Rise of the Argentine Empire

More than ten days had passed since the last Brotherhood encirclement operation. The Thunderbolt Project - Action Team was disbanded on the spot at that time. Saint-Hesse had not seen Commander Thompson again, nor had he seen his secretary, Kate.

After meeting the talented Guerrero, Saint-Hesse finally made up his mind to establish his own secret intelligence department.

Guerrero was someone Saint-Hesse had been paying close attention to during his time in the City Defense Force. Although he was taciturn at the time, his instructor was meticulous and always completed tasks on time. Moreover, he grew up in an orphanage and had no ties.

Before the Thunderbolt Project to encircle the Brotherhood even started, Saint-Hesse recalled his old subordinate, Guerrero. Without hesitation, Guerrero gave up his thriving career to follow Saint-Hesse, learn undercover experience, and completed it exceptionally well, which surprised Saint-Hesse.

This Guerrero was definitely a genius. After a long talk, they exchanged many ideas, and Guerrero joined Saint-Hesse's new plan to form an intelligence team!

The Falcon Intelligence Strike Team had been secretly preparing in Ke City for the past few days, using the initial funds provided by Saint-Hesse to build a secret headquarters.

The long-term goal of Falcon is to spread its intelligence network throughout Argentina. Guerrero was appointed as the first leader of the intelligence team, and currently only two suitable people have been recruited.

Meanwhile, retired soldiers from the National Defense Army and some suitable candidates from the past, who have been tested for a long time, are also being urgently recruited.

Saint-Hesse didn't plan to be blind anymore. If he couldn't develop himself in the four years before the fall of the Perón government, then the arrival of American capitalists might be the death of Saint-Hesse.

He allocated an initial action fund of 10 million pesos from his private treasury, totaling $200,000, to start the preliminary preparations.

The Intelligence Strike Team is divided into two parts. The first part is the Armed Action Department, concurrently serving as the Deputy Leader of the Intelligence Team. The head of the department is the bald Aragon, codenamed Tiger. The officially established members, retired soldiers from the National Defense Army, underwent strict examination and review, and a total of 41 people were recruited.

All of them are gauchos, responsible for armed security and defense of factories, etc. There are two extra-organizational teams: the Praly Factory Security Team with 39 people, the Maria Petrochemical Plant with 34 people, and the old gatekeeper of the Blue Sky Textile and Garment Factory with 6 people, which are not included.

The second department is the Intelligence Department. The head of the Intelligence Department is the melancholic Guerrero, codenamed Silver Fox. Currently, there are only three people in the Intelligence Department, mainly responsible for commercial intelligence and other information within the city.

Guerrero serves as the leader of the Intelligence Strike Team and temporarily holds the position of Minister of the Intelligence Department. Silver Fox Guerrero graduated from the Department of Economics at the University of Palermo. He is smooth and ruthless in his work. He served in the City Defense Force for two years, retired when the City Defense Force was reorganized, and became a broker. He performed extremely well during the encirclement of the "Byrd Brotherhood" and was personally recruited by Saint-Hesse to serve as the head of the Intelligence Department and the overall head.

At the same time, in order to cover up, the Cordoba Thunderbolt Cross Security Company was established externally. The logo is a lightning bolt plus a cross. The extra-organizational personnel of the two factories are paid by the Thunderbolt Cross and are responsible for security work, equipped with some non-standard weapons.

The main tasks of Falcon are to collect intelligence, analyze it, and carry out secret operations. They are responsible for monitoring major trends in the city, such as the Cordoba City Hall and the National Defense Army, and have purchased transceivers, etc.

In order to select suitable candidates, some extra-organizational personnel are recruited in Cordoba in the name of the Thunderbolt Cross for assessment. If suitable, they will be trained.

For better and more concealed training, Saint-Hesse purchased a mountain ranch in the valley outside Maria Town as the Falcon training camp, allowing Aragon and his men to conduct military training here with ease.

On the third day in Maria Town, the leader of the Falcon team, Silver Fox Guerrero, the bald Tiger Aragon, and the official members arrived in Maria Town in batches.

