Fifteen minutes later, when the Royal Saudi Air Force's Pterodactyl-2 drones arrived, the rebel artillery was gone.

As Wang Dong speculated, the M270s left the launch position after firing.

Wang Haotian did not give up, and continued to let the "Wing Loong" 2 hover at high altitude, using an infrared imaging camera equipped with a wide-angle lens to search for suspicious targets.

It's only fifteen minutes, and those M270s can't go far, no matter how fast they are.

Before the outbreak of the civil war, only one artillery battalion of the Iraqi Defense Forces received M270 rocket launchers supplied by the United States, and there were no more than 20 in total.

This artillery battalion was subordinate to the "Holy Land Male Division" brigade.

These M270s played a key role in the liberation of Mosul and later in the pursuit of terrorists, and are veritable gods of war.

In Mosul alone, thousands of terrorists were blown to pieces by the "steel rain" fired from the M270.

In the end, the extremist group abandoned Mosul, also because no one was able to survive the terrifying fire of the M270.

Thankfully, not a single M270 was damaged in battle.

There is nothing surprising that even with ordinary rockets, the M270 has a range of up to 30 km, and there is no need to venture out at all.

Because the power of the M270 is so great, and the extremist group has been defeated, the US military has not assisted the Iraqi Defense Forces after providing a battalion.

To deal with the terrorists who have become frightened birds, 20 M270s are more than enough.

It is precisely for this reason that these 20 M270s are regarded as treasures by the Iraqi Defense Forces.

Previously, the rebels did not use the M270 in the assault on Semavo, mainly the brigade of the "Holy Land Hung" brigade did not participate in the fighting of Semavo.

Soon, the "Pterodactyl" 2 spotted several suspicious targets at a distance of about five kilometers from the rebel artillery positions.

Judging from the footage taken by the infrared imaging camera, it should be several launch vehicles, because the engine has not yet cooled, so the infrared radiation signal is particularly obvious.

The rebels made equipment, such as building bunkers in advance, but it was not sufficient.

In the open desert, it is not an easy task to hide the huge rocket launcher, not to mention that it has only been more than ten minutes.

Wang Haotian did not delay, and immediately sent the images taken by the "Pterodactyl" 2 through the tactical data link.

In order to ensure sufficient time in the air, this "Wing Loong" 2 took off with full fuel and did not carry ground-strike ammunition, so it could only carry out reconnaissance missions.

Of course, this is not a problem.

More than 100 kilometers to the south, two Royal Saudi Air Force F-15SA fighters were on standby, waiting for reconnaissance planes to provide target information.

Two fighters, carrying a total of 24 500-pound GBU-30 guided bombs.

Because of the satellite guidance, these bombs are self-homing, and all the pilot has to do is enter the coordinates of the target before dropping the bomb.

Although the error is more than 10 meters, and the accuracy ratio is not that of laser-guided bombs, it is enough to deal with rocket launchers.

You know, the 500-pound MK-81 high-explosive bomb has a radius of up to 50 meters against lightly armored targets.

The launcher of the M270 is not a tank, and its protection capabilities are not even comparable to that of infantry fighting vehicles, which is comparable to ordinary armored vehicles, typical lightly armored targets.

Five minutes later, two F-15SAs each dropped six GBU-30s.

The results of the bombing were extremely satisfactory, with 12 bombs covering the area where the suspicious targets were located, and by the end of the bombing, all the suspicious targets had disappeared.

After confirmation, the "Pterodactyl" 2 turned to return home.

Because it is only equipped with an infrared imaging camera and does not have millimeter-wave synthetic aperture radar, the "Pterodactyl" 2 cannot perform screening tasks at night.

In addition, the Royal Saudi Air Force does not have reconnaissance aircraft equipped with synthetic aperture radar.

It can only be believed that the GBU-15, dropped by the F-30SA, has already destroyed the rocket artillery of the rebels.

After the "Pterodactyl" 2 turned to return home, two F-15SAs also flew away.

Although there are still many bombs that have not been used, there are other tasks for these two fighters, such as bombing the rebels in the east.

At this time, a semi-buried bunker was located less than a kilometer from the bombing area.

Giannini put down his binoculars and looked at the vehicles that were still burning in the distance with a blank expression, and the expressions of the officers next to him were also very grim.

It was not the launcher of the M270 that was destroyed, but several "Humvee" military vehicles that were about to be scrapped.

In addition, the suspicious targets found by the "Pterodactyl" 2 were also those military vehicles.

The shelling of Nasiriyah was not intended to take out the defenders, but to prove one of Giannini's speculations that Nasiriyah had a third party.

The attack on the vanguard, and the fact that most of the tanks and combat vehicles were destroyed by anti-tank missiles capable of attacking the top, made Giannini think of the question that Saudi Arabia and other Arab League countries had already sent troops to the war, at least sent special forces to participate in the war, and ambushed the vanguard.

Quite simply, among the possible adversaries only the Saudis have such anti-tank missiles, the RA-12ER.

Because such missiles have never been exported, Janini has enough reason to believe that Saudi special forces have reached Nasiriyah.

Obviously, the Saudi special forces brought more than the RA-12ER.

In Yemen, Saudi special forces mainly carry out reconnaissance and guidance missions, and when they detect an enemy, they immediately call for air strikes.

This set of tactics has also had a significant effect.

To this end, Giannini arranged an artillery operation.

Of course, Giannini, who served in the army during the Saddam era, is well aware of the threat of bombing and how to deal with air strikes.

Those military vehicles, as well as the semi-buried bunkers where they are located, have long been set up.

After the shelling of Nasiriyah, sappers arranged by Giannini placed several thin preheated iron plates on the military vehicles, which enhanced the infrared radiation of the military vehicles.

As a result, the "Wing Loong" 2 took it for a rocket launcher with an engine that had not yet cooled.

The ensuing bombardment proved Giannini's guess.

Within the city of Nasiriyah, there must be Saudi special forces.

As for the officers and men who worked for Razak, even if they had enough courage, they might not be able to operate the electronic equipment that guided the fighters to carry out the bombing.

Now, how to fight?

If it's just a handful of special forces, it's not much of a problem.

No matter how strong the combat effectiveness of special forces is, they cannot withstand the large number of people, and in regular battles, the value of special forces may not be higher than that of ordinary soldiers.

The problem is that fighters, summoned by special forces, are definitely a huge threat.

Just a heavy fighter, a single drop of bombs can destroy all the heavy equipment of an armored company, and the Saudis have more than enough heavy fighters.

Under bombardment, the ground forces under Giannini's command may not be able to capture Nasiriyah, let alone capture it.

Of course, you can't give up on that.

Nasiriyah must be defeated, but a way to deal with the threat from the air needs to be found.