 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna Gumiguru 1937 chikamu chakatemerwa kuTenth Army uye chakatumirwa kuHondo yeShanghai iri kuenderera. Yakabva kuOsaka musi wa30 Gumiguru ndokusvika kuHangzhou Bay musi wa5 Mbudzi 1937, ichipedza mazuva mashanu akatevera ichidzikisa zvinhu, pamusana pekukanganisa kwechikepe. Yakapindawo muHondo yeNankingmuna December 1937. Muna Kukadzi 1938, divi racho rakaendeswa kuNorth China Area Army ndokutora chikamu muHondo yeXuzhou uye Hondo yeNorthern neEastern Henan. Gare gare vachiita basa rokurinda muNorth China, boka racho rakabviswa muna July 1939. 