Japanese Raiders Say City's Resistance Weakening Shanghai, Sept. 20.
Almost complete absence of defense from air attacks was noted yesterday by three Japanese officers who took part in Monday's raids on Nanking.
Having advanced to the vicinity of Yanghang following their recent recapture of Yunganchiso Cbridge) Chinese troops were yesterday morning further consolidating their positions in anticipation of a Japanese counter-attack, The sector at the Chih Tze College had its share of the fighting on Monday night when the Japanese pushed toward the Chirese lines at Al Kuo Girls" School on Kiangwan Rood, but they were checkmated by three O'clock yesterday morning.
Then, the Japanese troops turned northward to attack Chinese lines Seckingchiso Golf Course in the neighbourhood of the Civie Centre, where they again met with stubborn resistance from Chinese defenders.
'A. fierce encounter occurred, The Japanese had to retreat, leaving more than 300 dead and wounded behind them, the spokesman claimed. One Japanese armoured car was destroyed and a number of rifled were seized, Lieutenants Mochifumi Nanga. and 'Takashige Ekusa, who led the Jattacking planes in the frst raid of the day, said they saw no Chinese planes and heard only two or three reports of shots fired by the city's [vaunted anti-aircraft gun' batteries.
"Favoured by weather and meeting Ino resistance," one of the officers was. quoted by the "Shanghai Mainichi" Jas saying, "we spotted our objective, which was the ammonium sulphate manufacturing plant, and calmly Jaropped our bombs.
Lieut. Sadao Shiraso who ed the raid on: Nanking at 145 pam. said "complete silence" greeted the attacking "planes.
Lieut, Shiraso's squadron "bombed the Pukow railway station, tracks of the tsinpu line, and a freight tran lof 25 carriages. A direct hit, the Joficer told the journal, was registered Jon the train. Some of the carriages: were blown to bits while others turned over.
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