 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge vaGermany vaenda, muna 1938, Soviet Union yakatanga kutsigirazve vaNationalist. Mauto eNational Revolutionary Army akatarisana nemauto eJapan aive nenhamba shoma chete yemotokari dzakapfeka zvombo uye mauto akashongedzerwa akaumbwa mumabhati matatu akapfeka zvombo kuti adzivirire pamberi rakakura. Muna August 1937, hurumende yaChiang Kai-shek yakakurukura nehurumende yeSoviet nezvokubatsirwa nemauto. VaSoviet vakapindira ndokutanga kugovera vanachipangamazano uye matangi akasvika muChina kwenguva yokutanga muna March 1938. Pashure pokunge uto reChina rakaputirwa zvombo rakaparadzwa zvikurukuru muhondo dzeShanghai neNanking, matangi matsva, motokari dzakarukwa uye marori kubva kuSoviet Union neItaly zvakaita kuti zvikwanisike kugadzira iro chete divi rakagadzirwa muuto, iro raSoviet-rakarairwa uye rakarongeka 200th Division, iro raive nerimwe regiment yetangi uye rimwe regiment yemagetsi, uye rakashongedzerwa netangi rakareruka T-26. 