Consequently the Japanese planes bombed the Chinese machine-gun Positions and as a result some houses near the anti-aircraft positions were seen to catch fire, the spokesman continued, One flier was wounded and several Japanese planes were pierced by bullets.
On September 18 between 11 and 11.30 o'clock in the morning the Liuchow aerodrome was bombed. Some hangars and buildings on the cast side of the aerodrome were hit and four fires were started, the spokesman stated. Five Chinese' planes on the ground were bombed and destroyed and four more were on fire by machine-gun bullets, he said, During this operation the Japanese planes were attacked by anti-aircraft fire from the east side of the aero-
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