Planes Attack Military Trains at Wusih Shanghai, Nov. 6.
Important Chinese positions and concentration points" along. the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, Chinese positions in Hungjao and Pootung, fand the severing of Chinese lines communication featured Thursday's bombing operations carried out by the Japanese naval air arm, a naval communique revealed yesterday morning.
While bombing Chinese positions to the south of Soochow creek, the jgommuniqué said, Japanese naval planes "destroyed "railway tracks, the station building, a locomotive shed and several military trains at Wusih, on the Shanghai-Nanking "The announcement added that other Chinese concentration points along the line were bombed.
Two camouflaged motor trucks, the communique pointed out, were strafed near Hungjao, as was another ordinary motor lorry.
Regarding the bombing of Pootung, the communique said that the raiders "thoroughly destroyed" Chinese military" positions at Yangehingehen, Shihchiao and Chinchiachiaochen, near the Machlapen Creek. ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, the communique also vealed, "Japanese bluejackets who landed on Yuhuan Island off Wenchow. in Chekiang Province to carry out the blockade, essayed Chinese soldiers and Pacantul in a bitter two-hour battle,"
The Chinese, according to the communique, "fled, abandoning several score dead, One bluejacket," the communique, added, "was seriously injured:
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