Chapter 705: Occupation
The Chechens, who had survived the bombardment for a whole day, thought that purgatory was over and that light had returned to the world, but once again they were wrong, they underestimated the strength of the Russians' plan for heavenly punishment.
After the bombing, Grozny ushered in a black bomber, the Russian bomber formation came, the Central Siberian Military District, and the military airfields around the Volga River were all temporarily activated, all kinds of bombers, taking off in the airfield, carrying various bombs, came to the sky over Grozny.
Figure 95, Figure 142 bear bomber is the main force of the bomber formation, this former Soviet bomber in service in 1952, the bomb load is as high as 11,000 kilograms, 24,244 pounds, a fighter can plunge a large area of Grozny into a sea of fire, this time nearly 30 planes!
In addition to this, there are Tu-22M Backfire supersonic bombers with a larger bomb load, and even the Tu-160 White Swan has five sorties.
However, Russia's action this time is a bit big, and the United States was taken aback, because Russia also used three Tu-4 Bull strategic bombers, although the Bull bomber model is a little old, but this thing can carry nuclear weapons, Russia's first atomic bomb, it was this thing that detonated, and after the American satellite found that the bull was dispatched, a small meeting was held overnight to discuss whether Russia would use atomic bombs against Grozny.
In the end, however, the Americans decided that the Russians should not use nuclear weapons, after all, Grozny is Russian territory, while the opposition argued that the Russians wanted the land of Grozny, not the population of the land (like the treasure island).
In the end, the Russians did not drop the atomic bomb, and the use of bulls was entirely because the number of bombers was not enough, and Russia's poor logistics made many bombers unusable, and they could only drag out a few old guys in the hangar for use.
The bombing lasted for two days, incendiary bombs, high-explosive bombs, submunitions, ground-penetrating bombs, armor-piercing bombs, armor-piercing incendiary bombs, all kinds of bombs fell on the heads of Chechens as if they didn't need money, and the whole of Grozny became a test site for the Russian Air Force, all kinds of ammunition were put into the city, and there were even special scientific researchers who ran to calculate the power of various bombs.
The sea of fire, this is the third night that the Russian pilot flew over Grozny, and the first sentence of the report to the command was full of fire, illuminating Grozny as if it were day, but the Russian bombers still dropped bombs day and night.
The Russian soldiers in the city retreated to the outskirts of the city, surrounding the entire entrance and exit of Grozny, and the Chechens, who had been hiding around the Russian army, were also wiped out.
The fire burned for four days, and the whole of Grozny was a black ruin, almost everything that could be burned in the city was burned, there were no intact buildings, the whole city was blackened, and the sky was blackened by the continuous fire.
On January 18, Yu Yang followed the 131st Brigade into Grozny, and before that, all the resistance forces in Grozny were wiped out, three days of high-intensity bombardment, and four days of fire, even if there were resisting militants, it was only one or two remnant survivors, which would not affect the Russians to enter the city, and they did not even dare to take the lead.
Grozny is now an empty city, a city of more than 600,000 people, more than 200,000 after the start of the war, no more than 20,000 people have survived, and many more have died under fire.
Paryev arranged for the 131 Brigade led by Yu Yang to be the first to enter the city, and the huge credit for occupying Grozny fell on Yu Yang's head, Yu Yang was very happy, I don't know if this is a hidden reward, I didn't refuse, I sat in a tank generously, Yu Yang personally drove the tank, and after a few days of learning, Yu Yang felt that he should be able to control the T80 tank.
Unimpeded, the vehicle managed to drive into the location of the government building in Grozny, which only existed on the map, but in reality, there were only a few pieces of rubble left in the government building, and there was no trace of any government building, the whole building added up to less than two meters high, and it was still a load-bearing wall that had been blown down
Several Russian soldiers excitedly ran to the highest position with the national flag, and planted the Russian flag above the wall, representing the official occupation of Grozny by the Russians.
Yu Yang didn't quite understand Lao Maozi's habit, occupying an area, not planting a flag is not an occupation, even if it is still in a war zone, as long as the Russian flag is planted, they think that this area is occupied by them.
The troops continued to advance, aiming for the Kaman Bridge, where they would join the soldiers guarding the bridge, the only remaining Chechen in the city, which was concentrated to the south of the bridge.
After several days of hard work, the Chechens still did not cross the bridge, and as the bombing intensified, more and more people chose to cross the river, trying to bypass it downstream or somewhere else, but except for a few lucky ones, more Chechens were drowned in the icy river.
In the post-war statistics, nearly 4,000 bodies were recovered from the river, most of whom were drowned, and this count was only found, and many more were not found.
The car was moving quickly towards the south of the Kaman Bridge, and along the way you could see some ordinary Chechens sitting on the edge of the road with blank eyes, they were lucky, compared to those who had lost their lives, they were still alive, and being alive was the greatest luck.
But they are unfortunate, the pain left by this war on them, they need a lifetime to slowly understand, and they will not forget this nightmare war in the years to come.
The eyes of the Chechens who looked at the Russian troops were full of hatred and fear, and Yu Yang saw their eyes through the periscope, knowing that this kind of slaughter would not bring peace, maybe a war on a larger scale.
Maybe the Chechens in this time and space can't pose a second threat to the Russians, and the Russians don't have to start a second Chechen war, but maybe there are a lot of Beslan incidents, and this hatred will be passed down from generation to generation.