Assisting Japanese land units to to rout Chinese troops defeated the Lunghai f Japanese naval aircraft on "d extensive raids over u and Anhwei provinces, a Japanese naval spokesman ' announced yesterday morning.
Chumatien, an important Peiping-Hankow railway station north of Hankow, was severely bombed by "abos planes for, the second time in 48 hour The unit, commanded by Hey Yoshihiko Morinaga, dropped hami on the aerodrome, fuel depots and munitions dumps, Columns of dense smoke were seen stretching to the sky when the raider were leaving the town, a naval communique added.
Another naval air unit spent the entire day bombing and machinegunning Chinese troops retreating {ror the Hsuchow area.
In the Lake Hungtze and the Grand Canal are: al planes sank numerous junks carrying Chinese soldiers Chinese troop concentrations in and near Kwoyang, about 50 kims. north-west of Mengcheng, were also severely bombed.
Other troop concentrations were scattered south of Mengcheng, the communique claimed. Bombs also dropped on troops massed in Panpuchen and Hsukow, south of Haichow the eastern terminus of the Lunghai.
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