The main Chinese force in Kwang: comprising 24 divisions of Central ud. provincial "cops, were being ieradually squeezed elween to long Angers of fire and steel stretching from Nanning towards Pingyang, in the north-east, and towards Winyshun the cast, he said. This Japanese manauvee, Yaunched on Jan. 28, had thrown the Chinese forces, now facing encirclement, into complete con-fission, he asserted Canton, Feb. 2.
The Japanese are expecting the severest battle In South China to falco place soon, around Kaittin, where the Chinese ate. pulling up the stoutest resistance since the Shanghai war, declared the Japanese military spokes man here last night.
'The spokesman broke a long official silence' over operations in Kwangsi. He announced that on January 28 "annihilating campaign" was commenced.
'The purpose of the campaign, the spokesman explained, was not' the Occupation of more towns, but the rushing of Chinese troops around Kuitang. where more than 20 divisions wore moving southwards from Pingyang. These troops were reported to be concentrating for an attempt to recapture Kuitang.
With the aid of maps, the spokesman demonstrated Japanese tactics to tenelrele and crush the Chinese forces, hich he said, had set out to encircle the Japaneso.—Reuter.
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