Orudmavka

About
Orudmavka (aka. Орудмавка) was an method used during the Central Campaign of 1988 in the Crimsonian-Bistonian War. It comprised of an artillery which was mounted ontop of a mountain which was targetted at a group of people a distance away standing or either laying down on the ground while the artillery fired rounds at them intended to cause death, the corpses would then drop down the mountains and they would be retrieved.

Origin
The Orudmavka originated during the Central Campaign of 1988 when Crimsonian troops attempted to capture Central Bistonia, as a group of resistance and civilians were captured by Crimsonian troops when they were caught attempting to bomb a bridge leading to the rest of Central Bistonia, as commanders began deciding on what they would do to the rebels, they made a plan to round up nearly all of them and force them to climb up a high steep, as they reached their destination, Crimsonian soldiers would then force Bistonian resistance members on the ground and then break their legs and tied them using ropes, so that they wouldn't run away to freedom. They then mounted an artillery below them over a distance away and prepared to fire them, and as a result nearly all had died. In the aftermath, Crimsonian commanders coined the term Orudmavka, which was a short term of Orŭdie Mravka, which meant Cannon Ant, as many of them compared the resistance members to ants. This method would later on continue to be used.

Overview
The Orudmavka worked by forcing a group of nearly 20 to 30 people, mainly resistance members or units belonging to the Free Bistonian Army to walk nearly miles away to a higher and steep part of a mountain from a place where they were held captive and once they reached their destination, Crimsonian troops were ordered to prevent them from fleeing by breaking each one of their limbs or breaking both legs, other variants of the Orudmavka ordered Crimsonian troops to use a wooden bat to break their legs while some variants of the Orudmavka would order Crimsonian troops to shoot their legs to the point some of them die due to blood loss. Some versions of these methods were to either not break their legs as they were deemed unnecessary, and they were ordered to sit on the snow awaiting their demise, while another method forced some of them to stand, there were other cases that their hands were either nailed to the ground, but they would be easily released from it as they were only nailed to the snow. Then, after they had gathered them to the specific location, the artillery was either mounted to the area a distance away from them or they were already there, since they couldn't waste their time otherwise they would've already fled the area, then, they would proceed to fire one round, which would instantly kill some of the group and their corpses would fall from the steep mountain for Crimsonian troops to collect. Incase if some had survived the blast, they would continue firing another 3 rounds which were fatal.

After the area was clear of smoke, units were tasked to inspect the area to look for corpses remaining on the mountain, and if they discovered one, they would drag it or kick it down the pit along with the rest of the bodies, if one of the units managed to find a survivor, they would casually shoot the survivor in the head, in other cases the survivor was spared and they would return to the prison, where they wouldn't receive treatment, and as a result the survivor would either die due to his injuries or they would be executed. After the inspections, they would then order a group of soldiers to go down the pit and look for corpses which had dropped down the mountain, and they would seperate the bodies into ones that were charred, blown to smithereens, or in normal conditions, however due to corpses being scattered all around the area, some few managed to stay in the snow and remain buried until they would be discovered nearly a decade later. One of the veterans of the war had described retrieving the bodies as horrifying, as he had seen charred corpses and mutilated ones.

Continued use
After the end of the Crimsonian-Bistonian War and the disastrous failure of the Central Campaign in 1988, the legacy of the Orudmavka didn't end, as the Orudmavka method continued to be used in the later phases of the war, and the Bistonian Armed Forces began using the Orudmavka method in order to counter Crimsonian troops and further exhaust their army, it was used during the Vilnius Offensive, however, due to the Orudmavka method being time consuming and requiring manpower in order to use it, they stopped using the Orudmavka around the invasion of Wilnotarn and Arshturn in 1989. It was later on also used by the West Bistonian Islamic Front during the West Bistonian Insurgency after the Crimsonian-Bistonian War.