At the press conference yesterday, the Japanese army spokesman observed that Nanning had been of inestimable value to the Chinese forces, inasmtich as 70 per cent, of the munitions ard commodities bound. for Chungking passed through the city. The Vu River, which joined the West River, likewise carried much cargo. Nanning, he continued, was the centre of southwestern China in regard to supplies from the Gulf of Tonkin and Indo-China ports. When they capture it, the Japanese will have inflicted severe losses on China's transport system. In reply to a question, he stated that from the coast to Narning along the highway was roughly 200 kin.
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