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THREE HUMAN BOMBS "The highest and noblest monument of war was erected near Shanghai by the Three Human Bombs at Miaohangchen. At dawn on March 22, 1932, in a general attack on Miaohangchen a certain Japa nese Division, which marched from Woosung, encountered great obstacles through the stubborn resistance of the Chinese troops, which, firmly entrenched, defied the fierce onset of the Imperial Army. The Chinese soldiers raised strong defense works there during a month. A way had to be cut through these deadly obstacles for the Imperial troops. Three heroes of a Japanese sappers' corps, named Takeji Eshita...
...China realizes she must fight for herself now and she will stand firm and stop Japan's advances," declared Colonel H. H. Lin, heroic defender of China's Woosung forts during the fighting around Shanghai during February, 1932. In a special interview with the CRIMSON, Colonel Lin yesterday boldly stated that China will fight desperately for Manchuria...
...Japan promised to take the Woosung forts in 1932 in three hours, and she couldn't take them at all during her long attacks on Shanghai. Yet these forts were anciently equipped, poorly named, and in terrible want of men and ammunition. But just as the Japanese could not take those forts new, so their boast to take Jehol in 15 days will lead to the result that they will not conquer the province in 150 days...
Over what was left of the valiant Woosung forts hundreds of sweating Japanese soldiers crawled last week, dismantling the heavy siege guns to ship them proudly back to Japan, first tangible trophies of her bloody Shanghai invasion.* Japanese headquarters gave a novel explanation of the shipment: the guns were originally made in Japanese arsenals. They were being paid for on the instalment plan. China was remiss in her instalments therefore Japan, like any piano company, was repossessing her goods. Japanese authorities last week made amends for assaults on two U. S. citizens. The car of U. S. Trade Commissioner...
Chinese Retreat. Battered and bombed for over a month, China's antiquated Woosung Forts (16 miles from Shanghai) became one day last week the target for nine Japanese warships, scores of Japanese field pieces and dozens of Japanese bombing planes. A continuous bombardment and bombing was kept up until all Chinese holding the forts were extinct...