The battle of Liwei did not have an effect, but instead sent a wave of heads in vain, and even made NATO collectively lose its voice, and the French army's war to aid Ukraine can be said to have lost his wife and soldiers. As we all know, not long ago, French President Emmanuel Macron sent the elite French Foreign Legion of the French army to the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. Macron originally expected this group of French soldiers to perform on the battlefield, and while giving France a long face, he pushed NATO to participate in the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. According to the latest news reported on the website of the Russian "Reporter", a 100-strong artillery team of the vanguard of the French army was discovered by the Russian army as soon as it arrived on the battlefield of Slavyansk. The "Iskander" tactical ballistic missile hit the soul with one shot, killing and wounding more than 80 people, and the vitality of the French army was greatly damaged.
According to the analysis of the Russian media, this hundred-man squad of the French army is a mixture of French government soldiers and French Foreign Legion soldiers, and is the vanguard of the French army sent by Macron to Ukraine. This time they appeared in Slavyansk mainly for two missions. Tactically speaking, the Slavyansk battlefield where they are located is the flank of the positions of the Ukrainian army in the Chasov Yar region, and the French troops came to help provide artillery support for the Ukrainian army, which is struggling to support.
Therefore, this French army carried 10 "Caesar" 155-mm truck guns, and in addition to attacking the Russian army in the Chasov Yar region, they were also responsible for training Ukrainian soldiers in the use of "Caesar" artillery. From a political point of view, this French army is to feel the intensity of the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield in advance and prepare for the follow-up large-scale dispatch of troops by France. Macron has previously said that France will send a battalion-level tactical group of 1,500 people to Ukraine, and the French army, which has not experienced a major war for many years, must adapt to the unfamiliar battlefield in advance. Judging from the final result, the Russian army is on the premise of mastering the precise coordinates, and through a long-range precision strike, the French army will be killed. In the missile airburst mode, the French simply had nowhere to hide.
As the elite of the French Army, the French Foreign Legion is composed of foreign mercenaries from all over the world, many of whom are former special forces of various countries, so the quality and combat effectiveness of the troops can be imagined. Since its founding, the French Foreign Legion has been able to fight well and expand its territory for France during the colonial era. In recent years, the French Foreign Legion has also been active all over the world, and has performed well in counter-terrorism peacekeeping and special missions, and can be regarded as the backbone of maintaining France's status as a great power. It is precisely because of his great trust in the Foreign Legion that Macron has entrusted them with the responsibility of assisting Ukraine. However, in this operation, the performance of these ace French troops was unsatisfactory, largely due to their carelessness and underestimation of the enemy.
You must know that in the past wars, the opponents encountered by the French Foreign Legion were relatively weak, especially in terms of equipment, which was not comparable to the regular French army. At the same time, the French Foreign Legion has long been supported by systematic operations, and can receive strong artillery fire and logistical support from the French army in various low-intensity combat environments. On the other hand, on the battlefield between Russia and Ukraine, the situation has completely changed. The Ukrainian army they support has long lost its air supremacy advantage, and compared with the Russian army, it has no advantage in artillery fire and heavy weapons, so it can only be in a passive defensive state.
It is reported that this French artillery unit also misjudged in intelligence analysis. In the eyes of the French commander, the main battlefield of the Russian-Ukrainian war should be in the Chasov Yar region, which should also be the area of the Russian Aerospace Forces' key strikes. As everyone knows, as early as the arrival of this French squad in Slavyansk, the reconnaissance unit of the Russian army has already discovered and locked on to the target, and then provided accurate coordinate information for the Russian Aerospace Forces. Previously, the Russian Ministry of Defense had already released cruel words to give priority to attacking the French troops entering Ukraine. Now, this piece of "fat" is in front of them, and the Russian army is naturally going to laugh and strike hard.
After losing troops, the morale of the French army was seriously frustrated, and Macron was even more dilemma. The cruel words have already been said, and the promises made by themselves must be fulfilled. However, after being targeted by the Russian army, every move of the French army in the future will be "taken care of" by the Russian army. This time, the French lost only one squad, and the next time, if Macron really sends large battalion-company-sized troops to the battlefield, there will be more than just missile attacks waiting for them. The Russian army's heavy aerial bombs, suicide drones, and large-caliber artillery shells will come one after another, and the French army's battle losses will continue to grow.
What makes Macron even more chilling is that after suffering this fiasco, in the face of Russia's active attack, the United States and Britain and other NATO countries collectively lost their voices, not only did no party criticize Russia, but even the voice of solidarity with France. The reason why Macron is determined to send troops to Ukraine is originally for political service, hoping to reshape the role of European leaders by carrying the banner of aiding Ukraine, thereby improving France's prestige and influence, and forming a situation of confrontation with the United States and Russia. Now it seems that NATO countries do not want to be involved in the Russian-Ukrainian war at all, and the bitter fruit planted by Macron himself will have to be tasted slowly in the future.