I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

Yes! There are no nobles here now. Everything is created by people like us. We are indeed living very well, a thousand times better than before!

The confusion in their eyes gradually faded away, and their eyes became brighter and brighter. An unprecedented emotion took root in their hearts and grew and developed at a very fast speed. There is an appropriate adjective to describe it, which is self-confidence.

"This society needs farmers, craftsmen, merchants, and scientists, but it does not need aristocrats!"

As Medea's resolute and decisive words fell, the crowd below the stage suddenly burst into earth-shaking cheers. The same voices responded to them from all directions, and the entire territory of Alos seemed to be shaking.

"Everything here is created by ourselves. We can live well on our own!"

"That's right! We don't need nobles!"

"This is the truth!"

"Yes it must be! This is the truth!!!"

Looking back, they were shocked to realize that they had really obtained everything they wanted through hard work, and their lives would be better as long as there were no nobles.

Similar words kept ringing out among the crowd, and they were conveying the same belief to each other: they no longer had to run in the rain because the sun was out!

"Everyone is rich. Alos is one of the pioneers of this concept. We have proved that this path is feasible. Everyone has milk and bread on the table!"

"We can't give the nobles a chance to make a comeback! We must liberate all those who are still oppressed by the nobles! Let them live a good life and eat milk and bread."

"We are all a tiny flame, emitting a tiny and short-lived light, but as long as we come together, a spark can start a prairie fire!"

"Unite all compatriots who can be united. We must unite! Unite again!"

"Let the nobles go crazy! Let them die with their damn empire! The people will rise up on the ruins of the empire!"

Medea raised his arms and shouted: "Long live the people!!!"

The public gave her a thunderous response:

"Long live Medea!!!"

"Long live the glorious people!!!"

"Long live Medea!!!"

Anna watched the scene in fascination, then took notes quickly and devoutly in her notebook.

She wanted to record all of Medea's thoughts and study and memorize them carefully, so that she could spread Medea's ideas to more people in the future.

She had read through the history of the continent when she was studying at school. She had seen stories of commoners overthrowing nobles in history books, but the endings of these stories were always that the commoners transformed themselves into the new nobles.

In fact...they are even more ruthless and unscrupulous than the old aristocracy in exploiting the common people.

However, Medea was the first person in history who overthrew the aristocracy as a nobleman.

This is both great and valuable, because she has set a special precedent. She is teaching those aristocratic children who sympathize with the people, cannot stand the corruption of society but have no way to change it, how to change.

In the future, more and more noble children will take her as an example and practice the same or similar ideas.

Just like she once said

"This world doesn't care about one more aristocratic lord who exploits the common people, acts recklessly, and is overbearing, but it lacks people who can change all these unreasonable things."

"Maybe many people will scold me and question me for what I am doing now. But I believe that I may be the first noble in the world to do this, but I will definitely not be the last!"

Chapter 50 Cut off their retreat!

The haggard noble laborers looked in horror at the untouchables beside them, who were once synonymous with dirtiness, laziness and lowliness in their eyes, and were cheering wildly.

Perhaps they were deceived by the words of that damn Medea: "Long live the working people."

Although their bodies were still dirty at this time, their eyes had completely changed. They seemed to be reborn and burst into unprecedented enthusiasm.

It's like something has changed.

They were clearly only doing the most tiring and dirty job of hammering stones, but every blow of the pickaxe swung high in the air seemed to hit their hearts.

What Mitia mentioned in her speech today will be played on a loop by other civil servants in various territories. She wants to restore the confidence and self-esteem that ordinary people have lost.

Maybe it wasn't appropriate to say these things before. It's useless to say these things when you haven't even had enough meals. It would be better to give you two big loaves of bread.

Now it is just right. In the new territory under Astar's jurisdiction, every household can have enough food to eat, can wear cotton clothes to keep warm, and have the opportunity to work in factories to earn money to buy the industrial products they want.

When they get used to the good life now, their numb and vigilant hearts will be released from their closed state by the vibrant environment around them, and Medea will have the foundation for his speech.

She actually made sure they had bread and milk to eat, so that trust could be established and the people would listen to what she said.

