At 8:45 a.m. on June 5, 1967, the Egyptian Air Force pilot, who had just finished a patrol, was eating breakfast in the cafeteria. Suddenly, a black group of planes appeared over the base, followed by a deafening ** sound. On the same day, almost all air bases in Egypt were hit by air strikes. This was the beginning of the Third Middle East War.
The choice of the air raid around 8:45 was the result of Israel's precise calculations:
The Egyptian Air Force is on the strictest alert every day, but as soon as the Buddha is over, the radar is turned off and handed over at 8:45. The senior generals of the Egyptian army usually go to work around 9 o'clock, and at this time they are on their way to the office, and the command system has no time to react. The Israeli army also found that Egyptian MiG fighters could hardly take off within 10 minutes, and some even took 26 minutes to take off.
On that day, the Israeli Air Force dispatched almost all the planes that could fly, and stipulated that radio silence should be maintained during the flight, and that even if there was a malfunction, the communication equipment could not be turned on. Using mountain cover, the Israeli Air Force flew into the Mediterranean Sea at an ultra-low altitude to evade the radars of Egypt and Jordan. When flying over the west side of the Nile, it suddenly made a left turn and struck at the intended targets from the rear of Egypt.
In this air raid, 14 air bases in Egypt were destroyed, more than 300 aircraft were lost, and more than 100 of the more than 300 pilots were killed, basically paralyzed. Most of the 100 Soviet-style SAM-2 missiles at Egypt's 20 anti-aircraft missile bases were destroyed before they could be launched.
To complete this air strike, it is necessary to have a detailed grasp of the schedule of the Egyptian army, the air base, and the location of the anti-aircraft missilesThis has a lot to do with Mossad legend Wolfgang Lotz.
The Third Middle East War, Israel's Route, Notz was born in Germany in 1921 to a German father and a Jewish mother. As both parents worked in theater, Notts had a high talent for acting at a young age, which laid the foundation for him to become an ace in the future.
According to Jewish tradition, boys were circumcised after the eighth day of life, which is a modern circumcision. This is prescribed by Jewish doctrine and is enshrined by Jews.
During Nazi Germany, the most important thing to judge whether a person is a Jew, in addition to black hair and black eyes, was to take off his pants to see if he had been circumcised. This is a reflection of the prevalence of circumcision among the Jews of that era.
Because Notts's father was a ** disciple and didn't care about it, Notts didn't do circumcision, and it is estimated that even he didn't expect that he would pick up his life in the future because he didn't do circumcision.
When Hitler came to power, he began to act against German Jews. Notz's parents divorced, and he moved with his mother to Palestine for refuge. Knotts attended an agricultural school and developed a great interest in horses, where he learned a lot about horses.
As more and more Jews moved in, it was inevitable that there would be contradictions with the local Arabs. In self-defense, the Jews became a secret military organization called the Haganah, in which Knots also participated.
The organization received significant support from the British, who formed a Jewish brigade in Italy after the outbreak of World War II, with the Haganah as its main members, and Notts joined the British regular army.
Because of his fluency in Hebrew, Arabic, German, English, and other languages, Notz was regarded as a rare talent and was sent to Egypt to try Nazi war criminals.
After World War II, Notz returned to Israel to fight in two Middle East wars in 1948 and 1956, where he grew up as a brigade commander. At this time, he also came into the field of vision of the Israeli military intelligence agencies.
After the establishment of the state, Israel had irreconcilable contradictions with the surrounding Arab countries, and although it won two consecutive battles, it still faced great threats.
Israel's small size leaves no room for manoeuvre, and many important cities are within range of enemy artillery. Enemy planes flew over, and the Israeli troops did not even have time to react before the shells landed. In order to defend effectively, it is necessary to have the enemy's military intelligence.
As a result, intelligence agencies began to look for military spies in large numbers, and in their opinion, Nots was well suited to Egypt for espionage
First,Knowing four languages, Notz has experience fighting in both guerrilla and regular armies, and has worked in Egypt during World War II.
SecondBorn in Germany, Notz was perfect for dressing up as a German, both in appearance and dress, and Egypt was very welcoming to Germans at the time.
Although the Germans were a bit special in World War II, due to the tense relations between Egypt and Israel, they did not have enough money to buy ** from the Soviet Union, so they recruited many experts from the Nazi era to develop aircraft and missiles for them. Wilhelm Messerschmidt, a fighter designer in Nazi Germany, was one of them.
If Egypt develops advanced missiles and fighter jets, it will undoubtedly bring Israel to a decisive end. Therefore, Israel must understand every move of EgyptThe intention of Pynots' mission was not only to infiltrate Egypt to learn about its political and military intelligence, but also to get him close to the circle of experts who studied Egypt as a German.
Notz came to Egypt in 1961 as a German tourist. Israeli intelligence agencies have carefully concocted a fake identity for Notts:
The Germans, who served in Rommel's Afrika Korps until the end of World War II, lived in Australia for 11 years after the war, made a fortune by running a racecourse, and returned to Germany because he missed his homeland. Now I came to Egypt to build a horse farm for breeding Arabian thoroughbreds.
