Since April, the ties between Moscow, Damascus, and Cairo have suddenly become closer. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info There are only three countries that can be called powerful countries in Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Iraq. In the earliest Arab League, these three countries had the largest voice, but later Saudi Arabia gradually expanded its influence by virtue of oil. At this time, Iraq was in internal chaos, and Egypt and Syria had the most voice in the Arab League.

Egypt, Syria and the Soviet Union grew closer, and the situation was controlled by Egyptian and Syrian and Mossad spies. Israel also knows that it is a pro-American country, and behind the Arabs stands the USSR.

Despite the dissolution of the United Arab Republic, relations between Syria and Egypt remain good. Especially when it comes to dealing with Israel, the new Assad is even tougher than Nasser. Since last year, Israel and Syria have exchanged fire and shelled each other on the border.

"Egypt and Syria are putting increasing pressure on us in both the north and south directions, and behind this is the shadow of the Soviet Union." Prime Minister Levy? Ashkol looked at the general with an eyepatch in one eye in front of him, the one-eyed general was Moses, who had just taken office as Israel's defense minister? Dayan.

Israel's prime minister and defense minister have always been held by a single person, so that all of Israel's energy can be more quickly concentrated on the war effort, until the beginning of this year, Levi? For the first time, Eichkol has appointed a new defense minister.

"Is Nasser ready for war? However, this possibility cannot be ignored. "Moses? Dayan thought for a moment and couldn't rule out this possibility.

"It's not that we can't ignore this possibility, the Soviet Union, or the Russians, once they feel that one thing has the possibility of success. Then they will do it. I know the people of that country very well. "Levi? "We have to take the initiative to break the military forces of both countries before the threat is formed." Preemptively, so that there was no way for the USSR to do so, Moses, to burst out all our forces at once, to develop a quick plan. ”

Levi? Born in Olatovo, near Kiev in the Russian Empire, and then in Ottoman Palestine, he fought against the Ottomans as a member of the Jewish Legion against the British during World War I, saying he knew the Soviet Union well because he was born there.

When Israel was first founded, the pro-Soviet and pro-American forces were strong, and Israel was supported by the Soviet Union during the first Middle East war. It's just that now the camps have changed, and the Soviet Union has become a supporter of most Arab countries. The Russian Jews of Israel have also gradually developed a national consciousness as Israel has been established for a longer time. Levi? This is the case with Ashkol.

"By waging wars in the Middle East through Egypt and Syria and eliminating Israel's ability to fight, the security situation in the Middle East has taken a sharp turn for the worse since last year, and it can be said that Israel is preparing for war at any time. So once the war starts, there are two possibilities, Egypt and Syria will attack Israel first, and I would say the second possibility, which is that Israel will take the lead in the war and raid the surrounding Arab countries. Serov pointed to the situation in the Middle East on the wall, "Once this happens, we must take how to support Egypt and Syria, I think the support must be strong, if you have to choose between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, it must be Egypt, the kind of religious atmosphere in Saudi Arabia is our enemy of the Soviet Union." ”

"As long as there is a war of attrition, Israel will inevitably not be able to hold on. The Jews were the only ones, and it depended on what the Egyptians did. "The reason that Defense Minister Marshal Grechko said is very simple, the Arabs can lose a thousand times, the Israelis cannot lose once, even if Israel wins every time, as long as the Egyptians hold on to playing a good exchange ratio, Israel will surrender from victory after victory.

At different times and places, both sides were preparing for war. The idea of the Soviet Union was for Egypt and Syria to attack Israel first to disarm the possible nuclear threat from Israel, while Israel was prepared to preemptively take out the military forces of both countries, changing the pressure of being surrounded in two directions in one fell swoop.

Serov knew that Israel's key target of attack would definitely be Egypt, so he deployed the secretly prepared SAM anti-aircraft missile battalion to the Sinai Peninsula, and dispatched Egypt's Soviet military advisers to defend it, and at the same time ambushed a group of fighter-bombers in Syria, waiting for an opportunity to take out Israel's nuclear base during the war. This was endorsed by Ustinov.

The East Division of the KGB has set up dozens of secret observation posts and small radar stations along the border between Syria and Israel, which will surely be discovered as soon as the Israeli air force crosses the border. Surveillance intensified again, and intelligence from the Middle East was reported daily, and it was at this time that a man set foot on the soil of Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union.

