Battle of Bomnak

The **Battle of Bomnak** (Romanised Russian: Bitva pri Bomnake) (Cyrillic Russian: Битва при Бомнаке) was a battle during the later stages of the Chemgotan War of Independence which resulted in a pyrrhic Russian victory against the Chemgotan forces led by Major General Plaksin Danillka, despite the Russian forces eventually winning against the Chemgotan aggressors, the Chemgotan forces retreated from the Zeya Reservoir and reported their findings which led to the Chemgotan Air Force and localised units of Chemgotan artillery heavily bombarding vitally important centralised enemy positions once forces under Danillka's command retreated from the battle and established all-round elastic defensive positions in northeastern Amur and using the Zeya river as a fallback line to prevent Russian forces from launching another persuing assault. Aside from the heavy carpet bombing the Russian forces recieved following the conclusion of the ground engagement between Russian and Chemgotan forces, Russia maintained control over the Zeya Reservoir and Chemgota was prevented from having any access to the strategically important reservoir.

## Background & Battle

Prior to the Battle of Bomnak, the Chemgotan forces were on the brink of achieving total victory over the Russian Federation and was close to winning their war of independence, during the later stages of the war before the Treaty of Magadan being signed. The Chemgotans were heavily moralised and by the later stages of the conflict, the Chemgotan Defence Force was widely regarded as an organised professional military force which was able to deter and foil the Russian forces numerous times during the war in previous victories which was considered astonishing by the peoples of the Far East, within Chemgotan controlled areas, and was impressive towards the American interests and support for the Chemgotan forces to win the war so that the Western Powers would be able to establish a new Democracy in Asia and a new stronghold as apart of the West's globalisation schemes of international geopolitics and diplomatic affairs. Despite the countless victories achieved by the Chemgotan forces they were unable to defeat the Russian forces in certain battles, with the onset of the war being ended, forces under the control of Plaksin Danillka disobeyed orders from the Chemgotan High Command in which he and his forces were defending Chumikan from any Russian counterattacks to retake the Federal capital. With a large summation of Chemgotan forces already enduring and existing around the time of Plaksin's defence, being reinforced with more reservists at Chumikan, he set out towards invading Russian territory past the vicinal contested territory which the Provisional Congress attested as the border claims of the Republic of Chemgota, going through the boundary, the Chemgotan forces were set to the Zeya Reservoir to observe the Russian order of battle for the presumption of the Russian military preparing to mount a new offensive into Khabarovsk region from the Amur, as the 17th, 38th and 23rd Infantry Divisions of Chemgota began to subjugate and seize control of the northeastern Amur Oblast from Russian control, after these successes, Plaksin yet again disobeyed orders to defend the border position and circumnavigated through the rough terrain and eventually reached the Zeya River with the guidance from miminal infrastructure and primarily via the use of military strategic maps. With the Zeya Reservoir eventually being reached by his forces, Plaksin ordered his forces to begin an assault into the settlement of Bomnak which was a decisive victory for the Chemgotan forces facing little to no resistance in the process, however the Russian forces located at Bomnak before being captured relayed the information of the Chemgotan attack to headquarters stationed at Beregovoi which was located on the other side of the Reservoir, this led to the Russian forces preparing for an amphibious assault with the aim to recapture Bomnak from Chemgotan control, eventually after a day of preparing and a day of establishing defensive positions, the Russian forces commenced their assault on Bomnak in which they faced heavy resistance from the Chemgotan defenders on the Reservoir's coast. This led to the Chemgotans having the defensive advantage over their Russian adversaries, but after recieving support from armoured fighting vehicles which were modified for traversing the waterbed, the Chemgotans were becoming overwhelmed and they retreated away from the Russian forces back to the Zeya River. With the Chemgotans falling back to the river as a defensive point, the Chemgotans relayed the information to Chemgotan forces situated at Chumikan, although at first being reluctant to give support to Plaksin's forces, the Chumikan garrison eventually gave the order to support Plaksin and his forces to defend the Zeya River to prevent Russian forces from traversing across, with aerial support closing into their positions, the Chemgotan Air Wings sent from Chumikan began to carpet bomb the Russian advance alongside having supportive barrage fire from nearby positioned artillery which also was effective in decimating the Russian forces, this led to them retreating back to Bomnak where they recuperated from the aerial attack, following the battle, the 17th, 38th and 23rd Divisions were firmly ordered to remain defending their position to prevent the Russians from attacking once more, after the battle, Plaksin was demoted and was booted from his commanding position and was replaced by the new General Konev Innokentiy which was considered in retrospect to be more flexible than Plaksin was and most importantly with obliging to follow orders. 2 months later, the Treaty of Magadan was signed and the Chemgotan War of Independence ended.