In the middle of May the main forces of the Red Armies under Chu Teh had crossed the Yangtze from Yunnan into South Szechuen. They moved direelly northward and cross-Inga tributary of the Min River passed to the East of Techienlu, Thence they reached Mowkung where elements from Hsu Hsiang-chien's forces in North Szechuen joined to complete the liaison of Red armies in Opposition to the Government troops. In the mountainous country through which they were passing they found themselves forced by the combined effects of the terrain and the disposition of the Government troops fo keep on marching north. As they advanced the Generalissimo was able to move up troops southward behind them with the result that their retreat was barred and they were hemmed in between the Government troops in the East and the practically impassable country of the west. Now they have passed to the West of Sungpan where the Government concentration was too strong to encourage an attack and having reach~ oda point well north of that city they have darted to the East on the flank of the Government's line. with the apparent object of making for the Wuning Pass which is the one practicable point of entry into Kansu. This is the significance of the capture of the small towns of Asichung and Shangpaotso to which recent refer ence was made in the telegrams. The country is such that the Reds will probably sieceed in reaching the Wuning Pass for the Government troops attach less importance to that Achievement than to their being eliminated from Szechuen.—Thie Tong-expressed belief that th eventually make for Sinkiang may be proved correct in the event.
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