 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yeHondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan uye mushure mekudonha kweNankingMuna Zvita 1937, Wuhan yakanga yava guta guru rechinguvana rehurumende yeChinese Kuomintang, uye yakava imwe nzvimbo yekurwisana kwemhepo yakatanga pakutanga kwe1938 pakati pemabhomba emazuva ano monoplane uye ndege dzehondo dzeImperial Japanese mauto neChina Air Force, iyo yaisanganisira rutsigiro kubva kuSoviet Volunteer Group mune zvese ndege nevashandi, sezvo rutsigiro rweUS muzvinhu zvehondo rwakaderera. Sezvo hondo yakapfuurira kusvika muna 1938, Wuhan nenharaunda yakapoteredza yakanga yava nzvimbo yeHondo yeWuhan. Pashure pokunge vatorwa navaJapan mukupera kwa1938, Wuhan akava nzvimbo huru yeJapan yokugovera zvinhu nokuda kwemabasa kumaodzanyemba kweChina. 