They entered a ranch called Black River Valley. It used to be a livestock farm, raising chickens, ducks, and geese, and had hills full of orange trees. It had been abandoned, and a large number of orange trees had been hit by pests, and the soil had hardened.

Wearing training uniforms urgently customized by Blue Cloud Garment Factory, a total of 47 members of the Falcon Intelligence Team, wearing blue uniforms and hats, were urgently assembling and training on an open space.

Looking at the neatly standing team members, Saint-Hesse nodded with great satisfaction.

"Hello everyone, I am Saint-Hesse Cohen. I believe everyone has known me for a long time. It has been more than ten days since we parted ways during the last Brotherhood encirclement. I believe your leaders, Aragon and Guerrero, have told you about the purpose of establishing our Falcon team and what we are going to do, and what our future goals are."

"In fact, our goal is very simple, which is to protect ourselves, and at the same time protect our industries. The fundamental goal is to be loyal to me," Saint-Hesse announced bluntly, "You all must be loyal to me."

Except for Guerrero, everyone present was Saint-Hesse's compatriot - the gauchos. There is absolutely no need to worry about loyalty, and Guerrero is the overall person in charge designated by Saint-Hesse.

"Perhaps many people will wonder, what is the difference between being loyal to me and being loyal to this country? I can clearly tell you that being loyal to this country temporarily does not see a future, but being loyal to me, I will bring you a future, and even to your families. I promise that I will bring equal Argentine citizenship to all gauchos," Saint-Hesse waved his fist and said arrogantly.

"This time, I am establishing an intelligence team in the capacity of a staff officer of the Eighth Brigade of the Ministry of National Defense. I hope everyone will work hard and unite!"

Saint Hesser added fuel to the fire. Although every word Saint Hesser spoke was true, the purpose was indeed misleading, but the feeling he gave was that he was genuine. This was also Saint Hesser's ambition.

"We, the Falcons Special Forces team, are one organization with two identities. To the outside world, we are the Thunder Cross Security Company. This is our important disguise. I hope everyone strictly abides by the confidentiality regulations!" The members of the intelligence squad applauded wildly, unable to stop for a long time.

Although it's fake now, it will definitely become real in the future, Saint Hesser thought to himself.

After the performance, he continued, "Now that we are going to establish the Viper Special Forces, we will definitely need a complete set of weapons. Aragon, take some men to unload the wooden crates from those two containers."

Saint Hesser waved his hand, and the people from the Viper Special Forces were also curious about what was inside the containers unloaded from these two trucks.

One by one, the wooden crates were placed on the open ground. Although they were all curious, no one spoke, and they remained standing still, displaying good military discipline and quality.

Saint Hesser pried open the wooden crates with a crowbar.

These were various stockpiled weapons smuggled back from the United States: Green Berets, the latest bulletproof vests, sniper rifles, Thompson submachine guns, M1 carbines, M1 Garand rifles, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifles, revolvers, grenades, smoke grenades, tear gas, and other various weapons, enough to equip the entire Viper Special Forces.

There were also some secret intelligence weapons from the Thunderbolt Arsenal in the United States, mostly introduced by General Electric, who was also responsible for customs clearance, which was completely legal and compliant.

The soldiers of the Viper Squad stared wide-eyed. These American weapons looked much better than the domestically produced imitation inferior products. Genuine American goods! It's just that there are too many miscellaneous guns. Among these, Saint Hesser's favorite was still the Thompson submachine gun.

One by one, the guns were distributed. Blanks were used for live-fire exercises, while live ammunition was temporarily stored. At the temporary shooting range, Saint Hesser used a Thompson submachine gun for live-fire shooting. A burst of bullets went by, the power was enormous, and the recoil was also significant. The muzzle flashed, and the sound was 'tat-tat-tat'. No wonder it also had a nickname: the Chicago Typewriter.

With Saint Hesser's physical fitness, there was no problem. The guns the Americans were selling were still World War II stockpiles, not the latest models. He just enjoyed himself.

The submachine gun was the favorite of American gangsters. Saint Hesser suddenly felt that his nature seemed to be similar to the Brotherhood of the Bird. He shook his head and didn't care. I'm a regular army.

