 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Kutanga muna 1942, Nationalist China yakatamisa mauto kuti adzorere dunhu reXinjiang kubva kuSoviet client-state yaSheng Shicai, uyo mauto ake akatsigirwa neSoviet Red Armys 8th Regiment muHami, Xinjiang. VaSoviet vakabatanidzwa mudunhu racho panguva yokupinda kweSoviet muXinjiangmuna 1934, apo vaSoviet vakatora Xinjiang yokuchamhembe. MaSoviet akawana masimba pamusoro pezvakasara zveXinjiang mushure mekumukira kweIslam muXinjiang muna 1937, vachiisa dunhu rose pasi pehutongi hwaSheng Shicai. Kurwisana kwacho kwakazowedzera kutanga kwa1944 neKupandukira kweIli; vapanduki veUighur Communist vaitsigirwa neSoviet vakamanikidza China kuti iite mauto 120,000 vachipikisa kupandukira. Kuwedzera matambudziko ekare, mauto eRepublic of China Nationalist akanga ava kuzvivimba zvakanyanya mushure mekukunda katatu mukudzivirira Changsha; Hondo yeChangsha 1939, Hondo yeChangsha 1941, uye Hondo yeChangsha 1942. 