Commissioner of the province, who has, fust returned from the south Honan, told pressmen at a reception on his arrival that the Communist regions on the Honan-Hupeh-Anhwei border, has extended to cover about 200 "li by 60 jand that the principal forces of the Reds have already been defeated by Jgovernment troops. Now there re-only the small isolated groups. in. fastnesses.. Mr. Chi 10 admitted that he did not [think they could cleared out for the present at lei The main force of the Reds are! the 26th Red Army Corps which Jcomprise the 73rd 74th and "75th lis all under the command of Wa O-kuang. Recently they loceupied the Paiyunshan or White Cloudy Mountains which they have made their stronghold.
Gen. Liu Chen-hua, newly apied chairman of Anhwei, leading the following twelve divisions to attack the border Reds ithe Twelfth Division "under Gen. Tang Yun-shan stationed in Chin-Jehiatsai; the 45th Division under Gen, Tai Min-chuan_ stationed Kushih; the 47th Division under: the Division under Gen. Sung Tien-[stationed in, Shangeheng; the 65t Division under Gen. Sung Tien-t Liu Chen-hua himself stationed Hungehuan; the Thirteenth Div sion under' Gen. Wan Yao-hi stationed in Hungan; the Division under Gen. Feng Chen-_ shan stationed in Luan; the St Division under Gen. Chang Yin-hsiang stationed in Macheng, and the 32nd Army Corps under' Gen. Liang Kuan-ying stationed in Sinyang.
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