In an effort to extend the are westward, Japanese çplumns were reported to be battering Chinese lines in the vicinity of Lanfeng, regarded by the Japanese military authorities as Ale Sgateway to Kaifeng."
ities were said to be especially bitter in the narrow strip of territory between the Yellow River and the Lunghai Railway.
Chinese troops massed west of Lanfeng, in an effort to block the Japanese drive on Kaifeng and Cheng-y—two vital points in the new defence line—were said to include 20 divisions of Gen. Chiang Kai-thek's troops, under his trusted lieutenant, Gen. Hu Chung-wan.
The central part of the are remained immobile yesterday, as powerful Japanese units were reported standing by at Mengcheng and another undisclosed Japanese base.
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