The second round of artillery bombardment lasted for another fifteen minutes.
Thousands more cannonballs rained down on the Saman walls, giving them a bloody baptism.
After this round of artillery fire, the already dilapidated and largely collapsed Saman walls became even more ruined.
The Samanid reinforcements on the city walls also suffered heavy casualties, their bodies mangled and bloodied!
"Damn it! Damn it!"
From the inner city tower, upon witnessing this scene on the outer city walls, Great Khan Kulisaman roared repeatedly in fury, raging, "Damn it! These damned Dakan people, all they know is to bombard us with cannons! How despicable!"
He felt extremely aggrieved about his situation in the outer city of Saman at this moment.
He originally thought that with the strong defenses of Saman City, the more than 100,000 troops and hundreds of thousands of civilians inside, he would be able to hold Saman City.
However, he did not expect that the war would be so devastating so soon after it began!
If this continues, forget about victory; we might not even be able to hold onto Saman! Everything will likely turn out to be nothing but wishful thinking!
"What should we do? What should we do?"
Kulisaman was somewhat agitated.
In a daze, he thought of Prince Karhana, and wondered how Karhana would have dealt with the current situation in Saman City if he were still alive!
However, no matter how much Kulisaman thought about it, it was all in vain!
Karhana Beile has already been beheaded by him!
Oh, right!
There are cannons too!
The cannons that the arsenal copied back then should still exist!
These big troops have cannons, and so do I!
Thinking it over, Kulisaman's eyes lit up, and he said, "Send men to bring the cannons over immediately, we need cannons too!"
After the order was given, some of the Saman garrison began to move the cannons.
However, as the Samanid Khan, Kulisaman knew that manufacturing these cannons was extremely difficult. Even after several months, only about twenty cannons had been produced.
This small number of cannons is nothing compared to the hundreds of cannons of the large army outside the city!
To defend Saman, we need more than just these cannons; we also need all the people inside Saman!
Thinking it over, Kulisaman frowned and continued, "We have the Thunderclap Bombs! Select some suicide soldiers from within the city and have them take the Thunderclap Bombs out of the city to bombard the Da Gan army with their own bodies! As long as they can destroy the Da Gan army's cannons, with their limited forces, they definitely won't be able to break into our Saman City!"
"Egudai, you immediately organize a suicide squad! The more the better!"
"The families of all selected assassins will be directly supported by our Khanate, and each family will receive a generous subsidy! Go now!"
Upon hearing the Great Khan Kulisaman's order, the general beside him, Ogudai, nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes!"
Before long, the remaining twenty cannons of Saman City had been transported to a large open area in the inner city.
From outside the city, the cannons standing inside were not visible due to the city walls.
After the cannons were set up, some men in long robes were writing and drawing on paper and pen.
Before long, the men handed the paper to the gunner.
Immediately, the Saman gunners began adjusting the position of the cannon muzzle.
After all twenty-odd cannons were ready, the commander ordered, "Fire!"
Immediately, shells were loaded into the cannon barrel and the fuses were lit.
The fuse hissed, igniting the gunpowder in the cannon barrel. The expanding gas propelled the cannonball directly out, flying over the city wall towards the artillery positions of the Da Gan Army outside the city.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A sharp whistling sound rang out in the air.
On the artillery position of the Da Gan Army, the lookout was holding binoculars, watching the situation in Saman City.
When these black dots appeared in the sky, they surprised the lookouts at the artillery positions.
"Cannonballs?"
The lookout exclaimed in surprise, instantly recalling that he had seen crudely made imitation muzzle-loading cannons on the walls of Yizhou City when he was there.
I'm afraid those shells in the air right now were fired from these imitation muzzle-loading cannons!
A thousand thoughts raced through his mind, and in the blink of an eye, the lookout had regained his senses.
"Artillery shells! Watch out for artillery fire!"
The lookout shouted.
His words also drew the attention of the entire artillery position.
The gunners squinted as they watched the shells falling from the sky.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way right now!"
An artillery regimental commander shouted, "Forget about the cannons! The artillery is the most important!"
At the artillery regimental commander's shout, the artillerymen hurriedly withdrew from the area. Just then, more than twenty solid iron shells fell from the sky, hitting the Yan Ning cannon on the artillery position.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
A dull thud rang out, and instantly the barrels and cannons of six or seven cannons were hit by solid iron shells, leaving them dented and scarred.
Fortunately, the artillerymen on this position withdrew quickly, and no artillerymen were injured or killed.
Only some cannons sustained varying degrees of damage!
Seeing this, the artillery regimental commander's eyes flashed with a ferocious glint, and he roared in a deep voice, "Where is the artillery staff officer? Calculate the ballistic data immediately and return fire!"
He knew that most of the cannons in Samantha were imitation muzzle-loading cannons.
The biggest drawback of muzzle-loading cannons is that they are cumbersome to operate and have a very slow rate of fire.
There was a long interval between the first and second shells.
This period of time was enough for the people in the artillery regiment to accomplish a great deal.
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