Throughout the day yesterday, japanese army aircraft were active bombing and machine-gunning Chi nese positions and Chinese column On the move.
Direct hits were claimed by pilots to have been scored against a gran? of about 2,000 Chinese troops retreat. ing at a point 60 kilometres northeast of Siangyang. Another group of about 1,000 Chinese was bombed and machine-gunned at a point 50 kilometres upstream from Siangyang on the Han River.
Chinese motorized columns were subjected to a series of aerial attacks in north-western Hupeh throughout the day.
On Sunday, Japanese army aircraft bombed junks loaded with troops crossing the Han River at Siangyang, also attacking a fleet of about 30 Chinese military trucks at a point about 20 kilometres east of Siangyang.
Aircraft were also active in leading the way for Japanese land forces advancing northwards.—Domei.
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