Japanese observers in French Indochina see Japanese soldiers in China who guard the China-French Indochina border. The supply route for Chiang Kai-shek was shut along the border on July 3, 1942.
Japanese troops shut the supply route for Chiang Kai-shek along the China-British HK border on June 29, 1942.
"The battle ended in defeat for the Japanese"
This would be a very dramatic victory for the Chinese.
Japanese troops retreated because all Chinese soldiers had fled away from the fortress.
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