Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors-Chapter 548 - 279: Ultimate Trial Cleared!

Of course, the "enormous" devastation was relative to the Qi Army.

To the Qi soldiers, who were not well-exposed to the world, the damage caused by the projectile was already terrifying. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Solid shot had limited lethality, but the defenses of Yan Jing could not come close to the thick walls of more than ten meters, built during the Great Sheng Dynasty, which used glutinous rice as an adhesive. Thus, the cannon punched through nearly the size of man.

Debris flew haphazardly as the vibration distinctly spread in all directions, causing the Jin defenders atop the walls to lose their footing.

Such terrifying power had surpassed the previous Huihui Cannon and significantly exceeded all current siege devices.

Compared to this, the stones thrown by the previously used man-powered trebuchets seemed like mere tickling.

However, for players like Li Hongyun, compared to modern firearms, this firepower was still lacking significantly.

Still, considering "Dark Sand" is essentially a historical game, they had to tolerate it.

After all, it couldn’t be that they really could roll up a nuclear bomb to annihilate the demons, could they? That would completely change the style of the game.

General Han Fuyue’s face showed an even deeper joy, "Good!

"With such a Divine Artifact, how can Yan Jing resist us? In a few more days, this strong city will fall!

"Continue to fire at the walls!"

When besieging, true breaches through the gates were rare, mostly, breaches were made on the walls.

Because a gate wasn’t just a pair of thin wooden doors; behind the heavy doors, often lay thousands of pounds heavy iron-clad gates snugly fitted into the wall’s grooves, controlled by winches.

Moreover, behind many strong city gates were fortresses, which meant even if the gates were breached, attackers faced the predicament of being "caught in a jar."

Under these circumstances, fiercely attacking a certain segment of the wall was a more cost-effective strategy.

General Han Fuyue could clearly discern this situation: armed with such a powerful cannon, they simply needed to continuously bombard a certain stretch of wall. The soldiers need not launch a forceful assault but instead rest and wait leisurely in the camp.

If the enemy dared to engage in an open field, General Han Fuyue could directly decimate Jin’s living forces; if they did not dare come out, then with the Qi Army’s abundant logistical support, they could conveniently wait for the cannon to collapse the wall, then charge through the breach.

During the bombardment process, the Jin soldiers were almost helpless, having no means to respond.

Li Hongyun and other players exchanged looks and smiled slightly.

"A few days?

"No, General Han.

"The conquest of Yan Jing happens today!"

With that, more cannons were brought up!

Each Divine Machine player had constructed a cannon, only now did they all pull them into battle.

And to their surprise, the Ministry of Industry officials had sneakily brought out a few smaller cannons!

The size of these small cannons wasn’t very big, having a front resembling a crouching tiger, similar to modern mortars.

It was a transformed version of the crouching tiger cannon after the Divine Machine players’ modifications!

The cannon’s barrel was slender, though its range was limited to about five hundred meters; it only weighed over thirty pounds, making it mobile and flexible. It could be loaded with layers of small and large lead shots and was especially suitable for field combat.

This weapon, frequently used by General Deng Yuanjing of the Great Sheng Dynasty against bandits, now appeared prematurely on the Qi dynasty battlefield.

Certainly, the Divine Machine players chose it partly because its broad range of applications made it effective in both sieges and field battles, and partly because it was small enough to fit inside a Divine Machine case for portability.

Each Divine Machine player was armed with a cannon and a crouching tiger cannon.

Operating the cannon required many soldiers’ cooperation, but these players also needed to adjust the angle and personally ignite it after the soldiers completed cleaning the barrel and loading the ammunition.

Because the Divine Machine players had unique talents, personally operating these cannons significantly enhanced accuracy and safety.

The crouching tiger cannons, however, were set aside for a different use.

These weren’t intended for direct assault on the walls due to their shorter range and negligible impact on walls. They served another purpose.

Several cannons were all aimed at the same section of the wall.

"Fire!"

At the command, the cannons roared simultaneously!

Heavy solid shot burst out with a booming noise, hurtling through the air and continuously striking near the same area on the wall!

It was impossible for every shot to precisely all hit the same breach; the cannons weren’t that accurate yet. But with the talent and technical enhancements from the Divine Machine players, these projectiles still landed within a few meters on the wall.

The already shaky structure of the wall was further compromised by this onslaught!

Debris scattered, bricks fell, and some Jin soldiers, unknowingly attempting to block the breach with stone, brick, and timber from inside the city, were directly struck by subsequent cannonballs, utterly smashed to pieces.

Under such ruthless bombardment, whether it was bricks or bodies, both were purely destined to shatter!

Soon, under the concentrated assault of the cannons, the breach on the wall began to widen further. From a crack that only one person could pass through, it expanded to a massive breach enough for several to enter.