Tiensengkong, which is the port of Nantungchow, is on the north bank of the Yangtze about eight hours' steaming time from Shanghai, It is at the mouth of a creek and after the Chinese had created the boom across the Yangtze near Kiangying, which is a few miles higher up the river, it has been a terminal port for transport of cargo through a series of creeks to Koawan, across the Yangtze from Chinkiang. After the cessation Of normal Yangtze trade this route has been considerably used {or the transport of cargo by junks and lighters into the interior. Large supplies of foodstuffs and livestock have been coming into Shanghai from this region employing the use of coastal steamers and dozens of small tugs.
Although the Japanese forces are in occupation of the area well up the river and are operating up the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, this particular part of the country, occupying the triangular extension of the north bank of the Yangtze mouth, with important towns like Nantung, Kinsha, and Haimen, has been ignored by Japan in military operations;
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