Chapter 757: Unity

"Damn, how could I forget this!?"

Looking at the two torpedo boats flying past his head, Ye Tian was really at a loss.

In an instant, Ye Tian also thought of a small episode in the Battle of Shanghai.

It was found that there was no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation with the Japanese Navy. There was no way, so the Chinese Navy had to find another way.

The Navy's Electric Mine School in Jiangyin came forward.

The name of this school is unknown.

But its honorary title is very loud.

Yes, it is called the Huangpu Military Academy on the Sea, how can it not be awesome?

The Navy Electric Mine School has a speedboat brigade, which is under the jurisdiction of three speedboat squadrons.

Each squadron contains five torpedo boats.

For good luck, the three squadrons were named Yue Fei Squadron, Shi Kefa Squadron, and Wen Tianxiang Squadron respectively.

After formulating the battle plan, the Navy Electric Mine School intends to implement it.

Their target is none other than the flagship of the island country's third fleet, the Izumo!

After the application of each squadron and the approval of the organization, Shi Kefa's squadron obtained the qualification to participate.

It must be said that this attack was full of legendary colors.

Under the leadership of An Qibang, deputy captain of the speedboat squadron, two torpedo speedboats, disguised as fishing boats, set off secretly.

After leaving Jiangyin, they hid during the day and went out at night, and successfully lurked in the Shanghai Bund.

At the same time, Ouyang Ge, the principal of the Naval School and the commander of Jiangyin Jiang Defense, was not idle.

He personally led people to conduct a wave of fancy reconnaissance in the Bund area and deployed the final plan to attack the Izumo ship.

Obviously, because of the need for covert attack, if two torpedo speedboats go out together, the target will be too big.

For this reason, he decided that the "Shi 102" speedboat would be the main attack alone, and the "Shi 171" speedboat would be responsible for the pick-up work.

At 8 o'clock in the evening on the 16th, under the cover of night, the disguised "Shi 102" planned to take action.

They quietly sailed out of the Dongjiadu blockade, targeting the Izumo, which was moored at the Bund Pier on the Huangpu River!

In fact, the Dongjiadu blockade was set up by the Chinese Navy before the outbreak of the war by sinking several merchant ships.

The first merchant ship that sank was Du Yuesheng's!

The purpose of this was to prevent the Third Fleet from going up the Huangpu River into the Yangtze River and attacking the Chinese inland.

Having participated in the blockade arrangement, "Shi 102" was very familiar with the situation and easily passed the blockade after various detours.

After passing the Dongjiadu blockade, the speedboat soon arrived near the Bund.

It must be said that there are not only island ships on the Huangpu River, but also ships from European and American powers.

To prevent accidental injuries, "Shi 102" had to move forward in a roundabout way and continue to look for targets.

Hard work pays off. They finally found the Izumo near the Bund Pier.

The Izumo has two masts and three turrets, which is very easy to identify.

What made An Qibang and others depressed was that there were many warships anchored around the Izumo.

The situation was too complicated and difficult to take action.

For this reason, the 102 speedboat had to observe and look for the best combat plan.

Suddenly, the alert Japanese sentry found them.

In an instant, the turret of the Izumo began to rotate rapidly in order to fire a wave of artillery at the 102 boat.

There was no way, the 102 boat made a prompt decision and launched an attack immediately.

They fired two torpedoes in succession. Although the place of attack was 400 meters away, the effect was very good.

The first torpedo sank a small warship next to the Izumo.

The second torpedo was meritorious, and it hit the tail of the Izumo.

Unfortunately, the torpedo was not powerful and the armor of the Izumo was too thick.

Therefore, although it was hit by a torpedo, the Izumo was only slightly injured.

In fact, even if it was a minor injury, it scared the Japanese.

After a flurry of activity, dozens of warships immediately began to counterattack.

The counterattack method was intensive bombing.

Although the 102 boat had tried its best to escape, it was still attacked by a small-caliber shell and immediately lost power.

There was no way, An Qibang had to activate the emergency plan, which was to abandon the ship and swim away.

What made them excited was that they actually escaped this disaster and returned to the army again.

Naturally, in the newspapers of the next day, the attack of the Chinese Navy on the Izumo became the headline news.

Because the battle was so exciting, it was a typical attack war of the weak against the strong, even the reporters of the United States were alarmed and made a special topic.

In addition, the Minister of Military Affairs, He Yingqin, also sent a commendation telegram to the navy:

"Although it was not successful, it has reduced the arrogance of the enemy ships. I hope you will continue to work hard, rectify the deployment, and complete the success."

The painstaking efforts and the risk of death did not succeed in the attack on the "Izumo".

On the other hand, the defense of the Japanese navy became more and more strict.

What to do?

At one time, all the ambitious people in China stood up and offered suggestions.

What made people laugh and cry was that even some pure literati came up with a lot of ideas.

They talked very well, but after all, they were just scholars talking about military affairs, and the feasibility was too poor.

There were countless plans to sink the Izumo.

After some discussion, China finally came up with a good plan.

This plan was very feasible and took the route of blasting from underwater.

This time, it turned out that two young men from wealthy families who were full of vigor and vitality appeared!

They were Liu Jisheng, the younger brother of Shanghai businessman Liu Hongsheng, and Song Ziliang, the younger brother of Song Ziwen!

They secretly invested and purchased two Italian-made mines with the assistance of the navy.

After a variety of selections, six divers including Wang Yisheng and Chen Lanfan were selected as the death squad.

After a simple training, they quietly swam to the tail of the Izumo in the night.

After a busy time, the six death squads installed the mines and successfully detonated them.

The results of this battle were good, and the tail of the Izumo was successfully hit.

Unfortunately, because the power of these two torpedoes was average, the Izumo was too strong and could not be sunk.

After being attacked by China one after another, the Japanese were furious and said they were very embarrassed.

Naturally, the precautions of the Izumo became more and more stringent.

In fact, later, the Chinese divers played underwater blasting again.

Unfortunately, the Japanese had already arranged anti-mine nets around the warship.

Therefore, the divers could not approach at all.

There was no other way, so the divers began to destroy the mine protection net, but unfortunately, they were discovered by the Japanese sentry again.

In an instant, sirens blew, searchlights swept back and forth, and depth charges and shells were fired frequently.

The situation was extremely urgent, and it was impossible to get close to the Izumo and install mines.

In desperation, the dead soldiers had to explode outside the Izumo and evacuate quickly.

Although they did not hit the Izumo, 4 iron barges and 2 small warships near the Izumo were destroyed.

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Ye Tian knew that the two torpedo boats of the electric mine school would not attack until the 16th.

With his mind racing, Ye Tian thought of a great idea.