Chapter 64 Small Improvements_2

If they only had muskets, the Herders could leisurely advance to within a hundred meters, form a line at their leisure, and then lay siege,

But once the defending army possessed cannons, the Herders had to strike from five hundred meters away.

Even five hundred meters was not safe, as the extreme range of a six-pounder cannon exceeded three thousand meters—though at that distance, catching a shot was more likely than hitting the target.

In less than a minute, the Herder cavalry had charged to within fifty meters; the cannons only had time for one round and were hurriedly reloading.

Behind the palisade, there was silence.

Jeska's squad was no longer the rabble that fired guns to bolster their courage; all the musketeers were waiting for orders.

Caltrops, trenches, breastworks, palisades—the Bridgehead Fortress's defenses consisted of these four layers from the outside in.