The Chinese forces in Shansi, totalling 300,000 men, General Hsu asserted, had not only not been driven away from Shansi, but were drawing the Japanese forces into the Shansi mountains in isolated groups.
The Japanese, he believed, must send further reinforcements into Shansi to pull them "out of the fire." Part of the Japanese forces in Shantung, he added, were already moving towards Shansi.
Contrary to a general belief, General Hsu was of ihe opinion that the Japanese forces in Shansi not only could not, but would not, attempt to cross the Yellow River into Shensi or Honan. They would probably make the next move, in his Opinion, on the Peiping-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow Railway fronts in an attempt to smash the Chinese defence line on the Lunghai Railway.—Reuter.
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