Shansi Province, May 10, Completing their encirclement of 120,000 Chinese troops belonging to Chungkings 3rd, 17th and 80th Armies in a 70-kilometre diameter circle northwest of Yuanku, in Shansi Province, Japanese forces had by yesterday evening reached the final stage of clean-up operations, according to reports reaching here, By noon yesterday, Japanese units had occupied all important Chinese strongholds within the area of Yuanku and Tsiyuan Meanwhile, two Japanese detachments which swung about from Pailangtsun, on the banks of the Yellow River and previo heights o: inued driving toward the Tsingshui River sectors, effecting liaison with another Japanese unit advancing from Ishan at noon, it was disclosed.
A further two units which reduced Chungking positions in the Pata area established contact with another [column proceeding southwest from the vicinity of Hutzushan,—Domel.
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