The largest number of bombs were, however, dropped over Wuchang, the objective of the raiders here obviously being the Chinese military headquarters near the railway line at the boundary of the city. Since access to this part of the city is strictly for-hidden, it is impossible to state with certainty the extent of damage caused y the bombing. It appears, however, that the headquarters buildings were not directly hit by any bombs.
The measures taken by the Chinese air defence organization during the bombing proved more or less ineffective. Although Chinese anti-aircraft batteries opened fire on the Japanese Planes when the latter passed over the centre of the city, they failed to score any hits. It is officially stated, however, that three Japanese planes were shot down outside the city. Chinese fliers who went up to repel the raiders over the city also failed to bring down any of the Japanese bombers.—Trans-Ocean.
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