She gave them confidence and self-esteem so that they could develop a sense of identity and belonging to this new regime.

She did not mention race but directly talked about people and comrades. This provides a basis for the integration of different races. Regardless of race or gender, those who share the same ideals are all comrades and brothers.

Although these things seem a little illusory now, they do exist. In certain circumstances, they can unleash unparalleled power that shocks the world.

While Medea was inspiring the people in Alos, Lawrence on the Hendak front withstood the momentum of the frenzied offensive of the opponent, the Vatican Army.

Because the mortars that Medea continuously sent to the front line caused terrible casualties.

This rapid support firepower, which was small enough to be assigned to platoon-level teams, caused the Vatican Army to suffer a lot.

But we have to say that this Vatican army is truly terrifying. Even without a supervising team, they can still achieve an incredible record of not collapsing even with 50% casualties. If it were any other opponent, they would probably have been overwhelmed by their fearless posture.

Unfortunately, the Mitia replenishment of mortars, a weapon that can deliver firepower intensively and quickly, is too rapid.

In addition, the morale of the Astar army was comparable to that of the Vatican army. The church left behind a large number of corpses every day but still could not break through the defense line.

As soon as the situation stabilized, Lawrence began to withdraw the mobile forces in his hands, and used the entire army's assets and the trucks sent by Medea to put together an understaffed mechanized infantry division.

Lawrence arranged this 5,000-man infantry division to bypass the meat-grinding airport on the front line of Hendak and quickly maneuver along the dirt road in Hendak to the rear of Hendak.

They were divided into three mechanized infantry regiments and penetrated deep into the territory of Hendak, using their superior firepower and mobility to destroy several noble castles in the territories under Hendak's jurisdiction.

The nobles were hanged at the foot of the city gate, the civilians were declared free, and then the granaries were opened to release grain. Because the nobles were killed, the area fell into a power vacuum, which greatly disrupted Hendak's logistics supply lines.

After the success, the commander of the mechanic division who had penetrated deep into the enemy's rear did not take it lightly, and quickly gathered his troops and attacked Memrotok, who had not yet reacted.

They captured the enemy's important frontline town, burned all its supplies, blew up the city gates and walls, and turned it into a leaky city.

This move completely severed the connection between Hendak and Memrotoch, because the Vatican's reserve troops and military supplies could not safely enter the Hendak territory through this transit station.

First of all, it would take a lot of time to clear the ruins, and because the city defenses were all destroyed, they also needed to leave more people to guard against a secondary attack.

The increase and decrease made it difficult for Hendak's front-line battlefield to continue. A fire in the backyard can sometimes be very fatal.

This mechanized force that comes and goes without a trace can easily kill their reserve soldiers who fight on foot like chickens on the plains. Even if you can't chew them, you can't stop them from escaping.

There were only two main roads that had been cleared of snow, and it was impossible for them to run around in the vast snow.

Hendak and the Holy See can't fight, but Lawrence can!

Lawrence, who had recovered, re-emerged at the gates of Hendak and began artillery and fire bombardment, launching one or two feint attacks from time to time to maintain a high-pressure situation on the front line.

This forced Lord Hendak to maintain the size of his frontline troops to prevent Astar from breaking through the defense and causing the entire battle situation to collapse.

The front line could not withdraw troops to the rear to cooperate with the support troops to encircle the mechanized division, and the support troops were not strong enough and the supply lines were cut off.

The battlefield situation in Hendak's territory suddenly became passive.

What was even more terrible was that Medea Napo's speech triggered a wave of enthusiasm among the people to join the army and liberate their compatriots, freeing up Titos' garrison.

Under the coordination of Medea, Titos' two divisions were transferred to the battlefield behind Hendak, and reorganized into an army with the mechanized division. They captured the rear of Hendak and completed the encirclement from the front and back.

Mirwaiz's troops launched an attack on Lausah in Paria, cutting off Hendak's possibility of seeking help and completely trapping him into an isolated territory.

By the time Marquis Hendak and the two bishops realized something was wrong, everything had already been settled and the three of them were in trouble on the spot.

