Japanese army aircraft displayed great activity on four central China fronts on Thursday, a communique issued at 11 o'clock yesterday morning claimed.
As bombers assisted Japanese round forces in operations west of Juichang, Japanese army combat aircraft maintained a vigil against Chinese machines by cruising over Tayeh and Sinyang, the announcement said.
This permitted other craft to bomb ud strafe Chinese positions "at leisure", aiding the piercing of Chinese lines by attacking Japanese forces and "destroying" fleeing Chi-rose troops. Chinese efforts to build defence positions south-east of Sinyang were "effectively prevented," the communique asserted.
In the vicinity of Aikow, Chinese positions were bombed, while similar attacks were carried out on the Kwangtsi sector. Chinese artillery positions near Kailing on the north bank of the Yangtze were silenced by aerial attacks, according to the announcement, In Honan, Japanese army aircraft bombed Chinese munitions stored at Huangan halfway between Hankow Gnd Shangcheng, the communique concluded.
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