Gunfire has been resounding in the mountainous regions of the south bank of the Tsentang River since dawn on Tuesday when Japanese units started an offensive against an estimated 150,000 Chungking troops under the command of General Ku Chu-tung, concentrated along 20 kilometre' line connecting Fengkiaochen, Yangtsun, Kitow and Kaitow, in order to recover Chuki, which was taken by the Japanese forces on April 20, according to reports reaching here, Despatches from the front lines said that the Chinese suffered losses of 365 dead, The Japanese had already captured six trench mortars, 167 rifles, 127 hand grenades, and 20,000 rounds of rifle ammunition.
Another body of the Japanese forces are attacking the Chinese entrenched in the mountain heights for the purpose of cutting off the Chinese retreat from Fengkiaochen.
General Ku Chu-tung, Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd war zone, assembled the 148th Division from Poyanghu and the newly organized 34ih, 67th and 79th Divisions from Taihu with the belief that the Japanese troops will commence an advance from Chuki, Hsiaoshing and Ningpo because Japanese units in Wenchow and Haimen had already started moving inland, Meanwhile, Japanese air units cooperating with ground forces bombed Chinese troops fleeing from the mountains southward, One Japanese unit reported on Wednesday that Chinese troops left 250 dead, while 48 were made prisoner and large quantities of arms and ammunition were captured.
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