The following day, the statement proceeds, a report was received that four Japanese warships were Jeaving 'Wuhu at noon for up river. Chinese bombers located the vessels at Tileans, and sank one of them. In the after= noon they were again located, with the result that the bombers' sank another warship at Lukang.
On January 11, two Japanese troop trains at the Hsuanchen Railway station were heavily bombed by: Chinese planes.
In addition to the bombing. raids, the statement continues, the Chinese air force scored big' successes in aerial engagements against Japanese aeroplanes at Nanning, the capital of Kiwangs! province, where the Chinese aviation school "is located. The Chinese students, who are undergoing. raining. gave a surprisingly good showing, the report declares, in actual combats on January 1, 7, 8, 10 and 11. In these raids one Japanese plane wag shot down on the 7th, three Japanese pursuit machines and one Japanese bomber were shot down the following day, two planes were destroyed on January 10 and another two on the ith, Several aerial "engagements were fought at Nanchang, in which both [Chinese and Japanese aircraft sufer-fed losses, The Chinese bombers, which are mostly of Soviet manufacture, are extremely fast, attaining a speed of 250 miles per hour, Their speed and the fact that they are said to be noiseless" attribute much to their success in bombing raids, the report [concludes.—Reuter,
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