Rise of the Argentine Empire

While Saint-Hesse was dealing with a bunch of messy trivial matters at the factory, Guerrero and Aragon, leading the Falcon Team, had just arrived in Oran, a peripheral city of the Potassium Triangle.

The Oblaemoerdo Salt Lake Group is their final destination, distributing more than 190 salt lakes of various sizes.

Guerrero, leader of the Falcon Intelligence Assault Team, code-named Silver Fox, a retired veteran, ruthless.

Aragon, deputy leader of the Falcon Intelligence Assault Team, captain of the Viper Squad, code-named Tyrant Bear, is also one of Saint-Hesse's most trusted people.

The "Potassium Triangle" belongs to the border of three countries, and the composition of personnel is relatively complex, including Bolivians, socialists, guerrillas, Chileans, Argentines, Indian tribes, government troops, and various desperadoes.

In fact, there is also a very important resource here, which is lithium, but this thing is not yet needed. Lithium mines will not become famous until the new energy era, and its future name is "Lithium Triangle".

The Falcon Team is just to buy some local specialties - potash, potassium chloride, a special fertilizer for producing fireworks.

These people were all personally trained by Saint-Hesse and have served as squad leaders. Their abilities are very good. They are trained to operate various guns and have the strength to lead the team independently. Now it is somewhat overkill. Currently, the number of people in the Viper Squad has not exceeded fifty.

Guerrero immediately began intelligence construction and collection, and used a dedicated frequency long-distance special telephone to contact the two remaining intelligence groups on Saint-Hesse's side.

At the same time, a small stronghold was first established in Oran, which is also the rear of some Potassium Triangle forces.

Oran is the upstream of the river that Saint-Hesse's logistics team can pass through. Various weapons have arrived at the Oran warehouse, and a brand-new fully armed Viper Squad has been freshly baked.

The Potassium Triangle is located in Jujuy Province. Oran is a large city in the nearby periphery and also the most convenient place to rent cars and freight. It is only more than 100 kilometers away from the Potassium Triangle.

It takes three or four hours to drive there. Now there is no highway. It is good to have a cement road. The transportation is quite inconvenient. Originally, that place was a desolate place, but it has become slightly prosperous since the minerals were produced.

The Potassium Triangle is a triangular area with a dense distribution of salt lakes formed by the Neogene Andean tectonic movement. The unique arid climate and abundant lithium sources make the salt lakes contain a large amount of exploitable salt mineral resources.

Half a day later, the three returned with their teams.

"The Potassium Triangle is quite outrageous. There are so many people, comparable to our Ke City."

"Yeah, there are more than 300,000 people in this broken place. No one controls the border, and people from Bolivia can come directly."

"Captain, the important salt lake distribution in this Potassium Triangle includes Chile's Atacama, Maricunga, our country's Breal Muerto, Cauchari-Olaroz, Rincón, and Bolivia's Uyuni and other six large salt lakes, as well as hundreds of other small salt lakes. Ten years ago, after the Potassium Salt War, the local forces have already divided it up."

"There are dozens of forces distributed there, the largest of which are the Bolivian guerrilla "People's Front", the Indian local force "Sunset Glow\

,"our Argentine "Sikal" Chemical Company, the Chilean "New Sicily" warlord, Barrick's "Twilight's End" gang, and the "Barrosa Family" of Jujuy Province,

the motorcycle gang "Soul of Wheels Front", and these major forces in Chile. There are even more other small forces that cannot be counted.

I heard that there are also a large number of mining companies from other countries such as "Hallachi Mining" and "Freeport McMoRan", etc. The situation is quite complicated and cannot be underestimated."

Guerrero also frowned. This situation and situation is quite tricky. There are many people in this broken place because it is the border of three countries.

The personnel are complex and mixed, and there are so many forces that it is outrageous. It is different from Ke City, which only has a few small gangs. It belongs to a no-man's land without government control.

Of course, there are also benefits. It is very suitable for doing something, and the benefits are great.

"Does everyone have any good ideas? The boss's goal is to buy hundreds of tons of potassium chloride, but we have come with so few people. This place is also a good place,

with great development potential. Is it a bit overkill to come here just to buy raw materials?"

Guerrero planned to brainstorm and discuss together, distribute the information, and arrange the deployment.

Under Saint-Hesse's strong request, although the original study group was eventually disbanded, the people he brought still had to learn a lot of military theory knowledge.

"Hey, team leader, I think we should fuck him. Directly destroy a force, and then we will occupy the territory. In the future, the boss... it's just a matter of a word for the boss to want raw materials."

Aragon said when no one started.

