподготовки 175-го артиллерийского полка и дивизиона 6-й кавалерийской дивизии МНРА советско-монгольские войска пошли в атаку и отбросили японцев на 1,5 — 2 км к северо-востоку. В этих боях отличились воины Отдельной сапёрной роты, 1-й роты стрелково-пулемётного батальона и батареи 16-мм орудий 11-й лтбр, бронедивизиона 6-й кд МНРА. Поражаемые японской артиллерией, забрасываемые гранатами и бутылками с бензином, бронеавтомобили близко подъезжали к вражеским огневым точкам и почти в упор расстреливали их из своих 45-мм орудий. Мужественно дрались и монгольские кавалеристы. Двадцатичетырёхлетний командир 27-го кп Дандар Лутон в конном строю трижды водил своих цириков в атаку и взял в плен 14 японцев. Командир конного взвода Зандуй лично зарубил 10 японцев. Метко стрелял по врагу командир расчёта противотанкового орудия Дорж и его помощник Жамба. Когда погиб один расчёт пулемёта, за пулемёт лёг командир пулемётной роты Бадай и открыл огонь по врагу. ^[13] , ^[2]

Командир полка Н. Г. Глазыкин и комиссар В. Н. Калачёв 22-го иап проанализировали сложившуюся ситуацию в полку. Японские лётчики, получившие большой опыт войны в Китае, превосходили советских лётчиков. Это обстоятельство явилось одной из причин гибели лётчиков в воздушных боях. Требовала пересмотра организации боя: при встрече с противником строй группы самолётов и эскадрильи распадался, лётчики вели бой разрозненно. Радиостанций на советских самолётах не было, поэтому строй управлялся сигналами командира только до встречи с противником, а затем боем никто не управлял, на всех японских самолётах стояли приёмники, а на командирских и радиопередатчики. Взлёт одиночными самолётами требовал много времени на сбор эскадрильи и полка в воздухе и не обеспечивал быстрый перехват самолётов противника в воздухе. Требовали улучшения системы наблюдения, оповещения и связи. Советский истребитель И-15бис значительно уступал в скорости японскому истребителю И-96 и не имел бронеспинки лётчика. Плохое знание лётчиками района боевых действий приводило к тому, что некоторе из них теряли ориентировку и приземлялись в степи или на соседних аэродромах. О проведённом анализе и своих предложениях командир и комиссар доложили командованию 57-го ок. ^[17]

За 28 и 29 мая войска Квантунской армии Японии и армии Маньчжоу-го из 2580 человек потеряли убитыми более 400 солдат и офицеров. Основная часть потерь была из группы подполковника Адзума и капитана Ковано, наступавших на левый фланг обороны советско-монгольских войск. Японское командование, опасаясь полного разгрома, отвело оставшиеся целыми войска за государственную границу. ^[13] , ^[2]

28 и 29 мая бои на реке Халхин-Гол показали превосходство японской авиации над советской, поэтому руководители партии и советского правительства немедленно приступили к укреплению авиации. ^[13]

29 мая утром с Центрального аэродрома Москвы на трёх пассажирских самолётах группа вылетела в Монголию. Старшим был назначен заместитель командующего военно-воздушными силами РККА Герой Советского Союза комкор Я. В. Смушкевич. В группе было … опытных советских лётчиков, имевших опыт воздушных боёв в Испании и Китае. Из них 17 Героев Советского Союза. ^[13]

29 мая комдив Жуков, комбриг Денисов и полковой комиссар Чернышев вылетели в Монголию во временную командировку целью проверки состояния 57-го ок. ^[15]

Разраставшийся конфликт в мае заставил увеличить военную помощь МНР и перебрасывать в район боевых действий дополнительные части Красной Армии с территории СССР. В Монголию для усиления 57-го ок срочно направляются группы командиров и политработников.

Из штаба корпуса в г. Тамцаг-Булаке лётчики группы комкора Смушкевича разъехались по аэродромам в воинские части, в том числе и полки 100-й авиабригады. Они личным примером учили не обстрелянных в боях лётчиков и превращали их в воздушных бойцов. Внушали им необходимость драться компактной группой, в тесном взаимодействии, основываясь на взаимной выручке. ^[13]

В мае-июне из Уральского военного округа, отмобилизованная по штатам военного времени, 82-я стрелковая дивизия прибыла в ЗабВО. Командир дивизии полковник Санаев (на лето 1939 г.), комбриг Ф. Ф. Пось. ^[nineteen]

Командование корпуса, начальник авиации корпуса и командир бригады организовали строительство новых аэродромов и полевых посадочных площадок. Большинство из них располагалось значительно ближе к месту боевых действий, чем раньше. За счёт своих внутренних резервов была организована чёткая служба воздушного наблюдения, оповещения и связи для обнаружения самолётов противника на всей территории района боевых действий. ^[13]

