French Indo-China, Juno 2, Japanese naval bombers carried out 4 devastating raid yesterday on Chao-tung, a Chungking air base in northern Yunnan Province, and also blasted the suspension bridge where the Kunming-Chungking supply route crosses the Pepan River in Kweichow Province, the Press Section of the Japanese South China Seas Fleet announced yesterday.
At Chaotung, eight Chinese planes were destroyed on the ground. Des. ite anti-aircraft fire, all units of the Japanese air force returned to their base.
With a population of 40,000, Chao-tung isan important commercial
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