Chapter 108: A World in Conflict: The Soviet Attack
Today, as usual, there will be an outbreak on the shelves.
Since the island of Pozluz was abandoned in 1988 due to a virus leak, it has once again welcomed Soviet soldiers in chemical protection suits, and the previous hasty evacuation has almost abandoned the entire intact base, and the armored vehicles that were untouched three years ago are quietly parked in place, covered by wind, sand and dust.
Three years have passed, but the sealed strains and poisonous gases are still lethal, and everyone is careful to take precautions to prevent exposing the skin or mouth to the air. They arrived at the door of the sealed warehouse where the gas was stored, and the walls more than half a meter thick and the steel-cast isolation door separated the gas storage room from the outside world into two worlds.
The long-sealed doors have been reopened, and these weapons of mass destruction have reappeared. Since the birth of the Cold War, chemical agents that were thought to be useless again have once again brought indelible fear to the world.
Sha-Lin, Ta-Bang, Soman, VX gas, mustard gas, anthrax strains, smallpox virus, plague bacillus, the Soviet Union's biochemical forces built a closed storage base for each virus or poison gas, and decades of confrontation between the two power camps of the Cold War created the Soviet Union's most terrible bioweapons virus arsenal.
They carefully removed the sealed Soman gas and Sa-Lin gas cylinders from the sealed bunkers and loaded them into larger sealed containers, where the weapons of mass destruction would be installed in the warheads of air-to-surface missiles and carried over the cities occupied by Chechen militants to surprise them.
The volatility of Soman and Sha-Lin does not cause long-term pollution, and it is very suitable for dropping troops before a large-scale incursion, and poison gas can easily be achieved by armored forces in the historical Chechen war.
Napalm-oil-bombs, white phosphorus bombs, thermobaric bombs and other lethal weapons have appeared one after another in the Engels bomber airbase in the Saratov region, where air strikes are being prepared against Chechnya.
Yanayev hates the most so-called human rights organizations, accusing him of violating humanitarian acts. The United States has done more dirty things in Vietnam than anyone else, Agent Orange, gas-oil bombs, massacres of civilians, and their indiscriminate killing of civilians still allows the sanctimonious Uncle Sam to continue to play the role of the world's savior. The photos of children who have been burned to the point that only a layer of flesh is left are far more visually impactful and shocking than the so-called glorification propaganda. At the very least, Yanayev is only fighting the rebels, and the United States is naked as the executioner of the invaders to carry out merciful massacres.
Power is justice, range is truth, and Yanayev believes that weapons of mass destruction are better for opponents to kneel and beg for mercy than to try to sit down and bargain with him. Wasn't Chechnya an attempt to force the Moscow government to sit down and accede to their unreasonable demands through terrorist attacks?
It's just a pity that this time the historical Dudayev did not meet the weak Yeltsin, but killed the decisive red tyrant, Yanayev.
On the other hand, the battle plan drawn up also shows Yanayev's determination to annihilate the Chechen armed forces once and for all. The first step of the Soviet offensive was to occupy the cities of Naurskaya and Gudermes, and then use this as a base to press on Grozny step by step, and another force from Oldzhny, Achikhhojmaltan, Urusmaltan and Shali in the south of Grozny surrounded and approached Grozny at the same time, using an offensive similar to a strategic encirclement to contain the retreat route of the Chechen armed forces, and at the same time forcing them to be trapped in the Chechen capital to prevent these people from escaping to remote mountainous areas to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Soviet Union.
The early stage will be endless bombing and air strikes to disrupt the deployment of Chechnya, and then the rapid reaction force will advance into all the major cities in Chechnya, take control of the transportation hubs, and lay the foundation for the occupation of the entire country.
The Engels airbase has ushered in the busiest moment in recent years, with planes constantly taking off and landing in preparation for the upcoming war, and it will also become one of the important bases for combating the Chechen air forces.
