 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1937, kunyangwe ichiri isina kudzidziswa zvizere uye yakashongedzerwa zvizere nezvombo zveGerman, Chikamu che88 pasi pekutungamira kwaSun Yuanliang chakamhanyiswa kuHondo yeChipiri yeShanghai pamwe chete nemamwe mapoka akadzidziswa neGerman. Boka rakatanhamara, rakarovedzwa neGermany rakaita nenzira inoshamisa, richidzorera varwi vechiJapan kumhenderekedzo chaidzo dzeShanghai. Nepo Mauto Emuchadenga eChina akapa kurambidzwa kukuru kwemhepo uye rutsigiro rwemhepo rwepedyo, zvikumbiro zvekumanikidza zvemauto emhepo kumativi ekuchamhembe muhondo yeTaiyuan uye kumaodzanyemba pamberi peGuangzhou, pamwe nekupera simba kwakanyanya muShanghai-Nanjing theatre yemabasa pakupedzisira yakanyanyisa maChinese Air Force zvikamu, kusavapo kwekupedzisira kwekutsigirwa nemhepo uye ngarava, kushomeka kwekubatana pakati pezvikwata, uye kushomeka kwekudzivirira kwakadzika, zvakakonzera kuti chikamu chive nekurasikirwa kwakanyanya kusvika kumagumo ehondo yemwedzi mitatu. Musi wa 25 Zvita 1937, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek akarayira kuti divi iri ribviswe kuti rijoine Hondo yeNanjing. Izvi zvakaita kuti zvikamu zve 524th Regiment zvigare paSihang Warehouse kwemazuva akati wandei, kwavakabudirira kufukidza kudzoka kwechikamu uku vachidzosera kumashure kurwisa kwakawanda kweJapan pane imba yekuchengetera zvinhu. 