Central China, June 7.
Formations of Japanese naval aircraft subjected Chungking, Chiang Kai-shek's wartime capital to three devastating raids during the period between June 1 and June 6, causing heavy damage to munition stores, industrial plants and government buildings, the press section of the Japanese Central China Seas Fleet announced in its weekly war review.
Fierce raids were carried out against Chungking on June 1, June 2 and June 5, with the last raid continuing, until dawn, the communique revealed.
Other bombing raids. according to the communique, were carried out against sectors around Anking. Anhwei province; Tuchang, Kiangsi province, and numerous points round Lake Poyang as well as the Yangtze River basin.—Domei.
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