Hongkong, Mar. 20.
Two raids were carried out by Chinese military planes on the Japanese occupied White Cloud aerodrome at Canton on March 16, passengers arriving here from the City of the Rams in the s. Kinshan said today. that its seizure would reduce the strategic importance of Kinhwa, where the Kuomintang's Provincia! Government of Chekiang is now located. The occupation of Ningpo would also add to the peace and order of the areas south of the Yangtze River, the daily said.
Guerillas, bandits, and regular army forces, which the Kuomintang claims to total more than 200,000. have been active in areas south of the Yangtze, the paper stated. "Like swarming files, they flee before the Japanese advance, only to filter back in the wake of a Japanese withdrawal," the daily remarked.
According to reported Kuomintang estimates, six divisions of infantry, cavalry, and artillery troops of the Central Army, making up part of this group, are threatening Hangchow, being deployed in southern regions beginning at the Tsaoeh River, running westward to Tunglo, on the Tuchun River which flows to Hangchow, then turning north to the Tungtienmu Mountains west of Hangchow, the "Mainichi" stated.
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