A violent explosion sounded, and Wang Dong was immediately woken up, and when he sat up, he almost hit the top plate.

The so-called command headquarters is actually more than a dozen armored command vehicles.

Although Wang Dong's commander, he did not enjoy special treatment and could only rest in the armored car, which was nothing more than being able to occupy several positions.

The explosion occurred several hundred meters away, leaving a large crater more than ten meters in diameter.

Bomb?

Missile?

It should be a ballistic missile!

Ballistic missiles for the rebels?

Before the outbreak of the civil war, Iraq did have some ballistic missiles, but they were pitifully few, and the rebels never used them in combat.

According to Wang Dong's judgment, these tactical ballistic missiles provided by the United States and launched with M270s were destroyed in the early stages of the war.

In addition, the accuracy of the American ATACMS is very high, and the deviation is certainly not a few hundred meters.

If not the rebel ballistic missiles, then whose ballistic missiles?

Iran?

At this moment, a roar was heard from the southeast, and a helicopter was flying in this direction.

It is an MH-60, a livery of the Saudi Army.

After the helicopter landed, a man jumped.

Recognizing that person, Wang Dong immediately tightened his brows.

It's Luo Qing.

What is she doing here?

Previously, she had been in Riyadh as a military instructor for female members of the royal family.

The helicopter did not fly away and did not turn off the engine.

"The crown prince sent me to take you back." Without waiting for Wang Dong to speak, Luo Qing said again, "I have already contacted Lei Dong and them, and they will command the battle." ”

"What's going on?"

"Get on the plane first, we'll talk on the way."

Wang Dong didn't say much, gave an order to the accompanying guards, and then ran over with Luo Qing's helicopter.

Although the battle against Kut is still ongoing, the overall situation has been decided, and whether Wang Dong is in command at the front line or not does not have much impact on the battle structure.

Besides, Lei Dong and the others are enough to take on the big responsibility.

When the helicopter took off, Luo Qingcai told Wang Dong that there had been several terrorist attacks against members of the Saudi royal family in Riyadh, and even Crown Prince Mohammed was almost assassinated.

However, the matter has to start with a battle that morning.

When Wang Dong returned to the command to sleep, the Royal Saudi Air Force organized a large-scale bombing campaign in order to avenge the killing.

The targets were rebel camps near Jaisan, Byadra and Zulbatiya.

During the bombing of the rebel camp near Zulbatieyeh, two F-15SAs of the Royal Saudi Air Force were locked by fire control radars of enemy aircraft.

Because of the activities in Iraqi airspace, the pilots of both F-15SAs were a little negligent.

Immediately after that, two F-15SAs were attacked by missiles.

One of them dodged the incoming missiles after turning west and dropping the bombs it was carrying.

It's just that the other one wasn't so lucky.

The F-15SA turned eastward, and although it dropped its bomb in time, it was still overtaken by a missile, and was then shot down by a missile.

Sadly, the bomb dropped by the F-15SA landed across the border and crashed inside Iran.

Now, it's a big problem.

Half an hour later, the Iranian authorities claimed to have been bombed by Saudi fighter jets and had shot down the invading enemy plane while defending their homeland.

At this time, the Saudi authorities simply did not understand what was happening.

It took about two hours after the incident for the Royal Saudi Air Force to obtain key information from the fire control system of the F-15SA, which had successfully evaded the missile.

It was Russian-made fighters who attacked two F-15SAs, and most likely Su-30M.

Quite simply, what illuminates these two F-15SA is a passive phased array radar operating in the X-band, similar in all respects to the Russian "Snow Leopard E".

In addition, enemy aircraft are in the northeast, that is, on the territory of Iran.

Combining these factors, the attack on the two F-15SA is either the Su-30M or the simplified Su-35, which is definitely a Russian fighter.

More importantly, it was the enemy aircraft that first locked on to the two F-15SAs, and the first to attack with missiles.

It was also at this time that the Iranian authorities held a second press conference to force the captured Saudi pilot to admit to invading Iranian airspace.

Naturally, the Saudi authorities refused to compromise and immediately presented evidence accusing Iranian fighters of ambushing Saudi fighters on combat missions in Iraqi airspace.

The question is, is this evidence valuable?

Although there is no way to deny the evidence presented by the Saudis, there is no way to deny that the F-15SA dropped a bomb on Iranian territory and crashed inside Iran.

At noon, Iran's spiritual leaders came forward and called for a rise up against the tyranny of Saudi Arabia and other monarchies.

Immediately afterwards, the Iranian Air Force dispatched two "Mirage" F1s to fly south over the Persian Gulf, posing as a challenge to the Saudi Air Force.

Interestingly, the two Mirage F1s, which originally belonged to Iraq, fled to Iran during the Gulf War.

Saudi Arabia responded-for-tat and immediately dispatched two EF2000s to intercept it.

To the north of Saudi airspace, fierce fighting broke out between the two sides.

Both Mirage F1s were shot down by AIM-132ASRAAM, and a Saudi EF2000 was also damaged by aerial guns during the fighting.

Because they were fighting in adjacent airspace, neither side used medium-range air-to-air missiles.

Probably because of the loss of face, the Iranian authorities did not publicize the battle, and the Saudi authorities kept a very low profile.

In fact, for both sides, this air battle is more humiliating.

Having shot down two fighters, the Iranian Air Force naturally has nothing to say.

It's just that the "Mirage" F1 is a second-generation fighter, and the EF2000 is a fourth-generation and a half-generation, and it also has a combat missile with excellent performance, but one was even damaged, and it was injured by the "Mirage" F1 with an aerial gun, and the Royal Saudi Air Force is also humiliating enough.

Subsequently, there were several bombing attacks in Riyadh.

On one occasion, just outside the palace, a prince was injured in an explosion.

This guy was also unlucky, the attackers were clearly targeting Crown Prince Mohammed, and the prince had just gone to borrow one of the crown prince's off-road vehicles.

Fortunately, the explosion site was far away and the off-road vehicle was strong enough, so the prince was only slightly injured.

It was in this way that Crown Prince Mohammed found Luo Qing and asked her to come to Iraq and call Wang Dong back.

As for being attacked by missiles, that was later.

Although Iran did not officially announce its military suspension, after these events, it was a foregone conclusion that Iran would send troops in an unofficial manner.

What's more, Iran has pointed the finger at the leader of the Arab League, that is, Saudi Arabia.

From a political point of view, Iran is doing so to divert attention and reduce the pressure on Karim militarily.

To put it bluntly, if Saudi Arabia targets Iran, it will be difficult to take into account the situation in Iraq.

Without the support of the Saudi-led Arab League, Iraqi government forces would certainly not be a match for the rebels, let alone eliminate them in a matter of months.

So, does Crown Prince Mohammed understand this?