Nanning, Feb. 3.
Japanese forces today began tighten ing a noose around the Pingyang plain, where between 120,000 and 200,- 000 Chinese troops were believed to be trapped ina pincer movement which culminated In the capture of Pinayang yesterday evening.
Various Japanese detachments simultaneously swung this morning towards the centre of a circle embracing Nanning in the west, Pingyang in the north, and Wingshun in the south.
"This manceuvre was designed to smash in a. many-sided attack the large number of Szechuen, Kwang~
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