Before dawn, all the reconnaissance troops sent out by Wang Dong rushed back.

Although Admiral Bashir provided a lot of information, many of them were not accurate, otherwise, Wang Dong would not have sent people to investigate.

In fact, these scouts did not enter the Indian army-controlled city.

Why?

Just to find out the deployment of the Indian army, there is no need to let the scouts take risks at all, it is enough to use small UAVs.

The next thing to do is to draw up an operational plan based on the deployment of the Indian army.

Of course, this is a hassle and will take some time.

Luckily, there's still some time.

A large number of heavy equipment has not yet arrived, and a number of combat units have not yet arrived, and the combatants have to be acquainted with the urban environment of Jammu.

Obviously, all of this takes time.

While eating breakfast, Wang Dong received a message from Yunlong.

The Indian authorities have promised to negotiate with Pakistan, to be precise, contacts, and diplomats from both sides have met at United Nations headquarters.

The key remains the ceasefire position.

India insists on returning to where it was before the conflict broke out, while Pakistan insists on a ceasefire on the spot.

In addition, the Pakistani Prime Minister made a televised speech last night, saying that the Pakistani army would not retreat.

The implication is that India has the ability to fight the Pakistani army back.

Of course, this is more of a pressure on the United Nations not to talk about anything before a ceasefire, because this is a war provoked by India.

Pakistan has suffered huge losses and will never give up the gains it has already made.

Subsequently, Admiral al-Bashir came over and told Wang Dong that the Pakistani authorities had ordered a 12-hour extension of the ceasefire, but that it would not be extended.

To put it bluntly, if India still insists on retreating to where it was before the conflict broke out, the Pakistani army will resume its offensive tonight.

Will the Indian authorities agree to a ceasefire on the spot?

Apparently not.

Why?

So far, the Indian authorities have not admitted that they are negotiating with Pakistan, saying that they are responding to the call of the United Nations Security Council, the United States, Japan and other countries to contact Pakistan on the issue of a ceasefire, and they are only sending ambassadors to the United Nations, which is a low-level contact.

If India really wants to negotiate with Pakistan, it should be at least at the level of deputy foreign minister.

In fact, it is unlikely that the Indian authorities will be able to negotiate with Pakistan under the existing circumstances.

Why?

As soon as negotiations begin, the Indian authorities will be finished.

At that time, the Indian prime minister will have to step down without the Pakistani army reaching New Delhi.

In the morning, the first batch of heavy equipment arrived.

A battalion of "Khalid 2" main battle tanks.

However, these tanks, which were leased by Saudi Arabia to Angu, are not unlike those in Pakistan in that they are equipped with the latest reactive armor, remote-controlled weapon stations, and the latest models equipped with 30-mm machine guns and side-by-side machine guns.

This thing is prepared for urban warfare.

Why?

Tank guns have limited elevation angles, so operating in the city, it is difficult to deal with targets at heights.

In the past, it was generally coordinated by infantry fighting vehicles and even self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

With a remotely controlled weapon station, the problem is much simpler.

Of course, the 30mm cannon was enough to deal with most of the targets in the city.

If you encounter a target that you can't deal with, you can use tank guns to solve it, or call in air support and artillery support.

As for the reactive armor that covers the turret and body, it is a must for urban warfare.

By the afternoon, the second group of troops arrived.

At the same time, there was also heavy equipment of the second battalion.

Not some advanced equipment, more than two dozen 120-mm mortars.

This thing is also a weapon of urban warfare.

Don't look advanced enough, but in urban warfare, the defenders are most afraid of large-caliber mortars.

Against close-range targets, the mortar can be used as a howitzer.

If it is indirect aiming, then use it as a mortar.

And most importantly, the power of large-caliber mortars is quite amazing.

The shells of 120-mm mortars, which have a larger charge than 155-mm grenades, have amazing lethality against targets such as fortifications.

In fact, in many cases, mortars are used by attacking forces as a weapon for demolishing houses.

During the Syrian civil war, the Russian army and the Syrian government army often sent large-caliber mortars to the front line, directly demolishing buildings guarded by rebels or extremist groups.

It can be said that the army defending the city would rather face tanks than large-caliber mortars.

In the evening, ammunition was also delivered.

Al-Bashir sent a message that no order was received from the General Staff to extend the ceasefire, so the offensive operation would begin after dark.

In fact, by the time he sent the message, the offensive had already begun.

At that time, Wang Dong and the others were having dinner.

When the shelling began, everyone was taken aback, but then it turned out that it was the Pakistani army that was firing, and the unfortunate Indian army in the city was unlucky.

After half an hour of high-intensity shelling, the Pakistani artillery began to focus on clearing the buildings guarded by the Indian army.

In fact, in the afternoon, Wang Dong handed over the battlefield information obtained to the Pakistani artillery, and asked the Pakistani artillery to destroy the main stronghold of the Indian army before launching an attack.

It doesn't matter how many Indian troops can be killed, the key is to defeat the fighting spirit of the Indian army.

Obviously, such a target is directed at a well-defined and focused artillery strike, which is much more effective than a large-scale shelling.

For the Indian army defending the city, this meant that any stronghold was no longer safe.

At 19:30, the ground forces of the Pakistani army entered the battle.

Wang Dong did not send out his troops, and their task was to change shifts with the Pakistani army during the day.

This was the result of a consultation with Admiral Bashir, that is, the Pakistani army attacked at night, and Wang Dong's troops attacked during the day, so as to maintain the intensity of the attack and leave the Indian army without rest.

According to al-Bashir's estimates, as long as the intensity of the offensive does not decrease, the Indian army can be defeated within five days.

It's just that Wang Dong and the others are not idle.

When the Pakistani army attacked, Wang Dong sent the reconnaissance force out again.

Why?

To guide the target of the attacking Pakistani ground forces, to be precise, it is to use small drones to monitor the Indian army, so that the Pakistani army can master the defensive deployment of the Indian army.

Actually, that's enough.

In the past few days, the Pakistani army suffered heavy losses in the offensive because it did not accurately grasp the situation of the Indian army.

It's not that Pakistan can't afford to buy small drones, but in the Pakistani army, not many officers and soldiers can use and operate such high-tech gadgets.

In addition, there are some problems with the command system of the Pakistani army.

Of course, there is no way around it.

Pakistan cannot build a national defense force in the same way that Wang Dong built a private army, and Pakistan does not have the economic power to do so.

Fierce fighting was fought all night.

Although the Pakistani army advanced more than the previous days combined, the Indian army still resisted and fought very tenaciously.

As the sky brightened, it was finally Wang Dong's turn to play.