In recent days, the eyes of the world have all been focused on the Russo-Ukrainian War, and the war situation that is always rolling has touched everyone's heart.
Just yesterday, Chechnya held a swearing-in ceremony, and the Chechen leaders said that the Chechen armed forces would be ready to travel to Ukraine. So far, the Chechen armed forces, which have been assembled, are preparing to go to the Ukrainian front.
The scene of the Chechen Armed Forces Oath Ceremony
As soon as this message came out, the Internet stirred up thousands of waves, because many people could not imagine that Chechnya would choose to send troops to participate in the war, and most of them said that the last time they saw the two words of Chechnya, it was still in the book.
The netizens who digested this news have said that Ukraine simply surrendered. So, why did Chechnya's participation in the war stir up a thousand waves with one stone?
To understand this, we must start with Chechnya, the relations between Chechnya and Russia, and the combat effectiveness of Chechnya.
Chechnya, also known as the Chechen Republic, is an autonomous republic under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation with a high degree of autonomy. The original Chechnya did not belong to Russia, and their ancestors had lived in the Caucasus since ancient times, calling themselves the "Nakhcho people".
The Caucasus Mountains, located between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, have been the dividing line between Asia and Europe since ancient times. To travel from the Caucasus to and from Asia and Europe, you must pass through Chechnya, Ingushetia and Dagestan.
The reason why it is necessary to pass through these three places is because only these three places are relatively flat plains, while the rest of the places are all mountains. Thus, the throat of the Caucasus has led to continuous attacks on Chechnya since the 13th century.
However, the Chechens living in the alpine regions are brave and fighting, and it is difficult to be conquered, and the invaders not only have never been able to invade the Chechnya region, but have become the sparring army of the Chechen people, making the Chechens, who are already strong in combat, even more courageous and good at war. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, Chechnya began to be the object of contention between the three empires of Persia, Ottomans and Russia, and chechnya experienced more than two centuries of war. The result is.
In the 19th century, the Caucasus War broke out, in order to resist Russia, some of the Imams (religious titles) in Chechnya at that time elected Gachi ▪ Muhammad as the leader and established the Caucasian Imam State, which was also the beginning of the Chechen state.
At this point, the national revolt in Chechnya began, and the means of both sides became increasingly radical and bloody. However, Chechnya was still inferior to Russia, and in 1859, the Imam State collapsed, and the Chechen region began to be incorporated into the Russian Empire. Although the Chechen region was incorporated into the territory of imperial Russia, the Chechens were dissatisfied, and there were many riots here. In order to quell the turmoil in the Chechen region, the Russian Empire continued to send troops to suppress it.
However, it would be a mistake to think that the Chechens at this time had been tamed. In fact, the Chechens had always wanted to seek independence, and for this reason, they tried to cooperate with the German army in World War II. But their small actions were soon discovered by the Soviet government, and the matter was not resolved.
In 1991, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, chechens wanted independence and began to stir again. Dudayev, the president of the Chechen Republic at the time, issued a declaration of independence, but this was not recognized by Russia. At the same time, the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries began to provide Financial and Weapons Resources for Chechnya. In fact, as mentioned earlier, the Caucasus region where Chechnya is located is the dividing line of Eurasia, and Chechnya is the throat of the Caucasus.
Second, Chechnya is rich in oil resources, and there are also important oil pipelines laid here, which are basically Central Asian pipelines to Europe.
Third, Chechnya also connects The main railway line between Russia and the Transcaucasia region.
Therefore, once Chechnya becomes independent, Russia's economic losses will be extremely serious, so in any case, Russia will not let Chechnya become independent and regard firm control of Chechnya as an important national policy. Now that Chechnya has begun to make independence, Russia has no choice but to send troops to Chechnya.
So on December 11, 1994, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered an advance into Chechnya, Grachev, confidently stating that only one airborne battalion was needed and Grozny (the capital of Chechnya) could be captured.
However, the defense minister's idea proved absurd. Although the illegal armed forces in Chechnya were eventually severely damaged, and Dudayev, who issued the declaration of independence, was also killed, the Russian army still did not return after killing and wounding nearly 20,000 people, killing 100,000 civilians, and extensively destroying facilities and equipment.
In the years that followed, although Russian officials said that Chechnya was still a member of the Russian Community, everyone knew that Chechnya enjoyed informal independence at this time.
The reason for this situation, in addition to Russia's blind self-confidence, is that the Chechen armed forces can fight fiercely, after Grozny was taken by the Russian army, the Chechen armed forces retreated to the mountains to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Russian army, and these armed forces, like a war madman, do not care about civilian lives at all, and during the battle, they constantly carry out kidnappings and terrorist attacks.
It is precisely because of this that there is a popular saying on the Internet, called: Wherever Chechnya goes, dogs will be slapped twice, and with this sentence, the Chechen armed forces are extremely tough. After the end of the first Chechen war, Russia was naturally dissatisfied with such a result, and in addition to dissatisfaction, there was also worry, if it could not control Chechnya in the future, wouldn't it be equivalent to a time bomb?
Thus, the Second Chechen War broke out. This time, Chechnya was not as lucky as the first time. Not long after the second Chechen war was fought, Yeltsin suddenly announced his resignation, and Putin handled political affairs as acting prime minister.
Putin's tactics in attacking Chechen militants were particularly tough, and at the same time he learned the lessons of the first Chechen war, changed tactics, and abandoned the method of attacking with a large number of troops, but used the elite troops in the special forces to deal with the Chechen armed forces in a hunting and killing manner.
To tell the truth, after the changes in the Russian army, in dealing with Chechnya, it has indeed achieved visible results with the naked eye. However, the Chechen armed army is not a vegetarian, there is a saying that describes the Chechen armed army as "no surrender, only reincarnation", so the Chechen armed army does not want to fight with the Russian army.
In particular, the current Chechen leader Kadyrov, who was obedient to Putin, said that chechen fighters would occupy the most important areas of Ukraine just a day before the Chechen oath ceremony, and then he even asked the president of Ukraine to apologize to the Russian president. It can be seen that Kadyrov's attitude toward Putin cannot be described as a "die-hard fan".
Now that there is a struggle between Russia and Ukraine, will Chechnya not help? Actually, it will. In such a situation, Chechnya suddenly said that it wanted to send troops, just like hitting a sparrow with a cannon, which was actually unexpected by everyone, so everyone would be shocked and understandable after hearing this news.
In addition to this reason, more importantly, the aforementioned history of Chechnya is actually to prove that the Chechens have already formed a fierce folk style in successive years of war, and they are very advocating force.
If the Russians are a fighting nation, the Chechen armed forces are basically doing whatever it takes to achieve victory in battle, unless they are really afraid in their hearts, otherwise the side that fights with them will lose a piece of meat even if they do not die.
"Chechnya is haunted, and there is no grass. There is no surrender, only reincarnation. Ant nests will be watered, earthworms will be turned in half, eggs will be shaken apart, and winter vacation jobs will be torn apart! ”
Although this passage may have exaggerated elements, it actually sums up the combat effectiveness and destructive power of the Chechen armed forces very appropriately. It is precisely because they dare not think and cannot imagine that people will be so surprised when they are prepared by Chechnya to enter the whole territory of Ukraine.
At present, Chechnya's next move is not yet known, but chechnya's preparation for the invasion of Ukraine is destined to make the uncertain situation of the Russo-Ukrainian War more complicated and confusing.