A Japanese Air Base, Oct, 12.
Successfully overcoming—ahti-&ireraft fire, the Japanese naval air forte raided Chinese aerodromes in Hunan and Honan yesterday. All planes returned to their bases safely.
Bombed by one unit of Japanese airmen were aerodromes at Lingling, Paoching and Chinkieng in Hunan, and Nanyang in Honan, Two other naval units raided the Chinkiang field three times—Domei, Japanese Mopping-Up Operations Taiyuan, Oct. 12.
Surprise attacks launched in connection with Japanese mopping-up operations in southeastern Shansi resulted in the death of 2,200 Chinese in two days, Japanese officers here said today. The loss leaves the Chinese strength, in the area at 13,000 men, Japahese forces captured a trench mortar, nine light machine guns, 155 rifles, 20,000 rounds of rifle ammunition, iwo pistols, 94 bayonets, three Chinese halberds, 187 hand grenades and large quantities of other arms and ammunition, they asserted—Domei.
Anhwei Base Said Taken by Navy Wuehih, described as a Chinese base in southwestern Anhwei province, near the Kiangsi and Hupeh borders, was occupied Tuesday by a Japanese naval landing party, a Japanese China Seas Fleet communique issued yesterday announced.
The naval force, advanced up the Yangtze under cover of a naval air force barrage to land near Laochowtow. Several hundred Chinese soldiers in several groups of river craft were bombed at Susung and at Wuchih, the announcement said.
Another Japanese naval, squadron, the announcement coffinned, bomb-erded a large Chinese force near Lofangkai, west of Fengsin in northeastern Kiangsi, The headquarters of the Chinese Third Division at Fuchow south of Poyang Lake were also heavily bombed on Tuesday, according to the communique, which stated that all Japanese craft had returned to their respective bases ately.
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