Japanese bluejackets were landed at Shihkiuso, strategically important port along the south-eastern coast of Shantung at dawn on Tuesday, a Japanese naval spokesman revealed yesterday.
The landing, effected under the cover of an aerial bombardment, was carried out in keeping with the progress of the mopping-up. operations being conducted in that area by Japanese army forces.
Large quantities of arms and ammunition. the spokesman claimed, were' seized at Shihkiuso by the Japanese landing party.
On Monday and Tuesday, ihe spokesman said, naval aircraft bombed and machine-gunned Chinese positions and troops near Jihchao and Shihkiuso in Shantung. Several villages used as bases for Chinese remnants in those districts were set on' fire by the bombings, he stated.
Eight Chinese vessels, used io transport food and supplies along ihe Kan River in Kiangsi. ranging from 400 tons to 150 tons, were attacked on Wednesday by naval air units operating in that area, the spokesman added.
The vessels were sighted near Fengcheng, Tsingkiang, Sinkin, and Hsiaokan. Near Sinkin, Fengcheng and Sungshouchen, the Japanese aircraft were subjected to severe antiaircraft ire, but were not damaged. according to the spokesman.
Chuanwan. north of Fengcheng, was also raided, as were Kian, also in Kiangsi, and Tzeki, north-west of Ningpo, in Chekiang. the spokesman declared.
The aerodrome at Pucheng in northern Fukien and barracks in ihe town were also bombed on Wednesday. the spokesman stated.
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