Somewhere in Si., Jan. 30. For several weeks after the fall of Nanning there was serious fighting along the two fronts leading to Wuming to the north and to Pingyang to the northeast. Finally a stalemate was reached when neither side made any progress. Each seemed to realize that their forces and equipment were not sufficient to break through the iron ring with which the opposing side had surrounded itself, Reinforcements were called for and during the past few weeks there has been feverish military activity over a wide area. Both sides have been rushing troops to strategic points. Big guns have been put in position to guard important roads and military equipment has been rushed to the front.
It is said that there are 60,000 Japanese troops in the Nanning area alone and others are stationed along. roads leading to interior Kwangsi. It seems evident that Japan is going to make another determined attempt to penetrate deeper and it is thought that Liuchow and possibly Kweili may be their objectives.
But while the Japanese have been rushing reinforcements the Chinese have not been inactive. Every highway leading in the direction of Nanning has resounded with the tread of armed forces marching forward to meet the foe. By road and river they are being sent to join in possibly the greatest battle that Kwangsi has ever seen, with the plains of Pingyang as the battle field.
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