 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - China yakakumbira kuChinzwano chaMarudzi kumisa kupinda kweJapan muManchuria. Japan yakabva muSangano Renyika Dzapasi Pose pashure pokushoropodzwa nokuda kwokupinda kwayo muManchuria. Marudzi maviri acho ipapo akarwa hondo dzinoverengeka, muShanghai, Reheuye Hebei, kusvikira Tanggu Truce yakasainwa muna 1933. Pashure pacho, mauto okuzvipira echiChinese akapfuurira kurwisa kurwisa kweJapan muManchuria, uye Chahar neSuiyuan. Pashure peChiitiko cheXian cha1936, Kuomintang nemasimba emakomonisiti vakabvumirana kuti vapedze hondo kuti vape hondo yakabatana yokurwisana neJapan. 