3 июня проверяющий состояние войск корпуса комдив Г. К. Жуков отправил донесение наркому обороны К. Е. Ворошилову, в котором сообщил следующее: с 29 мая командование корпуса не может добиться полного введения скрытого управления войсками, по причине того, что командирские коды забыты на зимних квартирах и до 3 июня ещё не доставлены в штаб. ^[20] , ^[15]

5 июня командованием Красной Армии была создана Фронтовая (Читинская) группа войск под командованием командарма 2 ранга Г. М. Штерна. В состав группы вошли 1-я и 2-я Отдельные Краснознамённые армии, войска Забайкальского военного округа и 57-й особый корпус. ^[14]

5 июня в группе проверяющих 57-й ок прибыл комдив Г. К. Жуков прибыл в состав советских войск в МНР. ^[21]

The author of the book "George Zhukov" Isaev A. gives information slightly different from the data in the biography of N. V. Feklenko on the website of the Mechanized Corps of the Red Army. On June 11, the People’s Commissar of Defense K. E. Voroshilov invited the party and Soviet government to dismiss Komkor Feklenko and the chief of aviation of the Kalinichov corps from their posts and appoint Zhukov, commander of the corps inspecting corps. The leadership agreed with this proposal and the People's Commissar of Defense immediately issued an order. ^[15]

On June 12, corps commander corps commander N.V. Feklenko sent a report to the narcotic of the defense K.E. Voroshilov: "The corps commander surrendered to the commander Zhukov." ^[15]

Commander D. E. Petrov was appointed commander of the 36th MD. ^[9] The division was reorganized into a motorized rifle division. The regiments received new numbers - 24th, 76th and 149th. ^[9]

On June 16, N.V. Feklenko , the corps commander, was relieved of his post as commander of the 57th c. ^[12] Commander G.K. Zhukov was appointed commander of the 57th ok. ^[21]

June 25 from n.a. Matata in the war zone to the river. Khalkhin-Gol began to move the 8th Cavalry Division of the MPRA (8th cd of the MPRA). The division was composed of: 2 cavalry regiments (2 saber squadrons, machine gun squadrons, artillery battalions), armored battalion (light armored squadrons, medium armored squadrons), communications squadron, transport company, division school. ^[sixteen]

On July 3, the 8th cd of the MPRA reached the Dzun-Khan-Ula region and from that day took part in all the battles. ^[sixteen]

On July 5, the 6th light tank brigade of the 20th Panzer Corps sent the 1st tank battalion to the MPR. ^[one]

On July 6, by order of the commander of the ZabVO troops, the 6th light tank brigade (6th infantry brigade) and the 5th motorized rifle machine-gun brigade (5th infantry brigade) were withdrawn from the 20th tank corps and sent to the armed conflict zone in the MPR on the river . Khalkhin Gol. ^[1] , ^[22] , ^[23]

The 6th ltbr was armed with light high-speed tanks BT-5 , BT-7 , light tanks T-26 , light chemical (flamethrower) tanks HT-26 , small amphibious tanks T-37A , T-27 tanks and armored vehicles BA-6 , BA-20, FAI . ^[22]

On the night of July 7-8, the 5th SSBM arrived at the bridgehead on the eastern bank of the river. Khalkhin-Gol and occupied the sector previously defended 9th mbbr. ^[23]

On July 15-19, by order of the People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR No. 0029, the 57th ok was deployed to the 1st Army Group ^{[24] [21] [15]} .

On September 9, 1939 the corps totaled: ^[25]
25 809 people of staff (including command and command staff - 2622 people) ^[25] ;
265 tanks ^[25] ;
281 armored vehicles ^[25] ;
107 aircraft ^[25] ;
516 guns ^[25] ;
5046 cars ^[25] .

•    Konev Ivan Stepanovich , corps commander, (09.1937 - 09.1938), division commander . ^[7]
• Feklenko Nikolay Vladimirovich , corps commander, (September 8, 1938 - June 16, 1939). ^[12] (September 8, 1938 - June 6, 1939). ^[26] (from 16.08.1938 brigade commander, from 10.09.1938 divisional commander). ^[26]
•      Zhukov, Georgy Konstantinovich , corps commander, (June 16 - July 15, 1939), corps commander, (June 6, 1939 - ...). ^[27] (as of June 5, 1939 a divisive commander; from July 31, 1939, a corps commander). ^[27]

For September 1937:

