1940-11-21 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 21, 1940.

CAUSED BY GUNFIRE

GERMANY'S NEW PARACHUTES"

STRATEGY IN THE AIR

WHETHER THE invasion attempt is made now, or later, or not at all, the German air bombing stands clearly revealed as a preparation for it.

A "swinging" attack is being made in which mass formations alternate with single raiders in the attempt to maintain a continuous pressure in which there come at intervals the heavier thrusts which are intended to do most of the damage.

When it attacks in force the Luftwaffe suffers so heavily at the hands of the Royal Air Force that it must have intervals of recuperation, and during these intervals single machines or small formations, working mostly at night or in cloud, seek to pre- serve the continuity of the offensive.

In some ways the single ma-, indeed, is a classic of air war, chines are the more difficult to performed with a cool regularity counter. The raiders during the, which is the highest testimony day keep within cloud for a to the skill and courage of the great part of their time and come bomber pilots.

into the open only to note land- Not only have military objec- marks or to drop their bombs. tives in Berlin and in the So the raiders are probably sa-Ruhr been repeatedly attacked, for. But the work they do must but, in addition, the German be less in intensity and far lower air bases and shipping concen- in accuracy than that of raiders trations have been kept

under working in the oven.

heavy and almost continuous bombardment.

The New Barrage

The night raiders should

Armed patrols of police and Home Guard turned out at South-East town

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and searched river- side wharves and rail- way sidings following reports that six para: chutes were believed to have been seen descending in that direction.

Half-a-dozen S milar reports were re- ceived from respon- sible sources in half- ari-hour. An extensive. search of the area, however, failed to pro- duce any result.

It was later decided that the supposed parachutes were white. puffs of gunfire drift- ing across the sky in the moonlight..

So to the. German air effort ********* there is

ង opposed mounting British resistance compounded of defence,

be able to obtain a higher accuracy; ground repair and air but the new system of anti- aircraft fire seems to be effective and at the same time a strongly In hampering their operations. It i developing counterattack."

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long, but the air position to-day To that anti-aircraft defence is far better than could have there will be added increasingly been expected when the Ger- effective night fighter defence, mans made their

assault. The for work has been going on with Royal Air Force strength is in- the object of perfecting this and creasing and is being fed from is likely shortly to show results.

The Japanese are opposing the sources which are outside the new Nanking regime's attempt to if now the whole of

range of the German bombers. establish its Central Bank of China period of the air offensive from In this respect we have a August 11 be scanned, grounds graphical advantage of enormous gime's policy of issuing bank notes geoin Shanghai because the new. re- can be seen for believing that importance. The resistance the full force of the Luftwaffe proving adequate to

isis duplicating the Japanese attempt deal with to increase the circulation of has been thrown in. It may be all the various forms which the their milltary that a few squadrons are held German attacks have so

notes, states on the Russian frontier,

but taken.

far Chinese news agency's report. pub- they are not likely to be ones.

lished by the "National Herald.” There is one additional point equipped with the latest types worth noting. It is that

The report denies the rumour of aeroplane..

re that the new regime's Central cently the Germans have not Bank will be established which, been using the Junkers 87 dive it is stated, has caused uneasiness bombers. These machines were in the market, especially in the easily brought down by ourrice market where prices have fighters when they made con- tact with them, but the reason is unlikely to be that they are, Although the Nanking regime therefore, being withdrawn.

More urgent calls will un- doubtedly be made on the Ger- man Air Force and, as every disciplined and trained force does, it will undoubtedly 'respond to them and put forth greater efforts. But that it still has many front line units which have not been used seems improbable.

Lines Of Defence Our defence must, therefore, continue along the two main lines of repair and recuperation from the Germàn bombing at- tucks and fighter and anti-air- craft action; /

No body of men deserves higher praise than the A.R.P. workers,

the firemen, repair squads, and

These machines are, an essen- tial part of the German air

method and it is more likely that the dive bomber squa drona, including some equip. ped with the Junkers 87, are being reformed and got ready for the invasion attempt. For that they would certainly be thrown in in large numbers.

American Output Reports from the United States

others who labour to make good of America now

suggest that

gone up.

wants to establish the bank as soon as possible, the plan cannot |- |*j*[= 90 54 2194. be carried out at present in view of the Japanese opposition. Thị Japanese are circulating large quantities of their military notes in order to meet military expense and as the proposed Central Bank of China will also issue notes, the Japanese consider that their efforts are duplicated and their policies. conflicting, it is pointed out.

It will be recalled that the old

Central Bank of China building king officials long ago was taken

on the Bund vacated by Chung-.

of the

the new re-

damage done. They are as essen- output there has reached 1,000 over by represent then learned tial to our air defence as our aeroplanes a month and that the aeroplanes. And they have shown figure of 2,000 a month will be that the ultimate purpose of the full appreciation of the import- reached early next

step was to enable year. This ance of speed in repair: ⠀

rate of expansion should enable gime to establish its Central Bank

of China there. Every minute that a road or Brital to receive something ap- railway is out of action, theproaching 700 machines a month Germani bombs are working for as an average for the next eighteen the enemy. So that the alm must months.

be to set things right in the As important as this added .shortest possible time. To build numerical strength is the fact again and to build quickly; that that some of the new American. is the aim of the civil defence machines are of the highest tech- services, and it has been shown 'nical quality and a few show that nothing dismays them in great advances.. their task.

In some

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¡A¦ great deal: of · Indignation has been expressed at the In- discriminate bombing Indulged in by the Germans, caces there does seem to Bancalming their bombing, but In others no sort of explana. tion can be offered "~ for the places hit except complate dia: regard for alming at any speel fic target...

DUTCH TANKER TORPEDOED

The Dutch tanker Hermes has been torpedoed about 300 miles off the coast of Portugal. The tanker, which had sailed from the Tagus, was holed and the crew This sort of scatter bombing is abandoned ship after the ex- extremely trying for the civilian plosion. They returned, however, population, but the military when the ship did not sink," and damage done is slight. No train the tanker steamed under her

cd air force would resort to it own power to return to the

unless it were prevented from Togus. doing properly "almed and direct-

ed bombing. So the very fact

of the increasingly "Indiscriminate

bombing by the Germans sug- gests that their air force. ts

WARNING TO RESTAURANTS

FARMER'S SANG-FROID

After a bomb had fallen within forty yards of a South-Western farm cottage, breaking every window and blowing off the door,

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the occupant and his wife who For the Purchase of Aeroplanes or such had gone to bed-decided that nothing more was likely to hap- other Armaments as the British Government be done about it, anyway. pen that night, and nothing could' So, shaking the glass from the coun terpane, they settled down to sleep.

ESCAPE FROM TIME BOMB

An Isle of Wight Post Office engineer at work near a telephone

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cable cut by a delayed-action

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already beginning, to feel the As the returns from catering bomb hearing a sizzling in's his strain imposed by heavy losses. establishments dealing with re-head-phones, threw himacir under All donations will be acknowledged in the

The Royal Air Force, on the tioned foods are still Incomplete, his van while his mate jumped other hand, finds it possible to the Ministry of Food has issued a into the driver's seat and placed strike at military targets. In warning that it can compel these, a bucket over his head." Nolther Germany with great force and businesses to supply the informa-1 wan injured when the bomb ox- precision. Its counter attack,* tion.";

ploded thirty yards away.