The An-124 large transport plane docked at the airport opened the tail cabin, and the BMD-3 airborne combat vehicles were being transported into the interior of the cabin, and these armed forces belonging to the rapid reaction force will be stationed in Chechnya as the first shot of the war, so that those militants can feel the horror of airdrop tanks.
Soldiers with parachute backpacks on their backs are methodically embarking on their journey, these are the crew members of the tank, and they will accompany the tank to descend from the sky, directly cutting off the enemy's connection with other armed forces, achieving a surprise and rapid offensive effect.
An-124 transport aircraft constantly take off from the taxiway of the airport and fly to Naurskaya and Gudermes. At present, the Chechen armed forces have far less control over these two cities than in the Grozny axis, and could easily become a breakthrough for the Soviet army. After all, the few Shilka rivers were equipped in the Chechen capital, and the Soviet Air Force in other regions completely controlled air supremacy.
If the citizens of that day had raised their heads, they would have seen the sky full of strategic transport planes like dense locusts, covering the blue sky over the city. On this day, the whole city sounded a sharp and piercing air raid siren, and only a few Chechen rebels armed with pickup trucks panicked to find combat positions, ready for the arrival of the Soviet steel torrent.
After unclamping the BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle, the driver got into the cockpit of the infantry combat vehicle, and the rest of the crew paratrooper members carried their parachute bags and prepared to parachute. So far, even with the high-end technology of the Soviet Union, it has only been possible to achieve the driver following the airborne combat vehicle airdrop.
The tail hatch of the transport plane slowly opened, and the powerful air currents blew people unable to open their eyes, and the BMD-3 airborne station car, which had been unfastened, rushed into the cockpit like a violent mustang, opening the red parachute in a surprisingly high-altitude environment. After that, the airborne paratroopers trotted out of the cabin one by one in order. The crew of the An-124 transport aircraft made a gesture to them, shouting, "Comrades, may God bless you." ”
Bright red mushrooms bloomed in the sky above Naurskaya and Gudermes, the elite of the Soviet Rapid Reaction Force, carrying death and artillery fire for a perfect death descending from the sky.
And at this moment, those Chechen fighters who were ready to fight really felt the horror of the Soviet army.
Part of the airborne troops was the first to land on the ground and immediately engaged in an exchange of fire with the militants, who hid behind the car and opened fire on the militants, firing the first shots of the assault on Chechnya. The militants, with the help of armed pickups, suppressed the offensive of the airborne advance troops, and as more and more paratroopers successfully reached the ground, the original one-sided state became evenly matched.
A huge red shadow covered the figure of the airborne paratroopers, everyone raised their heads, only to see the huge steel body of the BMD-3 slowly descending from the sky, the paratroopers hiding in the back of the car withdrew, and the BMD-3 infantry tank landed in the clearing, crushing a car into scrap metal. The huge impact overturned several small cars around him.
The BMD-3 was covered by an empty parachute, and the Chechen militants on the opposite side did not know what was happening. Only a crisp "ding dong" was heard, the buckle of the parachute was unfastened, and the BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle slowly turned around the track and aimed the 30-millimeter machine gun at the armed pickup truck in Chechnya. At the same time, all the soldiers were close to the sides of the infantry tank, directing the BMD-3 to strike at the enemy's fire strongholds and clear the militants who might be carrying anti-tank weapons.
Machine guns were constantly slaughtering and harvesting the soldiers on the opposite side, the dazzling fireballs of the car explosion overturned all the enemies, the fragile pickup trucks could not resist the heavy artillery fire at all, and the weak Chechen armed forces had no chance of winning in the face of the mechanized Soviet army, so that all they saw was a red steel figure.
On this day, in Naurskaya and Gudermes, the Chechen rebels, who were trying to get a piece of the Soviet pie at its weakest, finally realized their own insignificance and the strength of the Soviet armed forces.
The tracks of steel are advancing, crushing their will to resist!
(PS: Although it will be more shocking to use the T80 airborne like a conflict world than the BMD-3, it is unreasonable to be afraid of being sprayed, because at that time there was no country that could do the integrated airdrop of the main battle tank. )