At the beginning of the battle of Grozny, the Russian army suffered huge losses, but the more losses, the more the Russian army had to fight, so on the evening of the day the battle was launched, the Russian army no longer looked forward and backward, but used tanks and armored vehicles as the strength to attack Grozny, and began to encircle and suppress the "Chechen bandits" hiding in the buildings.

None of the Russian soldiers thought that they were actually walking into hell!

Chechen soldiers, who were hidden in the building and were familiar with the terrain, began to use a variety of weapons against the Russian army that invaded Grozny, and even a lot of advanced weapons, which were basically provided by the Siberian army. Chechen militants ambushed in different buildings, at different angles, fired RPG-7 rockets and even AT-4 anti-tank missiles, their attacks were extremely targeted, often attacking the tail car and the first car, and sometimes stopping the waist to hit, and once the narrow streets were hit head to tail, it basically means that the entire armored convoy was trapped in this small block, and the tanks and armored vehicles that had lost power became a live target for the Chechens.

Chechnya has always been a bloody and fierce people, and it is impressive that they did not die when they fought. Some Chechen soldiers even rushed out of the city with explosives bags when it was completely unnecessary, and died along with the Russian tanks on the streets, and the damage suffered by the Russian troops was even more terrible.

Some special forces disguised as Chechens sent by Qi Yiming also played a big role in the street fighting, and they used sniper rifles and tricks and the like to make the Russian army suffer a lot.

The street fighting of the Russian army on the eastern road lasted only about three hours before the front-line commander had to call it off and order the entire line to retreat, which made the Russian army even more vulnerable. The irresoluteness of the operation and the lack of flexibility on the battlefield made the Russian army suffer quite heavy losses in the first day of the battle, more than 200 Russian soldiers were killed, 5 tanks were lost, and 11 armored vehicles were lost.

This is not counting, when a battalion-level tank unit of the Russian army withdrew, it ignored the order of the superiors to re-rest, and instead led the troops to the east. The commander of the Russian battalion believed that the tanks that lacked the ability to hunt the enemy in the street fighting were too dangerous and should not send so many tanks in the street fighting, so he did not want to die, so he withdrew from Grozny with his soldiers.

However, the fate of this tank battalion was not good, they ignored the orders of their superiors and took the initiative to retreat, but after retreating about 20 kilometers, they actually encountered the armored units of the Chechen army that had rushed from Makhachkala to reinforce them. This armored unit was newly formed by the Chechen army, and except for some key positions held by Red Alert soldiers, the rest of the armored troops were all newcomers, so the combat effectiveness was not very impressive.

Yankov's support to Chechnya is all T-72 tanks, while the Siberian Army is now equipped with mostly T-64 tanks and T-80 tanks, and a considerable number of T-54/55 tanks and T-62s have been converted into Type 59D, which are used as the second line of force and are in a semi-mothballed state. At the right time, Qi Yiming will also replace the Siberian Army and the Far Eastern Army with VT-1A, a third-generation Chinese-made tank.

Among the tanks received by the Far Eastern Republic and the Republic of Siberia, there are about more than 6,000 T-72 tanks, Qi Yiming has a very poor impression of this tank, even if the Soviet army is not a monkey version for its own use, but it still can't be used as a favor in the future, after all, T-72 is still very popular in many countries in the third century, Qi Yiming does not expect all countries to spend money on Chinese tanks, and now North Industries and other enterprises have soft orders inside and outside, and there is no shortage of money.

Therefore, Chechnya got a lot of T-72 tanks, and they did not go through any Chinese modifications, and they were directly pulled to fight the Russian army.

The Russian army's fleeing tank battalion is actually equipped with T-72 tanks, and the two sides are home to home, but because the Russian army is fleeing, it panicked when it encountered the enemy, and did not seize the opportunity in an instant, but was taught a lesson by these half-baked armored soldiers in Chechnya.

The T-72 tanks of the Chechen army fired one after another, and also adopted some simple attack tactics, but the advance and retreat of the Russian army appeared to be very disorderly, and several tanks were destroyed by the Chechen army in a few shots. Halfway through the battle, even some Russian troops did not have the heart to fight again, and threw their comrades to the enemy, and they ran away. However, the number of Chechen tanks on this road is actually more than that of the Russian tank battalion, and the 4 T-72s came out to pursue the Russian tanks, and finally destroyed all the Russian tanks that wanted to escape.

