 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, zvikamu zvemberi zve 5th Division zvakaenda kuChina, zvichiunza simba reJapan kunhengo 3.800 dzeuto reAllied revanhu 17,000. Mukuru mukuru we5th Division, Lt. General Yamaguchi Motoomi akanga atora kudzora kushanda kubva kuFukushima. Mauto eJapane akabatanidzwa mukupinda muTianjinmusi wa 14 Chikunguru, uye maAllies akazosimbisa ndokumirira zvakasara zve5th Division nedzimwe nhengo dzesangano dzakasimbiswa. Kurwiswa kwevamiriri kwakabviswa musi wa14 Nyamavhuvhu; mauto eJapan evanhu 13 000 ndiwo aiva makuru kupfuura mamwe ose, achiumba inenge 40 muzana yeuto reAllied expeditionary revanhu 33 000. Mauto eJapane aibatanidzwa mukurwisana akanga azvisunungura amene zvakanaka kunyange zvazvo mucherechedzi wemauto eBritain akanzwa kuti utsinye hwavo, maumbirwo akazara, uye kuda kwakanyanya kurwisa kwakavabhadhara kurasikirwa kwakanyanyisa uye kusingaenzaniswi. Somuenzaniso, mukati mokurwisana kweTianjin, vaJapan vakatambura kurasikirwa kunopfuura hafu yevarwi vakabatana, 400 pa 730, asi vakaita isingasviki chikamu chimwe muzvina 3 800 chesimba ravanhu 17 000. Nenzira yakafanana paBeijing, vaJapan vakarangarira zvinodokuva zvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvokurasikirwa, 280 ye453, asi vakaumba zvishoma zvishoma kupfuura hafu yesimba rokurwisa. 