The aerodrome at Nanking and military establishments there, the spokesman said, were bombed at 3.30 o'clock on Friday afternoon, while one large aeroplane was destroyed at Anking. No Chinese aircraft, the spokesman added, were sighted in the air either at Nanking or Anking:
Meanwhile, in-a communique issued yesterday morning, Japanese Fleet authorities revealed that extensive bombing operations were carried out by Japanese naval aircraft in Kwangtung province.
Yingteh, along the Canton-Hankow railway, the commtniqué said, was bombed at one o'clock on Friday afternoon, The statement added that Kungyi and Tankiang were also bombed.
At Shaokwan, the communique seid, an aeroplane assembling plant "was completely demolished by the Japanese raiders.
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