Currently, fully automatic rifles in the world are still in the non-export stage. Moreover, Saint Hesser cannot represent Argentina. What he coveted most was the Soviet AK47, finalized in 1947 and equipped to the troops in 1949. The Soviets would not release it for the time being.

The Americans are very cunning. Except for bulletproof vests, which are the latest products, they are only willing to sell stockpiled guns and ammunition. But it's a seller's market, there's no way. There are many semi-automatic rifles, but those things are not good for Saint Hesser at all. He was not interested.

The latest fully automatic rifle has not yet been released on the market. The M14 rifle already has prototypes. Saint Hesser knew about this gun because of the Vietnam War. This new rifle was long and heavy, completely unable to match the AK47, and was eventually replaced by another small-caliber rifle.

The M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle was a large batch of stockpiled goods produced by the United States during World War II. The quality was not bad. Although it was not as advanced as the STG44 and AK47, Saint Hesser was not interested in this automatic rifle.

In his opinion, the AK series was the best in the world. He even wanted to get one to play with. The Golden AK was the weapon of the Babylonian Lion in later generations, but unfortunately, the ending was not good. He quickly removed the unrealistic thoughts from his brain.

Argentina has made some imitation versions of the German Stg44, the CAM 1, but the quality is not reliable and the cost is too expensive. It is still in the experimental stage and has only been taken out during military exercises and the last special application. There is no mass production yet.

Without its own weapons production line, it can only pick up other people's stockpiled goods to use. Thinking of India, which claims to be a major world power, it seems that it has only been independent for three or four years and is already quite militarily powerful, a real testing ground for weapons and ammunition from all over the world.

Nehru is indeed a great man. He integrated the divided India, trying to completely integrate the scattered India with thousands of local forces. He succeeded in a large part, but unfortunately, he met the real great man of that era and could only step down and die depressed.

"Okay, everyone has received the weapons in their hands. In the next few days, we must strengthen training and protect ourselves. I have already transported all the food, vegetables, fruits, and meat needed for a day. Fresh vegetables and fruits will be transported every day. You must train well."

"Yes, Captain!" They still like to call Saint Hesser Captain. The bald Aragon also has his own career. Saint Hesser had a brief chat with Guerrero. Saint Hesser actually had a batch of heavy weapons, but they were not arranged to be taken out and were secretly protected in a warehouse in Maria Town.

After arranging these things, Saint Hesser drove a pickup truck back to Maria Town alone. Today, he wants to talk to Mayor Cavo about how to take over the Maria Explosives Factory.

The Rein Explosives Factory is located southwest of Maria Town, like Black River Valley. The two are less than 2 kilometers apart, just on opposite sides of a mountain, quite close.

Saint Hesser plans to set up a huge laboratory, but unfortunately, he lacks mechanical equipment and talent. Weapons and equipment talent have not yet been recruited.

Of course, fortunately, Maria Town is not far from the capital. There are many talents in the capital. When the time comes, he must recruit talents and carry out reverse engineering before introducing the production line, and carry out some simple preliminary designs.

Some people have already been recruited, but not in Maria Town, but in Cordoba. When the new factory building and office building are completed, the mechanical equipment factory can be formally established to produce its own mechanical equipment, instead of importing from the Americans, which is really like robbing money.

Mechanical industrial equipment is needed for the weapons and equipment factory, the petrochemical plastics factory, and the Prari factory. In the future, they will all be produced in the mechanical manufacturing plant to be established.

"Brother Saint, let's go visit the gunpowder factory later, and come to my house for dinner tonight."

"Okay, Brother Cavo, I also really like the food your family makes," Saint Hesser said truthfully.

I have to say that the craftsmanship is really good. The chef at Mayor Cavo's house has unique cooking skills, which Saint Hesser also thinks is good. No wonder they are a fallen noble family with a rich ancestry. It is said that their chefs are all hereditary. This is outrageous. It's really evil capitalism.

In the future, I must find a few French chefs. When eating, I want to watch them perform, so that eating will be enjoyable.