The 1st Independent Armored Brigade of the Pakistani Army is composed of 5 ZTZ-99S tank battalions and an electronic countermeasure composite battalion, which is one of the most powerful armored forces in the armored forces of the Pakistani Army, and the independent 3rd Armored Division, which is composed of all ZTZ-99A2 tanks, has its own advantages, although the number of tanks in the latter is 4 battalions more, but due to the lack of one of the latest electronic countermeasures composite battalion of the PLA, it is in the middle of the independent first armored brigade in terms of combat strength.

When the destroyer drone attacked, the first and second battalions of the tanks of the Pakistani Army's independent armored brigade formed a 2-kilometer-wide array and charged forward at full power.

In order to maintain the protection ability of ZTZ-99A2 under lighter weight, ZTZ-99S is not only made of special high-strength alloy steel newly developed by Duch Heavy Industries, but also uses a lot of new processes and composite ceramics in the middle, so that while maintaining the protection ability of ZTZ-99A2, the total combat weight of ZTZ-99S is only more than 40 tons.

In terms of power, the DSM uses the latest gas turbocharged diesel engine with a maximum power of more than 1650 horsepower, so that the off-road speed of the ZTZ-99S can easily reach 65 km/h, which is close to the road speed of the US military M1A2SEP, and the road travel speed has reached an astonishing 83 km/h.

Therefore, the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 1st Independent Armored Brigade of the Pakistani Army, which were advancing at full speed, only took a few minutes to hit the two tank forward battalions of the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army that had just been destroyed by the Devastator drone, although the two sides were still about 4 kilometers apart, but because each ZTZ-99S was equipped with 4 artillery missiles that could be attacked remotely, and the US M1A2SEP was also equipped with a unique TREM tank range extender projectile, so this distance has entered the long-range attack range of both sides.

After eliminating the U.S. Army's Longbow Apache helicopter and the Avenger air defense battalion, the Pakistani Army's Pterodactyl UAV can be pressed to an altitude of about 3,000 meters to conduct reconnaissance closer to the battlefield, directly providing detailed intelligence support for the Pakistani Army's tank theater joint combat and tactical system, so that the Pakistani Army's more than 80 ZTZ-99S tank fire control systems on the march are aimed and provide observation data, and at the same time, the electronic countermeasures composite battalion that follows up in the rear begins to release strong jamming signals. Strong electronic jamming of communications and electronic systems between US tanks.

In this way, the two tank battalions of the US army, which were originally disrupted by the destroyer drone, immediately fell into a situation of fighting on their own, and could not receive the information transmitted back by the Predator unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the sky, and could only rely on the infrared and telescopes on the tanks for observation, and at a distance of about 4 kilometers, the US tankers could only barely observe the tanks of the first array of the Pakistani army's forward by relying on these systems.

Therefore, when more than 40 tanks of the Pakistani army's forward took the lead in firing and launched the first round of attacks on the US M1A2SEP with artillery-launched missiles, the US side only opened fire on more than 10 tanks in front of them, and launched a counterattack against the Pakistani army with M1A2SEP unique TREM tank range extender shells.

However, in the blink of an eye, more than 20 tanks of the US striker were hit, and thick black smoke began to rise or violent explosions occurred, showing that in this first round of long-range attacks, the US troops suffered heavy losses, relatively speaking, only 3 tanks of the Pakistani army were hit by the US troops, 2 of which were able to continue to advance, and only one was hit by the key point and lost its combat capability.

In the first round of ultra-long-range duel, the Pakistani army's ZTZ-99S main battle tank obviously occupies an absolute advantage, due to the perfect air-ground integrated observation system to provide accurate U.S. tank position and travel information, the Pakistani army's ZTZ-99S main battle tank highly intelligent fire control system, guide the Pakistani artillery fire to accurately destroy the target, with a strong hit rate; In contrast, the US tanks were only able to rely on the single-aircraft fire control system to aim under the electronic suppression of the Pakistani army, which was originally a big difference in accuracy, and the mobility of the Pakistani tanks was far stronger than that of the huge US M1A2SEP, which caused the Pakistani army to take the lead in a long-range duel rarely seen in the history of tank warfare.

In the next battle, the Pakistani army's ZTZ-99S tank was even more dominant, although the Pakistani army had more advantages in long-range combat, but because the Pterodactyl UAV found that the U.S. military's M2 Bradley combat vehicle was accelerating reinforcements, the two tank battalions of the Pakistani army continued to advance with the idea of a quick battle and a quick victory, shortening the distance between the two sides.

When more Pakistani tanks entered the effective combat range, the advantage of cluster firepower was more obvious, so in the second round of firepower strikes, almost all of the remaining more than 80 tanks of the Pakistani army aimed at more than 40 of the opponent and fired, while the US side only had about 20 tanks had the opportunity to fire in a hurry, so after the completion of the second round of strikes, the two tank forward battalions of the US army were almost completely wiped out, and for a time the position was full of smoked US tank ruins.

