French line extending from Ind. China to Kunming in Yunnan, w. interrupted on January 7 when direct hits were scored by Japanese naval bombers on a high trestle bridge at a point between Mengtze, Yunnan, and the Indo-China border, authoritative reports reaching non-Japanese consular sources in Shanghai disclosed yesterday, The damage inflicted, the information received here stated, would require from three. weeks to three months to repair, depending upon whether or not the material required for such replacements is available or has to be procured.
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