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FROM: GEN. SHUNROKU HATA, CHINA EXPEDITIONARY ARMY CINC. NEAR SIAN TO: GEN. HAJIME SUGIYAMA. IJA GENERAL STAFF CHIEF. IGHQ. SUPREME WAR COUNCIL. TOKYO SUBJECT: NORTHERN SIAN GREAT VICTORY! DATE: JULY 25TH, 1942 I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A NEW VICTORY FROM IJA NORTHERN CHINA AREA ARMY AGAINST ENEMY BANDITS AROUND SIAN. OUR LONG WAITED OFFENSIVE HAVE STARTED WITH THE CORRECT LEG. SUPPORTED BY 1ST AND 8TH AIR DIVISIONS, OUR GROUND FORCES HAVE DEFEATED 10 ENEMY CORPS, DESTROYING ONE OF THEM. 9TH, 12ND, 13RD, 15TH, 4TH, 10TH AND 11TH TANK REGIMENTS SUPPORTED THE STORM OF 6TH, 110TH, 37TH AND 41/B INFANTRY DIVISIONS WITH THE BACK OF 11ST F.A.REGIMENT. 30TH INFANTRY REGIMENT (CRACK) WAS IN RESERVE. 10 ENEMY ARMY CORPS WITH 4 GROUP ARMIES HQ AND 1 WAR AREA HQ (5TH) HAVE BEEN SCATTERED IN THE FIRST STORM. WITH 707 IJA CASUALTIES REPORTED ENEMY HAVE LOST 11.836 MEN (506 COMBAT SQUADS DESTROYED, 649 NON-COMBAT SQUADS DESTROYED, 20 ENGINEERS SQUAD DESTROYED, 10 GUN DESTROYED). OUR FORCES ARE RESTING TO BE READY FOR THE FINAL STORM OVER SIAN ITSELF. NO QUARTER WILL BE INVOCATED BY OUR SIDE DUE ENEMY RESISTANCE TO SURRENDER. 1ST AND 8TH AIR DIVISION HAVE LAUNCHED NUMEROUS STRIKES AGAINST CHINESE TARGETS, LIKE BELLOW: - 129 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 31 FIGHTERS STORMED 41ST CHINESE CORPS POSITIONS IN NORTH SIAN CLAIMING 394 ENEMY CASUALTIES. - 45 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 39 KI-43IC HAVE BOMBED TUYUN AF REPORTING 1 P-40E DESTROYED ON GROUN, 1 AIRBASE, 1 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 41 RUNWAY HITS. - 13 KI-48IB ESCORTED BY 15 KI-27B HAVE BOMBED 76TH CHINESE CORPS POSITIONS AT NORTH SIAN REPORTING 23 ENEMY CASUALTIES. - 30 IJA LEVEL BOMBERS ESCORTED BY 4 TWIN ENGINE FIGHTERS HAVE STRIKE KWEILIN AF REPORTING 2 AIRBASE AND 35 RUNWAY HITS. - 29 KI-51 ESCORTED BY 10 KI-27B BOMBED KWEILIN AF REPORTING 4 AIRBASE, 3 AIRBASE SUPPLY AND 21 RUNWAY HITS. - 6 KI-51 HAVE BOMBED KWEILIN AF REPORTING ANOTHER AIRBASE HIT AND 7 RUNWAY HITS. WE ARE AWAITING NEWS FROM LTGEN IIDA IN WESTERN CHINA. HIS FORCES ARE ASSEMBLY FOR THE ASSAULT AND WILL BE READY FOR THAT IN FEW DAYS. IN THE SOUTH, OUR FORCES WILL BE APPROACHING TO TUYUN. ENEMY CORPS IN THE ROAD WILL BE STORMED TOMORROW BY XVI ARMY EXPEDITIONARY FORCES. LONG LIVE TO THE EMPEROR !!! END//
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