Successfully overcoming anti aircraft fire, the Japanese naval air force raided Chinese acrodromes in Hunan and Honan yesterday. All planes returned to their bases safely.
Bombed by one unit of Japanese airmen were acrodromes at Lingling, Paoching and Chinkiang in Hunan, Po and Nanyang in Honan. Two other aval units raided the Chinkiang field three times—Domel, Japanese Mopping-Up Operations Taiyuan, Oct. 12.
Surprise attacks launched in connection with Japanese _mopping-uP Operations in southeastern Shansi re~ ath of 2,200 Chinese Japanese officers here said today. The loss leaves the Chinese strength, in the area at 13,000
Japanese forces captured a trench mortar, nine light machine guns, 155 rifles, 20.000 rounds of rifle ammuni-lon, two pistols, 94 bayonets, three Chinese halberds, 187 hand grenades and large quantities of other arms snd ammunition, they asserted Anhwei ase Said Taken by Navy Shanghai, Oct, 13.
Wuchih, described as "a Chinese base in southwestern Anhwei prov-nee, near the Kiangsi and Mupeh borders, was occupied on Oct. 10 by a Japanese naval landing party, Japanese China Seas Fleet communi-aug issued yesterday announced.
The naval force, advanced up the Yontze under cover of a naval air tary depots in Hunan force barrage to land near Laochow- provinees were carried. tow. Several hundred Chinese sol- Japanese naval Glers in several were bombed at Suisun and Wuchih, the announcement said, Another Japanese naval squadron, erded a large Chinese force near Lofangkai, west of Fengsin in northeastern Kiangsi, The headquarters fof the Chinese Third Division at Fuchow south of Poyang Lake were also heavily: bombed on Oct. 10, according to the communique, which stated that all Japanese craft had returned 0 their respective bases safely.
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