Shanghai, Oct, 29.
Intensive aerial attacks' were made by the Japanese. Navy against nese military establishments and stores "at Nanning, Funan, and Taping in Kwangsi on October 26, the Japanese China Seas Fleet command revealed in a communique issued here yesterday.
Factories engaged in the production on military supplies at Wenchow and Julan in southern Chekiang were also bombed. "Continuing their attacks upon Chinese military positions near Paoying, naval aircraft inflicted heavy losses upon their objectives on Friday, the communique further claimed. These operations in northern Kiangsu were carried out in support of activi-tes by Japanese Army ground forees.
Air Raids in Fukien Shanghai, Oct, 31.
Continuing the preceding day's vities, Japanese Navy aircraft raided Chinese stategieal points along the coast of Chekiang and Fukien prov-Inces on October 28, 2 communique Issued by the Japanese China Sea Fleet command yesterday afternoon said.
Military establishments, godowns and junks were attacked at Sinchang im Chekiang and Ningteh and Puhsicheng in Fukien, the communique said. The "Chinese suffered heavy losses, the report added, in the vicinity of fNingteh, the communique said. the Japanese planes encountered fierce Chinese anti aircraft fire, but all planes returned ately to their base, Guerillas Show Much Activity Shanghai, Oct. 30.
Chinese reports during, the past few days indicate that large-scale guerilla the eastern. front especially in the vicinity of Changchow (or Wutsin), a railway district between Wusl and 'Tangyang where fierce fighting rarely seen on the eastern front in the China' war is in progress at present. Railway communication is fold {0 have often been disrupted as mines buried by guerillas exploded, The reports do not show whether for not the much-heralded general counter offensive has really been started on this front but it is explained that these large-scale Joperations are being directed to render it impossible for the Japanese to send troops on this front to the Hunan and Kiangst fronts.
Since the victory scored by the Chinese in Hunan, the reports claim, 30,000 guerillas have been Aghting in the southwestern part of Changchow. The Japanese are said have mobilized land and also air ear Changchow. The reports details of the fighting and assert that the Japanese inside the district have been forcing workers to work the front.
Strategic points near Hangchow are claimed to have been recaptured in a recent new drive. Chinese plain-clothes men and guerillas now. make their appearance in the city itself. The tense situation in the famous lake city has been rarely seen before and is the biggest result achieved by the Chinese during the ast two years on the eastern front. Japanese planes are stated to have bombed some villages in north Kiangsu on Saturday causing many casualties and much property loss.
Guerittas Driven from Railway Zone Ranking, Oct. 28, Japanese Army, Navy and Air Force units have been ce-operating in mopping-up operations against uerillas active in the arca between Changchow, Kintan and Ko Lake south of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway since October 22. Japanese military authorlties here announced yesterday.
'Army units pushed the guerillas southward from various points along the "Changchow-Kintan' Highway while naval forees attacked from the west bank of Ko Lake.
'The Japanese drive was launched restore order along the Shanghal-Nanking Railway. 'The guerillas, operating under the name of the Yue Nan Self-Protection Corps, had. been active in the railway zone' reportedly. on orders from Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, who was said to have directed attacks on the line at least once a week, 'A Chinese brigade of the 126th Division was defeated on October 23 Chaolaowei, 20 kin. west of Tile chow (Hotel) in Anhwei, by a Japanese detachment sent from the gar risen at Luchow, according to Japanese Army authorities here. 'The Chinese retreated westward, leaving 250, dead, "Booty included: 200 ries' and Lieut. Tsaburo Ichikawa, command der of the Japanese unit, was killed as his_men were routing 1,000 Chi-hose troops and capturing their base Jat Chaolaowel. "The Chinese were said to have been sent out attempt to recapture Luchow.—Domet
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