• Special armored regiment. (Former Motorized Armored Regiment). ^[1] ). Regiment commander Major V. A. Mishulin. ^[ten]
• Special armored squad. ^[ten]
• 7th motorized armored brigade. Dislocation in the city of Zamyn-Ude (in the MPR from August 12, 1937; in the corps from September 1937 -). Brigade commander Colonel Nikolai Vladimirovich Feklenko, (1936-1938). ^[6]
• 9th motorized armored brigade (former Special motorized armored brigade). Brigade commander brigade commander Vasily Fedorovich Shipov, arrested. The brigade commander Major, Colonel Stepan Ivanovich Oleinikov (on 1.07.38, removed 30.08.39). Composition: 241st armored battalion, 240th reconnaissance battalion, 196th rifle-machine gun battalion, 64th communications company, 44th combat support company, 294 repair and restoration company, 9th motor platoon, 392nd field bakery, 98th special department of GUGB NKVD. ^[4] , ^[3]
• Special mechanized brigade (in the corps from September 14, 1937 - ...). Deployment in Undurkhan (Under Khan) in the MPR. ^[8] , ^[1]
• Separate communications battalion of the 11th mk, (seconded from the 11th mk ZabVO on August 29, 1937; in the corps since September 1937 - ...). ^[one]

On September 8, 1938:

• 36th Motorized Division. Composition: 106th, 107th and 108th infantry regiments. ^[9] Division commander, brigade commander Ivan Timofeevich Emlin, colonel, brigade commander from 06/15/1937, was arrested in 1937 or early 1938. ^[9] Division commander Ivan Petrovich Dorofeev (Wrid 2.06.1938-?), Major, Colonel. ^[9]
• 7th motorized armored brigade. ^[6]
• 8th Motorized Armored Brigade (from September 1938 - ...). See Motorized Armored Regiment, and later Special Motorized Armored Regiment. ^[1] Major, Colonel Vasily Alexandrovich Mishulin, commander of the brigade (07.1938-03.1941). It was deployed in the city of Bain-Tumen (Mongolia). Composition: 234th separate armored battalion, 171st separate rifle and machine gun battalion, 223rd separate reconnaissance battalion, 597th separate communications company, 29th separate combat support company, 311st separate repair and restoration company, 332 -th separate motor transport platoon, 372nd field bakery, 100th special department of the GUKGB NKVD, 192nd separate rifle-machine gun battalion (since 1939). ^[ten]
• 9th motorized armored brigade. The commander of the brigade major, Colonel Stepan Ivanovich Oleinikov (on 1.07.1938, removed 30.08.1939). Brigade commander Colonel Ivan Vladimirovich Shevnikov (08/30/1939 - 04/04/1941). ^[four]
• 11th light tank brigade (Special mechanized brigade until 1938). Brigade commander Colonel N.V. Feklenko (on 1.07.1938). Located in Undurkhan (Under Khan) in the MPR. ^[eight]

On 06/15/1939:

• 36th motorized rifle division. Division composition: 24th, 76th and 149th infantry regiments. Major, Colonel Ivan Petrovich Dorofeev, division commander (Wrid 2.06.1938-?). Division commander brigade commander Daniil Efimovich Petrov (06.1939-01.1941). ^[nineteen]
• 7th motorized armored brigade. Brigade commander Colonel Konstantin Konstantinovich Chistyakov (03.38-10.39). ^[6]
• 8th light tank brigade (July 6, 1939), (in the literature they confuse with the previous and subsequent name the 6th light tank of the 20th mk). ^[1] , ^[22]
• 9th motorized armored brigade. Brigade commander Major Colonel Stepan Ivanovich Oleinikov (as of July 1, 1938, removed on August 30, 1939). ^[four]
• 5th Motorized Rifle and Machine Gun Brigade (July 6, 1939). ^[1] , ^[23]
• 11th light tank brigade. Brigade commander Colonel Mikhail Pavlovich Yakovlev (09.1938 - died 07/12/1939), (from 9.09.1938 the brigade commander). Located in Undurkhan (Under Khan) in the MPR. ^[eight]
• 100th mixed aviation brigade. Brigade commander It was stationed in the MPR. Composition: management brigade; 70th Fighter Aviation Regiment (38 aircraft, fighters); 150th Bomber Aviation Regiment (29 aircraft, high-speed bombers); Service units. ^[13] , ^[5]
  • 70th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Regiment commanders ...; Major Zabaluev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich (since June 1939). Armament: I-15bis and I-16 fighters in the amount of 38 aircraft. ^[17] , ^[18] , ^[5]
  • 150th high-speed bomber aviation regiment. Armament: high-speed SB bombers in the amount of 29 aircraft. ^[13]
• 22nd Fighter Aviation Regiment. Regiment commander Nikolai Georgievich Glazykin. Military commissar of the regiment V.N. Kalachev. From the 23rd mixed air brigade of the Trans-Baikal Military District. Armament: I-15bis and I-16. ^[17]

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