I became a witch, but I started the industrial revolution

The technical data of the 152 ship-borne rapid-fire gun gave Mitia a reminder that the army's artillery unit also needed a fire support gun capable of rapid firing.

This reminded her of the famous Miss 75 in her previous life, with a 75mm caliber hydraulic recoil and recoil gun, a screw-type bolt, and a maximum firing rate of 30 rounds per minute.

Although it cannot fire in a curved direction, it has a good destructive effect on killing enemy infantry. This gun alone can suppress the retreating artillery of an entire battalion of Alesia.

It is simple, practical and convenient to manufacture, and its weight is just over one ton, so it can be towed around on any Cat-type all-terrain vehicle.

However, the Cat-Type is better at helping artillery units to tow artillery shells, as its rate of fire is too fast and its energy consumption is too horrible.

The field artillery was innovated again and a 75mm was developed. The current artillery system of Seris is a bit too chaotic, which can be called a nightmare for its own logistics...

To this end, the artillery units must be reorganized, the calibers of various types of artillery must be unified, they must be reorganized and improved to reduce logistical pressure.

Company-level support firepower: 75mm: 75 rapid-fire field gun, medium mortar, medium recoilless gun.

Battalion-level support firepower, 108 mm: heavy mortar, heavy recoilless rifle.

Regimental support firepower, 152 mm: wheeled towed howitzers, tracked self-propelled artillery.

At the same time, as for machine guns, because soldiers reported that the Maxim machine gun was too bulky and bloated, Mediah withdrew the Maxim machine gun from the front-line infantry battlefield.

It was replaced with a newly designed air-cooled machine gun, which was based on the previous Hotchkiss heavy machine gun. The overall gun structure was optimized to reduce its own weight.

The tripod support of the Hotchkiss machine gun is also much easier to move and carry than the Maxim set, which is like a cart. The only difference is its rate of fire, which is only 400 rounds per minute.

But there are many advantages as well. The air-cooling and slow firing rate also give it extremely strong heat dissipation capabilities during continuous shooting, allowing it to fire continuously for a long time.

All other Maxim heavy machine guns were relegated to the second line and deployed in major cities for air defense and counter-terrorism purposes. Since there was a demand for heavy machine guns in the cities themselves, it was not considered a waste.

The original supporting continuous firepower on armored vehicles was changed to be equipped with large-caliber twin-barreled and quadruple-barreled machine guns.

Media's main purpose was to change the caliber of heavy machine gun and rifle bullets to 7.92mm, which would be more versatile and further reduce the difficulty of baggage allocation.

Moreover, it used a new smokeless gunpowder as the propellant, and even though the caliber was smaller than that of the Maxim gun, its power increased instead of decreased.

At the same time, the lighter Hotchkiss machine gun can even be held in the arms of a soldier and fired, making the firepower more flexible.

In addition to the revolver that uses 9mm bullets and the Sten submachine gun, the front-line infantry only need to carry two specifications of ammunition.

Chapter 106: Mine Owner: "Brothers, don't hurt me"

While reforming the military weapons, because there was a large gap in government civil servants, after discussion in the parliament, the Seris Federation relaxed the conditions to allow more people the opportunity to work in the government.

This behavior has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the rapid expansion of the civil service can enable government orders to be implemented more thoroughly.

As for the downside, it breaks the military-to-political model established by Medea, and the overall quality of government personnel will drop drastically, especially at the grassroots level.

In response to this, Mediah’s solution is [easy entry and strict management].

By absorbing the group of non-commissioned officers who transferred from the military, and separating it from the Internal Investigation Bureau under the Ministry of National Taxation and Security, a new independent government department [Department of Integrity Supervision] was formed.

It can command and use the government guard forces of each state, and has the right to directly investigate, collect evidence, arrest and interrogate civil servants at the state level and even below, and senior officials of factory and enterprise departments.

As regions expand and develop, the size of local departments will continue to grow, and in the process of development there will inevitably be some corrupt elements.

