KUNMING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Around 1,500 rifle bullets used by Japanese forces during WWII were found in southwestChina's Yunnan Province, according to local authorities.
The bullets were dug up by Yang Huixian, a resident of Longling County under Baoshan City when he was working on his vegetable plot. 'After digging down more than 30 centimeters, I found the bullets,' Yang said.
He subsequently handed over the ammunition to the local cultural relics management institute.
The 6.5-mm-caliber bullets were from the Type 38 Rifle of the Japanese forces during WWII, and the place where they were found used to be a battlefield, according to the Longling County Cultural Relics Management Institute.