Meantime, there are repens flowing im to the headquarters' here from all fronts in south and west Kinngsi revealing the, rapid "ad-whose. streng position was ces of the, Government forces [creatly" consol by" the construction of new ° fortresses and blockhouses and the building of good, roads which stretching' into [the far and wide of the country, interior and very' much facilitating] the swift movement of the troops jand military communication and transportations.
It is now impossible for the ban-Jdits to recover their former. posi tion and influence in Kiangsi, because after the crushing' of the Fukien rebellion " there is nothing left to hinder the Progress of the anti-Red campaign which the early conclusion tomed.wellrnigh, i the, consensus of opinion of the' well-informed mitliary' observers. Probebly "in Another couple of months oF sey the Red menace will be® virtuely eradicated in 'Kiangst. Such' is the nope ofall Power of Resistance Lost So it wag carried out. At the beginning of last month, the anti-Red North Route armies' common ed by Generals Wa Chi-wei, Mao] and. Chow. Huan-yuan started their drive southward from western Fukien and reached Taihu, Chienlin and Linbua, on January 21, and later occupied Changtseng, and Huantseng in Fukien close to the Lichuen district on the border of Kiangsi. "Severe fightings ensued with the armed bandits. (most of them belong to the remnants of The, defeated and disorganised, frst, thi fifth and seventh armies une der the leadership of their German red chief, Chu Teh and
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