Half an hour went by and then they saw that the Japanese were preparing to move.
The enemy did not like the manner in which Oscar had been rescued and the leader wanted to get out of the way of the submarine craft.
Soon the foreign soldiers were in columns for the march and the command came to move forward.
The drums beat and the band began to play one of the Japanese national airs in a music which to the Americans was nothing short of a hideous discord.
"Now then, up we go," commanded Captain Oscar, and in a minute the new Holland lay well out of the water.
Then the stern was sunk, so that the bow might stand well up.
The gun to fire the two bombs was carefully sighted.
"Touch off!" was the next command.
Boom! went the gun, and into the air flared the two missiles of death, straight for the Japanese column.
Zim! crash! bang!