Yuncheng, June 10.
Japanese forces today had wound-up two whirlwind operations against Chinese infiltrations in western and southern Shansi with the Chinese bases of operation, in both sectors, in Japanese hands.
Pinglu in southern Shansi was captured on Thursday, three days after a Japanese attack upon a Chi-nego force estimated ai 30,000 men had been launched. Qf the 30,000 Chinese, only 13,600 were estimated by Japanese officers to have fought the Japanese troops, the others having fallen back before coming into contact with the Japanese.
Chinese dead found abandoned in the path of the Japanese advance up to the fall of Pinglu numbered 2,343, including one regimental commander.
The Japanese forces, in this sector, took 484 prisoners, three trench mortars, 16 heavy machine guns, 28 light machine guns, 579 rifles, 46 trench mortar bombs, 30,000 rounds ai heavy machine gun ammunition, 34,00 rounds of rifle ammunition in addition to a large quantity of other seaports.
Tu Western Shansi, the Japanese séUhfinued' localized—mopping-up Operations in the Liulinchen area up to Thursday, when most of the Chi-
Lichtdkwan pass.
had been driven north of "Losses inflicted upon the Chinese to Thursday, reports from Taiyuan said, were given by Japanese officers 2420 dead found' abandoned; in addition to 991 prisoners taken.
Nine mountain guns with 193 shells, Pine trench mortars, 29 heavy machine-guns, 37 light machine-gun 149 automatic rifles, 439 rifles, in addition to 13,000 rounds of heavy machine-gun ammunition, 21,590 rounds of Bren gun ammunition, "31,000 rounds of automatic rifle amrountion, 31,920 rounds of rifle ammunition in addition to other arms and ammunition.
The western Shansi operations were launched on June 3.—Domei.
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