The good work which the 19th route armies did here in. the fir half' of 1981, is now sufficiently fae off to allow of a fair view, Tt does seem that they within the last fe weeks of their stay did have a rear Iinock-out blow at the, Re Followed up would mination of that great. concentra. tion. "Alas just after that hattis for reasons known only to those ju charge they were removed the coast. The Whole countryside was "very, much perplexed, and could think: of no real reason for throwing all the South of" this Province into the arms of thee: men.
What has happened since? They have been us busy as boos recovering the territory talon from them, and Sovietizing' it bit by bit, that, now they are much "thors firmly entrenched in the home minds of the people than ever before, Every village has its Soviet. hundreds have been establish and. practically speaking whole district. of several fnundreds of towns, has been placed beyond any possible control of th: Nanking Government, The city of Hucichang was cently taken after a siege of seve-Fal weeks, and the poor people of hat" piaed suffered for their. noble defence of their hearths and. home:
Wholesale butchering. That is the last city of any. importance. in South Kiangei excepting Kanthow.
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