Later lion of the Middle East, leader of the Alawites in Syria, Minister of Defense and commander of the Air Force. Syrian Air Force Lieutenant General Hafez Assad accepted the invitation of the Soviet Ministry of Defense to visit, but after he arrived in Moscow, he realized that he was facing not only the Soviet Ministry of Defense, but also the Chairman of the Soviet National Security Council, the General Political Commissar of National Security Serov, and the secretaries of the Central Committee Ustinov and Andropov.

"Can we trust you?" After a warm welcome, several important cadres of the powerful departments of the Soviet Union finally got to the point, and Serov looked at the lion of the Middle East and said this sentence from the bottom of his heart.

"Gentlemen of the USSR, why do you say that? With the relationship between our two countries, there is no need to have something that cannot be said. Hafez Assad said with a relaxed look, "We are allies, aren't we?" ”

"Yes, we are allies." Serov handed over the latest information to Hafez Assad and said, "That's why we decided to help you once, hoping that you don't turn a blind eye to our reminders and warnings like Mr. Nasser." ”

Intelligence has been sent from the United States, a shipment of arms has been loaded from the United States mainland, loaded with military supplies, including tanks, fighter jets and other related war supplies, and a financial aid of up to three billion yuan has reached Israel. There are hundreds of tanks on a fully loaded cargo ship, which can make a powerful addition to Israel's armored forces.

"You have seen Comrade Serov's documents, it can be said that Israel's preparations for war have actually been completed, and the war can actually start at any time, and if you do it first, we have no opinion, but we are afraid of Mr. Nasser's judgment that he does not know the danger, and when we reminded Mr. Nasser, he also told us not to worry. Even if the war began, Egypt would not be wiped out in one wave. Ustinov said helplessly with his hands in his hands, "Although the military advisory group in Egypt is as high as more than 10,000 people, we cannot bypass Egypt and take orders directly, otherwise we will ignore the authority of the Egyptian government too much." ”

"Serov said that you are trustworthy, which is why this time we invited you to visit Moscow through the Ministry of Defense." Andropov glanced at Serov, then looked at Hafez Assad and said, "With Israel's territory and population, they can't organize a large army to attack you at the same time, and there must be a trade-off in the direction of attack." But one day it will not change, and this is the first sortie of the Air Force. Israel has received more than 200 American fighter jets in the past two months, so the first step in the start of the war must be to send the air force to destroy your air force at the airfield. ”

"The Japanese and Germans did too much in World War II, but only the Israelis went to war without saying hello after the war, and the greatest sorrow of the Air Force was to be wiped out at the airport." Serov looked at Hafez Assad with burning eyes and said, "General Assad, the lion of the Middle East?" You are the commander of the air force in Syria, and if the air force is gone, how will you, the commander of the air force, deal with himself. ”

Assad was the Syrian Ministry of Defense and Air Force Commander at this time, and once the Syrian Air Force was eliminated, he was likely to become a scapegoat.

"I have set up dozens of surveillance points on your border with Israel, and the readiness of the Syrian Air Force must be immediately increased, because the likelihood of an Israeli surprise attack is growing. We can't interfere with Egypt's decision, but we still hope that Syria will be prepared for an indelible blow to the confidence of the entire Arab population if the Israeli surprise attack is successful, and once the confidence of a people is broken, anything can happen. Andropov, the secretary of the Central Committee, knew this better than anyone else and warned Assad very seriously.

"I see, thank you Soviet friends for the reminder." Hafez Assad was silent for a long time before expressing his gratitude. From the mental activity on the other side, Serov sensed an emotion called seriousness, knowing that this Middle Eastern lion had listened to the words of their people.

Assad spent a few days in Moscow, leaving with him loaded with top-secret KGB documents and a batch of Soviet military supplies, and Serov finally said a word, "Wars often start with paralysis, but sometimes they do the opposite, picking the most prepared time for surprise attacks." He remembered that the war began on Monday, and that during the Fourth Middle East War, Arab countries simply launched a war against Israel on Yom Kippur.

A few days later, in preparation for war, Nasser ordered Egypt to take over the positions of the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) between Egypt and Israel as preparations for a possible outbreak of war. The KGB finally issued a stern warning, "It is necessary to prevent a surprise attack by the Israeli Air Force." (To be continued.) )