FORCES IN CHINA
4 HEAVY WITHDRAWALS BY JAPANESE. RELIANCE ON MOBILITY OF GARRISONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) CHUNGKING, February 6. A military spokesman disclosed that in the past month the Japanese have withdrawn from the China front five divisions, totalling 100.000 men. To compensate for the weakened position caused by these withdrawals, the Japanese are now relying on the extreme mobility of the remaining garrison troops. A network of highways and railroads is kept in good repair and stronglv protected. Mobility enables the Japanese hurriedly to send aid to attacked garrisons.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 February 1942, Page 4
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96FORCES IN CHINA Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 February 1942, Page 4
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