A few days after the victory celebration, Roland was involved in the farming industry again.
Sitting in the office, the ticking sounds outside the window kept ringing, as if it was raining.
It was the sound of snow melting. When he was in the countryside for the Chinese New Year, he liked to lie by the window and watch the long ice prisms under the eaves transform into transparent water droplets, dripping bit by bit.
Although there is no such leisure at this moment, it is also good to write plans and listen to the sound of the earth's revival.
According to previous experience, it takes about a week to melt snow, but if you want to pass through the land between the town and the fortress, you have to wait at least one month.
Roland could imagine what would happen to the mud road without hardened pavement and drainage measures after the ice and snow melted.
If he can successfully take down the Changge Fortress, the first thing he has to do is to build a hardened road between the two places that can be used for carriages.
However, what needs to be solved first now is the issue of military construction.
Without a reliable and powerful army, it is impossible to defeat the fortress army at a disadvantage.
Transforming the militia into a regular army is only the first step, and specific organization, rules and regulations, and rewards and punishments are the problems he has had.
Although I played military chess when I was a child, I have forgotten it all at this moment.
After some thought, Roland simply decided to make it up by himself.
Anyway, he is the creator of the new army, and no one can find out that the setting is unreasonable.
So the organization of the First Army in Bianfeng Town was soon released: the army, division, battalion, team and group were used as the overall framework, with five people in a group (considering that at least five people needed to operate a cannon), ten groups were one team, and ten teams were one battalion.
As for the number of troops and troops, he decided to consider it later.
Given the overall combat level of this era, as long as there are two or three battalion-level troops, it is enough to defeat most opponents in field battles.
After the most basic framework was settled, Roland let out a long sigh.
The following rules and disciplines are much simpler. Except for clichés such as military orders, superiors, no escape at any time, no betrayal, etc., Roland's first discipline was to prohibit looting and disturbing the people.
The disadvantages of indulging in the robbery of his subordinates are countless, and the bad impact on the local people has been difficult to make up for after several years.This is also the reason why he insisted on using civilians as military personnel.
When the nobles responded to the lord's call to go on the war, it was simply a fantasy to not participate in the robbery after defeating the enemy. In other words, the main reason why they were willing to follow the lord to go on the war was that they could plunder the opponent's wealth and territory at will, of course, including the innocent civilians in the territory.
As for mercenaries and bandits, let alone.They look fierce and fierce, but in fact they can only fight with the wind. At the same time, robbery is also a major source of their income. Military discipline is meaningless to these people.
Only an army composed of civilians will not regard other civilians as lambs to be slaughtered.
Of course, it is not enough to rely solely on discipline and strict punishment. As time goes by, the greed in the heart will always magnify with victory after victory.
Therefore, reward means must keep up at the same time to fundamentally eliminate looting and other violations of discipline.
In order to make the reward inspiring enough, Roland decided to release the ultimate killing weapon to give it to the field.
As long as you make great contributions in battle, you can be granted land.
Roland had thought about the source of the land, and it was the place to be reclaimed between the border town and the fortress.
This is definitely a generous prize in an era when 90% of the land belongs to the aristocratic class.
Once they have a permanent property, these people will be closely attached to their side, and anyone who wants to overthrow him will be most fiercely resisted by the beneficiaries.
Drive people not by words and whips, but by real interests.In other words, as long as it can always represent the fundamental interests of the people under its rule, one's own dominance will be unshakable.
Unlike traditional fiefs, Roland controlled the area of land granted between a few acres and a dozen acres. It can be used to build self-built houses, buy serfs or hire farmers to manage the land, but it is impossible to establish an industry.
In contrast, a knight territory is close to two thousand acres, with an area equivalent to a small village.
The industry revenues operated above can provide the combat needs of knights and sergeants, such as purchasing weapons, armor and horses.
Such a small area of land reward will not cause strong resistance from the noble interest groups, but also weaken the independence of the land recipients. In Roland's view, it is regarded as a retirement pension, which can ensure that soldiers have a stable income after retirement.
At the same time, in order to strengthen centralization and avoid the occurrence of situations where the servants are not my servants, the people who are granted the fields only have their ownership and no autonomy.
