Tehat is often described as the key to Nanchang, capital of Kiangsi province.
Meantime, another pore! dispatch from the south Yahgtze front stated that the annihilation of more than 1000 Chinese troops who launched repeated counter-attacks for two days in succession in the Paishih sector, west of Juichang.
These attacks, executed by Central Army troops in grotips of about 200 men at a time, were made almost incèssantly, specially during the night of Thursday to Friday, according to the reports.
The attacking Chinese were mer-oillessly mowed down by Japanese rifle and machine gun fire. Forced to retreat the Chinese abandoned more than 1,000 dead in front of the Japanese lines, the dispatches added.
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