But Lieutenant General Latif knew that Colonel Zhao Zezhong was not aimless, he was waiting for an explanation.

Sure enough, when Colonel Zhao Zezhong revealed his plans, Lieutenant General Latif nodded frequently and finally adopted Colonel Zhao Zezhong's suggestion. Soon, the armored vanguard battalion, which was attacking on the left wing of the Pakistani army, suddenly turned around and started to retreat to the west bank of the Indas River about 20 kilometers away from the US army.

Although the Pakistani army's tactical action is quite strange, the US military did not follow the Pakistani army's new action. They still adhered to the established tactical plan and kept the ground tanks and the longbow Apache in the air in a step. They did not let the longbow Apache, which has strong maneuverability and anti-tank capabilities attack alone because this looked like a rare fighter.

Not only that, in order to ensure the safety of the longbow Apache, the US longbow Apache maintained a height of more than 2,500 meters before the ground armored forces launched an attack. At this distance, the current known ground air defense firepower of the Pakistani armored forces is basically not enough.

In the eyes of Major General Hawke of the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division and Major General Smith of the 10th Mountain Division, the US military now has M1A2SEP main battle tanks on the ground, longbow Apache in the air, and then the Avengers air defense missile battalion and mechanized infantry fighting vehicle teams keep up with the protection. Such strength and equipment is enough to crush them all the way upright, and there is no need to get out of the way and fall into the possible strategy of the Pakistani army.

According to intelligence, the Pakistani army, which has always been economically tight, has limited investment in ground air defense missile systems. They lack the sufficient medium and low altitude air defense firepower as equipped as the US military. Otherwise, if the Pakistani army equipped the air defense missile battalion similar to the "Avengers" in the People's Liberation Army, the Flying-90 air defense missile system with a considerable maneuverability and air defense firepower, the US military's attack lineup will be full of flaws.

This is to bully the Pakistani army, far from the US military in terms of weapons and equipment, can’t afford armed helicopters and aircraft, and ground air defense missile systems can’t afford it. Even the People’s Liberation Army’s Type 99 series main battle tanks are equipped with the first division and brigade. This is also a long-term loan provided by China, and it needs to be processed and sold to pay off the debts.

So whether it was the Pakistani army's attack or retreat, the two commanders on the US front were unmoved and just proceeded as planned.

In the midst of the dust caused by the retreat of the Pakistani tank troops, no one noticed that a few small troops sailing upstream from the east bank of the Indas River quietly scattered into the bare hills on both sides of the Pakistani retreat road. Most of these earth-brown hills were 2,300 meters high, not far from the N5 Highway, just about 2,300 kilometers away.

Although the U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. U.S. military’s unmanned reconnaissance aircraft found some people moving in the hills, due to the sparse number, facing the US fully mechanized armored team, these combatants were just like the Pakistani armed forces in front of them and took their own destruction. After traveling from Peshawar, there were too many similar situations encountered by the U.S. military. In most cases, the U.S. tank troops ignored them at all. Their light firepower was powerless to the U.S. armored forces.

Once they start shooting, the US military's M2 Bradley tank will come forward and use a 25mm chain gun or a 7.62mm machine gun to strafuse them, and they will be able to destroy them in the mountains and fields. In response to this infantry with only light firepower, the Bradley tank is extremely sharp.

Soon, the Pakistani tank troops retreated near the Indas River Bridge, and the distance between the forward tanks of both sides narrowed from 20 kilometers to less than 10 kilometers, and the war was about to break out.

The Pakistani captain Sajad, who was ambushing in the valley, looked at the Hummer loaded with Avengers air defense missiles coming not far away, and his heartbeat could not resist accelerating. As a company commander of the Anti-Tank Missile Battalion of the elite 5th Mechanized Infantry Division of the Pakistani army, Sajad had six Red Arrow-8M Anti-Tank Missile Squads under his command, and was ordered to ambush them in several nearby valleys today.

"Note! No. 1, 2 and 3 aim at the Hummer in the front row from left to right, No. 4, 5 and 6 aim at the Hummer in the back row from left to right, and wait for my order and then shoot at the same time! After the first round of strikes, you must immediately transfer the position, and wait until the first round of fire strikes of the US military re-targets the remaining Hummers." Sajad swallowed and calmed down and said in Urdu. Soon his orders spread throughout the six Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile squads lurking in nearby valleys.

