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Text 445 Chechen War (Part 2)

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    At the beginning of the Battle of Grozny, the Russian army suffered huge losses, but the greater the losses, the more the Russian army wanted to continue fighting. So in the evening of the day when the battle started, the Russian army no longer looked forward and backward, but used tanks and armored vehicles as the offensive force.  , invaded Grozny and began to encircle and suppress the "Chechen gangs" hiding in buildings.

    No Russian soldier ever thought that he was walking into a hell

    Hidden in buildings and well versed in the terrain, Chechen soldiers began to use a variety of weapons to deal with the Russian army that invaded Grozny, including many advanced weapons, basically provided by the Siberian Army.  Chechen militants ambushing in different buildings fired PP flechettes and even AT4 anti-tank missiles from different angles. Their attacks were highly targeted, often attacking the rear and leading vehicles, and sometimes blocking them.  Once the street is hit from head to tail, it basically means that the entire armored convoy is trapped in this small neighborhood. The tanks and armored vehicles that have lost their power have become living targets for the Chechens.

    Chechnya has always been a brave and fierce nation. Their willingness to risk their lives when fighting is impressive.  Some Chechen soldiers even rushed out with explosive packets when absolutely unnecessary, and died together with the Russian tanks on the street, and the damage suffered by the Russian troops was even more terrible.

    Some special forces sent by Qi Yiming disguised as Chechens also played a big role in street fighting. They used sniper rifles and booby traps to cause the Russian army to suffer a lot.

    The street fighting of the Russian army on the East Road only lasted about three hours before the frontline commander had to call it a halt and order a full retreat, which made the Russian army even more vulnerable to attack.  The lack of determination in combat and the lack of flexibility on the battlefield caused the Russian army to suffer heavy losses on the first day of the battle. More than 200 Russian soldiers were killed, 6 tanks and 11 armored vehicles were lost. Although the Chechen side also paid  At some cost, Grozny was well defended, but the Russian army withdrew from Grozny like a lost dog.

    Not only that, when a battalion-level tank unit of the Russian army withdrew, it ignored the orders from its superiors to rest and regroup, and instead led the troops to withdraw eastward.  The Russian battalion commander believed that tanks lacking the ability to detect enemies in street fighting were too dangerous, and so many tanks should not be dispatched in street fighting. Therefore, he did not want to lose his life, so he withdrew his soldiers from Grozny.

    However, the fate of this tank battalion was not good. They ignored the orders of their superiors and simply gave in. However, after retreating for more than 20 kilometers, they unexpectedly encountered the Chechen army who had arrived from Makhachkala for reinforcements.  Armor.  This armored unit was newly formed by the Chechen Army. Except for some key positions held by Red Alert soldiers, the other armored units were all newcomers, so their combat effectiveness was not very impressive.

    Yankov's support to Chechnya is all T2 tanks, while the Siberian Army currently equips itself with mostly T tanks and T8 tanks. A considerable number of T54456 tanks and T6 tanks have been modified into Type 59B and used as a second line force.  In a semi-storage state.  At the appropriate time, Qi Yiming will also replace the Siberian Army and the Far East Army with third-generation Chinese-made tanks such as VT-IA.

    Among the tanks received by the Far Eastern Republic and the Siberian Republic, about 6,000 were T2 tanks. Qi Yiming had a very bad impression of this kind of tank. Even though the one used by the Soviet army was not the monkey version, he still looked down upon it and would simply ignore it in the future.  As a favor, after all, T2 is still very popular in many third world countries. Qi Yiming does not expect all countries to spend money to buy Chinese tanks. Now Norinco and other companies are getting soft orders from domestic and foreign companies, and this is not lacking.  money.

    Therefore, Chechnya got a lot of T2 tanks, and they were directly brought to fight the Russian army without any Chinese modifications.

    The fleeing tank battalion of the Russian army was actually equipped with T2 tanks. The two sides were fighting against each other. However, because the Russian army was fleeing, it panicked when it encountered the enemy and did not seize the opportunity in an instant.  Instead, they were taught a lesson by the half-baked armored soldiers of Chechnya.

    The Chechen army¡¯s T2 tanks opened fire one after another and adopted some simple attack tactics. On the contrary, the Russian army¡¯s advance and retreat seemed very disorganized. Several tanks were destroyed by the Chechen army in just a few encounters.  In the middle of the battle, some Russian soldiers even had no intention of fighting anymore, leaving their comrades to the enemy and running away themselves.  However, the number of Chechen tanks along this route was actually more than the Russian tank battalion. Four T2s were separated to pursue the Russian tanks, and eventually all the Russian tanks that wanted to escape were destroyed.

    The Russian army lost a tank battalion and was blocked by Chechen reinforcements from Makhachkala, facing the embarrassing situation of being attacked from two sides.  Although the Chechen infantry inside the city will not take the initiative to attack, the Chechen armored troops outside the city can hit and run, often harassing the Russian army.

