On the third day of the US military's entry into Pakistan, the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 10th Mountain Division, which had been rested and supplemented after the Battle of Peshawar, were dispatched together. The 4th Mechanized Infantry Division advanced along the M-1 road on the left wing; while the 10th Mountain Division on the right wing advanced along the N5 road.

At the same time, three F-35 squadrons of the US Air Force and two F-15E/F squadrons took off from air bases such as Kabul and Jalalabad, and rushed directly to Islamabad under the command and early warning of 6 E-3Cs. On the one hand, they sought a decisive battle between Pakistani fighter jets and escorted the ground troops. Pakistani land-based radar quickly captured the dynamics of the US Air Force. In Islamabad, the China-Pakistan Air Force in Srinagar was immediately dispatched. The Pakistani army's two J-10B squadrons and two J-10B squadrons of the air base near Islamabad were urgently launched, waiting for the arrival of the PLA's two J-10C squadrons.

The 4th Mechanized Infantry Division and the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army were unstoppable and soon broke through the defense lines of the Pakistani army, but the Pakistani army was not to be outdone after learning about the US military's dynamics. Their right wing Independent 3rd Armored Division and 17th Infantry Division met the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army, while the 10th Infantry Division of the left wing of the Independent 1st Armored Brigade and the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army stopped the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army.

Looking at the information from the Palestinian army sent back by the air predator unmanned reconnaissance plane, Major General Stanley Hawk, the commander of the US Mardan front line, and commander of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division, smiled slightly. If the Palestinian army huddled near Islamabad and defended step by step based on the terrain and fortress, it would be a big trouble for him when he could not gain air superiority. However, now the Pakistani army attacked strongly and pulled him to the periphery of Islamabad to fight him to the decisive battle with him, which was just his wish. The battle situation has been progressing so far, but it has been very smooth. As for the two Pakistani divisions that need to be faced next, Major General Hawk has not taken it seriously.

Major General Hawke pondered for a while, turned to Brigadier General Charlie Brock, who was beside him, and said, "Charlie, how far are we from the Indas River now?"

"About 40 kilometers." Brigadier General Charlie Brock obviously put a lot of effort into the operation route in Pakistan, so he came to the point of opening his mouth. Starting from Peshawar to attack Islamabad, the biggest obstacle was the Indas River in the Atak region west of Islamabad. Due to a dam built in the upper reaches of the Indas River in the north of the Atak region, the Indas River in the west of the Atak region formed a river beach swamp area several kilometers wide. If the Pakistanis blow up the Indas Bridge on the M1 and N5 roads, it would be quite troublesome for Major General Hawke.

"Charlie, do you think the Pakistani army can blow up the Indas Bridge on the M1 Highway?" asked Major General Hawke.

"I don't think so," Brigadier General Brock said that he had already studied this issue. "The Pakistani army has not yet surrendered. They always fantasize about counterattacking us. The three bridges they built on the Indas River are the main passages through which their heavy equipment passes. They will not easily blow up these bridges until their main armored forces are annihilated."

Major General Hawke nodded, obviously, this was good news. In front of him, the 1st Tank Battalion and the 2nd Tank Battalion, who were responsible for the opening mission, formed an invincible sharp knife together with the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of the Attack Helicopter Battalion, which maintained a battle speed of 30 kilometers per hour, while the 1st Mechanical Battalion and 2nd Mechanical Battalion, which followed, drove the M2 combat vehicle to clear away the remaining defeated soldiers left by the Ba army along the way. Major General Hawke himself led a large army to follow, forming a long dragon of several kilometers.

At high altitude, the Winglong Unmanned Reconnaissance Plane, which urgently supported the Pakistani army, sent every move of the US Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division back to the Pakistani Army's Atak Front Command. Lieutenant General Mohammad Latif watched the Pakistani army temporarily set up a fortress and was destroyed by the US M1A2SEP tank or longbow Apache without any effect. The rockets launched by the bazooka attacker ambushed by the roadside were completely ineffective for the M1A2 tanks, and he couldn't help but frown. The Pakistani army has always been relatively tight. Equipment such as the PLA Red Arrow-8 anti-tank missile is rarely equipped with such a weapon, which makes the Pakistani army's ordinary troops powerless against the US main battle tanks.

The same situation also occurred on the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army on the N5 Highway.

Lieutenant General Latif sighed and finally ordered the troops lurking on the front line to no longer launch futile attacks on the US tank troops, but to retreat to the mountains on both sides of the M1 Highway to wait for a new opportunity. This kind of harassment from small troops is no longer related to the situation of the war, but is only in vain.

However, when setting the battlefield on the east or west bank of the Indas River, Lieutenant General Latif hesitated for a long time before he made up his mind to "order the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Destroyers to attack and destroy the longbow of the US forward along the M1 and N5 roads!" Lieutenant General Latif ordered the combat staff around him, "order the Independent 1st Armored Brigade and 3rd Armored Division to cross the Indas River and intercept the US troops on the west bank of the Indas River!" Lieutenant General Latif was reluctant to blow up the three bridges that he had built after finally building. Although for this battle, blowing up these three bridges would make the US attack more difficult, and the Pakistani army could have a greater advantage in half-crossing.

