JAPANESE AIR FORCE
AERODROMES IN CHINA CHUNGKING, Mar. 11. The Japanese are establishing powerful air bases in Kwangchowan for operations against Allied aerodrome established for the bombardment of Japan, said the Chinese Army spoke'sman. He added that fighting was' continuing .in Central China, where the Japanese had thrown eight columns, aggregating 20,000 men, across the Yangtse between Kiangling, near Shashi, and Yochow. The spokesman said the Japanese were using 55,000 troops against the Chinese in the Burma-Yunnan border region. By capturing point after point in the area north-west of Tenguyeh, the Chinese had blunted the northern claw of the pincer which the Japanese threw across the Yunnan border from their Myitkyina base.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25173, 13 March 1943, Page 5
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