Why is Wagner's irregular army stronger than the Russian regular army?

Why is Wagner's irregular army stronger than the Russian regular army?

Wagner's top leader may run for president of Ukraine. Putin is planning the situation after the victory of the Russian army in the Russian-Ukrainian war, and plans to form a pro-Russian government in Ukraine to completely dispel Ukraine's threat to Russia.

When it comes to Wagner, everyone's first impression is this tough Russian mercenary.

So, how strong is the combat effectiveness of Russian mercenaries? In all fairness, the Russian Wagner mercenaries have more fighting capacity than the Russian regular army. Let's talk about Wagner's specific situation and reasons for fighting in Ukraine.

In June 5438 +2023 10, the Russian army began a comprehensive counterattack, and the focus of the counterattack was in the direction of the Soviet army Ledar. The Ukrainian army invested 10 brigade in the direction of Ledard, but the Russian mercenary Wagner troops fought to the death, and the Ukrainian army 10 brigade could not withstand Wagner's attack. Under the attack of Russian Wagner, the defense line of Ukrainian army 10 brigade collapsed.

So why is Wagner's battle particularly difficult? Can defeat the stubborn resistance of the Ukrainian army 10 brigade in World War I? So that Wagner, a top mercenary who has made great contributions, wants to change from "non-mainstream" to Ukrainian president and realize "gorgeous turn"?

Speaking of Wagner's powerful fighting capacity, we have to start from the origin of Wagner's troops-

Wagner's founder is a retired officer of Russian special forces stationed in Gruu, with rich combat experience. After 20 13 retired, the officer joined a security company. After the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, 267 Russian retired soldiers were arranged to participate in actual combat in Syria.

However, Russian law stipulates that private companies are not allowed to go abroad to fight. The Russian National Security Service arrested these veterans who went abroad to fight in the war.

After 20 14 came out of prison, the retired officer named Utkin, as a secret armed man of the Russian army, fought a bloody battle with Ukrainian government forces in eastern Ukraine.

Because the Russian secret armed forces led by Otkin are very tough and have repeatedly hit the Ukrainian government forces, the Russian secret armed forces have attracted the attention of Russian rich Prigozin. Prigozin saw the business opportunity and immediately threw money at Outkine. 20 15, Wagner group was established.

Looking closely, Wagner mercenaries have strong combat effectiveness, and the hard core of soldiers is the first reason for their strong combat effectiveness. Wagner's mercenaries came from Russian special forces, airborne troops, Gru troops and other ace troops. Among them, the combat effectiveness of Russian airborne troops has reached the level of going against the sky. ?

A company of the Russian 76th Airborne Division was surrounded by more than 2,500 enemy troops during the Chechen war. These airborne soldiers fought to the death, killing more than 700 people and almost all of them died. It is not a problem for Russian airborne troops to fight Chechen rebels, and it is conceivable to destroy Ukrainian regular army.

Russian special forces participated in the Chechen war, the Russian-Georgian war and the Syrian civil war, and rescued the Beslan hostages, with extremely rich practical experience. The combat effectiveness of these Wagner mercenaries, composed of special forces and retired veterans of airborne troops, can be directly measured. Because these veterans are all veterans who have passed the test of war, they can actually go to the war zone to perform tasks.

For example, in 20 14, a group of Russian veterans launched a fierce attack on Lugansk airport. After fierce fighting, Wagner Corps composed of Russian veterans and Wu Dongmin soldiers liberated Lugansk Airport.

From 2065438+2005 1 month, Wagner Corps occupied Gebali Chavo in the continuous fierce battle in Gebali, and annihilated a large number of Ukrainian troops. Forcing Ukrainian troops to retreat to the rear.

Wagner even fought alongside the US military in Syria. Because Wagner's combat effectiveness is extremely strong, the US military had to dispatch F 15 fighters for strong air support.

Although Wagner paid a huge price, Wagner won high praise from the US military.

The US military believes that Wagner is very helpful in improving the combat effectiveness of the Syrian army.

Wagner Corps is becoming a backbone in Russian military operations. Because many recruits of the Russian regular army have not been tested in actual combat, the Wagner Corps, which participated in actual combat, has become a "second armed force" with more powerful combat effectiveness than the Russian regular army. Although the Russian government does not want Wagner Corps to be too strong, Wagner is so good at fighting that the Russian army has to use Wagner to go to the front when employing people.

In addition to a large number of special forces and airborne retired soldiers, Wagner mercenaries also have an obvious advantage-to let prisoners go to the battlefield, which is unique in the war after World War II.

During the Second World War, due to the high-intensity casualties in the war, prisoners of war will go to the front.

For example, in the Far East Campaign of the Soviet Union, criminals made meritorious deeds. But after the end of World War II, wars were all small and medium-sized operations. Even in the Korean War and the Vietnam War, the warring sides would not let the prisoners go to the battlefield even if they lacked soldiers.

However, in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Wagner mercenaries mobilized a large number of prisoners to go to the battlefield.

Of course, there are requirements for recruiting prisoners to join the army. Age 20 to 50 years old, middle school education. You need to go through interviews, physical fitness tests, background checks, etc. After joining the army, you can enjoy a basic salary of 260,000 rubles per month and a "commission" of up to 700,000 rubles.

Wagner's mercenary leader asked the prisoners who joined the army to fight to the death, not to drink too much, but also to pay attention to mass discipline, not to disturb the people and not to rob property.

Such strict requirements are beyond the power of the US military. Can Wagner do it?

Wagner stipulated that if he was still alive after joining the army for six months, he could be pardoned and become a normal citizen. Due to the high salary and the government's pardon, a number of qualified criminals signed up for the army. Even if they are killed, their families can still get a pension of 6.5438+0 million rubles. There must be a brave man under the reward, which made Wagner's prisoners and soldiers fight bravely and achieved a brilliant record of defeating the Ukrainian army 10 brigade.

After development, Wagner Corps has infantry, artillery, tank soldiers and air force aviation. Like sparrows, it is a small-scale and well-organized regular military armed force, which is naturally beneficial to the Russian army and has many disadvantages. They fought bravely in the battle between Su Ledard and Bakhmut, which dealt a devastating blow to the Ukrainian army. ?

Then it is probably Putin's arrangement to make Wagner president of Ukraine. In order to prevent Wagner from threatening the Russian government after the war, Putin intends to let Prigozin, Wagner's behind-the-scenes leader, choose the Ukrainian president. Once Prigozin is elected president, Wagner's army will naturally become Ukraine's regular army.

Putin's move not only arranged Wagner's post-war destination, but also solved the vacancy problem of Ukrainian government after the war, and also preserved the status of Russian government, killing two birds with one stone.