Chapter 418: Sub-base

La Paz, above the complex mountain range about twenty kilometers outside the city.

After several months, returning to South America once again, Sun Cheng's state of mind was already completely different from before.

"Is this the place?"

After linking to a satellite of the Glonass navigation system newly launched by Russia at the beginning of this year, and confirming the coordinates that Pioneer had previously reported to him, he rapidly descended from the sky tens of thousands of meters high and soon landed on the ground.

"It should be here!"

His eyes like torches, he shot out two beams of azure light in the dark night; after the light waves quickly fed the terrain of more than ten kilometers nearby back into his Core, Sun Cheng looked thoughtfully at the two small hills not far away.

He had already confirmed that he had not come to the wrong place; this was indeed the destination of his trip—the Bolivia Sub-base.

The Russian-made S-300 Anti-aircraft Missile System deployed on several hills near the Sub-base did not react at all, and he was not surprised by this.

With the Optical Stealth Device activated, even the most advanced S-400 Anti-aircraft Missile System that the Russians use themselves, which has just been finalized, cannot capture his flight trajectory, let alone these S-300 Anti-aircraft Missile Systems that the Russians bartered and delivered to him, all of which are the early S-300PMU1 version.

This is also the reason why, in international arms trade, the Russians, who have always been known for their black hearts, were so straightforward in delivering the S-300 Anti-aircraft Missile System to him at the beginning.

It was nothing more than because Sun Cheng did not strictly require the latest version used by the Russian Army, so they were happy to use Sun Cheng's hands to update the Russian Army's active equipment.

"... Well, one is willing to hit and the other is willing to be hit!"

He did not feel much displeasure in his heart; Sun Cheng really did not take this bit of the Russians' calculation to heart.

Actually, this is quite good too!

If he really wanted to forcefully demand the latest version used by the Russian Army from Moscow, not only would both sides have to bicker for a while, but even if the Russians conceded and agreed later, they would not give it up so readily.

Functional castration is inevitable; naturally, they could not take out the active equipment currently serving in the military to sell, and by the time the national defense export company actually delivered the goods, two or three years would have passed!

Sun Cheng actually did not value this kind of ground-to-air anti-missile system manufactured by the Russians that has been in service for decades; although it looks quite advanced, it is actually starting to become outdated when facing similar competitors on Earth.

However, he also admitted that Base No. 2 is now almost entirely devoted to three major tasks under his orders: manufacturing various industrial and military robots, cultivating Newborn Decepticons, and continuing to develop various high-power Cybertronian Military Weapons.

Otherwise, if he only needed to spare a few Decepticon Engineers, they could soon replicate a missile system with superior performance, one that even Decepticons and Autobots could detect and shoot down.

To put it bluntly, it is still a lack of manpower!

This big trouble has increasingly become the main factor hindering the rapid expansion of his forces!

Moreover, although the S-300 is not qualified to deal with forces like the five major rascals, or Autobots and Decepticons, it is enough to deal with other small fry!

Since Sun Cheng has decided to take down South America as soon as possible to continuously expand his forces and power, his opponents will not only be the Yankees, Decepticons, and Autobots; all countries on the South American continent, not just Bolivia's arch-enemies Chile and Paraguay, but even traditional allies like Peru, and even countries like Brazil and Argentina, will soon become enemies of Simon Bolivar.

The 4 battalions and 16 launch units he purchased from Russia, totaling 64 launch systems with 395 48N6E Missiles in reserve, should be enough for the time being!

After the Russians delivered the goods, these S-300s were first intelligently modified by Decepticon Engineers in Severodvinsk before being transported to South America via two converted former Typhoon-class strategic nuclear submarines.

Even Sun Cheng had to admit that the former Soviet Union did indeed leave behind many good things.

These behemoth-class submarines with an underwater displacement of 30,000 to 40,000 tons had all their weapon systems dismantled by Decepticon Engineers, their hulls and structures reinforced with new alloys, their power propulsion systems replaced with brand new ones, and after being converted into Cargo Submarines, they only needed one or two Workers to control them, and a single transport could secretly ship as much as 5,000 to 6,000 tons of cargo out of Russia.

Sun Cheng would naturally not be stupid enough to use them to transport ordinary steel, but using them to transport uranium ore, rare metals, rare earths, missiles, etc., not only saves a lot of trouble but is also fast.

Hephaestus endowed the two fully converted Typhoon-class submarines with an underwater speed of nearly 120 knots, and combined with their extreme diving depth of 1,500 meters, it is no exaggeration to say that these two Typhoons are currently the safest shipping routes on Earth.

Before arriving from the Far East, Sun Cheng had already notified La Paz; when he arrived at the Canyon where the Sub-base was located, Sprint, who was responsible for holding down the fort in Bolivia, soon appeared before him.

"My master, welcome to La Paz!"

Kneeling on one knee before Sun Cheng, Sprint lowered his head slightly like a loyal dog, but he still could not hide a hint of anticipation on his face.

He knew that his master was always clear about rewards and punishments; having conscientiously completed the task assigned to him, he would surely receive a reward from his master afterwards.

Although this Bolivia was taken down by Pioneer, the one who proposed this plan was him and his lackey—Yuri—who had been constantly expanding under his own protection.

Moreover, not long after Pioneer supported the military coup and successfully took La Paz, he was sent by his master to perform tasks elsewhere.

In the nearly two months since then, it had been him, Sprint, holding down the fort in Bolivia, bloodily suppressing local military and police and the opposition within Bolivia, and building and striving to expand the scale of the Sub-base.

Through his efforts, the impact of the Bolivian military coup had gradually faded with time.

Although the newly inaugurated military government had not yet received widespread recognition from the international community, they had already established their authority within Bolivia.

The interim government had been formed and was basically under their control.

And under the guise of state-owned enterprises, several state-owned industrial and mining enterprises announced by the interim government had not only completed land enclosure across the country.

What even fewer people knew was that in some rich mining areas with inconvenient transportation and harsh environments, the newly produced miner-type robots from Base No. 2 had been working for some time; a steady stream of gold, silver, copper, iron, and various rare minerals were being excavated, some of which were transported back to Base No. 2 to be smelted and manufacture more robots, while others were turned into trade goods between Sun Cheng and China/Russia, quietly flowing into the national treasuries of the two rogue states.

No matter how you look at it, Sprint's contribution was great!