Show 1 Japs Cut Cui Railway To Menace Chinese Retreat By Associated Press The Chinese line Ilse Je of retreat In f Honan province was further i barred Friday as Japanese forces I smashed across the Yellow river I southward from th the Sh Shansi l sl area area rca and cut the L railway some 40 miles west of The Chi Chinese ese high high- command reported reported reported re re- re- re ported this major Japanese success success success suc suc- cess sh shortly after the invaders had completed their seizure of at the south north railway railway railway rail rail- way isolating Chinese forces in inthe inthe inthe the wheat growing area of Honan Honan Honan Ho Ho- nan province Meanwhile in the India-Burma India war theater heater the Japanese were rocked by a A. mighty two day two two-dayal- al allied allied al- al lied air blow bow In the central Pacific Japans Japan's big base at shook under a R. coordinated two one-two aerial punch while other defensive positions inthe in inthe inthe the Pacific were ripped by y far- far flying Am American rican airmen acknowledged the Japanese conquest of the railroad and tacitly admitted admitted admitted ad ad- several forces of Chinese troops were trapped east cast of the railroad apparently destined to turn to guerilla warfare Bitter fighting raged around west of the railroad Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese columns infinitely better equipped than the Chinese are pr pressuring the city from at least three directions and are within six miles mUes of at one point Tank led Japanese who beached Chinas China's defenses along the Yellow river at Shansi province may have captured railroad town 40 miles mUes west of a Chung Chung- king spokesman said One of at the largest allied air fleets ever concentrated ted on a single single single sin sin- gle target Jn to the India-Burma India fighting poured almost tons of bombs on an enemy forU fortified area of 1200 square yards southwest southwest south south- west of near the border One pilot said the target just went up in chunks The air blows at carried out by planes from the central and southwest Pacific were coordinated ed with air raids on targets all the way from tiny Wake Vake island 1300 miles northeast of at to the S houten Islands northwest of the new allied airbase at Hollandia Hollandia Hollan- Hollan dia Dutch New Guinea The up softenIng process continued continued contin contin- with a new raid on n |