At this time, the focus of the battle was on the left wing army led by Chen Cheng in the north.

On September 26, after the Japanese repelled the 4th Army, they pressed the front line of the left flank army along the Dijing River, and the forward troops fought and retreated to the main position of the Dijing River.

The next day, the Japanese army continued to attack the main position of the defenders on the front line of the Dijing River. The Nationalist Army and the Japanese army fought fiercely in Gujiazhen, Liuhang, Taipingqiao, Taojiazhai and other places, and the two sides fought fiercely from village to village. At the same time, the 9th, 3rd and 11th Divisions of the Japanese Army attacked the north and south lines of Gujiazhen, Liuhang, and Shixianggongmiao respectively.

The two sides fought repeatedly in the area of the main position of the Dijing River, and the casualties were everywhere, and thousands of people were killed and wounded every day.

The main force of the Japanese army advanced westward to attack the left flank of the Nationalist army, thus giving the 9th Army a chance to breathe. Ye Lei did not have any combat mission, and took advantage of this gap to seize the time to train his special combat team. At this time, the special battle has not yet formed combat effectiveness, and if it is not for Ye Lei's command, they are just stronger than ordinary soldiers.

In the past few days, in addition to sniper training for the special forces, the main thing is to swim across the armed forces and train the water nature of the team members. For most of the day, the team members were almost immersed in water. Secretly, Ye Lei seems to have a bigger plan, and the time left for him is only one week.

Now, several lightly injured have returned to the team. The special combat team was divided into two groups, with Li Hu and Li Hong responsible for leading the team in training, and over time, the two became the "double Li" of the special combat team.

"Keep swimming, you won't be allowed to go ashore for two hours!"

"Yes!"

Suzhou Creek is only one or two hundred meters wide, and the team members can only train up and down the water, including shallow water training. The players felt like they were back in hell again, and every training session was a challenge to the limit.

In a military camp in Hongkou, Mitsuhiko Sato is also stepping up time to select and train his own special combat team. In addition to the previous invitations of instructors, German advisers were invited through connections to train the team in the way of the German special forces.

Ye Lei had already set his sights on the "Izumo" moored on the Huangpu River, the flagship of the Japanese Third Fleet. Soon after, the main Japanese forces would move south to attack Onzahama, and the Izumo and other gunboats would pose a great threat to the 9th Army.

The special combat team was training in Suzhou Creek, and Ye Lei went to the regiment headquarters alone to find Xie Jinyuan, the deputy of the regiment, who wanted to know too much information about "Izumo".

"You've set your sights on Izumo."

Xie Jinyuan quickly understood what Ye Lei meant, and Ye Lei said: "Soon the Japanese army will go south, and 'Izumo' and other gunboats will be a great threat to us." 'Izumo' was the flagship of the Japanese Third Fleet, and if it was blown up, it would deal a major blow to the Japanese army. ”

The head of the regiment, Han Xianyuan, asked, "Are you sure?" It was nine deaths, and we failed twice on the surface. ”

Xie Jinyuan said: "It's three times, don't forget Wang Yaqiao, the number one killer of the Republic of China." ”

Xie Jinyuan began to tell Ye Lei about the three attacks on the "Izumo" ship.

For the first time, during the "128" Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Wang Yaqiao, the first killer of the Republic of China, organized death squad members to attack "Izumo".

Wang Yaqiao ordered Gong Xiangling, a daredevil, to select seven people who were skilled in water to conduct secret training in the Minhang area, and then selected two of the most outstanding daredevils to take a fishing boat to prepare a modified mine to be placed at the bottom of the "Izumo."

This mine is made from an old mine shell found in a warehouse. The fuses were reformulated, 500 pounds of explosives were filled, and 40 empty oil drums were specially sealed, fastened together, and the mines were fixed underneath so that divers could propel the mines in the water without being detected.

As a result, due to the rapid water of the Yangtze River at that time, the mines were not fixed and the operation failed.