    Even when the Chechen army carried out multiple raids, they found that the Russian army's will to resist was not firm at all. They immediately changed their strategy and used a regiment-sized force, supplemented by an armored battalion, to attack the Russian army that was three times larger than itself.  Launched a decisive attack.  Although in the frontal battle of the Grand Army,The Chechens have little experience, and many of them just rely on their bravery to fight wherever the instructions from above say. However, their enemies' minds seem not to be on the battlefield at all. There is poor communication between superiors and subordinates, and there is no coordination between services and arms.  It was not good, and some commanders even deserted and were not willing to fight with their lives. As a result, after the Chechen army, which was far inferior to the Russian army, launched a terrifying attack, the Russian army actually lost a lot of equipment after simply resisting.  , fled north.

    What's even more ridiculous is that the Red Police's military advisers saw at a glance that the Russian army had made serious mistakes in combat deployment. They did not plan every step of the way. The Russian army was too far south along the way, and the northern area on their way was  There is no such thing as a supply depot or reserve force set up by the Russian army.  How could they let go of such an opportunity? On the advice of the Red Alert consultant, the Chechen army chased the Russian army all the way north to cover it up. The Russian army could only resist while fleeing. In the end, the chase lasted for 11 hours, and the Russian army  After half a day, reinforcements have not been found and the rear has not been contacted, and the entire division-level organization has been completely broken up.

    Although many Russian troops were not killed, they lost contact with the large troops and fled in panic in the countryside. The Chechen army did not pay much attention to these stragglers or those who broke away from the organization, and just chased the large troops to fight. In the end, the Russian division  The commander-in-chief surrendered to the Chechen army just outside Dagestan.

    The Chechens were violent and cruel. The Russian division commander was abused and humiliated after surrendering. He did not last long before committing suicide with his own belt.

    Not long after the war in Chechnya began, the Russian army actually lost a division, which was shocking. Grachev had to urgently order the Russian army that had not broken through the minefields on the northwest road to stop and wait for more follow-up support.  Once the strength has arrived, do not rush to attack Chechnya again.

    Qi Yiming felt that the reason why the Russian Northwest Route Army took so long to fail to break through the minefield was not only because of insufficient technical capabilities, but also because it was passively waiting for the battle and did not want to take the initiative to enter the battlefield to fight with the Chechens.  After hearing that all friendly forces had been wiped out by the Chechens, some Russian soldiers in the Northwest Route Army actually deserted.

    The defeat of the Russian army was widely reported and publicized by the liberalized Russian media. Some of Yeltsin's opponents also used this opportunity to violently attack Yeltsin, ridiculing him and his army for their incompetence, and believed that if Chechnya is not controlled, Russia may lose forever.  Chechnya, what is even more worrying is that Chechnya's victory may embolden other separatists, making the situation in Russia even less optimistic.

    Yeltsin actually has a lot of troubles on his hands now, especially since he accepted Gaidar's shock therapy theory and began to prepare to restore Russia's economy, but people are still holding on to rubles like waste paper, and there are no goods in the stores.  Factories cannot resume work, workers have no wages, the streets are full of idle people, violent robberies and rapes are occurring, and social order is in chaos.

    This side is not straightened out. Over there, the defeat of the Russian army in Chechnya has made Yeltsin like a dark cloud, because some representatives of the Supreme Soviet (Russia has not yet completed political reforms, so it has retained some Soviet systems, and its functions are equivalent to parliament) have begun to call Yeltsin  This incompetent person should be replaced and a more capable president should be elected.  Even Speaker Khasbulatov and Vice President Rutskoi of his same faction are brewing plans to oppose him and weaken his power.

    At this time, Yeltsin could only tell himself: "Stand up from where you fell." Since Chechnya can make him lose his prestige, then if Chechnya is finally pacified by himself, I believe those satirical and attacking remarks will turn into  One-sided praise, Yeltsin is well versed in politics, so he cannot retreat on the Chechnya issue, but can only continue to increase his efforts.

    Yeltsin first specifically reprimanded Grachev for simplifying the problem and using troops hastily, and then ordered Grachev to organize as many forces as possible to defeat Chechnya with the overwhelming force of a legion.  Grachev had no choice but to grit his teeth and mobilize Russian troops from more places. He even launched surface-to-surface missiles and more bombers, preparing to completely crush Chechnya with a thunderous force.

    However, the preparation of these forces is not a very fast thing for Russia, which is now in chaos. Grachev can only spend another two months to put all the chess pieces in place.  However, the Russians did not notice that when the Russian army was preparing to launch a new round of offensive, Chechnya also obtained more equipment from Siberia and Kazakhstan through the Caspian Sea route.

    The new round of war will definitely be more tragic.
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