Chapter 402: Air Support
As soon as Wang Dong returned to the command center, Wang Haotian sent the news over.
"Are you sure?"
"It's true, it was Kaka who reported the situation, and it was the radio station they carried, and he wouldn't joke about such a big thing."
Wang Dong nodded slightly, his expression still very grim.
"In addition, I have already let the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft take off, and it will be there in fifteen minutes."
"Did you contact the rear?"
"I have told Yunlong that he is in contact with the Saudi side, but there has been no reply so far, maybe the Royal Saudi Air Force needs our confirmation."
"Confirm what?"
Wang Haotian pursed his mouth, and Wang Dong also understood.
Apparently, it is confirmed that the air defense system of the rebels has been destroyed.
You know, that FD2000 shot down several Saudi fighter jets, and if they weren't destroyed, the Saudis wouldn't have sent fighter jets over.
"Brother Dong, you'd better call the crown prince."
"It's too late." Wang Dong let out a long sigh and said, "Let's take a look at the situation first, if it can be confirmed that the rebels' venting system has been destroyed, there is no need to make such trouble." If that doesn't work, I'll call again and ask the crown prince to give orders to the commander of King Khalid's military city. ”
Wang Haotian sighed secretly and didn't say anything more.
He also knows that the key is not the crown prince, but the bureaucracy of the Saudi military.
Even if the crown prince orders it, what can it do?
The order was issued step by step, and after a few more rounds, it was already a few hours later when it was delivered to the combat troops, and Xie Chuyue and they needed air support now.
Luckily, fifteen minutes isn't too long.
The battle took place in two locations, the flashes of infrared beacons carried by the scouts were extremely noticeable, and the rebels besieging them were numerous.
It's just that the drones are not staring at the ongoing battles, but at the vehicles of those rebels.
Soon, Wang Haotian made a positive judgment that it was the rebels' FD2000 air defense system, and the command vehicle and the search and detection radar vehicle had been destroyed.
Although the other vehicles were not seriously damaged, the air defense system has lost its combat capability.
Subsequently, Wang Haotian contacted Yunlong.
"Fourth brother, it's me."
"I have spoken to Saleh on the phone, and Musharraf went to the Khalid Defence City yesterday. As soon as it is confirmed that the rebels' air defense systems have been destroyed, the Royal Saudi Air Force will immediately dispatch fighter jets. If needed, I can go to the palace and go directly to the crown prince. ”
"Did you receive the photos that were sent to you?"
"Wait...... Received, good, I'll send it to Saleh right away. ”
"We need air support right now, are there any Saudi Air Force fighter jets in the vicinity?"
"I'll get in touch with Saleh right away and I'll be back in five minutes."
Without waiting for Wang Dong to speak, Yunlong hung up the phone, to be precise, temporarily terminating the call.
Wang Dong did not waste these five minutes of precious time, and sent a staff officer to invite Nanijel over.
"Helicopters?"
"There are eight of our scouts over there, led by Captain Xie Chuyue. If the Royal Saudi Air Force can't provide air support in time, we'll have to rush there. ”
Nanijel was slightly stunned, then nodded.
Seeing Nanijer bow his head and ponder, Wang Dong didn't say anything more.
In fact, Nani Gyer met Xie Chuyue first, and then met Wang Dong.
At the beginning, when Xie Chuyue and Zhang Zilan came to Iraq, they had a relationship with Nanijer, so Nanijer knew how high Xie Chuyue's status was.
"There should be two 'Huey' helicopters on Sugshuyukh's side, which were previously responsible for transporting the wounded to the rear, and may still be there."
Wang Dong didn't say much, and looked at Wang Haotian.
Wang Haotian didn't ask much, and immediately dialed the phone number of the Sugshuyukh garrison headquarters, and then handed the microphone to Naniger.
At this time, Yunlong also sent a message.
Saleh had already given orders to the commander of the military city of King Khaled, and it happened that two F-15SAs were on their way to Baghdad.
Half an hour later, the two F-15SAs, carrying more than a dozen JDAM bombs, were able to arrive.
However, it is necessary to provide guidance information.
Without ground guidance, these two fighters could only bomb the rebels' air defenses, because if they bombed the rebels rashly, it was very likely that they would be injured by mistake.
You know, even a 500-pound JDAM bomb has a killing radius of up to 150 meters.
What's more, the warring sides are in constant motion.
Yunlong provided the call codes of the two fighters, so that after Wang Dong contacted Xie Chuyue, Xie Chuyue and them would provide ground guidance.
There was no problem in contacting Xie Chuyue, and the four scouts in the north did not carry a radio!
Fortunately, there was good news from Nanijel's side, the two Huey helicopters transporting the wounded were still there, and they were on their way over.
Wang Haotian expected that Wang Dong planned to go out in person, so he contacted Lei Dong privately and asked him to come over immediately.
With Lei Dong here, it is naturally not Wang Dong's turn to take risks.
Besides, the bridgehead on the north bank has fallen, and Lei Dong has nothing to do, so it makes sense to send him to pick up Xie Chuyue and the others.
After some advice, Wang Dong sent Lei Dong out.
Ten minutes later, two "Huey" helicopters arrived.
In fact, these are two medical rescue helicopters painted with the star and moon logos.
Redon brought only seven operatives, four men in each helicopter, all with machine guns, and all with enough ammunition.
Seeing the helicopter fly away, Wang Dong returned to the command center.
The small unmanned reconnaissance plane was still there, and Wang Haotian also contacted Zhang Kaka and told him about providing ground guidance for the fighter.
Because the Saudi fighter jets were carrying satellite-guided JDAM bombs, Zhang Kaka had to provide the coordinates of the target before the fighter dropped the bomb.
Of course, you have to distance yourself from the rebels as much as possible.
As for the other operatives, they can only hope that Lei Dong and they will be able to arrive in time.
The helicopter flew over, and it took about fifteen minutes.
There were less than five minutes left for Radion to do so.
"Brother Dong!"
Wang Dong was slightly stunned and looked at Wang Haotian.
"Saudi fighter jets have arrived."
Fifteen minutes, so quickly passed.
Wang Dong let out a long breath, nodded slightly, and didn't say anything more.
Soon, two JDAM bombs were dropped on one F-15SA.
The deviation was tens of meters, but the bomb was powerful enough to kill the rebels who were chasing Zhang Kaka, and Zhang Kaka and they had already distanced themselves from the rebels by several hundred meters.
"Brother Dong, the madmen, they've arrived!"
On the computer screen, a helicopter hovering at low altitude appeared, and two operatives sitting in the left hatch were strafing the rebels on the ground with machine guns.
Two other operatives slid to the ground.
Then, Redon sent the bombing coordinates, and the helicopter also turned and flew away.
About thirty seconds later, two JDAM bombs fell.
The bombing was not over, and the two F-15SAs then dropped all the remaining bombs, destroying the convoy that was moving westward, that is, the other vehicles of the air defense system.