Taiyuan, Dec. 18.
Chinese munitions dumps at Kwan= timiao, 20 kin, east of Siahsien in Shansi, were destroyed on Satur day as' Japanese Army forces followed up an onslaught against between 20,000 and 30,000 Chinese troops on Friday in the Chugehiao Mountains.
Nearly 2,000 bodies of Chinese soldiers were found by Japanese forces while pursuing the Chinese troops who were retreating to areas along the Yellow River. Three Japanese detachments, meanwhile, pushed south of Liuhwachen in southwestern Shansi_ Province on Saturday, advancing to 10 kin. south~ west of Lieuhwachen by noon the same day.
'One group of Japanese troops attacked the enemy's rear positions, another pushed from Hsuluyu to owangtstn and a' third unit rushed southward from Anlutsun, A fourth detachment advancing from Taleio~ chen, routed a group of Chinese massed in the area northwest of 'Meantime, the retreat of the Chi nese troops' was cul off by Japanese forees which advanced to aren, about seven kilometres northeast of Chiang= hsien in southwestern Shansi. In €o-operation with ground forces, Japan~ ese Army aiveratt raided enemy con~ centrations at Howangtsun and troops in the Chungehiao Mountains was believed 19 have been pre~ paratory. plans of the 14th and 15th Armies to" launch the so-called Chinese Recapture Important Pass Chungking, Dee. 19.
Chinese forees Inunched an attack inthe Nanning area on Sunday, it is. officially revealed here today. Aiter the occupation of strategic heights in the vicinity of Kunlunportant pass on the hit south-west of Ping ing, during the night, Chinese forces in tinued Lo advance yesterday morn~ {ng along the highway towards Nat ning, it is claimed.
The Chinese advance, according to oficial civeles here, was preceded by heavy artillery bombardment, after which Chinese infantry stormed Aepanese positions while the Chinese wings carried out flanking "move ments, spite intense Japanese aerial activity—bombing and -machine-gun= ning—Chinese forces captured the important Kunlunkwan pass and also Nang, a village south of the pas nose circles claim.
'A high Chinese commander is said tw be personally: directing operations the front. Chinese dispatches reporting the engagement claim that Reavy casualties were inflicted on the Japanese while large quantities of Japanese arms and ammuni iso captured.—Reuter, After crushing Chinese troops. the vicinity of Chiackiawan, three Japanese detachments on Sunday morning drove on southward and attacked Chinese troops in the area of Nanmatsun, On Saturday night another Japanese detachment routed Chinese troops in the vicinity of Sungkiashan, while another Japanese ground unit was moving into Chientungtsun.
After routing Chinese soldiers from hilly regions on Friday, Japanese troops cut off their retreat and began running down the scattered forces.—Domei,
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