Hongkong, Feb. 6.
The right wing of Japanese forces participating in the pincer movement on the Kwangsi front yesterday reached Shanglin, a key town north~ west of Pingyang, tapping 60,000
Chinese field despatches have claimed that Yungshun, on the of Nanning, has been recaptured. Kangtang, southeast of Pingyang is also said to have been [Chinese troops west of the Pingyang-[Nanning highway, Japanese field reports said today—United Press.
More Supply Routes Cut Tokyo, Feb. 6.
In capturing Pingyang last week, big step was taken by Japanese forces {in cutting off all supply routes lead. Ing to the Chungking Government, Geld dispatch reaching here said.
The message pointed out that Pingyang, a Chinese base from which Chinese hoped to advance to recapture Nanning, was at the junction of two supply routes. One was from French Indo-China to Liuchow and Kweilin via Nanning, and the other from Lui chow peninsula to the interior of China.
In addition, the dispatch said, Ping. yang had a population of 30,000 People and was in the centre of the agriculture distelet of Kwangsi prov-
Japanese Vanguard at Shanling Chungking, Feb. 7.
While the main body of Japanese orces in South Kwangal 1s still held by Chinese troops south of Pingyang, Tapanese vanguards are reported to have reached Shonling, o town north west of Pingyang, according to Chinese reports.
Shanling apparently is the point) where Japanese columns from Pingyang and Wurning hope to effect Junction before pushing further north towards the highway west of Liu chow, a very Important city in South Kwangsi, where the highway runs from Kwangsi' to Kweichow, the reports Chinese Units Surrounded Hankow, Feb. 7 With their retreat cut off from all sides, Chinese forees at Chakow, Lichitawan and Kuachiacha, tu southern Anhwei province, were reported today to be attempting to. resist Japanese forces conducting mopping-up operations in that area.
Japanese units surrounded the Chinese troops concentrated at these oints on Monday morning and began 8 severe attack upon them a short time later, Fighting was still in full swing on Tuesday, according to reports received he Japanese operations against Chinese stragglers in the Tahung Mountains southern Anhwei were being conducted in snow a foot deep early this week, the reports said.
Serious Chinese Losses Indicative of the heavy losses sustained by the Chinese troops in their resistance to Japan, 219.900 war wounded were treated by the Christian Relief Committee in Kiangsi province alone during 1999, informa tion from Chungking' reaching here today revealed. In Shensi, military wounded who were taken care of by the committee totalled 112.240.
'The largest number of wounded throughout China, numbering 78,104, was reported by' the Committes in November.
Japanese authorities here, analysing these Agures, attributed the heavy Chinese losses tu Kiangsi to the fagements fought near Nanchang, Kaoan, Fengsin and Wuning, where the Chinese concentrated their guerilla forces. The many wounded November were traced to the crushing of Chinese preparations for their abortive winter offensive.
The Christian Relief Committee operates hospitals for Chinese war wounded In eight provinees—Domel.
Battle Raging Near Pingyang Chungking, Feb, 9. The battle between Chinese and Japanese forces in the vicinity of Pingyang, north-east of Nanning, south Kivangsi, Is stilt continuing, according toa Chinese report ceived here toda; 'The Japanese are continuing to' pour reinforcements into the area, it said, particularly for a drive along the highways from Nanning towards Pingyang and Wuming.
Observers here. think that the Japanese are concentrating all avalllable troops In south Kwangsi for a desperate drive Into the north of the province, in an attempt to cut the highways and. communications between China and. Indo-China
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