The musket troops are easy to use, very easy to use, and the training cost is shockingly low. They can go to the battlefield after just a month or so of training.

The church provides the people and basic resources, while Hendak provides the blacksmiths to manufacture weapons and finely grind potions. The two sides cooperate with each other for mutual benefit.

But now that the supply from the rear has been cut off, how can the huge musket unit replenish the astronomical amount of ammunition consumed in daily combat?

The problem of food was easy to solve. Hendak made up his mind to carry out a large-scale cleansing of the territories where Astar had spread reactionary ideas, and forcibly put together enough food reserves to sustain the army for a month or so.

However, the Vatican's rear-end was unable to receive new recruits for training, so Hendak not only confiscated the property of the people, but also temporarily captured all the adults in the territories and conscripted them into the army to serve as a substitute for their crimes.

The most direct consequence of the lack of ammunition was that the amount of magic potions distributed to the front-line troops began to decrease significantly, and the most obvious was that the firepower density of the city defense line began to weaken.

Astar's quickly movable mortar positions could kill or maim some soldiers from time to time.

The newly recruited young men had received little training and had no professional qualities at all. In addition, their families had just been dealt with by Marquis Hendak, so they were resentful and passive.

As the number of such soldiers increased, the overall combat effectiveness of the troops began to weaken, and morale also plummeted.

The Vatican's troops were also in a state of panic after learning that their retreat was cut off.

They have been fighting for so many days and so many people have died, but they have not seen any real benefits. Now even their homes have been robbed, and they don’t know what to do next.

Astar was only attacking but not surrounding the Lausach direction...

Chapter 51 Internal and external troubles

"We can maintain the situation of Hendak being surrounded on three sides and missing one side, but the army group in the direction of Memrotok has a big problem of supply because of the heavy snow blocking the road..."

"I feel that if General Lawrence does this, there will be a greater risk of being attacked from two fronts. If the supply line is cut off, the Memrotoch Army will become an isolated force."

Mitia leaned back in a soft chair and looked out the window at the seemingly never-ending heavy snow. Her fingers tapped the armrests lightly, and the rhythmic "tap tap" sound echoed in the office. After thinking for a long time, she said:

"Our opponents will also encounter the same difficulties we encountered. In this weather, their carriage team cannot follow the ruts. The speed of ordinary people is even lower. Although Lawrence's approach is risky, it is still within our tolerance range."

"Forget it... it's indeed a bit unsafe. You... you can send an order to conduct a census and screening of all the people who are still slaves in the territory, and exclude those who can be promoted to ordinary people within a year."

"Extend the remaining working hours to 14 hours, and for criminals and nobles, extend it to 16 hours. Cancel all rest time, and dig a two-way railway between the entire territory as soon as possible at all costs. At the same time, clear a road next to the railway tracks!"

The chief civil servant who was reporting on his work widened his eyes slightly. If Medea's order was implemented, it would basically be a death sentence for this group of people.

You have to know that it is the coldest time of the year outside. Not only do we have to shorten our rest time, but we also have to meet mandatory work standards. Plus, we have to open up roads in the wind and snow, so it would be considered a minimum if there aren't more than a dozen deaths per kilometer.

"I understand!"

Medea didn't care about the reaction of the civil servant. This was the way the world was. Building bridges and roads would inevitably result in casualties. All she could do was to try her best to protect her people in the legal sense. Others could only step back.

It is impossible for her to worry about this and that and finally put the Memrotoh Army Group in danger. An army has nearly 20,000 troops including logistics, and she cannot afford the loss.

The R&D department has already produced a preliminary eight-cylinder diesel engine for experimentation, which will be ready to roll off the production line in just a little while.

Once the transportation lines are opened and the entire territory is connected, the tank factory will be able to undergo a large-scale upgrade, transforming from a tank factory that manufactures the entire vehicle itself to modular production.

The tank manufacturing production line is subdivided, with each leader responsible for the modular production of the same component, which is then transported to a dedicated assembly plant for integration, greatly speeding up manufacturing.

Assembly factories can distribute goods throughout the country to ensure that they are delivered to the front line wherever they are needed, and can also prevent them from being destroyed by targeted attacks.