Ye Lei has heard of this tactic. On 31 July, the Italian frogman unit was the first to blow up and sink a warship. They invented a man-torpedo called the "leech". Two frogmen infiltrated the port of Bora in a torpedo and sank the Austro-Hungarian flagship, the battleship Unitis, the 21,000-ton flagship.

On the second occasion, the speedboat brigade of the Electric Mine School, known as the "Whampoa Military Academy on the Water," took the initiative to attack.

Lieutenant Colonel An Qibang, the captain of the speedboat group, was ordered to lead two boats, the "Shi 102" and the "Wen 171", to Shanghai to attack the "Izumo" ship. When firing, the torpedo man releases the clamp and allows the torpedo to slide into the water at the stern of the boat to move forward on its own. Due to the darkness of the night, the target could not be locked, and the operation was unsuccessful when it deviated from its position.

Xie Jinyuan finally said: "The third time is that I coordinated with Wang Zhaohuai, chief of the inspection department of the Songhu Garrison Command, to prepare a small steamer carrying special explosives, which set off from the vicinity of the 16th shop, and prepared to approach the "Izumo" and die together. However, because the perpetrators failed to reach the predetermined distance and were discovered by the Japanese prematurely, they failed to complete their mission and were killed by the enemy's intensive artillery fire. ”

"The regiment commander and the regiment deputy will leave first, time is very tight, I will make a plan to meet the commander-in-chief in the evening."

Ye Lei saluted and turned to leave, and after drawing up a battle plan, he planned to meet Zhu Shaoliang, commander-in-chief of the 9th Group Army of the Central Army.

After dinner, Ye Lei drove to the headquarters with his battle plan.

"Report! Ye Lei, a staff officer of the 88th Division, wanted to see the commander. ”

At the headquarters of the 9th Group Army, Zhu Shaoliang and other officers were studying the defensive deployment in the north and were surprised to learn that Ye Lei had come. So he said, "Please! ”

"Yes!"

Ye Lei came to the command room of the headquarters, held a combat plan in his hand, and saluted: "Commander! ”

"Okay!" Zhu Shaoliang was a little excited, and said, "I, the commander-in-chief, finally met our god of war today!" After returning to Nanjing, the chairman's wife was very appreciative of your expression, and the chairman called and said that she would reuse it for you. You must not have come to see my commander at night, are you? ”

Zhu Shaoliang's first impression of Ye Lei was a soldier's pride, different from his predecessor, General Zhang Zhizhong, who was more Chinese.

Ye Lei took the battle plan and said: "This is the battle plan I have drawn up. The Japanese army will soon move south to attack our Central Army, and the fleet on the Huangpu River will be a great threat, so I want to attack Izumo and other Japanese ships. ”

Ye Lei's words surprised everyone present, why was he so sure that the Japanese army would change the direction of attack, and that the attack on "Izumo" was not a trivial matter, and the chairman of the committee wanted to blow up the "Izumo" ship in his dreams. Including the water attack and the air force, the attack on "Izumo" was no less than ten times, and in the end they all ended in failure.

Zhu Shaoliang immediately took the battle plan, read it carefully, and said after reading it: "Underwater attack? ”

Ye Lei said: "Yes." Not in the air, not on the water, but definitely underwater. There is a precedent for underwater attacks, and my team is now training in this area. As long as the headquarters cooperates, the Izumo and other warships will be blown up before the Japanese attack on the southern front. ”

Zhu Shaoliang thought for a moment and said: "It's not difficult in terms of materials, I will immediately order the Quartermaster Department to send them to you, but I can't be the master of dispatching the Air Force." ”

Ye Lei said: "The dispatch of the air force is only to attract and improve the success rate of the operation. Even without the Air Force, I can still complete the mission, but the risk will increase and the probability of success will decrease. ”

What Ye Lei wanted was not very difficult, whether it was shallow water equipment, mines, TNT explosives, or other equipment. He wants to pay a small price for the biggest victory, and this is the characteristic of the special operation.

The blowing up of "Izumo" is of far-reaching military and political significance, and Zhu Shaoliang attaches great importance to this operation, because he believes in Ye Lei and his god of war.