The Archive · 1940

400 Vehicles Destroyed

Nanning, Feb. 12.

Four hundred Chinese vehicles have been destroyed in the past two months: by Japanese Naval aircraft in the areas northeast of Nanning in south ern Kwangsi, it was estimated here' today.

Air raids on a total of 0,000 Chi-the Chinese headquarters south of Shanglin were killed during Japanese Naval alr-raids staged in co-opera lon with ground forces.

In encounters with the Chinese air force at Chihllang, Kweilin and Liuchow, the Chinese planes at all places were' crushed, by the Jay forces, 'A total of 1,500 planes made fights during the two-month period, dropping thousands of tons of bombs.

Japanese Naval aircraft were also active during fighting in the mountains, bombing Chinese positions and troop concentrations,—Domel,

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