The two bombs exploded directly in the midst of the Japanese troops, dealing death and destruction upon every hand.
The carnage was something frightful. Dozens of men were literally blown to atoms, arms, legs, heads and bodies flying in all directions!
A yell of terror went up, commingled with shrieks of pain.
When the smoke cleared away it was seen that at least fifty Japanese had been killed and as many more wounded.
Terror-stricken, the remainder of the army fled from the road along the ocean to the rocks and hills beyond.
"Give them another," ordered Captain Oscar, and it was quickly done, and this brought down several more men, including the Japanese commander, who had his head taken off just as he was about to order a rifle attack on the strange sea monster that had attacked them.
The remainder of the Japanese took to the woods and inside of three minutes not a soldier was to be seen.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE ACT OF A MADMAN.
"I reckon we have given that army a setback," remarked Andy Greggs after the contest was over.