South City, the most thickly-populated section of Nanking, received the attention of the raiders, who dropped several bombs on the area in the morning. The first alarm in the morning was sounded at 9.02, and ten minutes later ten Chinese pursuit planes went up to give battle. The second alarm was given at 937, and then eighteen minutes later fourteen Japanese machines have into view from the south in a long train like a dark dragon, "When above the South City, they swooped down and loosed their death-dealing cargoes. One was hit by the unusually accurate fire from the anti-aircraft guns, burst into flames in mid-air and plunged to the ground. 3 This caused wild jubilation among the crowds below who, oblivious of personal danger, were watching the combat. They shouted and clapped their hands in joy, The raiders, after dropping their bombs, zoomed up quickly to escape the anti-aircraft shells and sought refuge behind cloud banks. Puffs of smoke from exploding shells, however, indicated the direction of their retreat,
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