 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1931 vaJapan vakatanga kupinda kwavo uye kubatwa kwavakazoitaweManchuria. Chiang Kai-shek, uyo akatungamirira hurumende yepakati yeChina, akasarudza kuti China inofanira kudzivisa hondo yakazara neJapan nemhaka yemhirizhonga yomukati uye kugadzirira kusina kukwana. Naizvozvo, iye akatsvaka nzira yokugutsa nayo Japan apo airwira chinzwano chaichoicho chorudzi uye nokufamba kwenguva simba rakakwana rokutarisana neuto roUmambo. Izvi zvakaramba zvichiitwa kwemamwe makore matanhatu. Kunyangwe hazvo mishandirapamwe yake yekurwisa maCommunist yakakonzera kudzokera kwavo uye kuderedzwa kwe90 yesimba ravo rekurwa, haana kukwanisa kubvisa masimba avo zvachose, uye mutemo wake we kunyaradza kwemukati pamberi pekupokana kwekunze : yakanga isingafarirwe nevanhu vechiChinese, izvo zvakakonzera kutsamwa kwakapararira kurwisa hutungamiriri hweKMT hwaive pasi pehutongi uye shamwari dzayo dzevatungamiriri vehondo. 