LOSING SUPPLIES
JAPANESE IN CHINA
Rec. 10 a.m. CHUNGKING, July 26. American airmen have destroyed 24 steamers, 516 motor launches, and 1104 junks in a little over a month, said General Chennault, reviewing operations in the Hengyang and Tungting Lake sector. He added that Japanese supplies Avere being cut off daily and eventually this would cause the enemy to withdraw closer to his main supply bases.
Previously the Japanese transported the bulk of their supplies by river craft, but noAV they ivere compelled to use motor trucks, depleting their valuable gtocks of gasoline.. y
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1944, Page 5
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94LOSING SUPPLIES Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1944, Page 5
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