The Archive · 1940

China Prepares Her Tanks for Battle

A group of new tanks received by the Chinese Army are seen at their base in Kulungkwan, This is one of the first pictures to be received in Shanghai of these powerful weapons Of war, many of which have arrived at various Chinese bases.

These tanks are of the heavy type, Particularly favoured by the Russian Army. They are able to travel at fast speeds and are tung, Kwangsi and Central troops massed in the Kunlungkwan area for a projected recapture of Nanni Army aircraft were ce-operating. with the Japanese ground" forces bombing and machine-gunning Chi-Inese concentrations.

'A. counter-attack by 6,000 Chinese troops in the mountains north of Kiutang was halted yesterday morn-ting when aeroplanes bombed and machine-gunned the advancing Chi-

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