Chapter 446: Curiosity Kills Cats
As a double agent, Garsi was able to hide two countries at the same time, and was a well-deserved king of spies during World War II. He is the only person in the world to have been awarded both the Iron Cross and the Order of the British Empire, and his legacy has overshadowed today's American blockbusters. It wasn't until his diary was recently exposed that he revealed how he obtained information that people knew that behind his genius was an absurd black humor.
Born in Barcelona on Valentine's Day in 1912, Galsi had an extraordinary memory, observation and associative skills since childhood, but the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936 completely shattered Galsi's originally happy life: his father died in the war, his mother and sister were imprisoned, and Galsi hated the abominable war to the core, and hated Nazi Germany that instigated Spain to start a civil war. Later, he wandered from Spain to England. When World War II broke out, Galsi saw the Allies suffering heavy losses due to inaccurate intelligence, and he suddenly realized that he could be a spy to help the Allies clean up the German army.
Therefore, he came to MI5 in the UK and offered himself, but the interviewer saw that he had a wooden expression, a mediocre appearance, and no potential to be a spy at all, so he rudely drove him away, but he did not give up and asked to join again and again, and finally threw him into the street like a rag. He began to be angry from the bottom of his heart: Since Britain looks down on him, then find a way to let them see how powerful he is! He came up with a good way to save the country.
Instead, Garsi went to the German embassy in Britain, where he presented himself as a fanatically pro-Nazi Spanish official. Unexpectedly, he was regarded as garbage by the British, and he became a sweet tooth in the eyes of the Germans. After a few encounters, the Germans thought he was a good piece of material for a spy. Soon he was sent to the Military Intelligence Directorate, the largest spy agency based in Munich, Germany. After a brief training, the Intelligence Service forged his identity documents and sent Garcy to England as a spy.
Subsequently, Garthsi's intelligence was transmitted back to Germany in a steady stream, and these information covered many fields such as military, material, and minerals, and the content was very detailed. For the first time, the Germans also doubted whether this information was true, and sent spies to verify them one by one, and the results were mostly the same as the information, and some were even identical.
In addition, Garsi has shown himself to be constantly evolving downline. He said that he had 27 spies under his command, forming a meticulous spy network in Britain. The Germans praised him for his ability, and paid 28 men on time, believing that a flood of important information would come in the future.
Because the information provided by Garsi was conclusive and credible, the Germans soon acted accordingly on this information. The British soon suffered a hardship: the Gordon base, which they had carefully built for two months, was turned into powder by a batch of bombs dropped by German air raids before it was fully formed------
British MI5 launched a rigorous investigation, and they finally found Galsi in a civilian house in Stuttgart, Germany. Gassi was not surprised by their arrival, he warmly entertained them, and generously showed the way in which he "stole" information, and the information he provided to the Germans was all imaginary without exception!
It turned out that after being assigned as a spy to Britain, Galsi never left Germany, but moved from Munich to neighboring Stuttgart. The spy network of 28 people was completely non-existent, and he played all the roles alone, and he obtained information from three sources: a British travel guide, a map of the United Kingdom, and a daily newspaper train schedule. In addition, he would go to the local library to consult some newspapers and periodicals. With the limited grain of rice at hand, he was able to make a sumptuous feast of intelligence. For example, when he sees a section of the train on the train timetable that is particularly busy, he will immediately pay attention to whether there are immigrants along the way, and if there are immigrants, he is sure that military fortifications are being built in the area, and some of the trains are dedicated to transporting arms and strategic materials, so his intelligence details will be as colorful: the area is already on guard, many new telephone poles have been erected around it, all the bunkers are made of poured reinforced concrete, and there are trees used for camouflage...... With superior reasoning and imagination, a real spy can write information that he may not necessarily obtain from birth and death.
The British agents were so shocked that they immediately regarded Galcy as a genius and tried to turn him against him. Galcy hated Germany in the first place, and this time the Allies invited him to borrow the donkey and justifiably rush his family to England, and in this way, Galcy became the best double agent in history.
At the behest of the Allies, Galcy became a high-ranking spy for the Allies who specialized in fabricating false information for the Germans. For some information that is not of great significance, he will always send it out at the first time, but for those really critical information, he always deliberately delays half a beat, so that even if the German army gets important information, it will be useless for the imminent war situation.
In particular, during the Normandy landings, he deliberately confused the Germans and convinced Hitler that even if the Allies landed in Normandy, it would be a false shot. It was not until the day before the Allied landings on 5 June that Garthi sent an urgent message to Germany, claiming that all signs indicated an imminent Allied landing in Normandy. However, the German intelligence officer forgot to receive this information and did not receive it until after the landing operation began. After the Normandy landings, King George VI personally awarded Galsea the Order of the British Empire for his outstanding contributions. Despite the defeat, Hitler still thought Garthi had done a great job. On July 29, 1944, Galcy was informed that Hitler had granted him the Iron Cross of the Nazi Order, calling him "a particularly rare man worthy of this honor."
After that, he disappeared as if he had evaporated. It wasn't until his death that Galsi told his son the truth. It turned out that in order to escape the reprisals of the Nazi remnants, he first went to the United States incognito, then traveled to Cuba, Mexico and other Latin American countries, and finally chose to settle in inconspicuous Venezuela. During this period, he even used the news of his death to confuse the pursuing enemy. He donated all his money to the British intelligence agencies, and usually made a living by opening a small supermarket, and his hard-working and rustic appearance deceived his neighbors and even his family.