 Nekuvamba kweHondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan musi wa27 Chikunguru 1937, Chikamu chechitanhatu chakapihwa kuJapan China Garrison Army, uye pakarepo chakatanga kuita muHondo yeBeipingTianjin. Pashure pacho, yakabatanidzwa muBeipingHankou Railway Operation. Musi wa 20 Gumiguru 1937, divi racho rakabva raendeswa ku10th Army ndokutanga kurwisa mauto echiChinese aiva muHangzhou Bay. Pakazosvika Zvita 1937, yakachinjira kumadokero kunotora chikamu pamwe chete ne18th Division uye 114th Division muHondo yeNanking uye pakupedzisira muNanking Massacre. Musi wa14 Kukadzi 1938, 6th Division yakadzorwa neCentral China Expeditionary Army uye muna Chivabvu 1938 vakapinda muhondo yeXuzhou. 15 May 1938, 106th Division yakaparadzaniswa ne6th Division. Zviito muHondo yeWuhanrakatanga muna June 1938, uye boka racho rakazobviswa richiendeswa kuJapan. Muna 1940, 47th Infantry Regiment yakaendeswa kune 48th Division, ichishandura 6th Division kune triangular division format. 