 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kwemakore matatu akatevera, IJN neROCAF vatyairi vemhepo vakarwa pamusoro peBeijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan nokumwewo sezvo Japan yakaedza pasina kubudirira kudzvinyirira China. Pane dzimwe nguva IJN inotakura mapoka emhepo akatumirwa kwenguva pfupi kunzvimbo dzevhu. Mauto maviri aya akakundwa uye akakunda. Vachirasikirwa nenzvimbo, vaChina vakachinjisa dzimbahwe ravo kumadokero uye mukati kusvikira varigadza paChongqing pakati peChina. Pakazosvika 1941, Japan yakanga yava kutonga zvikamu zvikuru zvokuchamhembe kweChina nemhenderekedzo dzayo dzegungwa asi yakanga yaneta nehondo dzomunyika yeChina. Pakati paSeptember 1941, sezvo IJN yakatanga kutarisa mukana wehondo yakakura muPacific, yakashandura mutoro wehondo yemhepo pamusoro peChina kuIJA. Kuramba kwakapfuurira kweChina National Revolutionary Army kwakatungamirira kuhondo yokunetesa iyo yakasunga nhamba huru yamauto eJapane kutozosvikira pamugumo weHondo Yenyika II muna 1945. 