"The incident began on 11 May 1939. A Mongolian cavalry unit of some 70 to 90 men had entered the disputed area in search of grazing for their horses. On that day, Manchu cavalry attacked the Mongolians and drove them back across the river Khalkhin Gol. On 13 May, the Mongolian force returned in greater numbers and the Manchukoans failed to dislodge them."

"some 70 to 90 men" on HORSES was all it took to rope the most elite units in the Kwantung Army into this battle. The wounded/KIA stats don't tell you the full picture. Japan didn't just lose 20% of this or that, they lost the top 20%. Their smartest, most elite doods got tricked. Same thing that happened to the AFU at Soledar.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618672)

HUMILIATION. Any war historian today would hit the pause button right here. Maybe consider waiting until 1941 to do something about it. Definitely don't respond impulsively, and telegraph your low IQ to your adversary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618821)

It FAILED. That tactic doesn't work on Russia. They run that tactic on you. It's always been like that. They don't care if you think their generals suck. They don't even care if the generals actually suck, since it's so easy to replace the bad ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618839)

"However, Zhukov, perceiving the threat, launched a counterattack with 450 tanks and armored cars. The tanks consisted of primarily BTs with a handful of T-26s, while the armored cars were BA-10s and BA-3/6s, which were similar in armor (6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in)) and armament (main: 45 mm (2 in) gun 20K mod, secondary: two 7.62 mm (0.30 in) machine guns) to the Soviet light tanks. The Soviet armored force, despite being unsupported by infantry, attacked the Japanese on three sides and nearly encircled them. The Japanese force, further handicapped by having only one pontoon bridge across the river for supplies, was forced to withdraw, recrossing the river on 5 July. Meanwhile, the 1st Tank Corps of the Yasuoka Detachment (the southern task force) attacked on the night of 2 July, moving in the darkness to avoid the Soviet artillery on the high ground of the river's west bank. A pitched battle ensued in which the Yasuoka Detachment lost over half its armor, but still could not break through the Soviet forces on the east bank and reach the Kawatama Bridge.[37] After a Soviet counterattack on 9 July threw the battered, depleted Yasuoka Detachment back, it was dissolved and Yasuoka was relieved.[38]"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618864)

But there's two ways of looking at that. When u are training a border collie (or any type of collie) you can make it happy by creating arbitrary "borders" and ordering it not to cross them. Then enjoy playing games where they pretend they're going to cross the border and you stop them. It's like playing fetch with a golden retriever, but you're also teaching the dog that "when I say this is the border, I mean it goddamnit." You can do that anywhere, indoors or outdoors, any time of day, just randomly create borders and enforce them. Japanese people never raised sheep, so they never had sheep dogs, so they wouldn't know about this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618726)

If you were Japanese, and this Mongolian border is the only thing between you and Siberia, and you already control Manchuria, how worried are you about Mongolia in May 1939? They're still using HORSES.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618764)

i would watch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5522649&forum_id=2#47618842)