Chungking, Mar. 9 Raiding Ichang four times yesterday, 45 heavy Japanese bombers subjected the city to the worst raid it had ever experienced, according to Chinese despatches received here today. Fully one-third of the city the despatches added, was destroyed.
The exact number of casualties is not yet known but it is believed to te high.—Reuter.
"Red Route" Bombed A large squadron of Japanese army aircraft on Tuesday launched intensive bombardments along the so-called "red route" for transportation of military supplies from Russia, according to a communique issued on Wednesday night by the headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Force to Central China.
Several scores of planes raided Yungchang, 250 kilometres west of Lanchow, and bombed military establishments in the city. On the way back the planes scattered leaflets over Hangchow, 200 kilometres west of Lancho Several other units raided Pingliang, 250 kilometres east of Lan-and for half an hour bombed military establishments and the aerodrome. Returning to their base, the craft took on more bombs and se! out again to raid Sian, capital of Shensi, They returned to the base after inflicting considerable damage on objectives in the town, according to the communique.
Ca-operating with infantry north of the Yangtze, another army air squadron comprising about 15 planes bombed Chinese troops concentrated at Kingmen on the Hankow-Ichang Highway in southern Hupeh on Wednesday morning.
Fifteen additional planes attacked Changteh, important position on the west side of Lake Tungting in northern Hunan. They bombed Chinese troop concentrations there and about 100 junks on the Yuan River sáuth of the town, causing heavy damage. the communique stated
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