关心陆军战略的朋友应该注意这一则新闻...
这个星期，有不少西方媒体报道这个新闻，说是大批俄罗斯雇佣兵在前一周的2月7日，参与了一场攻击位于 Deir al-Zor的由美军协助的反政府军的阵地，结果遭到美军的强力反攻，造成上百人的伤亡。根据路透社的下面这个报道，美军阵地在遭到带有坦克的雇佣军攻击之后，立即呼叫空中支援，于是在近3个小时的空中轰炸中，动用了轰炸机和无人机，特别是出动C130空中炮舰进行了一顿狂轰乱炸 ，让有俄罗斯雇佣兵参与的进攻一方死伤惨重，最后又出动阿帕奇直升机清场，杀完了战场上剩下还没被炸死的，让进攻方彻底失败。
但是，看来有俄方背景的媒体，出来宣传说这个报道时假的，俄罗斯雇佣兵没死那么多人。
不管西方报道的大批俄罗斯雇佣兵被真实性如何，看来那一天发生了一场激战以及有俄罗斯雇佣兵被打死的情况是真的，因为俄方也承认有5位公民被打死。这里且不讨论被打死的人数，如果这个事情的真相是基本接近所报道的，所发生的过程应该引起中国所有对陆地军事感兴趣的人的注意：
- 这年头在没有空中掩护的情况下发起陆上的进攻，近乎是等于自杀。自从海湾战争以后这个道理应该是很清楚了，这好几百的俄罗斯雇佣兵居然这样去发动进攻，明显是轻敌大意了，没想到有美军保护的反政府军的阵地完全不是他们之前所碰到的没有美军参与的反政府军那样没战斗力的，结果简直就是一场一边倒的被屠杀。希望中国军队在未来，不管是在陆地上还是在海上，永远不要在没有空中掩护的情况下去发动进攻！
- 美军能够及时呼叫空中支援的能力和速度，应该是中国军队学习的榜样。别说是像海湾战争中那样的大规模集团军的进攻呼叫空中支援，连守一个近乎于游击队的反政府军阵地的少数兵员，估计也就是班或排的少数兵力吧，都能呼叫及时的强有力的空中支援。这一点中国军队应该要努力做到未来的班排级别也具备这样的能力。而且美军的反攻的策划非常及时和周密，因为是被进攻的一方，肯定刚开始时因为意外处于被动的，但是美军按照他们熟悉的剧本快速组织反攻，轰炸之后还有武装直升机清场，这种由于经常打仗的经验所带来的快速和敏捷的效率，针对突发事件的反应速度，非常值得中国军方的注意和仿效。
- 美军打击火力是一旦出动，就绝不给敌人留后路，而且对付几百人的小规模攻击，不惜出动C130和大批无人机 (还有报道说出动了B52)，这种打仗就是要置敌于死地的理念，也是需要中国军方注意的。联想到几周前，还在超大军事论坛上有关新型反舰导弹的讨论中看到过这样的论调：居然中国还有人认为战争不等于就是杀人，中国的反舰导弹因为威力太大，还需要故意把弹头的威力给降低一些。好像是把敌人打伤就行，不用彻底打残打死。看看美军如何做的，就会发现这种论调多么荒唐和幼稚。
下面是路透社的报道和链接：
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-russia-casualtie/russian-toll-in-syria-battle-was-300-killed-and-wounded-sources-idUSKCN1FZ2DZ
Russian toll in Syria battle was 300 killed and wounded: sources
MOSCOW (Reuters) - About 300 men working for a Kremlin-linked Russian private military firm were either killed or injured in Syria last week, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
A Russian military doctor said around 100 had been killed, and a source who knows several of the fighters said the death toll was in excess of 80 men.
The timing of the casualties coincided with a battle on Feb. 7 near the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor where, according to U.S. officials and associates of the fighters involved, U.S.-led coalition forces attacked forces aligned with Moscow’s ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russian officials said five citizens may have been killed but they had no relation to Russia’s armed forces.
The clashes show Moscow is more deeply involved in Syria militarily than it has said, and risks being drawn into direct confrontation with the United States in Syria.
The casualties are the highest that Russia has suffered in a single battle since fierce clashes in Ukraine in 2014 claimed more than 100 fighters’ lives. Moscow denies sending soldiers and volunteers to Ukraine and has never confirmed that figure.
The wounded, who have been medically evacuated from Syria in the past few days, have been sent to four Russian military hospitals, according to five sources familiar with the matter.
The military doctor, who works in a Moscow military hospital and was directly involved in the treatment of wounded men evacuated from Syria, said that as of Saturday evening there were more than 50 such patients in his hospital, of which around 30 percent were seriously wounded.
The doctor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not allowed to disclose information about casualties, said at least three planeloads of injured fighters were flown to Moscow between last Friday and Monday morning.
He said they were flown back on specially equipped military cargo planes which can each accommodate two or three intensive care cases and several dozen less severely wounded patients.
Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said initial information was that five Russian citizens in the area of the battle may have been killed, but they were not Russian troops. She said reports of tens or hundreds of Russian casualties were disinformation inspired by Russia’s opponents.
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A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said last week that a force aligned with Assad, backed with artillery, tanks, rockets and mortars, had on Feb. 7 attacked fighters with the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces near Deir al-Zor.
U.S. special forces were accompanying the SDF forces that came under attack, officials in Washington said.
The U.S.-led coalition in Syria retaliated, killing about 100 of the pro-Assad forces, according to the official.
Since the battle, associates of Russian military contractors have said Russians were part of the pro-Assad force involved in the battle, and among the casualties.
Shabayev, the Cossack leader, said casualties were so high because the force had no air cover, and because they were attacked not by poorly equipped rebels, their usual adversaries, but by a well-armed force that could launch air strikes.
“First of all the bombers attacked, and then they cleaned up using Apaches (U.S.-made attack helicopters),” Shabayev said, citing the wounded men he visited in hospital.
The source with ties to Wagner said they told him the force struck by the U.S.-led coalition was made up mainly of Russian contractors, with a few Syrians and Iranians in support roles.
He said that on Feb. 7 the force had advanced toward the settlement of Khusham, in Deir al-Zor province, into a zone designated as neutral under a deal between the Russian military and the U.S.-led coalition.
The aim was to test if the U.S.-led coalition would react. The force advanced to within less than 5 km (3 miles) of the SDF and American positions, he said.
He said that the U.S.-led forces, in line with procedure agreed with the Russians, warned Russian regular forces that they were preparing to strike. He does not know if the warning was passed on to the contractors.
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以及一个辟谣的新闻报道:
https://southfront.org/retuers-says-300-russians-were-killed-or-injured-in-syria-over-last-week/
