 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1937, Hondo yechipiri yeChina neJapan yakatanga. Nemhaka yebasa rake rinoshamisa muHondo yeXinkou, Hou Jingru akasimudzirwa kuva Mukuru weVashandi ve91st Army. Pakutanga kwa1938, akachinjirwa kutungamira Chikamu che21 uye akarwa muhondo dzeTaierzhuang, Wuhanuye Zaoyi. Muna 1943, akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru wemauto e92nd Army, uye akapihwa chinzvimbo cheLieutenant General, achitungamira mauto ake kuti atore chikamu muHondo yeWest Hunan. 