Feb. 5.
One Chinese combat plane was shot down by Japanese naval bombers as several Chinese fighters challenged an attack formation headed for the Yunnan railway on Saturday, a communique issued by the Japanese South China Fleet announced today.
The Japanese bombers, the announcement said, successfully attacked a bridge and adjacent sections of the railway tracks, The raid was cattied out in spite of strong head-winds and dense clouds which made flying difficult, the communique stated. Al Japanese' machines returned to their base, it was added—Domei:
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