Central Chini, May 23.
Repeating their long-distance hin-treland raids made on May 21, Japanese naval bombers, yesterd afternoon raided Chungking alr bast Chinganchuan and Chengtu in Szechuan Province, and Lanchow in 'Kansuy Province, the Press Section of the Japanese Central China Sens Fleet' announced. this morning.
'While military objectives in Lan~ chow and Chengtu were being blast= ed, ollier Sapanese units' bombed Liangshan.and Wanhsien, in Sze chuen Province, and Paoki, the west ern (terminal of the Lunghai railway, in' Shanst Province, where military establishments were reported to have been severely: damaged.
Other reports added that of least 1 Chinese planes were shot down during raids on Chenglu and Lan-
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