But in the same way, if the Pakistani army wants to counterattack and conquer the lost ground and blow up these three bridges, the Pakistani army will have to detour hundreds of kilometers before it can enter Peshawar westward. Whether it is the Independent 1st Armored Brigade or the 3rd Armored Division, they are the first-class elite in the Pakistani army. They have the strongest main battle tanks in service in the PLA, and the strong attack power of the Destroyer drone and the air-ground joint combat tactical system, Lieutenant General Latif has strong confidence in them.

However, as soon as the Pakistani Destroyer drone moved, the US E-3C early warning aircraft that was performing early warning missions in the air discovered their traces. Although the US military has not encountered such unmanned fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army, it is already very familiar with them. The Destroyer drone shined in the battle to destroy the main battleships of the Japanese Second Guard Group, which attracted the attention of the US military.

The US generals were amazed at the level of waste utilization in the PLA. Although this is a transformation based on an extremely old second-generation aircraft, this drone can break through the Japanese main destroyer air defense system based on the US Aegis defense system, which is definitely a huge threat to the US Navy. Because of this, the US military has thoroughly studied this drone.

In the eyes of the US military, this is a powerful weapon with very distinct characteristics. Its attack power and flexibility are many times stronger than cruise missiles or ballistic missiles, but its weakness is also obvious, that is, it is easy to expose its whereabouts and has almost no self-protection ability in the face of air fighter attacks. Therefore, as long as the distance is wide, any fighter aircraft based on the US Navy can solve these drones extremely easily. The problem is to give carrier-based aircraft enough time and space, and the PLA often dispatches 3,400 to cluster combat. Now, US aircraft carriers are afraid to enter the 500-kilometer waters of the PLA defense line, so that they need to leave enough time and space to solve them and prevent the entire fleet from being beaten to death by cowardly.

Speaking of which, the difference between an elite naval guard group of the Japanese army and a US aircraft carrier battle group is that it has one more aircraft carrier and a carrier-based aircraft wing, but such an elite maritime force was piled up to death by scrapped old aircraft like the People's Liberation Army.

With such a lesson in history, the US military has always been very alert to the UAV such as the People's Liberation Army and has long prepared various targeted tactics. Therefore, when the air early warning aircraft discovered the Pakistani Destroyer drone, the US front-line commander quickly responded. The "Avengers" air defense missile battalion, originally affiliated with the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division and the 10th Mountain Division, immediately stepped forward and followed behind the M1A2SEP Forward Tank Battalion to provide air protection for the forward.

The US "Avengers" air defense missile battalion uses Hummer multi-purpose off-road vehicles as a maneuver platform and has extremely strong maneuverability. However, the "Sthorn" air defense missile is equipped with an effective shooting height of 3,800 meters and a range of 8,000 meters. It must follow the Forward Battalion to provide effective air defense capabilities.

In the previous actual battle of the Battle of Lahore, the "Avengers" air defense missile battalion, which was equipped with the American mechanized infantry division of the Indian army, caused the Pakistani army's Destroyer drone to suffer a lot, and the US military naturally had full confidence in this.

Although the US military's action is not very big, the Pakistani unmanned reconnaissance aircraft and lurking scouts in the air still transmitted the changes of the US military back to the Pakistani Atak Front Command. After all, the appearance characteristics of the "Avenger" air defense missile system based on Hummer off-road vehicles are quite obvious.

"General Latif, judging from the latest situation of the US military, they have discovered our drones and now they are ready for the air defense of their vans. In this case, I suggest that the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Destroyers are temporarily on standby over Atak." PLA Colonel Zhao Zezhong suggested that as part of the China-Pakistan military cooperation agreement, the PLA openly sent a large number of middle and senior staff members to the Pakistani command centers at all levels as military advisers. Zhao Zezhong, who serves as military advisers at the Atak Regional Front Command, is the chief of staff of a brigade of the Northwest Military Region. He has rich experience in the integrated air-ground combat between armored and Destroyers drones.

"But, without the Destroyer drone assisting the war, our ground tank troops alone would not pose any threat to the US longbow Apache armed helicopter." Lieutenant General Latif said. Of course, he knew what the US "Avenger" air defense system meant to the Destroyer drone, but how could it be without sacrifice in this situation?

"We can consider putting them in and fighting again." Colonel Zhao Zezhong pointed to the location on the electronic map, "We temporarily retreated the main force from these two places to the edge of the Indas River." The place Zhao Zezhong pointed out was the decisive battle site where Lieutenant General Latif ordered to defend the death before. If you retreat another 5 or 6 kilometers, you will be the Indas River.

Lieutenant General Latif looked at Zhao Zezhong with some confusion. Retreat here is a battle against the two armored troops crossing the river. If there is any mistake, there is no room for retreat. To retreat on the two bridges across Indas under the US tank and the longbow Apache armed helicopter, it is equivalent to treating others as a target. Although Lieutenant General Latif is full of confidence in his two elite troops, what if there is any mistake?
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