Gathering momentum with every passing hour, the three-pronged ad-Vance of the Japanese forces at Wuhan is fdt converging on its final objective, according to a general survey made by a Domei correspondent at the front.
Since the end of August, when the drive against Wuhan. was launched, Japanese Army, Navy and Air forces have been steadily closing in on the war capital of China.
On the Yangtze front, the capture of Kichun greatly increased Chinese vulnerability, he said. In the sectors south of the river Japanese troops blasted their way through the second line of Chinese defence by crossing the Fu River. The capture of Tehan, strategic point on the Kiukiang-Nanchang Railway, was imminent while north of the Yangtze Japanese troops were pressing down on Chinese positions in the Tapieh mountains, he pointed out, To counter-balance the Japanese gains, Gen. Chiang Kai-shek has marshalled 1,000000 recruits into action to defend the Wuhan area ^to the last man."
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