CHINESE ARMIES
READY TO LAUNCH OFFENSIVE WAITING FOR ALLIED MOVES CHUNGKING, Jan. 5. The Chinese have captured all the villages surrounding Owchihkow, a Japanese-held river port north of Tungting Lake, says a Chinese communique. The Chinese are now advancing towards Owchihkow. The Chinese Minister of Information, Liang Han Chao, stated that the Chinese armies were ready to launch a general offensive in 1944, but this was contingent upon Allied operations in other theatres. He added that augmentation of the Allies’ air strength in China would be particularly helpful in any extensive Chinese offensive.
General Stilwell’s communique states that fighter - escorted Liberators dropped 10 tons of bombs on the Japanese base of Lampang, Thailand, where enemy installations were apparently gutted. Fighter - bombers attacked Japanese-occupied Pingka, in Western Yunnan, and started extensive fires.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25427, 7 January 1944, Page 3
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