Show U. U S. S Planes Drop Bombs on Dig Big Sap Jap Air Base June 14 UP American planes carried out heavy bombing and strafing raids against Japanese strongholds in northern province Sunday U. U S S. S air force headquarters said Monday More than a hundred bombs were dumped onto the big airfield at atI the occupied Japanese I province of the capital where direct di direct direct di- di hits were scored on the run run- ways and on gasoline dumps Nan Nan- chang airfield probably is the most important Japanese air base between between between be be- tween Shanghai and All the American Mitchell bombers bomb bomb- ers and P 40 fighters which struck the blow returned safely to their base The raid was the staged by the medium bomber squadron commanded by Allen Forsyth of Minneapolis Front line dispatches meanwhile meanwhile meanwhile mean mean- while described Chinese raids Friday Friday Fri Fri- Fri Fri- day against Japanese defenses in the area in northern Hunan Hunan Hu Hu- Hunan Hu- Hu nan province in which Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese were said to have been killed The Chinese struck swiftly in like commando-like raids and then withdrew safely the dispatches said Food and ammunition dumps were set afire they said Counterattacking Chinese forces ha have ve reported new successes on three other fronts in a continuation of drives which have freed this provisional capital and the rich farmlands of Hunan province from immediate danger Troops storming through streets strewn with Japanese corpses re recaptured recaptured recaptured re- re captured on the south bank of the Yangtze river threatening threatening threatening threat threat- ening the isolation of the important important important tant Japanese base of to the west a Chinese said Sunday New successes also were reported report report- ed northwest of in province where the said Chinese forces entered one town and killed a large number of Japanese troops raided another another another an an- an- an other inflicting heavy casualties and broke into a third annihilating all all enemy troops except six who were taken prisoner The Japanese attempted a counterattack counterattack coun coun- near in province but were repulsed and left many dead in their flight the Chinese said |