With the Japanese Forces in Western Manchoukuo, July 3. Gunfire rumbled across the flat and barren plains of western Manchoukuo today as a combined Japanese-Manchoukuo attack against Outer Mongolian troops, supported by Soviet motorized and cavalry units, gained momentum along the banks of the Khlaka River.
A pall of smoke could be seen spread over the western shore of the 60-metre wide river, where numerous fires were started among Outer Mongolian positions by intensive and sustained Japanese artillery fire.
Launching operations at 5 o'clock in the evening of July 1, the combined Japanese and Manchoukuo
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