Japanese army units were very active on Sunday, bombing the area West. of Hsuchow, along the Lunghai Railway,' A number of trains were said, by the spokes~ man to have been bumed between Chengchow and Kaifeng, by one of the air force units operating in this area.
Another unit bombed Lanfeng, east of Kaifeng,. destroying the station buildings, five trains, supplies ment.
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Naval air force units also assisted the operations of the land forces, bombing points on and south of the Lunghai line.
Avery large unit," commanded Suzuki, bombed Chinese troop con centrations within the walls of Taris-shan, west of Hsuchow, on the Lunghai Railway.
Heavy damage, according to "a also done to A Japanese tank unit cut the Lung-hal Railway cast of Tangshan on Saturday.
"Very large losses" were said by the spokesman to have been inflicted fon Chinese troops "ifeeing in li directions in the Hsuchow sector.'
Heavy Losses in, East, Especially heavy was the damage sustained by forces withdrawing from the eastern sector of the Lung-Thai to areas west of Hsuchow, the spokesman asserted, 1 Heavy losses were further said to have been suffered by Chinese troops entrenched in Suhsien, Kt chen and the neighbouring village which experienced repeated raids by naval aircraft, 'The walled town of Kuchen, on the southern section of the 'Tsinput Railway, was boarded by "about. 30 planes" commanded by Lieut, kkuichi 'Takahashi, 'A severe raid was also staged upon Pakonghow, an important station on the' Canton-Hankow Railway, Bombed wore the station, freight yards, "militat¥ freight ears, the arsenal and anti-aireraft_machine~ Guns in the vicinity. of the arsenal, The Tienho aerodrome, in a suburb of Canton, again experienced night raid on Sunday night, Raids wore staged by naval alr-raft on Langki and Foochow alt= elds. At the latter, hangars and Funways wore damaged.
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