Author: Mingyue
Recently, the Russian side announced a heavy news, it is reported that in the escalating Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the deputy commander of the Russian 41st Joint Armed Forces Army Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky has been killed in the battle, according to relevant information, Sukhovetsky was killed by a sniper on the front line by an enemy sniper, thus Sukhovetsky became the first general of the Russian army to die in the entire Russian-Ukrainian conflict, and is also the highest general killed by the Russian army so far.
What is touching is that Sukhovetsky is a tough general in the Russian army who has experienced hundreds of battles, has repeatedly commanded battles on the front line, has made many military achievements, and can be said to have come out of the rain of bullets and bullets, and has also been officially awarded the Military Merit Medal and the Medal of Courage by the Russian government, but he did not expect to "overturn the ship" on the Ukrainian battlefield and be secretly attacked by the enemy.
There is no doubt that the death of Major General Sukhovetsky will arouse great remembrance and anger throughout Russia, further promote the escalation of the situation in Russia and Ukraine, according to the temper of the Russians, Ukraine must pay a painful price ten times a hundred times this time to be able to calm the anger in its heart, and for the upcoming Russian-Ukrainian third negotiation, this incident will undoubtedly add more resistance to the entire negotiation process.
It is worth mentioning that the sacrifice of Major General Sukhovetsky in the Russian army is not an isolated case, but a "common phenomenon", almost as long as there is a war, the Russian army will have a general killed, in the Chechen war, the Russian army even died 14 generals at once.
It is said that it is really the "meat grinder" of lower-level officers and ordinary soldiers, as a general, usually in the rear command post, with complete protective measures around, it is almost impossible to face the situation of life danger, but why do generals often appear in the Russian army?
The first reason is that the Russian generals are too brave, and many people like to go deep into the front line, even personally holding guns and fighting fierce battles with the enemy.
For example, Major General Malafev, deputy commander of the Northern Cluster of Grozny who died in the Chechen War, heard that some of his troops were ambushed by the enemy during the inspection of the front line, so he personally led the squad to the rescue at the first time, and as a result, in the face of the enemy who had absolute superiority, Major General Malafev still fought bravely, and finally unfortunately died in the battle, until 5 days later, the Russian army found his body.
The second reason is because of accidents.
Also because they like to go deep into the front, Russian generals often encounter many accidents, such as Major General Victor Vorobiyov, who was unfortunately hit by enemy mortars, Major General Milyushin and Major General Nikolai Scripnik, who accidentally stepped on mines on the front line, and many generals who accidentally fell into the rebel siege and died because they were too deep into the front line.
Speaking of which, Russian helicopters are also a major "general killer", and even often eliminate several Russian generals in one pot, in 2001, a Russian helicopter was attacked by Chechen rebels, which eventually led to the death of 2 major generals and 8 colonels on the helicopter.
In 2002, it was even more exaggerated that Lieutenant General Ruchenko, deputy minister of the Russian Interior and head of the internal affairs of the Southern Federation, and a major general were shot down by Chechen rebels and unfortunately killed.
In 2006, a Russian helicopter crashed due to bad weather crashing into a tree, resulting in the death of three Russian generals, including a lieutenant general.
The third reason is that many Russian generals have been secretly "black-handed" by the United States and other Western countries.
As we all know, the United States has a very strong intelligence gathering ability, especially in the field of electronic equipment eavesdropping, and the early Russian military in this regard is not particularly important, technical capabilities are very poor, communications mainly rely on traditional walkie-talkies and radios, and even some commanders directly use mobile phones to command, in front of the US military equipped with a large number of eavesdropping equipment, this is undoubtedly not much different from directly calling themselves. It is precisely for this reason that Western countries have obtained a lot of information on the location of Russian generals and deliberately sent it to the forces that are fighting with the Russian army, which eventually led to tragedy.
On the Georgian battlefield, Lieutenant General Anatoly Khrulyov, deputy commander of the Russian 58th Army, was seriously wounded by enemy lock-in and artillery fire because he used satellite telephones to contact troops.
All in all, it is very simple to avoid the casualties of the generals, as long as the Russian generals are in command in the rear safety zone, and the sacrifices and dangers are left to the soldiers under their command. But the Russian army obviously does not have such a "tradition", Russia advocates the brave, but also prides itself on defending the country, from this point of view, whether it is a general or a soldier, they are the same, willing to give everything for their motherland.
It is precisely under the influence of this concept that one Russian general after another will not be afraid of death, fight fiercely with the enemy, and defend Russia's territorial integrity and national defense and security with blood, for whom we should pay tribute, because countless of our ancestors were also like them, throwing their heads and spilling their blood in exchange for our peaceful and beautiful life today, so that we no longer have to be directly affected by the war.
Finally, I hope that this time the Russian-Ukrainian conflict can be satisfactorily resolved, and the sacrifice of these Russian soldiers can buy the whole Of Russia for decades of peace, which may be the greatest comfort for them.
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