The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 60: Arrangements

The recruitment of the second Border Town militia went more smoothly than the first.

After all, during the winter, food was rationed so that the militia members would be given more and better food.

On the day of the weekly visit, there would be many soldiers secretly transferring bread and meat, which they had stored for a week, to their loved ones.

Roland told Carter and Iron Axe to ignore the matter, because when the loved ones were happily staying at home with food, the,

they will tell their neighbors where they got it. This would be a perfect example of a word-of-mouth recommendation, implemented by his militia.

Conversations between neighbors were far more effective than the information announced by the city hall.

At this point, most urban areas of the city already know – His Majesty's militia is not only well paid, but will also eat three times every day.

Moreover, the fight with the demonic beasts did not seem as dangerous as previously thought.

So during the second recruitment, there were more candidates than the first, and even residents from better districts came to apply.

The number of people who met the requirements was much higher than Roland had expected, so the second recruit received 200 new members that Carter would train during the workday.

When the horn sounded, the new member would also rush to the wall to stand as additional troops were on standby.

The Knight Chief and the Assistant Minister raised some objections, as at this point the new militia group was not qualified to fight against the demonic beasts, or that the newly recruited unit has more than twice the number of soldiers of the first unit. ,

which is not necessary. The increase in the food rations and salaries of the general public would lead to an increase in their financial expenditures, but even so, if they gave more gold royals, they would not achieve a significant effect.

However, Roland remained on his decision even though these people were not prepared to deal with demonic beasts.

Yet he did not dare to tell his men about the plan he made. No one is allowed to know that he intends to attack Duke fortress –

if he told them about his idea now, he was afraid that Barov and Carter would find it completely unacceptable.

The difference between Longsong Fortress and Border Town was simply too great. As the official border fortress of the Kingdom of Graycastle, its walls were ten feet high, and were built brick by bricklayers.

With the Duke's private army and the private army of six noble families as well as the city's own army, they could mobilize over 1000 soldiers.

In theory, it was impossible to win a siege when one could only rely on his own 300 troops – even if they were equipped with cross-era weapons.

And because of the God's Stone of Retaliation, the witches could not be used as a killing squad; roland had confirmed this several times with Nightingale.

Duke Ryan and important people from six families will buy these stones, leaving nothing – of course, for the outside world this purchase is called a donation.

If one wanted to buy such a stone, they would have to donate several dozen gold royals.

Prohibiting the power of witches within a certain range was the most powerful weapon against the so-called demon slaves and was the greatest source of annual income for the Church.

Roland only had a chance when it was an open field fight. Thanks to this era, most of the soldiers were recruited before battle.

So if the master did not want his troops to escape halfway, he was required to travel with his troops, which would present the perfect opportunity to implement Roland's extermination plan.

However, he was still unsure about how he could take advantage of this opportunity.

After all, his experience of war tactics only came from movies and television work, or historical stories, so he had no experience of his own.

In the end, he thought that since he did not understand it, he had to first do the things he was good at.

Roland wanted to lie down a bit and leave his office to take a walk in his backyard.

The steam engine II was assembled and stood quietly in the middle of the field. At a glance, the new steam engine looked much cleaner than the previous one, and the welding marks were no longer as evenly distributed as before.

However, the most important difference between a steam engine II and an older steam engine is not the overall look, but the integration of a centrifugal governor.

The first set of automated control systems and feedback systems in human history can be considered a major milestone.

The structure of Governor Roland was very simple, consisting of two iron balls connected by ropes to the main trunk. At first glance it is like a bamboo dragonfly that children play when they are small.

If one were to quickly rub the bamboo pole, the two rotating blades would be forced up automatically due to the centrifugal force.

For the regulator, the equivalent of the fan is two – iron balls when the steam engine is working, the main rod will be driven to rotate, the,

and when the output increases too high, the ball will spin faster, gradually increasing its height under the influence of centrifugal force, closing the valve little by little.

When the output decreases, the speed of the ball will also become slower, lowering its position under the influence of gravity, thus increasing the output of the valve again.

This always keeps the steam engine running at a relatively fixed power level. With speed control, it is now possible to let the steam engine II take over some of the more advanced processing tasks.

The gears produced by the blacksmith were sent and placed neatly in the corner of the warehouse.

Looking at them with the perspective of an industrial production line, none of these gears that can be called are qualified for use and all of them will be thrown into a broken box, waiting to be recycled.

But in terms of this age, it is a rare artwork – uncomplicated gear design created with a sense of harmony.

The gears that had been soaked in lard exuded a unique metallic luster. In addition to the gears produced, the handyman in charge of planning has built the foundation and other parts that have been prepared.

He let the doorman call Anna so they could start assembling the first steam-powered borers together.

They begin Roland's plan, which he thinks is the most effective plan for mass-producing rifles.

Relying only on the blacksmith who had to manually knock down the barrel was very time consuming, but it was also very boring for the blacksmith himself.

Now, he only needed to take out an iron bar and he could directly drill the barrel with a borer. So in one day, he could produce more than ten barrels.

At the same time, by changing the head, the drilling machine can not only be used for cutting but also for carving rifling.

With rifled flintlocks, the accuracy of the shot will be further improved. Therefore, he was convinced that before the end of winter, two militia groups, nearly 300 people, could all be armed with rifles.

However, Roland could not guarantee that his troops could calmly load, aim, and shoot their targets in the face of the invading knights.

It is more realistic to think that they would rather drop their weapons, turn around, and run away.

After all, the training time of the two troops was too short, they had no combat experience against other humans.

So, he had to bring out stronger weapons into the battlefield, weapons that could defeat the enemy before they could even start their own attacks.

It's artillery. As the God of War in the history of human war, the destruction and deterrence brought by artillery could not be reproduced by weapons.

The six-pound field artillery had the range to attack the other party even before they could assemble.

Mixed soldiers in this era would definitely not be able to maintain discipline in battle while being under continuous fire.

As long as he could obtain three or four field weapons, his enemy would never have the chance to attack.

Roland followed – step-by-step plan with his manual milling machine, which can be used to process the usable steering device, he will be able to produce his speed-controlled steam II engine, and with this machine he can make his own drill.

With steam drilling, it will be able to process a variety of cannon barrels and cannon barrels.

There was still at least two months until the end of the Demon Moon, so as long as his plan went smoothly, the Border Town militia would have the power to compete with the Duke in battle .