After the Black Horde allied forces arrived in Semii, they rested for half a day before launching their attack.
In the wilderness, a vast, dark army spread out, a mighty and magnificent sight!
On the vast green grassland, like a tidal wave, wave after wave surged forward.
A large army gathered on the vast open field stretching for dozens of miles.
"kill!"
The shouts of battle were deafening, and a vast, dark mass of soldiers from the Black Tent Khanate's allied forces filled the open field.
The Black Horde truly lived up to its reputation as a powerful ruler of the steppes, especially after the defeat of the steppe khanates and the Samanid Khanate, it gradually emerged as the new leader of the steppes.
This time, they assembled their entire army to meet the Da Gan Army, bringing not only all the new weapons that the Black Horde had copied, but also a large number of new weapons from the White Horde and the Golden Horde.
Even siege engines, which are rarely used, have been brought in, numbering over ten. Each siege engine's sharp ramming posts are covered with sheet metal, a material extremely rare on the grasslands. In the middle of each siege engine, there are also shields to deflect bullets.
The defenses of the entire Black Horde Khanate coalition were undeniably formidable.
As the army launched its charge, hundreds of replica cannons were erected in the open field, aimed at the city of Semii, and began to fire.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Solid cannonballs flew toward Semii City.
Before long, cannonballs pounded the city walls, sending dirt flying. Occasionally, a cannonball would hit the top of the wall, and some large infantrymen nearby were hit and instantly turned into a pile of minced meat.
Seeing this, Li Maoxue, commander of the 11th Infantry Division, frowned and roared, "Artillery Regiment! Return fire immediately! Target the enemy artillery positions and bombard them!"
"yes!"
The flag bearer quickly responded and then waved the huge flag in his hand.
Upon receiving the order, the divisional artillery regiment, which had been prepared on the city wall, began the bombardment.
Gunners pulled the breechblocks, and dozens of cannons aimed at the Black Tent Khanate's artillery positions in the open field, beginning to roar.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
A piercing shriek echoed through the air. In the blink of an eye, shells were raining down on the Black Horde's artillery positions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out, and the violent blast wave overturned nearby heavy cannons, turning them into piles of scrap metal.
The old-fashioned cannons copied by the Black Horde were naturally inferior to the standard equipment of the modern army. The Yan Ning Year 1 cannons were equipped with exploding shells using new gunpowder. The shells weighed several tens of kilograms and were filled with a large amount of fragmentation.
With each explosion, the violent blast wave sent shrapnel flying everywhere. Instantly, the Black Tent Khanate allied soldiers were riddled with thorns, bleeding profusely, and collapsed in pools of blood.
"Quick! Load the shells!"
A Black Horde artillery commander, his brow furrowed, roared, "Return the fire! Suppress the artillery fire of the Da Gan army!"
However, just as these Black Horde artillerymen were loading their second shells, another shrill shriek came from the distant sky.
The biggest advantage of breech-loading cannons is their high rate of fire!
It is far superior to any muzzle-loading cannon!
The second volley of shells swept in, exploding in the open field and instantly obliterating dozens of Black Horde allied soldiers.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
The artillery commander of the Black Horde roared, "Fire! Fire back!"
In the midst of the chaos, the artillerymen finally managed to clean the gun barrels and began aiming.
Before the gunners could even light the fuses, the third volley of shells from Semii City had already arrived.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At this moment, the artillery of the 11th Infantry Division's artillery regiment unleashed unprecedented and terrifying firepower. Countless shells flew through the air, landing on the Black Horde's artillery positions with deafening explosions.
In just three rounds of shelling, the Black Horde's more than twenty cannons were completely destroyed.
Upon witnessing this scene, the Great Khan of the Black Horde, Urumiye, had a gloomy expression, bloodshot eyes, and eyes that seemed to be about to burst!
It should be noted that the entire Black Horde Khanate, after one or two years of imitation and almost exhausting the nation's resources, only managed to replicate a little over a hundred muzzle-loading cannons.
I brought everything with me this time.
In just a few dozen breaths, more than twenty doors had been destroyed!
Such a terrifying situation still angered Khan Urumiye.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Urumiye shouted, "Retaliate immediately! We can't let the Da Gan Army's artillery fire prevail!"
Amid Urmiye's angry curses, the Black Horde artillery position finally finished loading the second shell.
Sizzle sizzle—
With a series of crackling sounds as the fuses burned, these muzzle-loading cannons shuddered violently, and shells were fired, flying towards the city of Semii.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Dozens of iron cannonballs struck the city wall. Although these iron cannonballs were not very powerful, they still managed to cause a section of the fragile Semii city wall to collapse.
Along with the large number of infantrymen on this side of the city wall, they were also buried below.
Seeing this, Division Commander Li Maoxue frowned and shouted in a deep voice, "Immediately treat the wounded! Quickly!"
"in addition,"
Li Maoxue pointed into the distance and roared, "Destroy the enemy's artillery positions immediately! At all costs!"
For Li Maoxue, the biggest threat was clearly the old-fashioned cannons.
Although it was just an old-fashioned cannon, every shell it fired could cause enormous damage to the city of Semii.
When Semii City collapses, their defense system will also have vulnerabilities.
However, there were three to four hundred thousand soldiers of the Black Horde allied forces in the open fields outside the city!
Following Li Maoxue's order, the division's artillery regiment immediately began another bombing raid.
Twenty or thirty cannons, with their shells loaded, pulled the breechblocks.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Several volleys of shells flew into the distance.
After this round of shells left the gun barrels, the artillery regimental commander roared, "Adjust the parameters! Continue bombarding!"
Immediately, the gunners began adjusting the gun barrels. Meanwhile, the artillerymen nearby carried and loaded shells.
They are very coordinated with each other.
In a short time, another shell had been loaded.
The gunners pulled the breechblocks, and dozens of cannons on the city wall trembled violently as cannonballs flew into the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Deafening explosions echoed repeatedly from the Black Horde's artillery positions.
In a short time, these old cannons had been blown into a pile of scrap metal and were no longer usable.
The nearby Black Horde artillerymen were also blown to pieces, their limbs and bodies lying scattered on the ground, a bloody mess!
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