A letter of the German naval attache in Japan dated Tokyo, Japan 24 January 1938 reported that China since the outbreak of the war with Japan on 22 January 1938 lost 659 aircraft (shot down 259 certain 22 possible, destroyed by boms 340 certain 38 possible) and 27 navy ships with a total tonnage of 32,132 tons, Japan just 65 aircraft. The naval losses included 8 cruisers totally 23,300 tons, 10 gunboats totally 5,592 tons, 1 small gunboat of 50 tons, 1-390 tons torpedo boat, 3 smaller torpedo boats totally 288 tons, 3 special vessels totally 2,500 tons and 1-12 ton with fish torpedoes armed cutter.
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