Battle of Uyandi

The **Battle of Uyandi** (Romanised Russian: Bitva pri Uyandi) (Russian: Битва при Уянди) was an engagement between the Russian Ground Forces and the Chemgotan Ground Force from March 7th to March 8th 2031, the battle was fought over control of the settlement.

## Background

On March 5th two days before the battle began, Primakov Maksim was beaten back by Chemgotan forces in several skirmishes, losing considerable amounts of casualties against Chemgotan Militia and Partisan ambuscades and having logistical and communication problems, Primakov was joined with elements of the 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade the following day on March 6th which were also repelled by Chemgotan forces, the 201st Motor Rifles Division then planned arranged and planned considerably for the capturing of the settlement, on March 7th, the Russian forces set out to capture the settlement as planned, despite this, they were spotted by Chemgotan Light Infantry and their positions were noted and order of battle was exposed. Russian forces continued to enter Uyandi in which shortly afterwards, Chemgotan Cavalry forces arrived under command of Brigadier General Shchegelsky Yefim being adjoined and supported by the 8th Infantry Division under ephemeral supervision of Rafikov Fyodor, Shchegelsky and Rafikov cooperated their defence of Uyandi, and soon encountered the 201st Motor Rifles Division, numbering around 34,000 soldiers, the Chemgotans were outnumbered with only having 18,000 total combined with the two divisions, as both divisions were scattered and fighting Russian forces elsewhere at the concurrent time of the battle.

Russian forces also had the vantage of artillery and armoured vehicle support against the Chemgotans in which the only support they had were several mortars, rocket propelled grenades, machine guns, 3 utility helicopters and 1,700 cavalry from Shchegelsky Yefim's 11th Cavalry Division.

## The Battle

On the next morning on the 7th of March at 11:32 AM, Chemgotan Infantry launched an planned shock assault against the Russian defenders, the initial assault was successful, with the Chemgotan forces managing to secure and annihilate several pockets of resistance and captured the main trench line situated outside of the settlement which was entrenched the day prior to the attack. Soon after the assault succeeded, Yefim ordered his forces of the 11th Cavalry to commence their unexpected flanking manoeuvre against the Russians from the rear, The elite ancillary remnants of the 80th Arctic Motor Rifle Brigade managed to inflict heavy losses to Yefim's charge, the Russians also had the support of their fire support in which they began to bombard the Cavalry with focused barrages, the bombardment was mostly unsuccessful, despite causing mass disruption for the Cavalry attack, Yefim reorganised and moralised the spirits of his soldiers leading the assault head on against the Russian defensive positions, it was when he was gun down by a BMD-4 that the Chemgotan Cavalry began to finally breakthrough the Russian lines and engage with the Russian forces in fiendish hand-to-hand combat, eventually allowing the 11th Cavalry to secure the position after brutal fighting. With this success, the soldiers of the 11th began to fight on foot against the Russian forces from attacking behind within the settlement, this distraction allowed the Chemgotan Infantry to push through 2 flanking routes and provided with overwatch began to pick off the Russian forces with a line of fire as they attempted to retreat from the rear defensive posting, the Russians realised that abatement was drawing near and Primakov began to retreat in ignominy, leaving his forces remaining forces to surrender as their commanding officer was missing, the battle resulted in a devastating loss for the Russians with 28,120 total confirmed deaths and the result of 30 civilian fatalities as a result of Russian forces using civilians as human shields. Compared to the Russian losses, Chemgotan forces lost 8,732 confirmed deaths, chiefly from the 11th Cavalry's assault which included the renown and adulated Brigadier General Shchegelsky Yefim, after the loss of the idolised General. *Khlebnikov Vsevolod* took control of the 11th Cavalry Division. With the aftermath of the battle, Shchegelsky's body was conveyed back to Magadan where he was buried, his burial site became the eventual Shrine of Sacrifice located in Magadan. He received specialised his own cartouche on momentous terms, being pivotal under direct orders of Igor Elmpt. The Battle also peruses the information about Shchegelsky's charge respectively.