 Nokuwa kweWuhanpurovhinzi yeHubei kuvaJapan, guta guru reChina munguva yehondo rakanga radzoserwa kuChongqing, uko mushandirapamwe wehondo yemhepo yose wakarwisa zvinangwa mudunhu reSichuanpakati peCAF neIJAAF IJNAF yaizotsamwa kwemakore mumutambo wekatsi negonzo pasi pemazita emakodhi Operation 100, 101 uye 102 IJA IJN joint-strike force terror-bombing campaigns. Pasinei nehuwandu hwekushaya ndege dzehondo dzeChinese dzinopesana ne Schnellbombers itsva dzeJapan, CAF yakavandudza, ichiramba ichikonzera kukuvara nekurasikirwa nevadzivisi veJapan, ichiguma nekuiswa kwenguva yakakodzera yemabhomba emhepo ekurwisa mabhomba anorwisa mabhomba anorema muna Nyamavhuvhu wa1940, uye ichiguma nekuunzwa kwendege dzehondo dzepamusoro-soro dzenguva iyoyo: iyo Mitsubishi A6M Zero, iyo yakawana kukwirira kwemhepo kwakakwana nekusingaenzaniswi kwayo kusingaenzaniswi neChina Air Force mwedzi wakatevera, uye zvaizoshamisa kuramba zvisingazivikanwe-zvegore nehafu gare gare apo masimba emhepo akabatana akatarisana nedambudziko re Zero sezvo muchina wehondo weJapan Imperial wakakura kupinda muPacific kurwisa nePearl Harbor. 