"Cut off one head, two more shall take its place."
Hydra was a great idea, but it could only be established after the collapse of the Third Reich.
Right now, the priority was to prepare for the future. Although he was in New York, Pierre maintained close contact with the task force in distant France via telegram, directing their operations. As New York's first winter snow began to fall, he received a telegram from Marseille, France. The message was brief and to the point.
Within a month, the task force had searched, recovered, and stockpiled more than 200,000 light weapons and a large quantity of heavy weapons across France. Ammunition alone exceeded 20,000 tons—enough to upgrade the domestic military's equipment by several levels. Moreover, among the Allied spoils were large batches of German arms awaiting transfer.
