Japanese naval aircraft carried out a series of effective raids in Chekiang, Fukien, Kwangtung and Kiangsu provinces en Thursday. the Japanese Fleet authorities announced n a communique yesterday About 70 planes bombed Chinese troops concentrated north of Liuho in Kiangsu north of Nanking i series of raids on the northern bank of the Yangtze all day long, the communique said, The bombing proved effective, the communique claimed, that heavy casualties were suffered by the Chi-se soldiers, who sought safety in more than 20 villages north of Liuho.
Some of the Chinese were said to have retreated frma the Hsuchow iront Acrodromes Bombed With direct bomb hits, naval aircraft destroyed two out of four medium-sized Chinese military planes rounded at Nancheng aerodrome, 110 kilometres soūth-cast of Nanchang in Kiangsi province, the statement continued. addition to the four real craft, six dummy planes also were sight by the raiders, the announcement:
Suid, At the Pucheng aerodrome, Fukien nee, the raiders blew up two m-sized grounded planes and Gemaged runways.
Attacking aerodromes at Changting, Lungyen, and Yushan. all of which are in Fukien. the naval craft demolished military buildings and run ways, the communique stated At the Lishui aerodrome in Chekiang the set a new fuel depot on fir exploded with a terrific detonation.
They also bombed the Wenchow aerodrome in Chekiang and demoished military buildings and runways Raiding the Canton-Hankow Rail-the planes cut tracks or- buried the n under debris at six points south Pakonghow in Kwangtung, the communique concluded.
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