That is to say, this land still enforces laws, regulations and systems within the lord's jurisdiction.
In a sense, they are more like later generations of farmers.
After copying these initially conceived systems one by one, Roland stretched.Next, he can finally devote himself to the research and development of weapons in the field he is good at.
As the speed of musket manufacturing accelerates, continuing to equip pikes to protect musketeers will result in a waste of manpower, who must have the ability to fight independently in close combat.
The solution is very simple, which is to install bayonets on the gun.
Roland did not expect his troops to take the initiative to launch a white-blade charge at the enemy. He just needed to have the power of a fight when the opponent was anxious and the artillery failed to completely destroy the enemy's courage.
Bayonets are not difficult to make. If you pursue simplicity, it is a sharp cone.
The key is how the bayonet and the gun are connected: the initial bayonet is wrapped in a wooden pole at the hilt, and the wooden pole can be inserted directly into the barrel.
The advantage is that the manufacturing is simple, and the disadvantages are very obvious. You cannot shoot during hand-to-hand combat, and it is very laborious to pull it out after the battle.
What Roland intends to produce is the improved second-generation bayonet casing bayonet.
There is a folding angle at the end of the tool handle, which is connected to a piece of iron sleeve.
The inner diameter of the casing is slightly larger than that of the barrel and has a mouth. Only a piece of iron bar needs to be welded to the barrel for the mouth to be embedded in the mouth to fix the blade body.
The blade is triangular iron, with a V-shaped cross-section, and it is cut on all three sides. After being stabbed into the body, it will not affect the pulling out, and it will leave wounds that are difficult to heal.
After installation, the casing bayonet will be slightly higher than the barrel, which will have a certain impact on ammunition loading, but compared to the folding bayonet, it is simple enough to facilitate mass production.
Just make a sample and you can hand it over to the blacksmith shop to create it yourself.
To make the bayonet work in actual combat, the key is to train soldiers to use it.
Roland knew nothing about this.Fortunately, he still remembers that the Chief Knight once boasted that any military weapon could be used in a good manner, so he simply asked him to teach the musket team how to fight bayonets.
Sitting in the office, the ticking sounds outside the window kept ringing, as if it was raining.
It was the sound of snow melting. When he was in the countryside for the Chinese New Year, he liked to lie by the window and watch the long ice prisms under the eaves transform into transparent water droplets, dripping bit by bit.
Although there is no such leisure at this moment, it is also good to write plans and listen to the sound of the earth's revival.
According to previous experience, it takes about a week to melt snow, but if you want to pass through the land between the town and the fortress, you have to wait at least one month.
Roland could imagine what would happen to the mud road without hardened pavement and drainage measures after the ice and snow melted.
If he can successfully take down the Changge Fortress, the first thing he has to do is to build a hardened road between the two places that can be used for carriages.
However, what needs to be solved first now is the issue of military construction.
Without a reliable and powerful army, it is impossible to defeat the fortress army at a disadvantage.
Transforming the militia into a regular army is only the first step, and specific organization, rules and regulations, and rewards and punishments are the problems he has had.
Although I played military chess when I was a child, I have forgotten it all at this moment.
After some thought, Roland simply decided to make it up by himself.
Anyway, he is the creator of the new army, and no one can find out that the setting is unreasonable.
So the organization of the First Army in Bianfeng Town was soon released: the army, division, battalion, team and group were used as the overall framework, with five people in a group (considering that at least five people needed to operate a cannon), ten groups were one team, and ten teams were one battalion.
As for the number of troops and troops, he decided to consider it later.
Given the overall combat level of this era, as long as there are two or three battalion-level troops, it is enough to defeat most opponents in field battles.
After the most basic framework was settled, Roland let out a long sigh.
The following rules and disciplines are much simpler. Except for clichés such as military orders, superiors, no escape at any time, no betrayal, etc., Roland's first discipline was to prohibit looting and disturbing the people.
The disadvantages of indulging in the robbery of his subordinates are countless, and the bad impact on the local people has been difficult to make up for after several years.This is also the reason why he insisted on using civilians as military personnel.
