Part of the losses suffered by the Chinese, the reports said, could be attributed to tactical errors on the par of Gen. Li Tsung-jen, Commander-in-Chief of he Wuhan troops, and to a lack of complete co-opera tion between Gen. Li and Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.
Military experts estimated that more than 40 per cent. of the Chinese troops had lost their arms and ammunition, including rifles and machine guns, their hasty retreat from the Wuhan cities.
According to the reports reaching here, Gen, Chiang maintained that Gen. Li's "untimely order" for a general retreat of his men on the north bank of the Yangtze was one of the principal reasons for the fall of the Wuhan cities. He was said to have bitterly rebuked Gen. Li for his action, The latter was reported to have replied ith am accusaffon that Gen. Chiang "misguided" his troops in the defence of Canton.
Military experts pointed out that a large number of Gen. Chiang's Central Army forces were killed and wounded on the fronts north of the Yangtze after the Generalissimo had been forced to use them to appease his subordinates. Observations indicated that heavy losses were suffered by the 61st, 88th and 87th Divisions of the Central Army in severe fighting in the Tapieh Mountains—Domei.
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