The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-09
First Opposition Made by Nips Who Claim Fast
 Planes Are in Air
CHINESE TROOPS IN
 ADVANCE. IND0- 0-lHINA
British Forces Flow Ahead in Burma . Aussies
 Expand Foothold
By Leonard Milliman

| Associated Press War Corresponaept)
 Chinese troops recaptured the gateway to Indo-China. Chungking reported today. as American war planes struck again at Japan in at tasks described by Tokyo as only the beginning of an attempt to rage the Japanese mainland thoroughly before invasion"
 eed-end Allied communiqiles an- nounced 40 more Nipponese ships and small craft were sunk or dam aged. and GA enemy planes destroy ed. including the first aggressive fighters encountered oyer the en- emy homeland in more than month. e,t ss ee
 The Allies acknowledged that Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane attacks damaged three. British air craft carriers, and Nipponese marine assault units landed on the east China invasion coast" near Annoy. GSasd Pass capl6rsd
 The Chinese High Command ro- ported it's troops had captured Chen- nakwan, South Guard Pass, and drove through this gateway to 1ndo- China in pursuit of Japanese sol- diers who were retreating in con- 1. fusion. t9 ! The entire southwestern corner pf Kwangsi. China border. province, was reported cleared of the invaders. : including Tanchuk, former U. 8. air base Tanchuk is the fourth form CT 14th US. Airforce base retaken by resurgent Chinese in southern China. In north Kwangsi, Chinese regulars advancing 20 niles northeast of Liuchow. recaptured Lojung.
 Chungking claimed heavy casual ties were inflicted on Japanese Marines who landed southwest of l Moy, on the China coast opposite ] Formosa. The invaders were re- portedly driven 90 miles south of their beachheads. The coastline for 400 miles northeast of this landing is in Chinese hands. and has often been named by Tokyo as a likely spot for an American landing.
 Mustangs Make Raid
 Tokyo's main concern was the in- evitable landing on the homeland, which Nipponese broadcasts said was raided today by about 50 Mustang fighters from Two lima hunting new targets at Kytishu,' southernmost i island of Japan.
 The Mustangs ran into their first serious air opposition yesterday when new, fast Japanese fighters dove on them out of the clouds over air fields in the Tokyo area. Th< Americans destroyed B enemy planes, probably accounted for l2 more. Seven Mustangs were lost to the extremely aggressive intpr- ceptcrs.
 This may be the beginning of Tokyo's promised revival of air de- fense. Most weekend strikes. in- cluding 600 plane Superfortress raid which set five industrial cities afire, encountered no opposition. Japan mas lost 6.773 planes for cer- tain and 859 others probable so far this year. but Tokyo has boasted that it would soon hurl large num- bers of better and faster fighters against raiding Superforts.
 On Other Fronts
 British troops plowed steadily ahead in Burma despite increased Japanese resistance.
 Australians drove over mined roads and through harassing artilley and mortar fire towards southeast Bor- neo's rich Sambodja and Samarin- da oil fields. while other Aussies expanded their hold around Balik- papan. Tokyo claimed an Allied transport was sunk off the. oil port. RASMUSSEN ARRIVES