"Please think again!" As an American, Sampton found it difficult to understand this Japanese notion, and he once again exhorted, "There is no point in resisting!" The convoy has been wiped out by the enemy! No one can save us! Only by obeying their orders can we save everyone's lives! ”

Although Sampton understood the temper of these Japanese and did not use the word "surrender" but used a euphemism, it further ignited the anger of the Japanese.

Blazing Ren suddenly drew his saber, pointed at Captain Sampton, and roared: "Dare to descend the sabstard, be careful of defiling my sword!" ”

"We voluntarily asked for our lives and came to kill the thief, how could we be greedy for life and fear death? We have been blessed by His Majesty the Emperor for generations, and today's events are just death! Nogi Noshinori was infected by Prince Chihito, and he also drew his saber and shouted loudly.

Seeing the violent appearance of Chihito and Nogi Noshinori, the Japanese army officers and soldiers who came with them also shouted.

"Never obey the orders of the thief!"

"We are willing to fight to the death with the thieves and never surrender!"

Sampton was confused by the sudden gurgling shouts of the Japanese (he didn't understand Japanese), and through the translator around him, Sampton learned the voices of the Japanese: "I'd rather die than obey the orders of the Satsuma!" ”

"If you are determined to fight, then all the foreign crew on board must leave the ship." Sampton said to Blazing Ren.

The American captain's request was categorically rejected by Prince Chiren, and then the American crew members on the "Percy" were all guarded by government soldiers, and Sampton really had no choice but to ask Chiren to send a signal to the "Mount Fuji" in his own name, saying that there was an urgent matter and asking the Satsuma Navy to send someone to talk, but this request was also flatly rejected by Chiren.

"What are they doing?" Heihachiro Togo saw through the telescope that on the opposite side of the "Percy", two American sailors who wanted to raise the signal flag had rudely knocked down several government soldiers with the butts of their guns, and the signal flag was also torn off, and his face could not help but change.

"It seems that the foreign crew wanted to signal us and was stopped by the enemy soldiers." A Satsuma officer replied.

"Maybe the foreigners on board wanted to signal our surrender, but the enemy did not agree." Said another officer.

Heihachiro Togo continued to observe, and after seeing the two bloodied American sailors dragged the government soldiers down like dead dogs, he lowered the binoculars in his hands with a calm face.

"The ship has been taken over by enemy forces." Lin Yiqing said quietly on the side.

Heihachiro Togo frowned, staring at the "Percy" opposite, but at that moment, several pillars of smoke appeared in the distance, as if a warship was coming, but the distance was still far away, and it was difficult to distinguish friend or foe for a while.

"Warships spotted in the northwest! More than three! The lookout shouted.

Togo Heihachiro's heart froze, he unconsciously turned his head to glance at Lin Yiqing, Lin Yiqing nodded slightly.

"Fire! Sink the enemy ship! Heihachiro Togo ordered in a deep voice.

The shells of the 120-mm Krupp cannon that had already been loaded on the ship "Mt. Fuji" were fired, and the 75-mm secondary gun on the starboard side immediately began to roar, and the defenseless "Percy" was immediately enveloped in a cloud of gunsmoke.

A 120-mm shell hit the central depot of the "Percy" and exploded, and in an instant, coal particles and various debris scattered along with the smoke flew everywhere. Williams, the American chief engineer of the Percy, was shot in the face and died instantly. Then several 75-mm shells hit the engine room, and the boiler of the "Percy" exploded, and many people in the cabin were scalded to death by the hot steam released.

A shell hit the captain's cabin and exploded on the outer wall, killing all the government soldiers guarding the Americans, and the American captain Sampton quickly took the opportunity to run out of the captain's cabin, got the last lifebuoy on the deck, and jumped straight from the side of the ship. As he plunged into the sea, he heard a "terrible eruption", and when he surfaced, the sky was pitch black, full of ash and coal dust that had been blown up into the sky.

The American first mate who was on duty ran off the bridge, grabbed a spare lifehaul and jumped into the sea from the bow of the "Percy" with a chain, from which many American crew members crowded down and easily escaped with their lives.

The American helmsman, Orlante, saw the Satsuma warship firing and crouched under the mast to avoid the bullets. When he felt that the Percy was slowly sinking, he immediately climbed to the foremost of the ship's mast. Another American helmsman, Adelin, jumped into the water holding a fire bucket on the deck. At this moment, Gentaro Sakodama had been in the cabin of the ship, and after the cabin where he was hit by a shell, he had to run out, but he could not swim, and when the "Percy" was sinking, he grabbed the rope of the ship and climbed to the mast with the Americans. The 31-year-old also escaped from the cabin, and when the ship was about to sink, he grabbed a floating ladder and climbed onto the mast of the ship.

Prince Chihito and Nogi Noshinori were almost swept away by the air wave generated by the explosion of the cannonball and fell into the sea, Prince Chihito was shocked unconscious, and when he saw that he was about to sink, Nogi Noshinori grabbed a rope, tied Prince Chihito to himself, and then swam towards a broken lifeboat......

At this time, Heihachiro Togo looked indifferently at the "Percy" whose hull had been submerged in the sea and the Japanese army soldiers floating in the sea, without the slightest pity in his heart.

Heihachiro Togo's diary indicates that just a few minutes after the bombardment of the "Mt. Fuji", the "Percy" quickly sank. The Japanese government's official "Southwest War Record" later recorded: "The ship has sunk, and all the officers and men of the army have perished, leaving only a long and miserable cry on the sea......

"We should run out of coal and shells." Lin Yiqing said to Dongxiang Pingwen Lang, "It's time to return." ”

Heihachiro Togo looked at the growing black dot in the distance, which was clearly the outline of a warship, but it was still impossible to tell whether it was a government warship or a foreign warship. But he understood the meaning of Lin Yiqing's words, nodded, and was about to give the order to return, only to listen to "Bang!" As soon as a gunshot rang out, Heihachiro Togo turned his head to follow the sound and saw a government soldier holding a mast, holding a rifle, and firing a shot at the "Mt. Fuji".

Then, a government officer crouched on the ship's board also raised his pistol and fired a shot at the "Mt. Fuji".

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