The Archive · 1939

Guerillas Harass Japanese

Chinese Irregulars Seize War Material In Surprise Attack; Extermination Threat

Striking ap widely-stationed " Chinese ucrlia bases in. southern angst from the nevlod_of Febra= 2 to bare 6, Japanese. military iarrisons-inthe Shanghai aren. als. tersed various. irregular bands, Fapanese military spokesman clined in?Shanghat last nah chem, south of Sunutkong, on Febru ievoqular stronghold at. Changyenatte, was lunchd gains an

Sty 25, he said, causing the Chinese in' rotfent, abntdoning 2 dead. One {feria as taken prisoner, together ith large. quantity of. war" mat-ria, the. spolseaman' said On March 5, a Japanese patrol countered "a." group of about 100 fuorilas at Waitsunchen, 16 xilome {ror north of Changshu." In the en-{ing combat, 2 Chinese and three Japanese "were killed, while one Japanese soldies was wounded, quantity. of "Chinese war" material thas taken, Wie spokesman stated.

Sixty guorilas active in the tanwangehen area. near Minghong vere attacked a¢ 3:20 am, on March Wand dispersed. "Twenty, regulars {wore led, according to the spokes man.

Attack Station Mar. 10.

'The Shing Lunghwa Railway Station, not far away' from the South Railway Station in Nantao, " wrecked and much Japanese war material gaized on the night of Mar. 7 when a company of Chinese guerillas operating In the western district made fu" surprise attack on the Japanese xarrison force there, according to the Chinese press. "Colonel Sheng Chi, commander of the Chinese company, was killed in action, Colone! Sheng was killed by a stray' bullet not at the railway station but on the Shanghai-Minghong Highway Where he and hig men were met by 4 large group of Japanese coming to the rescue of their comrades stationed at the railway station.

The surprise attack was made at about 10 o'clock In the evening when 30 Japanese railway guards stationed in "that particular railway station were awakened from sleep. Without fighting they escaped sind the guerillas swarmed on the platform and station wrecking everything there and seized two rifles, 1,000 rounds of ammunition fand other war material, Seoing that he had carried out his mission, Colonel Sheng ordered his men to return to their original post fand it was on their way back on the highway that they had to ght, Fights ing at the head of his men, Colonel Sheng was soon killed after he had fordored his men to retreat.

The late colonel 43 said to be only 28 years old and he served as the commander of the "Third Company under the "Big Company's" commander General Ching. who is. the leader of Chinese qucrilias who recently found their way into" the western district,

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