The whistling sound pierced the night sky as a shell rotated slowly in the air, eventually landing on the edge of a trench.
Boom!
The firelight dispelled the darkness a bit, and earth splattered at the impact point, scattering against a scorched tree trunk, which had been burned countless times and was now riddled.
Just the dirt blasted by the shell had the power comparable to a shotgun, so the damage at the explosion's center can be imagined.
The orange-yellow firelight gradually dissipated, and the air was filled with a faint burnt smell, characteristic of white gunpowder burning. Unknown who the genius was that concocted this 'white phosphorus oleic acid gunpowder,' whose kinetic energy is hundreds of times stronger than ordinary gunpowder. Initially intended to provide humans with energy, it ended up being used for war.
