Hankow, Mar, 26.
The Chinese air force went into action in Honan and Shantung provinces yesterday as planes heavily bombed Japanese positions on those fronts, according to an announcement from Chinese aviation headquarters.
One squadron of Chinese "plane the announcement said, raided Japanese positions in the vicinity of Lincheng, on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, north of Hsuchowfu, yesterday morning. They heavily bombed Japanese troops concentrations in order to support the Chinese forces, which were engaged in a counterattack to stem the Japanese advance along the railway in the direction of Hsuchowfu.
Another squadron of Chinese bombing "planes, it was said, circled above Chiaotso, in north Honan, on the
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