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Show Rail Key Loss Perils Honan Province f : jictientsin s peiping-hankow rr. T 1 tAw haichow SSm C H I N (-. 'ICHANG I-HANKOW 4 ' f yHANGCHOW Xf YUFENG ' ,1 f r CHUNGKING f - "f J t ' iff , f .-.-.v..-...-... 1 iigircimK-- Two critical situations face China as Jap drives along the Peiping-Hankow Peiping-Hankow railroad (1) have resulted in the taking of Chcngchow (2), both key points on the north-south line. As the map shows, Cheng-chow Cheng-chow is on the northern rim of the Honan province, a great food-raising area. From Chengchow the rail line cuts across Chinese territory (indicated (indi-cated by dark areas). |