37 Bern

'Sigh, the question is which party do I support, which politicians do I target first, Blackmail? Bribe? Befriend?' I started to think ahead, ''Sir we will be in Bern in 2 hours.'' The gold skull reported. ''Good, Look carefully Soldier, this will be our new home, and if we are lucky our country,'' I said to him. 'BEEP' ''Sir, HQ is contacting you'' The gold skull said.

I Picked up the horn from the onboard radio, specially installed. ''Marshall, we have contacted the construction company, and told them to either end the contract or accept the change of plans. They gave their answer, they will transfer the contract to their sister company in Zurich, they will supply them with the materials they have already gathered. But the drafting of new blueprints checking the geography for best location etc will still take one month they said.'' The Head of construction said, ''Good job, also I would like you to contact Hugo, the CEO of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, say that we have agreed to the construction, but that the order has increased from 2 to 4 Battle Zeppelins, also the Blueprint will be sent back by plane. Lastly, say that the construction must be done at the construction Hanger we will build near Blatten. That is all, keep me updated on the dismantling of the Base.'' I replied ''YES MARSHALL!'' The construction head saluted before I hung up.

'I will start the preliminary constructions, the gate and storage, that's all we can do, we cannot move large quantities of weaponry for Switzerland either'

''Soldier, contact our car in front.'' I ordered, ''yes Marshall'' he replied, with one hand on the wheel, he adjusted the frequency. ''Ready sir'' he said. I waited for them to pick up, ''This is the head of intelligence, please report.'' the head of intelligence said. ''Marshall speaking, Do you have any Black hand members left in Bern?'' I asked. ''Yes Marshall, we have currently 4 undercover agents in Bern, they are sent there in advance by Rudolf, as he knew the backup plan would be used. They have only infiltrated some political parties, but haven't gotten far in 2 week time.'' The intelligence head reported.

''Good, what political parties are target first?'' I asked. ''Marshall we have decided that to gain maximum out of Switzerland we will need a Dictatorship or one ruler. As they say, better a good dictatorship than a bad democracy! Hence we have decided to infiltrate Fascist and Nationalist parties. The ones we infiltrated are Schweizerischer Vaterländischer Verband, Eidgenössische Front, Bund Treuer Eidgenossen Nationalsozialistischer Weltanschauung and the National Front. Our agents are only external members but have been able to get multiple favours through bribing. We estimate though that it will take 1 year for us to enter the inner circle of these parties.'' The intelligence head reported. ''Good, I want all black hands mobilised for Operation Unity!'' I ordered him. ''Yes, Marshall! Activating all the agents we prepared and placed throughout Europe these 1 and a half years!'' The intelligence head answered. After he confirmed it I hung up. 'I must hurry up, my enemy is also preparing, I can't sit and do nothing.'

The beautiful countryside of Switzerland came into view, 'This might become a battleground, might not, depends on how well I can prepare. War will start in eastern Europe in 1939, and immediately if France supports Poland than western Europe will fall into a state of total war.

Massive Air forces will control the Sky, fleets in the hundreds of ships will rule the seas, legions of Panzers will rule the land. I am unable to outproduce any country. I must defeat quantity with quality, yet History has shown that is not the best option. This is a dilemma I have to solve before phase 4 as our industry will have to focus on producing either Aircraft or Tanks. I will have to have another meeting with the sector heads later this year it seems.' Many thoughts go through my mind as I try to solve this dilemma, yet all Historical evidence shows that only a massive technological superior army can defeat numbers, such as guns vs swords.

Even if the Guns are outnumbered they can still easily win. But if the technological advantage is unable to counter the massively superior army in terms of numbers, then defeat is still inevitable!

'BEEP' ''This is Nova, please report'' The gold skull replied to the transmission request. ''This is the intelligence head'' ''Marshall, it is yours'' the soldier said while giving the horn, ''I have given the order, all our black hands and sleeper agents have been mobilised! Currently, 500 men are coming to Bern, while our top 20 sleeper agents will stay and be active in the French, German and British Governments, although they haven't gotten far, I think we might be able to monitor the [Unknown] Organisation, Marshall!''The head of intelligence continued. ''Good job, I want a monthly report on the developments in other countries, especially Germany's. With that dismissed.'' I hung up and continued to watch the Swiss scenery.

We continued to drive through Switzerland, the border crossing was no problem, we forged our documents as true Swiss Citizens. After driving for 2 hours did Bern finally come into sight, 'Our new temporary base of operation' I thought to myself. We drove to the edge of the centre of Bern, where an Outpost was established, it was a small mansion, 4 stories high. ''Sir, we hope you do not find it to shabby.'' The intelligence head said, ''No it is fine, we need the space, has armoury and comms room already been fitted?'' I asked him as we both head through the entrance of the small mansion. ''Yes Marshall. everything has been fitted, including steel reinforced walls, steel shutters for the windows, reinforced doors, escape tunnel and underground command centre!'' The intelligence head said while we headed deeper inside the mansion, a door made of pure steel was on the left, guarded by 2 external members, but both of Diamond rank. The intelligence head whispered; ''We had to use external members for guards due to our steep decline in domestic personnel, I am sorry that I could get more trustworthy men to guard this base.'' ''that is fine, we have to make due with what we have,'' I replied to him. ''IN THE MARSHALL WE TRUST!'' The 2 guards said as we approached the door, 'crrrr' The massive metal door was pushed open by the 2 guards, at the end of the stairs an MG34 mas mounted, ready to fire upon the enemy who dears to enter. When the door was fully opened did I and the intelligence head proceed downwards, When I reached the end of the stairs I opened the door, immediately large amounts of chatter enter my ear as I all kinds of people were working down here, typewriters, paper, radios the entire room was jam-packed as people were working around the clock, The intelligence head beckoned me over, ''This way Marshall, your office is over there.''