Chungking, July 7 While Japan's strength "nears exhaustion that of China steadily. increases, General Ho Ying-chin, Minister of War, declared in a speech on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Lukouchiao incident today.
Altogether 917,000 Japanese fighting men have been killed and 6,885 taken prisoners, which "represents one of China's greatest-achievements" in this war for her national ¢recdom, General Ho said.
Furthermore, 716 Japanese Aghting planes wore shot down and 644 Japan= ese ships were sunk during the war, hho added.
"Turning to comparative man power, General' Ho "declared Japan can muster only 2,500,000 men "organizable Into righting units" and 1.974.000 for garrison duties:
Japan, now has' 31 divisions in China, eight in Manchuria, two Korea and six and one half in Japan proper "which cannot be shifted, the Chinese War Minister said, Although Japan can muster 17 additional divisions, these "must be held readiness against Rust serted.
General Ho then resorted to figures to demonstrate that Japan's war strength was "nearly exhausted" while on the contrary, he asserted, hina was "replenishing" her forces readily in order to. increase her fighting strength......We can throw our whole strength into the scale of war because we have only one enemy, Japan cannot." United Press, Japanese Fail to Land At Tinghai Chungking, July 4.
'The Japanese attempt to land marines at 'Tinghai, on' the Fukien coast, failed yesterday. following a Gay long hand to hand encounter, Chinese reports asserted, The marines were withdrawn and the Tapenese vessels sailed to the south ihe Chinese repens added.
Meanwhile, severe fghtioyt was in progress at Lisui, 45 miles south of Nanking on the.'Nanking-Hangchow Highway, the Chinese reports. said. 'The city was reported' to have changed hands twice this week.
'A. Chinese guerilla success "was allo reported by. the Chinese, from Huaian, north Kiangsu. The guerillas were said fo have partially reoccupied the city while the Japanese. forces withdrew northward to Huaiyin—United Press.
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