The 16 Hummers of the US military lined up in 4 rows and followed the tank battalions. In front and behind were two M2 Bradley tanks. The machine guns and machine guns on them were all facing the direction of the valley, ready to shoot at any time. As we walked from Peshawar, the 10th Mountain Division of the US military was harassed by small Pakistani troops. However, under the attack of the M2 Bradley tank, the small troops of the Pakistani army usually ended in a bleak situation. Even if the Pakistani army attacked with weapons such as rocket launchers, it was of little use to the M2 Bradley tank. The machine guns and machine guns that poured out of the past cannons and machine guns often made the attacking Pakistani army into a sieve towards the area where the smoke was not exhausted after the rocket was fired.

Now both sides of the expressway are relatively wide and there is no ambush at all. As for the valley 2 or 3 kilometers away from the highway, the US military believes that at this distance, the common RPG series bazooka of the Pakistani army cannot play any role at all.

As the teams finished their return and aimed, Captain Sajad finally issued a shooting order. The six Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missiles sounded a shrill sound, as if they were directly rushing towards the Avenger Hummer that was traveling about 30 kilometers with the greetings of death. When the anti-tank missile launcher was not exhausted, the Pakistani attack team was busy shifting positions.

The driver of the US Hummer military vehicle who was advancing at a constant speed heard a shrill sound. When he turned his head, he saw fire-breathing objects appearing out of the hill next to him. He couldn't help but look blue in fear. He subconsciously stepped on the accelerator to the extreme. The Hummer vehicle instantly roared and accelerated forward, but it was too late at this time. The roaring Red Arrow-8M missile seemed to have eyes, accurately hitting five Hummer military vehicles in front and back. Only one of them took off and hit the railing of the highway next to him.

The Hummer, which had almost no armored defense, quickly split into countless flying parts in the violent explosion. The violent shock waves emitted by the stinger air defense missiles that had exploded overturned a Hummer military vehicle that had not been hit next to it. In a blink of an eye, the US military lost 8 Hummer military vehicles loaded with the Avenger air defense missile system!

However, the US M2 Bradley tank, which had always been highly alert, did not react slowly. After hearing the whistle, it took only ten seconds to complete the observation, aiming and fire. The four "big venomous snake" chain machine guns roared at the four smoked places. The two groups of Pakistani Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile teams in the emergency transfer were not good, and the next hidden ambush site of the transfer was slightly farther away, causing the Pakistani soldiers carrying the launch device to be quickly hit by the USi machine gunfire and torn to pieces!

The surviving Pakistani soldiers did not care about the casualties of their comrades and fought to the death to prepare to grab the launch device of the Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile. However, after being exposed, they became targets of the US military and were soon broken by the "Big Viper" machine guns. In just a few dozen seconds, the two Pakistani Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile teams that launched the attack were completely destroyed.

Braving the fierce artillery fire of the US military, Captain Sajad endured the severe pain of casualties from his comrades and calmly commanded the remaining four teams to find new shooting opportunities. Unfortunately, during the aiming process, another team was accidentally exposed to the US firepower and was destroyed again. By the time Sajad ordered the second time to shoot, only three teams under his command had launched anti-tank missiles. This time they were not lucky. The U.S. Hummer military vehicles all accelerated their speed after the attack just now, and they began to move into the S-shaped, causing the Pakistani army's three anti-tank missiles to hit only one.

When there was no echo in Sajad's headphones, there were only four Hummers left in a Avenger Air Defense Missile Battalion of the US Forward. Sajad endured his inner grief and quickly sent the results back to the Atak Command.

Lieutenant General Latif, anxiously waiting for the results of the front line, heard the results of the battles sent back by Sajad, and immediately ordered all the Destroyer drones hovering over Atak to press forward to the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army! The 40 Destroyer drones instantly accelerated to supersonic state, and in less than a minute they rushed towards the longbow Apache group of the 10th Mountain Division.

The Destroyer drone, which had an absolute advantage in mobility, rushed down from the sky, and red arrow-10 anti-tank missiles fell from the sky, opening the flowers of the US longbow Apache! After completing the destruction of the US longbow Apache group, the Destroyer drone, who had not used up its ammunition, then rushed towards the marching M1A2SEP tank battalion that was moving on the ground of the US military. The attack from the top down caused the arrogant M1A2SEP tanks to be lifted off the top cover.

After being destroyed by 40 Destroyer UAVs, a 10th Mountain Division's Longbow Apache Cluster and nearly 30 M1A2SEPs of the Forward Battalion were completely destroyed.
Chapter completed!