Because of the timely evasion, the four EF2000s avoided the incoming medium-range air-to-air missiles.

Immediately afterward, the four EF2000s that followed behind fired missiles at the four incoming enemy planes at the extreme range of the "Meteor" missiles.

Considering the possibility of a build-up of the Iranian Air Force, the Royal Saudi Air Force put 4 F-15SAs on standby for an emergency lift-off.

Actually, there is no need for this at all.

After avoiding the Meteor missiles launched by the second batch of EF2000, the 4 Su-30Ms counterattacked, and then turned and flew away.

In this air battle, the Iranian Air Force not only did not recover its previous losses, but also paid a huge price.

Of course, the battle has also proven that Iran did acquire advanced fighter jets supplied by Russia, as well as air-to-air missiles with advanced performance.

Those Su-30Ms were able to detect the missiles launched by the EF2000 in time, and they turned to evade them in time, indicating that it is by no means a "monkey version" for export, and it is very likely that it is the Russian army's own model.

That is, Russia directly assists Iran with active equipment.

In parallel with this air battle, Iran launched a second missile attack of the day.

This time, it was not the front-line combat units that were hit, but the bases in the rear, the material camps near Basra and Nasiriyah to be precise.

The missile attack did not cause serious casualties, but destroyed a large number of military supplies.

In Nasiriyah alone, at least 5000 tons of ammunition ready to be sent to the front line were destroyed.

In addition, a large oil depot in Basra, a fuel reserve center, was hit by a missile, and five large fuel depots were destroyed.

The fire caused by the explosion can be seen from dozens of kilometers away.

Because of the E-3C AWACS aircraft, the Royal Saudi Air Force detected the incoming missiles in time and alerted the troops in time.

Unfortunately, there is no way to intercept incoming missiles.

Quite simply, the Saudis have not yet deployed the Patriot anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems to the front line.

Because the rebels did not have anti-missile missiles in their hands, before that, Saudi Arabia did not think at all about sending the "Patriot" air defense and anti-missile system to Iraq.

More importantly, the deployment of the Patriot air defense and anti-missile system requires technical support from the United States.

Without the support of the United States, the Saudis could not have deployed the Patriot in Iraq.

A large amount of supplies were destroyed, the offensive operations on the front line would definitely be affected, and it became unknown whether three cities could be captured in time.

It's just nothing.

The replenishment of thousands of tons of ammunition is difficult for the Arab League army, because all the heavy trucks used to deliver supplies to the front line are there, and not a single one of them has been blown up by missiles.

As for fuel, it's even less of an issue.

If anything, it will only be a few days at most, allowing the front-line troops to reduce the intensity of the offensive in order to ease the pressure on logistics supplies.

With the lessons learned from the past, the coalition forces and the Iraqi government forces will certainly adjust their deployment in the rear.

The easiest way to deal with this is to store the supplies in a scattered manner, rather than in a camp, so that even if they are attacked by missiles again, the damage will not be too great.

No matter how many Iranian ballistic missiles there are, if the combat benefits are not obvious enough, then there is little point in attacking rear camps with missiles.

Of course, the threat of missiles is definitely there, and it is very huge.

In addition to attacking the camp where supplies are stored, it can also attack the barracks and the air base.

To this end, Iraqi government forces have transferred JF-17s to Saudi territory, and the Royal Saudi Air Force has also strengthened the deployment of air defense and anti-missile defense in King Khalid Military City.

In addition, Saudi Arabia has stepped up the construction of field airfields in the northern border area.

Iran dares to attack military targets in Iraq with missiles and challenge the Royal Saudi Air Force over the Persian Gulf, but it may not dare to attack Saudi Arabia itself.

To put it bluntly, attacking Saudi Arabia itself is tantamount to declaring war directly on Saudi Arabia.

With the current situation, let's not talk about whether Iran can defeat Saudi Arabia, Russia, which only supports Iran behind the scenes, will not rashly become an enemy of Saudi Arabia.

To put it bluntly, if it really develops to this point, the United States will directly enter the war.

Don't forget, Saudi Arabia is an ally of the United States.

The United States has provided security guarantees to Saudi Arabia, so the United States is obliged to provide all-round assistance to Saudi Arabia whenever the Saudi mainland is attacked.

What really needs to be worried about is actually the Persian Gulf.

Just as Wang Dong was in Riyadh, a Saudi-flagged oil tanker was intercepted by the Iranian navy in the eastern Persian Gulf, about 30 nautical miles west of the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the information sent back by the tanker, the Iranian Navy dispatched missile boats.

At the time of the interception, the Iranian Navy used helicopters, ordered the tanker to stop immediately, and followed the Iranian Navy's missile speedboat to the port of Lunge for inspection.

The captain did not agree, but repeatedly declared that the tanker sailed in international waters, had the right of free passage, and was protected by international law.

More than ten minutes later, the tanker was hit by an anti-ship missile flying over the sea.

When Wang Dong arrived at the palace, helicopters from the Omani Navy had already arrived and evacuated the crew of the tanker, but they could not extinguish the fire on the tanker.

As expected, the tanker will burn on the surface of the sea for several days before sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Just one missile destroyed a 200,000-ton VLCC!

The loss of a tanker worth hundreds of millions of dollars and 200,000 tons of crude oil is nothing for Saudi Arabia, but the precedent set by this is unacceptable to Crown Prince Mohammed, because it means that future tankers from the Persian Gulf will be threatened.

How to deal with it?

Sending warships to escort tankers?

Does the Royal Saudi Navy have so many warships?

Besides, even if there were, it doesn't make much sense, because in the Royal Saudi Navy, even the most advanced frigates do not have the ability to intercept anti-ship missiles.

Letting warships escort will not only fail to protect oil tankers, but will also become targets for Iranian anti-ship missiles.

Cover tankers with fighters?

As long as anti-ship missiles can be detected in time, fighters can intercept them with air-to-air missiles.

The problem is that it is impossible for fighter jets to follow the tanker all the time, and there is no guarantee that they will be able to detect the incoming anti-ship missiles in time.

Besides, most of the fighters of the Royal Saudi Air Force are in Iraq.

Strike at Iranian naval bases?

Obviously, that would amount to war against Iran.

Let's not talk about the effect of the strike, but the political consequences of doing so will not be borne by Saudi Arabia.

In fact, the effect of the blow will not be much better.

The point is that the Strait of Hormuz is so wide that Iran does not need to use warships against oil tankers sailing in the strait.

Shore-based anti-ship missiles deployed on land are sufficient.

You know, the Houthis have more than once used shore-based anti-ship missiles supplied by Iran to heavily damage the ships of the Arab League.

With all the generals helpless in the face of Iran's challenge, it is no wonder that Crown Prince Mohammed is angry.