The temporary emergency measures taken by the British Army commander proved quite useful. The men crouched low inside the trenches, leaving only observers on watch. This way, no matter how the Shun Dynasty army harassed them, they could not see anyone and thus could inflict no effective casualties.
Yet this was merely a slow death. Once the Shun Dynasty artillery adjusted their muzzles, after a few rounds of bombardment, the British soldiers would not even need to be blown to pieces—the violent concussions alone would shake them to death!
As the saying goes: new recruits fear bullets, veterans fear artillery.
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