The trip was by no means smooth or without excitement as they were Net to stop the truck and seek cover under bushes several times, when Japanese planes circled overhead. None of them, however, menaced the truck, although they came quite near.
The driver was loud in praise of Mrs, Soong's courage, for she calmly vratched the manoeuvres of the planes comfortably seated and munching an apple, although he himself had already sought what he considered a safer spot, The'ürst time he jumped down from the truck, she called him back, pointing ouj that the planes were turning away from them. The planes flew in twos and threes, bombing and machine-gunning. Mrs. Soong counted seven in all and they kept up their activities as the truck proceeded nearer to its goal.
Making use of her experience zained during the bombing of Nantao, Which she witnessed from a vantage point in the French Concession, she figured that every plane should carry no more than four bombs, Thus seven multiplied by four should equal 28, she computed. So she began to count the bombs when she heard the first explosion, thinking to herself that after the 28th, the planes would soon fly away. Halfway she was forced to descend and seek cover when, unfortunately, she lost count. At any rate, the planes flew over that district for a considerable time. They did not leave until dark.
The Eerie Silence tary trains and tracks at Taian, south of Tsinan; Tawenkow, south of Taian; and Yenchow and Tsaochwang in Shantung province.
Another flight of naval planes, the communique added, inflicted heavy damage on a torpedo-boat near Kiangyin along the Yangtze.
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