(Mainly inspired by the ongoing Russian-Ukraine Conflict, minor inspiration from the film 'Fury'.)

TO YOUR CAUTION!!! THIS STORY IS BASED ON AN ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE!!! ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE!!! ALTERNATIVE TIMELINE I've said it enough times just in case a certain group of people gets triggered... I'm not a political type of guy!I wrote this without any political intentions! I just wanted to write a modernized tank battle with griffons and dragons! PLEASE don't open fire on me! Thank you for understanding!!!

It had been more than 2 moons since the beginning of the war, roles switched; the once-invading Draconians were now halted and slowly driven back to the borders. However, more aggressive retaliations were coming from both sides. But the overall war progress is benefitting the Equestrians.

Gerald 'Blitz' Thunderhooves, commander of his Leopard 2A6 '331' Blitzwing MBT, was separated from the rest of his battalion during an all-out retaliation against the Draconian 106th Armor Battalion. Gerald found himself within the enemy EM interference zone to add more disadvantage to his crew. Now he's completely strained with little hope of getting reinforcements.

Gerald and his crew would have to crawl back to friendly forces while being hunted by groups of hostile armors. Throughout their perilous quest, the crew of 'Blitzwing' discovers the true intention of the Draconians' so-called 'retreat'.

They only have a limited amount of time to get this valuable information back to their side to prevent a possible heavy loss of friendly forces.

The Second Draco-Equestrian War is nearing its end, with the Draconian Army in full defeat. It's the finale, the Equestrians are to take back their major city occupied by the Draconians for the past 2 years. This is the 'Battle of Las Pegasus."

However, the Equestrian, in return, faced the toughest resistance from the Draconians. That's when the ERAF faced heavy losses due to an enemy Ace they once thought was extinguished after the 'Ghost 13's permanent retirement...

It was only known that this Draconian Ace's callsign is Checkmate.

Equestrian high ranks had no other choices, the once legendary 'Archangel' squadron had lost its most elite members, and they were at the edge of destruction...

At that point, further training inland is proven to have taken too long and the battlefront situation is critical. They turned their attention to the Mikiro Mercenaries.

In response, Mikiro sent their deadliest mercenary fighter pilot.