Eight Chinese planes were shot down in combats and by Japanese -aircraft fire over the Yangtze ye Anking on Sunday, a Japanese havel spokesman stated at a press conference yesterday morning.
Four Chinese craft in a unit attempting to raid Japanese warships on the Yangtze were shot down in combat, the spokesman. said.
Later 10 more Chinese planes came over and two of them were shot down in combat, while two others were brought to the ground with anti-aircraft fre, he claimed.
The spokesman denied that any Japanese warships had been sunk by Chinese bombs, as claimed in Chinese reports. Japanese war vessels never-have been hit by Chinese aerial bombs, he declared.
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