Notts chose to use horses as a starting point because he had a lot of knowledge about horses when he was in school, and he was familiar with the road when he started working. The second is that the horse farm is an entertainment place for the upper class, which is convenient for reaching more big people.
Knotz was the first to arrive at the Knights' Club in Gichch, which was run by Egyptian cavalry officers, and its honorary president, General Youssef, was also the police chief of Alexandria.
Notts's eloquent conversation, and his usual generous moves, soon caught the attention of General Yussef. The two quickly became good friends due to Notz's excellent interpersonal skills, and Yusuf began to introduce Notz to other officersHe also called him "Germany's first-class horse trainer".
After six months of operation, Notz got to grips with the basics of the situation on the ground, and then returned to Europe to contact Israeli intelligence. He was tasked with determining the location of Egyptian fortifications and monitoring German aircraft missile designers. He then returned to Egypt with a large amount of money and a miniature transceiver.
Lotz's horse farm, Nots, spent a lot of money on a number of thoroughbred Arabian horses for the club's officers to enjoy, and hired an instructor from the Leith Equestrian Center in Heliopo to train his horses. He was interested in the location of the equestrian center, because most of the Egyptian troops were concentrated in a base near the equestrian center, and mechanized troops had to pass through the equestrian center every time they sorted.
Every time he came to the equestrian center, Notts always picked up a telescope and climbed to a high place to observe, and outsiders thought he was watching equestrian training, but in fact he was scouting the situation inside the military base. Because of his extensive military experience, he was often able to determine his motives based on the movement of vehicles in the base, which he then sent back to Israel.
One time a cavalry colonel in the club chatted with Notts and asked him why he didn't buy more horses
Notts replied truthfully: "There are no more free stables." ”
Unexpectedly, the colonel said very cheerfully: "Why don't you put them in the stables in our barracks?"”
Notts looked a little taken aback, and then said euphemistically: "That's good, but it's not convenient when I want to see my beloved horse." ”
The colonel laughed: "It's not easy, I'll just get you a pass." ”
I'm afraid that even Notz didn't expect him to enter the enemy with such ease. Every time Notts went to the barracks to see the horses, the officers warmly welcomed him and even took him on a tour of the barracks. The secrets of the Egyptian army were also passed on to Israel one by one.
Lotz's dealings with the Egyptian upper echelons of society Notz was through family drinking parties, where he often entertained the club's officers and gradually expanded his social circle through them.
Notz met the veteran Nazi von Reis through a drinking party. At that time, von Reis's situation was not good, and he did not have any position. He was old, not a technician, and spent the rest of his life in Egypt. But Noetz doesn't see it that way, believing that von Reis has a wealth of contacts and can use him as a springboard to other German experts.
Sure enough, at von Reis's family reception, Notz met the Nazi doctor Ezeele, aircraft experts Brenard and Schumann, among others. These people are street rats, secretive about the past, and wary of strangers, and Notts' job is difficult at first.
At a drinking party, von Reiss said to Notz with the strength of his wine: "I met you at a meeting at the end of the war. This was followed by a detailed account of the meeting.
In his later years, Lotz and his wife, Notts, could not tell whether he was testing himself or having recognized the wrong person, and vehemently denied it. However, von Reis's tone was more affirmative, and he said a little proudly: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." ”
For Notz, if he became a Nazi officer, it was easier to get in touch with the circle of Nazi experts. On the surface, he strenuously denied it, but in his heart he very much hoped that von Reiss would reveal his identity as soon as possibleFor this reason, he also played a "bitter meat plan".
With the help of Israeli intelligence, Knots obtained information about the Nazi officers von Reis, and put it in an envelope that was deliberately placed in a conspicuous place. When he returned on horseback, he deliberately reprimanded the servant, reproached her for leaving such an important thing at will, and warned her not to touch the envelope again.
Notts quietly made some marks and placed the envelope in a drawer. Sure enough, a few days later, Knotts found signs that the envelope had been tampered with, apparently by Egyptian intelligence agencies who had stolen the information inside.
In this way, Notz's identity became that of a hidden Nazi officer. Not only did the Egyptian authorities welcome him more, but Nazi experts in Egypt lowered their vigilance against him. Knotts gradually figured out the personnel arrangements of almost all German specialists. For these specialists, Israel has resorted to three means:
First, through international condemnation, Egypt took in Nazi members and demanded that they be deported.
Second, they wrote threatening letters threatening the safety of the experts' families to leave Egypt.
Third, for those who do not listen to dissuasion, the Mossad ** will carry out assassinations.
Heinz Krugo, a Nazi expert who was working on missiles for Egypt, suddenly disappeared, and his research project had to be halted. Another expert on missile design, Wolfgang Piltz, received a letter from his secretary who was seriously injured when he opened it.
The successive accidents of experts are obviously deliberate. Although there was no direct evidence of Notts' involvement in the assassination, it was later speculated that the information he provided helped the assassination effort.
In order to get more information, Notz bought a ranch in the Nile Delta, because it was close to Egypt's rocket test site, where he could easily find out when and how many Egyptian rocket launches were made.
