The attack of Lavanga Sinha was intense, earth-shaking, swift, and unrelenting, but the counterattack from the opponent was not soft either. With most of the cannons being installed on top of buildings or behind strategic defensive positions, the artillery of the Bharatiya Empire, despite being superior, was far less effective than in a normal situation.
The only artillery that was even remotely as effective as in a normal standoff, and arguably even a little better, was the mortar, be it big or small. Thanks to its high-angle trajectory, its projectiles, as they fell from the sky, were able to bypass the wall and hit the targets behind it, making them almost completely responsible for the successful attacks on the enemy battlements behind defensive positions.
In contrast, cannons, culverins, howitzers, and siege cannons, as weapon systems focused on power, range, and speed, simply hit the defensive wall due to their low-angle trajectory.
