The situation, however, is regarded fas by no means critical here yet. The withdrawal from Lingyi, itis ex plained, was taken deliberately as part of a plan to avoid positional [warfare, which is so obviously favour able to the Japanese in view of their superiority in heavy armaments, mechanised units and aircraft, From Lingyi onward the ground is advantageous for mobile warfare and reinforcements of Chinese mobile units are now being rushed to this area to harass the Japanese when they try to advance further.
In other parts of China, profiting by the depletion of the' Japanese garrisons for the present three-sided attack against Hsuchow, the Chinese fare claimed to be making rapid inroads into areas formerly controlled by the Japanese for some considerable period.
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