Chapter 1476: Breaking the City

A flash of fire appeared.

Boerniefu rushed to the top of the city wall as if he had gone mad, shouting fiercely: "You must not let it fire!"

Instantly, the sounds of slaughter, crossbows, muskets, and cannons drowned out Boerniefu's voice.

The Russian Army's all-out resistance kicked up clouds of dust.

The deafening sounds of battle echoed within the dust and mist, but no one knew what was happening inside.

Whether the fuse had been extinguished or not.

Hamid stared nervously at the Great Cannon amidst the dust and mist; although he could not see the situation clearly, Hamid pinned all his hopes on it.

It must succeed!

Boom!

A thunderous explosion pierced through Hamid's thoughts.

It was as if all sound between heaven and earth had come to an abrupt halt; the previous sounds of the Russian battle were torn into nothingness by this thunderous blast.

The Russian Army and the Long-Ao Allied Forces still locked in slaughter felt their hearts tremble violently at this moment.

They all turned their heads in unison to look at the location of the thunderous explosion; the dust was blown away by a fierce, hot wind, and an incomparably massive cannonball erupted from the pitch-black barrel.

Tearing through heaven and earth, crushing everything; compared to it, the Russian cannonballs were merely dust.

A single strike, sweeping away everything!

The incomparably sturdy walls of Poland City shattered and collapsed with a roar; the earth itself trembled for it, feared it.

Countless Russian soldiers were wiped out by this strike.

Boerniefu's body went rigid; on his once high-spirited face, only horror remained.

He was standing on the wall of the Inner City, and since the cannonball was not fired in this direction, he luckily escaped with his life.

Under this strike.

This young Russian general suddenly lost all hope; under equipment with such astonishing destructive power, how could they possibly hold the city?

Seeing this scene, Prince Yong revealed a look of horror; in terms of the degree of surprise, he was no less than Boerniefu.

The destruction caused by the Ottoman Great Cannon could be called unprecedented; one could even say that since the advent of cannons, this level of destructive power was absolutely number one.

The power of their Longyan cannons was also very strong, and they were dozens of times smaller in volume than the Ottoman Great Cannon, but the power was not this great.

Prince Yong analyzed it calmly: if the Ottoman Great Cannon were to truly attack Longyan one day in the future.

Then no matter which city in Longyan it was, their city walls would be like the walls of Poland City, unable to withstand a single strike.

But Longyan had countless methods to ensure this Great Cannon was completely scrapped before it entered Longyan.

Prince Yong sighed; the Ottoman Empire had indeed created a very powerful weapon.

But the drawbacks were also very obvious: transportation was difficult.

It was too heavy and too large.

This time, it was Hamid who had transported it secretly.

Otherwise, it would have been completely impossible to transport such a Great Cannon once the war had started.

Prince Yong took a deep breath to calm his mood; he recovered from the shock just now and ordered in a deep voice: "Launch an assault!"

Under this strike, the Russian Army fell into a brief stalemate, not even having recovered yet.

A burst of urgent drumbeats came, and the Long-Ao Allied Army instantly woke up, hurriedly shifting their state to attack into the city.

Countless Russian soldiers were half a beat slow to react; their general, Boerniefu, was still in shock.

His mind was a blank; although after this strike from the Ottoman Great Cannon, the cannonball only shattered the Outer City, and it stopped after hitting the wall of the Inner City.

In Boerniefu's eyes, there was only this pitch-black Great Cannon; he had completely forgotten that the city had been breached, until the battle cries of the Long-Ao Army jolted him awake.

Boerniefu looked over hurriedly; the current situation was extremely unfavorable for him.

The Long-Ao Allied Army had breached the Inner City, and the Outer City had already fallen.

Having experienced the shelling just now, the Outer City was shattered to such an extent that the Cossack Cavalry could no longer

block the Long-Ao Allied Forces.

But after the Long-Ao Allied Forces entered the Inner City, the advantage the Cossack Cavalry could exert would be even smaller.

One could even say there was none.

The environment of the Inner City was narrow and not suitable for the Cossack Cavalry to charge and kill.

Boerniefu regained some of his composure; the war was not over yet, those detestable Ottomans!

Since you have charged into the Inner City, then what awaits you will ultimately be death!

"Crossbowmen, Musket Team, prepare! We will crush these Ottomans and Longyan people right here!" Boerniefu shouted madly.

He had ambushed countless crossbowmen and Musket Teams in the Inner City, and even had their Russian cannons.

He had envisioned that if the Long-Ao Allied Forces really did break through the Outer City in the end, then the ambush in the Inner City would be the dead end for the Long-Ao Allied Forces.

But the appearance of this Ottoman Great Cannon had somewhat disrupted his plan.

If such a Great Cannon were to fire another shot, Poland's sturdy Inner City might not be able to defend against it.

Boerniefu stared at the Ottoman Great Cannon through his Telescope, but discovered that the entire body of this Great Cannon was emitting white steam.

Hamid sighed; such a Great Cannon was too strong, but the limitations were exceptionally numerous.

This Great Cannon was not only heavy itself, but its cannonballs were also very heavy, weighing a full one thousand jin; transporting such cannonballs was extremely difficult.

What was even more terrifying was that every time the Ottoman Great Cannon fired, it would generate super-high temperatures, requiring a half-hour cooling period before it could launch a second attack.

Boerniefu's expression was calm; judging from the current situation, if the Ottomans could still launch a second shelling, they absolutely would not have dragged it out this long.

But now, this sweeping Great Cannon was not continuing to fire; there must be some limitations.

After thinking of this, a look of joy appeared on Boerniefu's face; since that was the case, then their Russian Army could still hold!

Boerniefu immediately mobilized his troops to firmly defend the Inner City.

On the front line, Prince Yong also discovered the abnormality of this great cannon through his Telescope; he pondered for a moment and soon realized that this great cannon might have another situation.

This great cannon had astonishing power, and the amount of gunpowder required to fire such a large bomb must also be massive.

The combustion of this massive amount of gunpowder would cause this great cannon to generate unimaginable heat.

This is bad!

Without the cover of the great cannon, then to break into the Inner City of Poland, they could only rely on the Long'ao Allied Army.

Prince Yong thought for a moment; now that Poland City had been breached, it had powerfully boosted the morale of the army, and right now was the time when morale was at its highest.

They must break the city at this time.

This was their best opportunity, and Prince Yong ordered in a deep voice: "Issue the order, deploy the Siege Cannon of Longyan, and blast the Inner City to pieces!"

"Yes!"

The Longyan army immediately mobilized the Siege Cannon of Longyan; this type of Cannon was specially manufactured and brought by Prince Yong from Longyan to breach city walls.

This type of cannon was not as huge as the Ottoman Great Cannon; in fact, one could even say this cannon could only be considered small.

But no one would underestimate the power of these Siege Cannons; they had already witnessed with their own eyes on the day of the surprise attack how these Siege Cannons had breached the city walls of Poland.

If it hadn't been for the arrival of the reinforcements from Tsarist Russia, Poland City would have been occupied long ago.