 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - 9th Division yakadzoserwa kuChina mushure meMarco Polo Bridge Chiitiko, kutanga kufamba 11 Gunyana 1937 sechikamu cheShanghai Expeditionary Army pamwe chete ne13th chikamu uye 101st chikamu uye vakapinda muChipiri Hondo yeShanghai, uye yakatevera kumhanyisa mukati kune Hondo yeNanking. Mauto akabva muchikamu ichi akabatanidzwawo muNanjing Massacre yakazotevera. Kubva musi wa14 Kukadzi 1938, divi racho rakava pasi pehutungamiri hweCentral China Expeditionary Army uye raive muHondo yeXuzhou. Kubva musi wa22 Nyamavhuvhu 1938 divi rakapihwazve kuIJA 11th Army uye vakarwa muhondo yeWuhan. Muna June 1939, boka racho rakabviswa muchiuto ndokurayirwa kudzokera kuJapan. 