Notts spent a lot of money to build the racecourse to a first-class standard, attracting many officers and technicians from the surrounding area. He used the same means to associate with these people.
Notts usually appears to know nothing about anything other than horses, and the technicians of the staff are unguarded against him, and inadvertently leak a lot of information during the conversation. Notts was even taken on a tour of missile silos and aircraft factories, and learned about the Red Sea** and the transportation of all troops and supplies on the Sinai Peninsula.
In the summer of 1964, Knots received an order to find out the situation at the Chushalufa missile base. Although Elizer photographed the base from the air, it was difficult to determine whether the equipment in the base was a model used for camouflage, so he asked Notts to go and reconnoiter it himself.
The base was far from the ranch, and Knotts drove there with his wife disguised as a fishing tourist. Following the map directions, they will pass through a sentry box. They deliberately slowed down, but the soldiers standing guard turned a blind eye to them. After driving over a hillside, they turned back and pretended to be lost.
It was only then that the soldiers in the sentry box began to pay attention to them, and then Notz told his wife to keep driving forward into the military exclusion zone. Soon a jeep full of soldiers approached, and Knots told his wife to ignore them and continue to drive forward.
The two cars passed by, and after a while the jeep turned around and caught up. After driving some more distance, Notts asked his wife to deliberately drive into the sand and sink the wheels in. The two then got out of the car and pretended to argue, and Notts yelled at his wife.
Egyptian soldiers chased after them, pointed guns at Mr. and Mrs. Notts, and checked their papers. Notts explained that he had come to fish, and because he had taken a nap in the car, he didn't expect his wife to get lost in the car. However, the soldiers did not listen to him and escorted them back to the base.
This played into Notts's mind, and he saw the neatly arranged missile launchers and ammunition warehouses on the way, and got the information he wanted.
During subsequent interrogations, Notz repeatedly emphasized that he was a German tourist, and gave the name of Egypt he knew, and also called a security officer. The interrogation was inconclusive, and the military had no choice but to release the Notts.
One day in the spring of 1965, the Lotts were suddenly arrested by Egyptian security agencies. Like another Israeli legend, Cohen, the Egyptian security services were concerned by the continued signal jamming as Lotz sent more and more frequent reports to Israel. Eventually, they were able to locate Notts through signal detection and search the radio station from his home.
Under the circumstances, an Israeli spy in Egypt was certain to die. Just like Cohen, an Israeli ** who was lurking in Syria not long before, was hanged soon after his identity was revealed.
Therefore, Knotts has never admitted that he is an Israeli, and only said that he received money to help Israel gather intelligence. Interrogators naturally did not easily believe a spy at first, and only believed that he was not Jewish after examining Notts's body, as they had done during World War II to confirm his Jewish identity.
In court, the Egyptians then asked Notz to cooperate in a television interview to deter other undercover spies. Notz had an idea and quickly thought of a way to convey information to the outside world. He confessed on the show, and especially emphasized: "I just want to say to my fellow Germans now, don't be a spy for another country." ”
Knotts knew that Israeli intelligence must be keeping an eye on his message, and that he was saying this to show that his identity as an Israeli had not been revealed, so that reasonable rescue measures could be taken.
Eventually, Israeli intelligence hired a German lawyer specifically for Notz and invited West German diplomats to attend the trial, all in an effort to reinforce evidence that Notz was German. In the end, Egypt sentenced only Knotts to life imprisonment.
In the Third Middle East War, Israel captured more than 5,000 Egyptian soldiers, including nine generals, while Egypt had only nine Israeli prisoners. During the negotiations for the exchange of prisoners, Egypt offered to exchange all the prisoners of war in their hands, but Israel naturally refused to agree.
The two sides are at a stalemate, and Israel has come up with an unbelievable solutionSoldiers 9 for 9, the rest of the people were exchanged for the Lotts. It was only then that the Egyptians learned Lotz's true identity. Anger to anger, the conditions of more than 5,000 prisoners of war made it impossible for them to refuse, and finally Notts returned to Israel safely.
Notz was called the "Eye of Cairo" by the Mossad, and it was he who obtained a large amount of military intelligence, which provided an important reference for the Israeli Air Force to formulate air raid plans in the future, and the Egyptian Air Force was almost destroyed by Notz.
In his later years, Israel won all of Lotz's five Middle East wars, and was nicknamed "the little bully of the Middle East" by netizens. Why is Israel so strong?In addition to advanced military technology and **, intelligence agencies are their killer weapon.
The Israeli intelligence organization Mossad is known as one of the four strongest intelligence organizations in the world, and has created many classic examples. They smuggled back Nazi officers from Argentina, stole uranium from the United States, and advanced ** from France and Switzerland....Military intelligence obtained from hostile countries is even more numerous.
The secret of the Mossad's success is that they were able to recruit Jewish elites scattered around the world who were willing to die for Israel precisely because of Israel's strong cohesion. They would rather exchange 9 generals and 5,000 soldiers for one**, which is to tell the Jews that Israel will not give up a single meritorious man.