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

Even when the Chechen army carried out many raids and harassments, it found that the Russian army's will to resist was not firm at all, so it immediately changed its strategy and launched a decisive attack on the Russian army, which was three times larger than its own size, with a regiment-sized unit supplemented by an armored battalion. Although the Chechens had very little experience in the head-to-head engagement of the Grand Army, and even many of them relied on a fierce courage and the instructions from above said to fight wherever they wanted, their enemy's mind did not seem to be on the battlefield at all, the communication between the upper and lower levels was not smooth, the coordination between the services and arms was poor, and there were even some commanders who deserted and were not willing to fight with their lives at all, so that after the Chechen army, which was far inferior to the Russian army, launched a terrifying attack, the Russian army actually lost a large amount of equipment and fled north after simple resistance.

What is even more ridiculous is that the military advisers of the Red Alert saw at a glance that the Russian army had made serious mistakes in combat deployment, and did not take every step of the way, the Russian army was too far south on this road, and the northern region on the way when they came, there was no such thing as a supply station or reserve force laid by the Russian army. How can you let go of such an opportunity, the Chechen army under the advice of the Red Alert adviser, all the way to the north to cover the killing, the Russian army can only resist and flee, in the end this chase lasted for 11 hours, the Russian army has not found reinforcements and contact the rear after half a day, and the entire divisional establishment has been completely dispersed.

Although many Russian troops were not killed, they also lost contact with the large contingent and fled in the countryside in a panic, and the Chechen army did not pay much attention to these stragglers or broke away from the formation, but chased the large army to fight, and finally the commander of the Russian division surrendered to the Chechen army in the place where he was about to leave Dagestan.

The Chechens were tyrannical and cruel, and the Russian division commander was abused and humiliated after surrendering, and he did not last long before committing suicide with his belt.

Not long after the start of the Chechen war, the Russian army actually lost the strength of a division, which couldn't help but surprise people, Grachev had to urgently order the Russian army on the northwest road that had not yet broken through the minefield to stop, wait for more follow-up support to arrive, and not to rashly attack Chechnya again.

Qi Yiming felt that the fact that the Russian Northwest Route Army had not broken through the minefield for so long was not only due to the lack of technical ability, but also because it was also passive and did not want to take the initiative to enter the battlefield to fight for the Chechens, and even after hearing that the friendly army was completely wiped out by the Chechens, some Russian soldiers of the Northwest Route Army actually deserted and became deserters.

The defeat of the Russian army was widely reported and publicized by the liberalized Russian media, and some Yeltsin opposition factions also used it to violently attack Yeltsin, mocking him and his army for incompetence, and believing that if Chechnya is not contained, Russia may lose Chechnya forever.

Yeltsin now has a lot of bad things on his hands, especially since he accepted Gaidar's theory of shock therapy and began to prepare for the revival of the Russian economy, but people are still clutching rubles like waste paper, and there are no goods in the shops, factories cannot reopen, workers are not paid, the streets are full of idle people, violent robberies and rapes are taking place, and social order is in chaos.

The defeat of the Russian army in Chechnya over there made Yeltsin like a dark cloud, because some representatives of the Supreme Soviet (Russia has not yet completed political reforms, so it retains some Soviet institutions, and functions are equivalent to parliament) have begun to call Yeltsin, who has no ability, to come down and elect a more capable president to come to power. Even his faction's Speaker Khasbulatov and Vice President Rudskoi are hatching plans to oppose him and weaken his power.

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

Yeltsin first specifically rebuked Grachev for simplifying the problem and using his troops hastily, and then ordered Grachev to organize as much force as he could, and to fight Chechnya with the strength of the Tarzan of the size of the corps. Grachev had no choice but to grit his teeth and withdraw Russian troops from more places, and even launched surface-to-surface missiles and more bombers, ready to completely crush Chechnya with a thunderous force.

However, the preparation of these forces is not a very quick thing for the current chaotic Russia, and Grachev can only spend another two months to put all the chess pieces in place. It's just that the Russians didn't pay attention to the fact that when the Russian army was preparing to launch a new offensive, Chechnya also received more equipment from Siberia and Kazakhstan through the Caspian Sea route.

The new round of war is bound to be even more tragic.