"Team leader, I think we should subdue a few small organizations and then slowly plan..."

"That makes sense. Being too tough may be targeted..."

"I think that motorcycle gang is not bad. Their gang leader is a Bolivian, and most of his subordinates are relatively weak. They only have one hundred and several dozen people,

controlling 2 small salt lake mines, and no one behind them. Kill their leader, and we can subdue them. They also produce a lot of potassium nitrate, but their finances are not very good."

"I also think it's good to fuck the gang. I prefer that "Twilight's End". They are mostly gauchos, and their leader is ruthless, but they have great wealth. Kill their leader and then subdue them."

Aragon continued to brag.

The discussion atmosphere began to heat up. Regular troops beat gang members, and small warlords were not a problem, especially with the weapons, ammunition, and bombs supported by the boss, as well as some small heavy weapons.

Wiping out gangs is indeed the traditional skill of the Viper Squad. They have no psychological burden at all. Of course, they kill gangs not to become gangsters themselves, but to seize mineral resources. It won't work if they are not ruthless enough.

In the end, everyone discussed it and decided to find a weaker small force to start with, preferably one with no one behind it, and then slowly expand and recruit people.

And the black head of "Twilight's End" is indeed more annoying, notorious, and also a descendant of Spaniards. There are no descendants after checking, but every year they export a lot of potash to other forces, but they have offended many people.

"Hello boss, this is Guerrero."

"Little Luo, what's the matter?" Saint-Hesse yawned, and was woken up by the phone again after just falling asleep.

"Boss, the situation is like this, we plan to get a stronghold. It's too expensive to buy directly from them."

"Oh, oh, okay, if it really doesn't work, just buy a few hundred tons and come back. I'm going to sleep first. You guys discuss it."

"Okay, boss."

After Saint-Hesse hung up the phone, he didn't hear clearly, and just said a few words casually. The signal was not very good. These days, he was looking at the financial statements of each factory, and Sean, that bastard, was causing trouble again. These broken things were making him too busy, but he was very relieved about Guerrero's work, and fell asleep in a daze.

"The boss is really working hard every day."

Guerrero hung up the phone and planned to quickly share the boss's worries.

...

The next morning, after assigning their respective tasks, the fully armed Viper Squad bought three second-hand trucks at the local second-hand car market, brought their eating utensils, and drove towards the Potassium Triangle.

Driving the truck into the highlands, the scenery was desolate, the climate dry, but a bit cooler than in Maria Town. Occasionally, some alpacas crossed the road, and there were also indigenous herders grazing their flocks. As the altitude gradually increased, the team members became excited, most of whom were Gauchos.

In the distance, over the white salt flats of the highlands, flocks of flamingos took flight, their silent beauty captivating. Guerrero, being from the south, was seeing this kind of scenery for the first time.

Then, the Viper Squad witnessed the chaos of this lawless highland region. A convoy had been robbed, trucks burned, riddled with bullet holes.

"Wealth, freedom, sin."

Along the way, there were also small villages made up of container-like houses, as well as adobe and wooden shacks. The conditions were very poor. Generally, these small villages had only a few dozen residents. Some local women were feeding their children, their skin a yellowish-black, resembling mixed-race.

There were also some abandoned indigenous tribal shelters, rudimentary structures. It was said that during the Guano War, locals from Chile and Bolivia drove their livestock across the Andes to seek refuge here.

The feat of crossing the Andes Mountains was, in reality, not that rare, but the most famous was Bolivar's. The great South American liberator, the Condor of the Andes.

In June 1819, Bolivar led his army across the treacherous Andes Mountains, entering the province of Tunja, and defeated the Spanish colonial army in the Vargas Swamp.

A motorcycle gang of robbers roared past, attempting to hijack the Viper Squad's three trucks. But after the team members revealed their Chicago Typewriters, all five members surrendered. They were apprehended and interrogated on the trucks, which were parked on a roadside clearing, while the others were responsible for guarding the perimeter.

"Which gang are you from?"

The men were handcuffed and forced to kneel on the scorching sand.

"Big… Big brother, let's talk this over. We're from the 'Free Ax Gang'."

"Cruz, have you heard of this gang?"

"Captain, our intelligence doesn't include this gang. We only have information on gangs with more than fifty members."

After some interrogation, it turned out that this "Free Ax Gang" had a fairly wide range of activity and a decent business. In the Galaxy Valley, they had their own small base camp, with a total of more than 60 people. They kept a low profile and even had their own small salt lake and processing workshop.

Their activities included setting up ambushes on the road, forced buying and selling, and theft. Their boss was also quite discreet.

