Chungking, Feb. 20.
Fighting in the Nanning area is still going on at Santang, ten miles northeast of Nanning, on the highway to Pingyang, according to Chinese reports. Japanese forces at Santang are resisting the Chinese advance on Nanning behind strongly fortified positions, the reports add.
It is now learned that the main body of the Japanese forces landed at Haicheng, opposite Amoy, on February 17, comprise Chinese puppet troops under Huang Ta-wei, who recently invaded Tuhgshan and Chaoan.
Chinese reports received here state that 1,800 of these troops, under Hu Lai-pu (Commander of the Bodyguards Regiment) and Chen Ching-jui (Commander of the Special Service Regiment), mutinied at noon yesterday and joined the Chinese forces. They are alleged to have brought with them 1,500 rifles and 20 machine-guns and military supplies. The troops are said to be being transported to the interior for reorganization and training.
Chinese reports add that the remainder of the troops under Huang Ta-wei are "encircled at Chingyang," east of Kangpei, which is situated south-east of Haicheng.
it is reported here that a further mutiny of puppet troops has taken Place at Lanfeng, in Honan, on the Lunghai Railway, east of Kaifeng. Over 500 puppet troops under Liu Ching-lin, stationed at Lanfeng, mutinied on the night of February 6, killing several Japanese officers and advisers, the Chinese report states.
It is reported that Japanese troops immediately attempted to suppress the uprising. After an engagement with the Japanese and also setting fire to barracks and supplies, the mutineers are said to have joined Chinese forces on February 7.
The commander, Liu Ching-lin, according to the Chinese report, was himself killed in the course of fighting with the Japanese. His men are said to have been sert to the rear for reorganization.—Reuter.
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