"True," said Raiden, "but we could not work here; the boat is not steady enough. If we could reach the prow of the vessel, we should be better off."
"So be it," said the Prince.
All three, kneeling in the bottom of the boat, pressed with their hands against the junk, and thus advanced rapidly. Sometimes an involuntary collision, which seemed to them to make a terrible noise, made them pause; then they went on again. They reached the ship's prow. At that moment the sentinel cried:
"Oho!"
He was answered from the other junks:
"Oho!"
"Oho!"
Then all was silent once more.
"To work," said Nagato.
Their plan was merely to sink these great ships by making a hole in them below the water-line, large enough to let in the sea.