Petty corruption may be the lubricant for the smooth implementation of policies, but major corruption is absolutely unacceptable to the country and the people, and this is the significance of the existence of the Anti-Corruption Supervision Department.

You have to know that the entire country of Seris is now in a period of rapid development, and industrial and agricultural products are in short supply. If you sneakily get some from anywhere, you can make astronomical profits.

What is a little greed?

Take factories as an example. In the current Astar Province, the steel city of Uruk, there are nearly one million employees in factories engaged in the three industries of ore mining, smelting, and rough processing.

There is a huge steel shortage across the country, so apart from the orders from the federal capital, it is up to the factories themselves to decide who will be allocated the remaining steel first, which brings a lot of hidden benefits.

The best kindergartens, primary schools, and middle schools in Astar Oblast, and the top three with the best equipment and infrastructure, are all located under these factories. The best buildings are also built by the factories. This is an era when if one person is a worker, the whole family will be honored.

Even the factory security guards are equipped with firepower that is only one level lower than the government guard department. Not to mention guns, they are even equipped with wheeled armored vehicles.

Moreover, although there is a shortage of supplies on the market, factories can exchange quota rations with each other through barter, and these benefits will be distributed to the workers, while middle and senior management can also retain some of them.

Withholding some of it is acceptable if we turn a blind eye.

However, if someone takes advantage of the shortage of industrial products and his position happens to control purchasing and sales authority, he may use his power to accept bribes privately and sell the materials in the factory to the other party at a low price to make a profit from the difference.

Well, I'm sorry, this is on the execution list. Don't count on the factory's self-inspection to get out of this situation. The Anti-Corruption Supervision Department can directly arrest and interrogate you.

It's not that Medea is ruthless, it's just to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. The existence of Astar State is telling everyone clearly that there is great potential in opening factories.

Then naturally, in other states that have just been taken over by Seris less than two years ago, a large number of people will be eyeing such a good project, and fierce competition will naturally follow.

If this power is properly controlled, the continents that are in need of reconstruction will quickly recover. However, it would be terrible if one or two rats sneak in and succeed in becoming powerful.

Her idea was to use the massive recruitment of government personnel to act as her spies so that these factories could expand within a reasonable range.

The Anti-Corruption Supervision Department is like a guillotine hovering over the heads of corporate executives and civil servants, forcing the entire country to move toward its set goals through layers of clamps.

In the Tavern in Kesh City

Many people gathered there to drink cheap drinks, brag and chat with each other.

As the largest mineral export territory in the Kingdom of Alesia, it naturally introduced steam equipment from Seris for mining at an early stage.

In the past, the lives of these miners were not easy. Although their efficiency has increased with the help of machinery, their wages have not increased. Instead, they work even harder than before.

Somehow one day, their welfare benefits suddenly improved, and their salary more than doubled.

The mine also provides them with breakfast and dinner, and a break at noon, allowing them to come to the tavern to have a drink and gamble for entertainment. They can even spend a little more money to go to the second floor and play Mortal Kombat with the prostitute.

They heard that these taverns and gambling rooms were built by mining owners, but who cared? As long as they had food, drink, work, and could relax occasionally, they were content.

"Hey, guys, do you know that the mayor of our Kesh City has run away?"

"Ah? Is this true?"

"Hey, your news is out of date. Not only the city lord, but also the great nobles have all run away."

"Why?"

Hearing the gossip, the people who were still drinking on the first floor immediately gathered together:

"There's a war going on right now. I heard that the army over there is coming soon, so these nobles all ran away."

"What should we do? Will they kill innocent people? And will the mine owner run away?"

"No, the factory owner doesn't seem to be a noble. They only fight against nobles..."

"Tsk, this is the first time I've heard of an army that specializes in fighting nobles. I hope it's true. Common people like us have nowhere to run. Besides, I quite like the work here..."

"Hey, you are not talking nonsense, are you? How can there be an army that specializes in fighting nobles? If their leading officers are not nobles, then what are they?"

