Hunan is again threatened with a Communist invasion. In spite of the reported victory of the "Kuangtung. armies against' the Reds in' the southern part of Kiangsi, when it was reported the 90,000 Reds. tried to go into" Kuangtung and over across south Hunan on. their way to Szechuen, rumours are flying that south Hunan is again threatened and troops are being rushed south as fast as bus and boat can take them. There have been no" buses for several days on the road from Changsha to. Hengchow.
The water is so low that no launches can go south except the very, small ones and they have been commandeered so that people have found it difficult to get to and from any of the points south.
Three places on the eastern side of the province seem likely to be attacked. Ping Chiang in the northeast has been unsoilled for some ays and a fear of attack on Changsha from that direction has. been guarded against by sending soldiers. Tt fs also reported that General Chiang Shue-liang Is sending some soldiers to that area via Yochow.
The second place where there is much unrest with soldiers assembly ing is Tsaling in Yiu Hsien and the third Is the extreme south-eastern section where the defeated Reds ex-ect to get into Hunan for their trip across the province to Kweichow and Szechuen. General Wang, who has been located in Chenchow for some time, has been transferred to the Hengchow-Leiyang area to stop any movement, should the Reds get Into south Hunan. General Liu and many soldiers are in the Chenchow
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