When the nobles responded to the lord's call to go on the war, it was simply a fantasy to not participate in the robbery after defeating the enemy. In other words, the main reason why they were willing to follow the lord to go on the war was that they could plunder the opponent's wealth and territory at will, of course, including the innocent civilians in the territory.
As for mercenaries and bandits, let alone.They look fierce and fierce, but in fact they can only fight with the wind. At the same time, robbery is also a major source of their income. Military discipline is meaningless to these people.
Only an army composed of civilians will not regard other civilians as lambs to be slaughtered.
Of course, it is not enough to rely solely on discipline and strict punishment. As time goes by, the greed in the heart will always magnify with victory after victory.
Therefore, reward means must keep up at the same time to fundamentally eliminate looting and other violations of discipline.
In order to make the reward inspiring enough, Roland decided to release the ultimate killing weapon to give it to the field.
As long as you make great contributions in battle, you can be granted land.
Roland had thought about the source of the land, and it was the place to be reclaimed between the border town and the fortress.
This is definitely a generous prize in an era when 90% of the land belongs to the aristocratic class.
Once they have a permanent property, these people will be closely attached to their side, and anyone who wants to overthrow him will be most fiercely resisted by the beneficiaries.
Drive people not by words and whips, but by real interests.In other words, as long as it can always represent the fundamental interests of the people under its rule, one's own dominance will be unshakable.
Unlike traditional fiefs, Roland controlled the area of land granted between a few acres and a dozen acres. It can be used to build self-built houses, buy serfs or hire farmers to manage the land, but it is impossible to establish an industry.
In contrast, a knight territory is close to two thousand acres, with an area equivalent to a small village.
The industry revenues operated above can provide the combat needs of knights and sergeants, such as purchasing weapons, armor and horses.
Such a small area of land reward will not cause strong resistance from the noble interest groups, but also weaken the independence of the land recipients. In Roland's view, it is regarded as a retirement pension, which can ensure that soldiers have a stable income after retirement.
At the same time, in order to strengthen centralization and avoid the occurrence of situations where the servants are not my servants, the people who are granted the fields only have their ownership and no autonomy.
That is to say, this land still enforces laws, regulations and systems within the lord's jurisdiction.
In a sense, they are more like later generations of farmers.
After copying these initially conceived systems one by one, Roland stretched.Next, he can finally devote himself to the research and development of weapons in the field he is good at.
As the speed of musket manufacturing accelerates, continuing to equip pikes to protect musketeers will result in a waste of manpower, who must have the ability to fight independently in close combat.
The solution is very simple, which is to install bayonets on the gun.
Roland did not expect his troops to take the initiative to launch a white-blade charge at the enemy. He just needed to have the power of a fight when the opponent was anxious and the artillery failed to completely destroy the enemy's courage.
Bayonets are not difficult to make. If you pursue simplicity, it is a sharp cone.
The key is how the bayonet and the gun are connected: the initial bayonet is wrapped in a wooden pole at the hilt, and the wooden pole can be inserted directly into the barrel.
The advantage is that the manufacturing is simple, and the disadvantages are very obvious. You cannot shoot during hand-to-hand combat, and it is very laborious to pull it out after the battle.
What Roland intends to produce is the improved second-generation bayonet casing bayonet.
There is a folding angle at the end of the tool handle, which is connected to a piece of iron sleeve.
The inner diameter of the casing is slightly larger than that of the barrel and has a mouth. Only a piece of iron bar needs to be welded to the barrel for the mouth to be embedded in the mouth to fix the blade body.
The blade is triangular iron, with a V-shaped cross-section, and it is cut on all three sides. After being stabbed into the body, it will not affect the pulling out, and it will leave wounds that are difficult to heal.
After installation, the casing bayonet will be slightly higher than the barrel, which will have a certain impact on ammunition loading, but compared to the folding bayonet, it is simple enough to facilitate mass production.
Just make a sample and you can hand it over to the blacksmith shop to create it yourself.
To make the bayonet work in actual combat, the key is to train soldiers to use it.
Roland knew nothing about this.Fortunately, he still remembers that the Chief Knight once boasted that any military weapon could be used in a good manner, so he simply asked him to teach the musket team how to fight bayonets.