Trains, ships and railway establishments were "successfully" bombed on Wednesday by Japanese naval aircraft, which flew as far as Hengyang, in Hunan province, to accomplish their objective, the naval communique added. Boats laden with munitions were sunk by Japanese missiles at Shiherwei, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze; Chinkieng on the Yangtze, east of Nanking; and at Wusih, A train loaded with aeroplane parts was bombed at Hsinfeng, on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, while at Nanhsiang a military train was In Hehgyang, on the Canton-Hankow Railway, a locomotive. shed was destroyed while railway tracks at Lingchow, south of Chinkiang, on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, were also severely damaged by aerial bombardment, according to the statement;
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