 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akabatsira pakukunda varwi vaChiang muhondo yeCentral Plains War uye kuwedzera simba remauto eKMT muma1930 nekukunda mauto echiChinese eCominist mudunhu reHenan. Chiang Kai-shek akamupa mubayiro nokumugadza kuva gavhuna weHennan Province ndokutumidza dunhu zita rake. Apo Hondo yeChipiri yeChina neJapan yakatanga, Liu akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenharaunda yekutanga yehondo uye mutungamiri mukuru we2nd Army Group. Panguva iyi, airatidzika kuva akarasikirwa zvishoma nezvishoma noumhare hwake hwokurwa, uye Hondo yeUmambo yeJapan yakakurira masimba ake nyore nyore ndokupwanya mitsetse yokuzvidzivirira yeChina pasinei zvapo nokuva vashoma zvikuru. Liu akamanikidzwa kusiya chikamu chikuru chepurovhinzi yeHebei kuNorth China uye kukundwa uku kwakabatsira ku1938 Yellow River mafashama, mushure mezvo akabviswa pabasa rake naChiang. Apo hurumende yenyika yakadzokera kuChongking, Chiang akamutumidzazve somutungamiriri wezvidziviriro zveguta remhepo. Apo uto remhepo reJapan rakatanga kubhomba Chongking, utungamiri hwaLiu hwakanga husina kunyatsoshanda kuti hugumise kupamba kworutyo kwechiJapan uye kusimudza tsika dzavagari vemo. Akadzingwazve basa muna 1942. 