J.S -TRAINED CHINESE TROOPS
lecd. 11 p.m. Chungking, Jan. 3. Fighter-bombers attacked Tehova, i Lndo-China, star ing large fires, says' General Stilwell’s communique. Japanese hear quarters and barracks at Hoping. Central Burma, were attack-; ed. Two direct hits were scored and four fires were started. All our aircraft returned safely. American-trained Chinese troops in north-western Burma successfully | mopped up Japanese resistanc?! pockets in the path of the new Ledo supply road to China. The Japanese' apparently hoped to block th? Chines'* • advance with jungle forts a strategic] river crossings and rail junctions, but I were blown out bv American guns commanded by Lieut.-General Sun L:jen. Chinese rapidly mastered the liner technique of fighting in northern Burma’s swampy jungles. Chinese troops are cutting fresh supply trails for elephant and horse convoys carrying food and ammunition to the Hukwang Valley. Burm°se quisling troops and puppet labour corps are disintegrating and fleeing from the bombed battle areas.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 3, 5 January 1944, Page 5
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