Japanese Army aircraft were active on five fronts in three Central China provinces on Tuesday, another communique announced.
Chinese troop concentrations near Sinyang, on the Peiping-Hankow Railway, were bombed on several Occasions during the day. Particularly heavy attacks, the communique said, were directed at the Wulitien and Chungshanling areas, where motor transport columns were bombed and machine-gunned, In the north-western Tapieh mountain range sector, aircraft assisted the advance of troops from Shawo and Sintien by attacking Chinese troop concentrations and supply depots at Chungchieni.
Heavy bombing operations were also carried out in the Kwangtsi sec-for where Chinese fortifications at Tienchiacheng were attacked, while on the southern bank of the Yangtze aircraft disabled three Chinese heavy artillery pieces at Paishih.
On the western shore of Lake Poyang, two artillery pieces at Chouchipan were put out of commission, while Chinese positions near Aikow were bombed, according to the communique.
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