Japanese operations in Pootung were reported yesterday to be in full swing and some residents on the western shore of the Whangpoo reported that machine-gun and artillery fire were occasionally audible in the evening.
Aided by armoured cars, Japanese attacks on Chinese mobile units in the area were said to have been launched on Sunday, when preparations for the campaign were completed, their immediate objectives being Tenghsien. Nanwei imd Chuensha.
Latest reports brought to Shanghai from Pootung by boatmen and others pointed to a Japanese success at Tenghsien, where the unit commanded by one Li Pei-chuen has been driven out of the city. At Chuensha and Nanwel, the Japanese were said to be meeting with a stubborn resistance, The opposing troops were separated by a wide creek.
In accordance with their usual tactics, the mobile units are expected to evacuate the two places at any moment in order to preserve their strength. The severance of all communications in Pootung by the Japanese is reported to be aimed against the possible escape of the Chinese troops.
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