At five in the afternoon, as the day gradually turned to dusk, Ransu Company launched its second offensive toward the beach area.
This time they learned from their past experiences, setting up field artillery deep in the streets and simultaneously bombarding the west while deploying many surveillance squads that climbed onto rooftops, responsible for monitoring attacks coming from the left and right. Even though the caliber of the cannons wasn't large, for a city that started as a remote fishing village, it was enough to be considered earth-shattering. Each time a shell fell on the sand, it would kick up a thick column of sand.
The continuous, deafening blasts could even be felt deep within the caves. The families who had come for shelter huddled together, their complexions quite pale, clearly experiencing such an imposing military display for the first time.
