The Release That Witch
Chapters 93's

A few days after the victory celebration, Roland finally ran a great agricultural project.

The constant sound of droplets rang out from the direction of the window as he sat in his office, sounding like an endless rain. It was the sound of snow melting.

When he visited the countryside for the New Year, he lay in front of the window most of the time, watching the long ice prism hanging under the roof turn transparent and then into droplets, which then fell. Right now he had no time to relax like that. However, writing down plans for the future while simultaneously listening to the earth's sound of recovery is also very pleasant.

According to information gathered from previous years, the snow will take about a week to melt, but the road between Border Town and Longsong Fortress will take at least a month until it can be reused. It takes a long time after the snow melts because the road is built of mud and also does not have a drainage system

Roland could already imagine it, if he wanted to defeat Longsong Fortress, the first thing he needed to do, was to build a road between the two cities that could be used by the carriage even during heavy rain.

But now the issue with the highest priority is still the issue of TNI reconstruction. Without a reliable and mighty army, it was impossible to defeat the power of Longsong Fortress with its outnumbered army. Transferring militias into regular soldiers was only the first step. Special preparation to establish new rules, discipline, reward and punishment systems turned out to be very dizzying.

Although as a child he had played ground combat chess, yet he had long forgotten all his previous teachings. Roland, after thinking for some time, decided to make his own plan. After all, as the creator of the new army, even if he applied unreasonable things, no one would find him.

So the first compilation of Border Town for new troops was immediately prepared: according to the Army, divisions, platoons, teams, squads, five men for one squad (taking into account that the cannon requires at least five men to operate), ten squads for one team, ten teams for one platoon. As for the number of platoons within a division, he decided to consider it later. Given the overall battle strength of the troops during this era, as long as he sent two or three army platoons, it was enough to defeat most opponents on the battlefield.

When he decided on the basics of the army skeleton, Roland took a deep breath.

The rules and regulations that come next are much simpler, in addition to having to always wear uniforms, they must also obey the commander, never give up, never betray friends and so on. Roland's first rule was to prohibit looting and harassment.

The problems caused by looting are numerous, and the negative impact they have on the locals is so great, that they take years to recover, if ever. This was also the reason why he insisted on using only civilians as members of the military.

When the aristocracy responded to the call to battle with their Lord, the main reason for their obedience was not to defeat the enemy, but rather to plunder afterwards. Or in other words, the main reason they followed the call of war, was to plunder the wealth and territory of the enemy, of course, this included also innocent civilians in the region.

As for the mercenaries, not to mention the bandits, although they look steady and fierce, but if you take a closer look, look, they are just flags waving in the wind and at the same time robberies are also a major source of their income. So, expecting military discipline from these people is meaningless.

Only troops made up of civilians would not see other civilians as mere sheep to be slaughtered. Of course, relying on discipline and moral control is not enough. After long days on the field, the heart of greed will grow with each sustained victory. Therefore, the reward given must always be in accordance with greed, only in this way can he prevent looting and other illegal behavior.

In order to make his prize large enough, Roland decided to offer the greatest reward of all - receiving their own territory. As long as they reached a great reward during the battle, they could obtain their own territory. Roland had a lot of unclaimed territory, like this, the land between Border Town and Longsong Fortress could slowly be reclaimed.

After all, humanity is not driven by words and whips, but by their own advantage. In other words, as long as he could continue to fulfill the basic interests of the people under his rule, there would be no one who could shake his dominance.

Unlike traditional farmland, Roland would give them an area between a few acres to a dozen acres. The region could be used to build their own residences, and they could buy slaves or hire farmers to take care of their fields, but they were not allowed to set up industries themselves. Instead, the reward territory for a knight approached two thousand acres, an area equivalent to a small village. The above-mentioned industrial income is used to provide the needs of knights and aides for their war needs, for example, to buy their own weapons, armor, and horses.

Being awarded such a small area was not very attractive to the aristocracy and therefore would not meet much resistance, but it would also weaken the feeling of independence for the people on the battlefield. In Roland's view, it was like paying for a pension, which would ensure that the soldiers had a stable income even after retirement.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, and to avoid the thought that "the servant is not my servant," will occur, he will only give them ownership of the territory but no autonomy. In other words, the land is still under the jurisdiction of laws, regulations, and systems in the territory of God. In a sense, they will be the foundation for future generations of farmers.

After he wrote down the concept for the reward system, Roland rested and stretched his body. Then he could finally start thinking about a field within his own field of expertise - R&D weapons.

With the increasing speed of flintlock creation, continuing to use the spearman to protect the shooter seemed to be just a waste of manpower, so the latter needed the ability to fight independently in close combat.

There is a very easy solution to this problem, which is to add a bayonet to the flintlock. Roland did not expect his own men to take the initiative and engage in close combat, either, instead they should only have the ability to defend themselves if the force of the weapon was unable to completely destroy the enemy's courage and they started a desperate attack.

A weapon like a bayonet is not so difficult to make, describing it in easy-to-understand words, it is just a sharp cone, and in terms of increasing the effectiveness of further kills, he said, he could also add blood flow to it. The key part is the connection between the bayonet and the cannon, the first bayonet is the blade connected to a thin wooden pole, which can be directly inserted into the barrel of the cannon. The advantage of this construction is quite simple, the disadvantage is also very obvious, if the bayonet is used the gun can not shoot, and besides, if it is used to stab someone, can happen the bayonet will explode. trapped in the enemy's body.

So Roland intended to produce a better second-generation bayonet - a casing-type bayonet. The bayonet has an iron sheath added to the handle of the blade. The diameter of the inner sheath is slightly larger than the grooved barrel.

One only needed to weld a piece of iron with a hole above the barrel. After installing the bayonet over the barrel and inserting the stuffing into the hole, it will be fixed. The blade has a triangular shape, with three sharp blades, if pierced into the body will not fall, and will also leave a wound that is difficult to heal.

Once the bayonet is installed, the bayonet will be slightly longer than the barrel, and also complicate the loading process, but compared to the folding bayonet, the bayonet is much simpler for mass production. As long as there was a sample, any blacksmith could reproduce it.

But in order to allow the bayonet to play an important role in combat, it is important to train the soldiers on how to use it.

But Roland of course knew nothing about it. Fortunately, he remembered that his Chief Knight had once boasted, that he could use any weapon. So he just had to find her and make her teach the others how to fight with bayonets.

TN: For more information about bayonets. They seem to fall all the time: D