Central China, June 15.
Reviewing the week's operations in Central China for the week ending yesterday, a communique issued by the Japanese Central China Seas Fleet gave prominence to the large scale allacks staged by the naval air force.
During the raid on Chungking on June 11, the communique pointed out, ithe Japanese raiders attacked important. military establishments in the suburbs of the Chinese capital.
The bombers, it was further said, concentrated their attacks on Shih~ manchow and Tsuchikow," where arsenals, acrodromes, iron works and military factories are situated. Parti. ularly heavy damage was inflicted there, the announcement said, with rounded planes being destroyed at the airfields.
Other units patrolling the Yangtze repeatedly bombed Chungking troop concentrations around Anking in Anhwei province. Continuing attacks on Susung, Shihtai and Tatung, the 'Yangtze ait corps demolished strong enemy defences and barracks, while 2,000 enemy troops concentrated near Shihtai, 90 Kilometres south-cast of were heavily' strafed.
Changsha, important enemy base of operations in the Third War Zone, was on June 8 raided by Japanese aval bombers which effectively ham mered military targets there.
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