ENEMY IN CHINA
.+» NEW SUPPLY ROUTE THRUST AT CHUNGKING (Rec. 7 p.m.) CHUNGKING, Mdy 27. The Japanese have opened up the Upper Yangtse River as a supply route as far as Ichang, 462 miles below Chungking, said a Chinese military spokesman. Ichang is the main Japanese base in the current operations, which are apparently aimed at Chungking. In the past the Japanese were supplied by land routes. The river is exposed to attacks by mobile Chinese units. The spokesman said the Chinese were still contesting Japanese control of the river between Ichang and Shansi. He
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expressed the opinion that the Japanese were trying to smash the Chinese river defences before launching a simultaneous land» and naval advance against Chungking. The Japanese were using 85,000 troops in the West Hupeh operations. A Chinese communique states that about 1000 Japanese were wiped out on Tuesday in close-quarter fighting on the Yangtse opposite Ichang while attempting to move to the west from newly-occupied points under cover of artillery and planes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25238, 29 May 1943, Page 5
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