"Leader, this Ax Gang seems pretty good. How about we make them our target? They don't even have many guns and ammunition. We could take out their boss and a few key members, and that should be enough. Moreover, they're ostensibly a small gang, so it would be normal for them to be wiped out."

"It's not impossible, but we need to gather more relevant information. If it still doesn't work out, we'll go after the Twilight's End."

"Lombeta, take a team to gather information about this gang. If it's suitable, we'll wipe them out tonight."

"What should we do with these guys? Just bury them or riddle them with bullets?" Aragon was also getting excited.

"Bosses, we're valuable! We can guide you! We're definitely good people, we've never committed murder or arson…"

"Yeah, boss, we can join you…"

"I don't want to die, mama, mama…"

These youngsters, at most not even twenty years old, immediately started yelling, crying, and screaming when they heard they were going to be buried.

Guerrero also had a headache. He didn't plan to kill them, but he wouldn't let them go either. He would interrogate them later, and if they really hadn't committed too many crimes, he would let them off. But for now, he would tie them up first.

"Tie them up and wait for their information. If the conditions are right, bury them all," Guerrero instructed after thinking for a moment.

Guerrero adhered to one of Saint-Hesse's principles: avoid killing if possible, but he would still kill if necessary. He would find a reason, and it was best not to leave any loose ends. These retired soldiers had already seen blood in the previous encirclement operation.

Lombeta brought good news. This gang was very suitable. Wiping them out wouldn't have much impact, and their base was in a valley, with a large territory, very suitable for subsequent development and building a mining and processing plant.

No sooner said than done. At two o'clock at night, in a highland town, the well-rested Viper Squad prepared to wipe out this "Free Ax Gang" and incorporate them into their own forces.

Free Ax Gang base, Calori Valley.

The gangsters had already fallen asleep. Aragon, with the Free Ax Gang's base map, led the Viper Squad in a decapitation and harvesting operation. These high-level members basically didn't need to be kept alive.

After an "intense" battle, the Ax Gang's high-level members were captured. The gang leader, Grenin, revealed the information they wanted. Guerrero ordered all the problematic high-level members to be riddled with bullets, leaving a few who were willing to submit and join.

The rest were all tied up and imprisoned in a secret warehouse, and the flag was changed.

Early the next morning, they casually found a mountain area to dig a pit and bury the bodies. Guerrero didn't have any psychological burden. They were all scum anyway. Don't think these Ax Gang high-level members were low-key; they had done just as many bad things.

The other gang members were screened and joined the outer organization of the Thunder Cross, operating under the name of the Thunder Cross Security Company. Anyway, this gang was low-key enough, and gang fights were very common in the nearby villages, all of which were Ax Gang territory.

What made them very emotional was that this Free Ax Gang, which was so low-key, was directly taken down. The Free Ax Gang's strength was indeed average, and they had some firearms, but most of them still used axes. They could bully ordinary people, but meeting the Viper Squad could only be considered their bad luck.

They found hundreds of tons of freshly produced potassium chloride in the warehouse. Guerrero directly arranged for a convoy to escort it back to Oran City.

After clearing out the remnants of the Ax Gang near Calori Valley, not letting a single one escape, they finally firmly controlled the territory. The remaining task was to arrange for someone to pull telephone lines, set up telephones, and arrange a series of secret intelligence tools, all in an orderly manner.

The next step was to slowly develop and take down all the major salt lakes in the vicinity. He believed that with the boss's weapons and ammunition, it wouldn't be too difficult. And the motorcycle gang was a good target, but their gang had one or two hundred people, and they also had firearms, so it needed to be dealt with slowly.

"Boss, we've already gotten the potassium chloride."

"Oh, good, I'll have someone take over."

"By the way, we took down a territory and wiped out a small gang called the Ax Gang."

"Weren't you supposed to buy it from someone?" Saint-Hesse's face was full of question marks.

"Didn't the boss say we needed to get a territory?"

"Ah, that's fine too, taking it down is fine too. You can prepare a document for me to look at later, I've been too busy these past few days and have a headache."

"Okay, boss."

Saint-Hesse hung up the phone, his head buzzing. He finally came to his senses. This plot wasn't right, was it? I just arranged for you to escort the goods in order to buy some fertilizer and not get robbed. Then I gave you money so you could buy a few salt lakes. Why did you wipe out someone else's gang? Looking at those financial reports gave me a headache, but as long as things are done, that's fine. This Guerrero is really "reliable", much more reliable than Sean.

Guerrero thought to himself, 'Isn't that what I learned from you, boss? Last time with the Byrd Brotherhood, it seemed like you blackmailed your factory below.'