Nanning, Feb. 12.
Four hundred Chinese vehicles have been destroyed in the past two months by Japanese Naval aircraft in the areas northeast of Nanning in southern Kwangsi, it was estimated here today.
Air raids on a total of 50,000 Chinese troops were made by the Japanese Naval planes during that period. More than 1,000 Chinese troops of the Chinese headquarters south of Shanglin were killed during Japanese Naval air-raids staged in co-opera tion with ground forces.
In encounters with the Chinese air force at Chihkiang, Kweilin and Liuchow, the Chinese planes at all places were crushed, by the Japanese air forces, A total of 1,500 planes made flights during the two-month period, dropping thousands of tons of bombs.
Japanese Naval aircraft were also active during fighting in the mountains, bombing Chinese positions and troop concentrations—Domei.
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