From the attack of the Sajjad Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile company to the attack of the destroyer drone and the attack of the tank battalion, in just over 20 minutes, the Pakistani army almost annihilated one Avenger anti-aircraft missile battalion and two M1A2SEP tank battalions of the US army, which was the largest ground operation since the joint attack of India and the United States against Pakistan.

For the Pakistani army, which was almost pressed and beaten during this time, this is of course a great result. Especially now the casualties of the Pakistani army are still very small, except for Sajjad's Red Arrow-8M anti-tank missile company, which is almost completely wiped out, the Destroyer UAV has lost less than 10 units, and the ZTZ-99S has only lost 7 units so far!

"General Latif, it's not yet time to celebrate, the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army still has hundreds of M2 Bradley fighting vehicles with strong anti-tank capabilities, and now in addition to ordering the 1st Independent Armored Brigade to press up as soon as possible, it is also necessary to order the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division Combat Vehicle Unit and the Anti-aircraft Artillery Air Defense Battalion to move forward immediately, and take the 10th Mountain Division in one fell swoop as soon as possible before the US army has time to react! I'm afraid that new variables will arise when it's too late. Colonel Zhao Zezhong did not join the celebration of the Pakistani army, and after carefully studying the reconnaissance intelligence pictures of the scene transmitted by the Pterodactyl drone, he very cautiously suggested to Lieutenant General Latif.

The U.S. military is not a good stubble, and now it has been more than 20 minutes since the Destroyer drone sortie, Colonel Zhao Zezhong is worried that the U.S. air support will come soon, and the U.S. military now has two sources of air support, on the one hand, the longbow Apache from the fourth mechanized infantry division on the left flank of the U.S. army, and on the other hand, the U.S. Navy and Air Force fighters from the Gulf region.

Although the fighters taking off from Afghanistan are under the supervision of the Pakistani army's ground-based radar system and airborne early warning planes, and the Pakistan Air Force and the PLA Air Force are engaged in confrontation, Zhao Zezhong knows that the US military not only has an air base in Afghanistan, but also has more than 100 fighters that have not yet been dispatched by the US military in the Gulf countries and even on the aircraft carriers in the Gulf.

Colonel Zhao Zezhong guessed correctly that when the Pakistani army's destroyer drones were dispatched to annihilate the Longbow Apache attack helicopter battalion of the 10th Mountain Division, Major General Smith of the 10th Mountain Division realized that the situation was not good, and immediately sent a message to the command asking for help and calling for air fire support.

At this moment, the US military immediately ordered 60 F/A-18 Super Hornets from the two aircraft carriers cruising in the US Gulf and more than 40 F-15E/F fighters from the US military base in Oman to send reinforcements, and they were rushing towards Islamabad at a speed of nearly 1,200 km/h.

At the moment, the fighters of the Pakistani army and the People's Liberation Army are fighting with the US fighters from Afghanistan, and apart from the J-20 flight regiment as the general reserve, they are now unable to draw up combat strength to deal with it.

Therefore, when the Pakistani radar early warning system discovered that a large number of US fighters had entered the territory from the south, the Pakistani army's high command was silent, and what was even more desperate was that about two squadrons of F-16C/D fighters of the Indian army were discovered on the eastern front, and the US military did not hesitate to exert tremendous pressure on the Indian army in order to rescue the troubled 10th Mountain Division and the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Division, and forced the Indian air force to reappear in Pakistan's airspace.

Lieutenant General Latif heeded the advice of Colonel Zhao Zezhong and not only ordered the 1st Independent Armored Brigade to speed up the attack, but also ordered two infantry battalions of the 5th Mechanized Infantry Division on the east bank of the Indas River to cross the river at full speed to join the attack. The 1st Separate Armored Brigade was in front of the enemy, destroying the two M2 Bradley Tank Battalions of the 10th Mountain Division in one go, although the M2 Bradley Tank had Dow anti-tank missiles, but in terms of fire control system and armor protection, it was much worse than M1A2SEP tanks, and the 1st Separate Armored Brigade fought hard to completely annihilate the two American M2 Bradley Tank Battalions after paying the price of more than a dozen tanks.

After learning that the 10th Mountain Division had been fiercely attacked, Major General Hawke of the 4th Mechanized Infantry Division of the US Army finally made up his mind to order the Longbow Apache helicopter gunship to reinforce them after learning that the 10th Mountain Division's Forward Tank Battalion and Avenger Missile Battalion had been wiped out. Although he is now under great pressure from the 3rd Separate Panzer Division, at this stage, the 10th Mountain Division clearly needs this valuable Longbow Apache helicopter gunship more than ever to counterattack.