'It just feels like you're talking bullshit.'

Many people were skeptical of such news. Generally speaking, even if an enemy country occupied the territory of a noble, it would not matter much. At most, they would just ask for some money or let them leave.

Because the nobles cannot be moved, whether they are from the same country or not.

The nobility is sacred and noble. Even the nobility laws of different countries are almost the same, and everyone works together to safeguard the interests of the nobility.

Moreover, the nobles themselves have great power in their territories and own private armies.

Once you deal with them and the news spreads, all the nobles in the territories behind them will definitely fight to the death to resist you. No king or emperor will do such a thankless task.

Just as the gossipers and the non-believers were arguing heatedly, a burst of noise suddenly came from the mine outside the tavern.

"Seris's army is coming!!! Everyone, hide!"

'War?!'

"Why is there no gunfire? Are we still outside the city?"

For a moment, everyone in the tavern was a little panicked. A lot of footsteps were heard on the second and third floors. A group of people rushed down, including some men wearing only a pair of pants.

They all ran towards the door, wanting to go home and hide.

However, after going out, everyone saw a familiar short and fat figure, it was the mine owner!

"grown ups!"

"master!"

The mine owner, who usually wore gorgeous clothes, was now wearing ordinary cloth clothes and walked out quickly. When he heard the shouts from the tavern, his face suddenly changed drastically and he trotted towards the crowd:

"You...you all, don't call me like that anymore. Just call me boss. Do you hear me?!"

"My dear brothers, I am usually nice to you, right? When those soldiers come over later, don't call me master or something to harm me!"

Chapter 107 [Spring of Cabancia]

At this time, a few hundred meters outside the city, dozens of armored vehicles equipped with parallel Maxim machine guns and heavy recoilless guns on the top were parked in the front.

In the rear were densely packed soldiers and various vehicles, many of which were towing wheeled artillery.

At this time, they stopped in front of the city of Kesh, and looked at the empty top of the city and in front of the city gate. They were a little confused as they didn't see a single soldier.

If there are soldiers guarding and attacking, they will set up cannons and start firing directly, and then armored vehicles and infantry will slowly advance forward and finally complete the occupation. They are very familiar with this whole process.

But now the city gate was wide open, and when they looked inside through the gate they could not see a single person. This 'empty city plan' made them at a loss as to what to do.

Several staff sergeants and officers gathered together to discuss for a while, and finally two mechanized infantry companies took the lead and began to enter the city.

As a result, they encountered no resistance along the way, and all the soldiers who saw them knelt on the ground and raised their hands in surrender wherever they passed.

They were also desperate. Who knows why all their superiors, commanders and city lords disappeared all of a sudden? They searched for a long time but couldn't find an officer to lead them...

As a result, the mechanic easily occupied the city of Kesh and quickly marched to take over the major manors, city lord's mansions, and mining industrial areas.

The mines are naturally within this range.

When the mine owner saw the Seris soldiers wearing dark green uniforms, black helmets and holding red flags, he walked towards them with his hands raised high:

"Sir! Sir! I am not a noble! I am a good citizen!!!"

The miners who were hiding in the tavern and observing secretly, watched the mine owner, who was high and mighty in their eyes, kneeling on the land full of black mud and sewage in the mine for a long time without daring to look up. They seemed to have some enlightenment in their hearts.

The Cat ATV drove up to the mine owner and stopped. Four soldiers jumped out of the vehicle and pointed their guns at him. “Who are you?”

"I am a good citizen! I am the boss of this mine, and I don't exploit the workers! Everything is done in accordance with Seris law!"

The leading soldier glanced at the tavern not far away. The miners inside immediately crouched down and hid. He smiled, lowered his head and said sternly:

"Whether you are a good citizen or not is not up to you to decide. We will detain you according to the law and then investigate and question the surrounding miners. Everything is decided by the people."

"If it is proven that you are innocent, you will be free. Of course, the mine will be nationalized."