The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been in its early 60s, and the fighting in Mariupol has been going on for more than 50 days. The most eye-catching battle in the whole Mariupol is the battle of the Azov Steel Plant, the longest lasting is also the battle in the Azov Steel Plant area, why can the Azov Steel Plant hold out for such a long time, and why has the Russian army not taken down the steel plant so far?
First of all, we have to talk about the underground fortress of the Azov Steel Plant, why is it called an underground fortress? The first is that, in terms of scale, the underground facilities of Aeszov Steel Works are as deep as 6 floors, of which the passages, corridors and ventilation holes are intricate; the second is that the first layer of reinforced concrete pouring at the top is 8 meters thick, 8 meters can imagine what thickness it is, and the parallel layer below is 4 meters thick inside the partition reinforced concrete wall. This kind of defense was built by the Soviet Union after World War II in accordance with the standard of three defenses, and the standard defense goal is to prevent the top nuclear bomb strike, which is from the defensive aspect.
From the perspective of underground life and production, the first is that there is a dispatch room in the underground fortress, which is very important, it can control the entire underground fortress, which is the key to ensuring unified command and control; the second is that the fortress has an independent power supply system, ventilation system, grain storage room and other important facilities. We can imagine that Russia has begun to blockade since the beginning of the attack on Mariupol, and now more than 50 days have passed, and there are still more than 2,000 people living in the Azov Steel Plant, and underneath this is a powerful survival support system, so it is not too much to say that the Azov Steel Plant called a fortress.
Secondly, we have to talk about the personnel situation in the steel plant, and some friends say that there is nothing good to say about this, is not all The Ukrainian army? In fact, this is not the case, first, the Ukrainian army in the steel plant is the "Azov battalion" armed personnel, that is, the "neo-Nazis" these people are extremely brutal and not controlled by the Ukrainian government; second, there are foreign soldiers, according to the recent surrender, you can see that there are British, there are Poland and other countries; of course, as long as these personnel do not surrender to the Russian army, they do not care about direct elimination.
But the most important thing is this third type of people, and the person who should not appear the most, is the Ukrainian civilians, these civilians are mainly women and children, the real hands are not tied to the chicken, according to the video taken by the Ukrainian army two days ago, it can be seen that the first Ukrainian soldiers to see after going to the underground facilities is not a defensive weapon, or a defensive personnel, the first to be seen is the Ukrainian women and children. And why did the Russian army open humanitarian passages several times, and there are still civilians underground? That's what we've been saying about the Ukrainian army using civilians as meat shields, and that's civilian meat shields.
Therefore, from the above, we can see why the Russian army has been slow to attack the Azov Steel Plant, and some friends have also said that they use ground drilling bombs and thermobaric bombs. In fact, I would like to say that the Russian army knows these military facilities better than anyone, and even if the thick reinforced concrete is not considered for women and children, it cannot be broken. Of course, the Chechen soldiers in the Russian army also said; "Kadyrov repeatedly told them that you must be kind to ukrainian civilians." ”
Therefore, it is said that the Russian army will not be hard, the Russian army still has to ensure the safety of civilians, after all, it was once a family, and protecting the family is also an important goal of the Russian army, which is why the Russian army can open humanitarian channels several times. The actions of the Russian army in Ukraine have not disappointed the people of the Donbass region, who were once a family, and the Russian army has carried out a series of humanitarian acts and won the love of the Ukrainian people.