Chapter 61: The Impostor
Qin Chuan felt strange in his heart, thinking to himself, what are you thanking Lao Tzu? Xie Laozi used to take the blame for you?
Without waiting for Qin Chuan to speak, Sun Changhui had already taken a jeep and entered the defense area of Ping'an Street.
Qin Chuan was a little unsure, but his troops had already entered the defense area of Changde Street, and they immediately began to deploy defenses.
At the same time, Qin Chuan also ordered his soldiers to start reconnoitring the Japanese defense situation in the opposite block, thinking about how to snatch back the two blocks occupied by the Japanese army.
An hour after they had finished changing guards, it was already dark. At this time, a group of reporters from various newspapers in Shanghai, who came by car, poured into the neighborhood of Ping'an Street at this time.
At the same time, in the division headquarters of the 88th Division, division commander Sun Yuanliang was also surrounded by a group of reporters holding cameras and microphones.
"The unit defending Chang'an Avenue is the second battalion of the 524th Regiment, and the battalion commander Sun Changhui is a person who can recruit and fight well. Last night, he led a commando team of more than 100 people to directly defeat a brigade of the Japanese army stationed on Chang'an Avenue, and today he eliminated more than 500 frenzied Japanese soldiers. Sun Yuanliang said to reporters, but he put all the credit of the three camps of Qinchuan on his relative Sun Changhui.
If Qin Chuan heard Sun Yuanliang's words, I am afraid that he would have the heart to kill him. The credit for the bloody struggle between him and his brothers was transferred to Sun Changhui's head by Sun Yuanliang at this time.
A female college student who was interning was also holding the microphone at this time, and looked at Sun Yuanliang with envy and said, "Senior Commander Sun, I heard that you can fight well, so this time Battalion Commander Sun's decision, did you support it?" ”
Sun Yuanliang glanced at the intern reporter, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and the greed in his eyes was fleeting.
"This nature, when Qin... When Battalion Commander Sun proposed this battle plan, I fully supported it, and even did not hesitate to support him with the dozens of flower organs left in my logistics warehouse. Sun Yuanliang said this, his eyes swept over the towering chest of the intern reporter from time to time.
"You're so wise!" The intern reporter, who had no social experience, immediately said with a look of admiration.
At this time, another group of reporters were surrounding Sun Changhui, asking about the situation of last night's battle.
"If you want to say that Ishihara Tachii, but he is a ruthless man, he wants to duel with me. I, China, is the origin of Japanese swordsmanship, how can I be afraid of him? Sun Changhui looked into the microphone and said the picture he had completely imagined.
"I saw that my hand was up and down, but in just one round, Ishihara Tatsui was already cut down by me on the ground." Sun Changhui said and made a knife-wielding motion.
The reporters who didn't know why next to them applauded. Then he asked further about the battles these days.
Sun Changhui's face has been thickened to a certain extent, as if the results of the battle fought by Qin Chuan with the three battalions really belonged to him completely, and he was talking about the details of the battles in the past few days in a high spirit.
Sun Yuanliang and Sun Changhui are not only deceiving reporters, but also deceiving their superiors.
Because it was difficult for the high-level officials to get in touch with these officers at the bottom directly, they really thought that the Ishihara Brigade was defeated by Sun Changhui's troops just after listening to Sun Yuanliang's battle report.
Even the chairman of the committee was deceived, thinking that Sun Changhui was really a fierce general, and even personally sent a commendation order.
At this time, the real heroes of this battle, Qin Chuan and the soldiers of the third battalion, didn't know these things, and they all buried their heads in preparation for the next battle.
Although they will come back with Sun Changhui's second battalion early tomorrow morning, Qin Chuan can't rest assured, and always feels that the Japanese army, which has suffered a big loss, is very likely to attack Ping'an Street tonight.
Although he was unhappy with Sun Changhui, the loss of Ping'an Street was something he did not want to see, so he sent him a telegram asking him to be alert to the night attack of the Japanese army tonight.
But now Sun Changhui is being interviewed by those reporters, and he is already a little fluttering under the embrace of these reporters.
Even in his heart, he had already decided that it was not the third battalion and Qin Chuan who repelled the Ishihara brigade, but his second battalion.
The commendation order personally issued by the chairman of the committee, and the fact that it will appear in major newspapers tomorrow, made him a hero of the entire Songhu battle. All of this made Sun Changhui feel like he was living in a dream.
Qin Chuan's reminder was completely ignored by him. Because of the long interview with reporters, the troops of the second battalion were deployed very simply on Ping'an Street, and they were not even assigned which unit was responsible for defending which area.
In stark contrast to them, the two Japanese brigades under the personal command of Matsui Ishine were ready to attack Heian Street at night.
Both of these brigades are elite and have very strong combat capabilities. They all thought that it would be a tough battle to recapture Ping'an Street, after all, the enemy on the opposite side had completely annihilated Ishihara's brigade.
But they didn't know that their opponent had changed at this time. In order to let his relative get some military exploits, Sun Yuanliang directly transferred Sun Changhui's second battalion to Ping'an Street.
He originally thought that even if the Japanese army launched a night attack, the second battalion would have no problem resisting it for one night.
But he soon realized that he really overestimated his uncompetitive relative.
As for Sun Yuanliang at this time, he was thinking of a way to ask his subordinates to ask for the contact information of the intern reporter, and wanted to invite her to come to the division headquarters for the so-called "one-on-one interview"
This is not surprising, after all, this Master Sun, during the Battle of Songhu, once saw a female student with a beautiful face, so he said to take her to the division headquarters to play. This matter was dissuaded by the deputy division commander when he found out, but it was useless.
Master Sun felt that he had made a contribution to the War of Resistance, what was such a trivial matter?
At night, in the neighborhood outside Ping'an Street, the Japanese attacking troops had already begun to detour to the Ping'an Street neighborhood under the cover of night.
At this time, Sun Changhui was still in the command center, and he was blowing with several reporters.
"If the Japanese army dares to come tonight, I will tell them to come and not return!" Sun Changhui was full of confidence, as if he had become Qin Chuan, who was like a god and brave in battle.
The reporters didn't know that the person in front of them was a fake at all, and that he had really been transferred to another block before they arrived. They really thought that he was able to repel the Japanese attack with his soldiers.