160: Chapter 160 successfully advanced the battle line by several tens of kilometers.

With the armored vehicles committed to the pursuit, the Opposition Armed Forces had absolutely no chance to escape.

Although the person in charge of Dairo ordered them to scatter and flee upon realizing that the Syria military was coming in pursuit, they were still unable to evacuate in time.

Without the cover of defensive fortifications, the combat effectiveness of the Opposition Armed Forces that were caught in the pursuit plummeted.

They were pinned down by the heavy firepower of the Fierce Tiger series Armored Vehicle, with some choosing to surrender immediately, while those who resisted stubbornly were killed by artillery fire.

The pursuit operation lasted for a full day before it was completed.

In the end, the majority of the fleeing Opposition Armed Forces were annihilated, with only a small number managing to escape by discarding all their weapons and disguising themselves as civilians, though whether they would be discovered during searches remained unknown.

The mechanized infantry brigade besieging Dairo was still fighting.

Since there were still many Opposition Armed Forces left behind who showed no intention of surrendering even while besieged, the Syria military had no choice but to engage in final urban combat.

This resulted in low offensive efficiency.

Fortunately, the mechanized infantry brigade that had been in pursuit returned to join the final battle.

After a full day and night of comprehensive clearing, there were no longer any organized groups of Opposition Armed Forces in Dairo, only a small number of stragglers remained.

With the battle for Dairo concluded, the casualty reports for the four mechanized infantry brigades responsible for the attack were compiled.

In just over 10 days of fighting, the Syria military suffered over 2,000 combat casualties, with more than 8,000 officers and soldiers injured, including over 1,000 who were seriously wounded.

Having lost nearly half a mechanized infantry brigade's worth of strength, Major General Zaha felt a headache coming on after hearing the report.

But it was fortunate that the Opposition Armed Forces in Dairo had been annihilated, the city had been successfully occupied, and the offensive front line had been pushed forward by a significant distance.

The losses of weapons and ammunition were also significant: over 20 units of Fierce Rhino series Tank were lost, over 50 units of Fierce Tiger series Armored Vehicle were lost, over 10 units of Fierce Lion series Artillery were lost, and 3 units of Sky Dragon Mark I UAV were lost.

The consumption of various types of artillery shells exceeded 10,000.

Major General Zaha was also deeply distressed by these losses of weapons and ammunition; if such high-intensity combat were to continue, the weapons and ammunition he had prepared would not last very long.

Fortunately, there were not many battlefields of such intensity.

At the same time the battle for Dairo began, fighting was also underway in several other regions in northern Syria.

Due to the deployment of 12 mechanized infantry brigades and 3 artillery brigades, the results of the offensive were quite encouraging, basically achieving the predetermined operational objectives and successfully occupying multiple cities.

However, the losses also made Major General Zaha wince; not only were there significant personnel casualties, but there were also considerable losses of weapons and equipment, and high ammunition consumption.

Major General Zaha had to order the timely replenishment of various weapons, equipment, and ammunition to avoid affecting subsequent battles.

After nearly half a month of fighting, the Syria military successfully pushed the front line forward by tens of kilometers, with the furthest advance exceeding 50 kilometers, bringing them closer and closer to the military base controlled by the USA.

As long as they continued with two more advances of this scale, the Syria military would be able to engage the USA military face-to-face.

Of course, it was unlikely that the USA military would just wait for the Syria military to advance to their military base; they would likely respond in advance, meaning the time for the two sides to encounter each other would be sooner and faster.

By then, the intensity of the war would be even more brutal, but it was unclear how the USA would respond to the offensive from Syria.

Would they send reinforcements into Syria, or would they evacuate their troops from Syria in time to avoid being annihilated?

Major General Zaha did not dwell on the subsequent development of the war; the immediate priority was to have the troops rest and resupply so that the next offensive could begin immediately.

It was impossible to keep the troops in high-intensity combat without rest; taking advantage of the time to resupply weapons and ammunition for a temporary rest would allow the army to recover its combat effectiveness.

While the fighting was in full swing in northern Syria, the northwestern region and the Golan Heights region were also successively drawn into the conflict, but the combat intensity was very low, and the number of troops deployed was far less than in the fighting on Major General Zaha's side.

The forces facing the northwestern region of Syria, namely Turkey and the local armed groups it supported, did not want to enter the battle immediately, and Colonel Urbi, who was responsible for command in this direction, had no intention of committing a large number of troops to launch an attack.

After all, the task assigned to him was primarily defensive; only after the offensive led by Major General Zaha became clear would he launch attacks in other directions, so as to avoid being trapped in a situation of insufficient troops due to fighting on all fronts.

Under a tacit understanding between the two sides, few troops were deployed, the scale of the conflicts that occurred was not very large, and neither side was blinded by rage or chose to commit forces to overwhelm the other.

Therefore, the losses of weapons and ammunition were not worth mentioning compared to those of Major General Zaha.

Fighting also broke out in the direction of the Golan Heights; the Israel military, having learned that the Syria military had launched a large-scale offensive in the northern region, assumed that the Syria military had transferred most of its forces to the north and that there was an opportunity to be exploited, so they dispatched an armored division to launch an attack on the Golan Heights.

The Syria military and the Glass House troops responsible for defending the Golan Heights were not intimidated by the attack from Israel; because their weapons and equipment were fully replenished, there was no gap in strength compared to the armored division of Israel, and they were even more well-equipped in many areas.

In the three probing attacks launched by Israel, they were quickly repelled, and many Israel troops were annihilated, which forced the armored division commander to pause the attack and conduct reconnaissance in a timely manner.

The intelligence from the reconnaissance shocked the Israel military; the Syria military had not sent its main force to the northern region, and there were still many troops stationed in the Golan Heights, equipped with a significant number of armored vehicles, which instantly extinguished the offensive momentum of Israel.

Furthermore, the armored division's offensive was not going well; three consecutive probing attacks had failed to achieve the expected results, and continuing to attack would not lead to the complete occupation of the Golan Heights unless Israel was willing to commit more armored divisions.

However, Israel only had 3 armored divisions and 4 mechanized infantry brigades; if they committed too many troops, their domestic forces would be insufficient, and it would be impossible to control the domestic situation and prevent Palestine from finding opportunities to attack.

Of course, it was possible for Israel to overcome the shortage of troops, as long as they conducted mobilization to replenish their forces.

It was just that, in the view of the Israel military, such mobilization was not yet necessary.

Thus, apart from being a bit intense in the beginning, the fighting in the Golan Heights gradually subsided.

General Faraj was very happy about this; as long as they were not engaged in combat on multiple fronts simultaneously, the Syria military had enough strength.