While almost every report from Japanese Field Headquarters. states that thousands of rifles, hundreds of captured from the guerilla Wrould seem to indicate that this ix pure propaganda manufactured to im-Dress the world and lead the public Tinto. the false assumption that the conquest of China is practically com pleted.
On the other hand the facts are that" the guerillas are "continually rearming themselves and their new recruits with arms seized from the. Japanese "conquerors."
The entire area of Anhwei province which is ostensibly conquered really. thas been reconquered by the guerilla armies, except for the cities along the Yangtze and narrow strips of territory.
jong the few railways which are still Tunning. The vast area of west central Anhiwel surrounding the cities fof Shucheng, Tungeheng. Livan and Mwoshang, was overrun by the Japanese just one year ago when one of. their main "armies marching through to cut the Peiping-Ffankow railway at Sinyang desolated this territory:
'The cities were looted and burned. Jand tens of thousands of people were slaughtered by the "Kill and Burn" corps which marched at the head of the column, destroying every~ thing in sight, Tt'was then claimed that' this ternery wax occupied. "Puppet" governnients were establish= in the cities and the people welcomed the conquerors with waving fags.
Today not one of the above-men-toned conquered cities has u single Japanese, neither can one be found in the entire territory. The "puppets" fare all dethroned and executed and their assistants shot or in prison, All automobile roads have been dug up ud planted to crops so as to prevent Japanese sending out their mopping-up expeditions.
'The Japanese army hax now given all' attempts to invade this. teritary because of the terrific losses sustained when attempting to mop-up the guerillas. They. are trying to, control the territory by occupying a few cities like Anking. Wuhu, Hotel, Penpu and Chuchow. In these cities they have setup the sew "puppet" Insien governments which newt invite the people to return.
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