Japanese Transport Said to Have Been Hit by Bomb A direct hit on a Japanese transport by Chinese night raiders was reported by a Chinese military spokesman at a press conference yesterday.
Two night raids were carried out by the Chinese Air Force over the Yangtszepoo sector on Thursday at 945 pin. and 11.20 p.m. respectively, the spokesman said. The raiding planes followed the river course and dropped bombs as they flew eastward toward the N.Y.K. Wharf, where the Japanese flagship Idzumo; was anchored in mid-stream.
At Yangtszepoo, bombs were dropped on the Vu Feng cotton mill buildings, where a very large quantity of military stores were kept, according io the spokesman. Japanese war vessels moored on both sides of the Whangpoo evidently also received the attention of the Chinese airmen as many bombs fell in their close vicinity. A Japanese transport moored at the China Merchants wharf was reported to have been hit.
By the time the raiders reached the, Idzumo, the' spokesman said, a hail of anti-aircraft gun bullets met the Chinese planes, which after dropping two bombs, flew away safely.
Japanese army bombers were moderately active yesterday morning, dropping bombs on sites at Pootung believed to be gun positions but they failed in their mission, the spokesman said. Several small villages were destroyed. The Ci Centre again was bombed early yesterday morning by Japanese planes and bombarded by naval guns. No serious damage was done to Chinese positions, he said.
The spokesman said the report to the effect that several Japanese aeroplanes had been damaged in Yangtszepoo sector by bombs dropped by Chinese airmen could not be confirmed.
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