Shanghai, May 25.
Assisting Japanese land units to to rout Chinese troops defeated on the Lunghai front, Japanese naval aircraft on May 23 staged extensive raids over Honan, Kiangsu and Anhwei_provinees, 'a Japanese naval spokesman "announced yesterday morning.
Chumaticn, an important Poiping-Hankow railway station north of Hankow, was severely bombed by "about 24" planes for the second time in 48 hours.
The unit, commanded by Lieut. Yoshihiko Morinaga, dropped bombs on the aerodrome, fuel depots and munitions dumps.
Columns of dense smoke were seen stretching to the sky when the raiders were leaving the town, a naval com= munique added.
Another naval alr unit spent the entire day bombing and machine Bunning Chinese troops retreating from the Hsuchow area.
In the Lake Hungtze and the Grand Canal areas, naval planes sank numerous junks carrying Chinese soldiers.
Chinese troop concentrations in and "near Kwoyang, about 80. ims. north-west of Mengcheng, were also severely bombed.
Other troop concentrations were scattered south of Mengcheng, the communique claimed. Bombs were also dropped on troops massed Panpuchen and Hsukow, south of Haichow the eastern terminus of the Lunghai, Planes Ca-operate with Troops Shanghai. May 27.
Extensive operations against troops Jand military establishments in all parts of China were continued Wednesday by japanese naval alr Raids were made during the day lon points scattered through Anhwei, [Kiangsu, Honan, Hupeh and Kwangtung.
"More than 40° planes, a naval Jcommuniqué said yesterday, assisted the land operations of the army, Jseverely bombing and machine-guns Jning Chinese troops in Anhwei Attacks were also made upon Chi Jnese troop concentrations west of Hwaiyuan, Fenglai, vieinily of Ying~ Jchow and north of Yingshan, All these towns Ie north-west of Hofei jand west of Pengpu.
'Army units operating in the "Hal-Jchow area, at the eastern terminus Jot the Lunghai Railway, received Jassistance from a naval' squadron, which bombed Chinese troops. throughout the day.
Aerodromes Damaged A unit of the naval air force, under the command of Lieut.-Commander Hikaru Umano, raided the Nanyang acrodrome, north-west of Hankow, on the Honan side of the border with Hupeh, Destroyed by bombs, accordings the communique, were a grounded plane, aerodrome' buildings and fuel tanks, No. Chinese planes challenged the raiders,
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