<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-June 9, 1938, phakathi neMpi Yesibili YamaShayina NamaJapane, amabutho amaNationalist ngaphansi kukaChiang Kai-shek aphula amachibi abambe umfula eduze nedolobhana laseHuayuankou eHenan, okwabangela lokho okuye kwabizwa ngesazi-mlando saseCanada, uDiana Lary, ngokuthi inhlekelele yemvelo ebangelwe yimpi. Inhloso yalo msebenzi kwakuwukumisa amabutho aseJapane athuthukile ngokulandela isu lokusebenzisa amanzi esikhundleni samasosha yishui daibing. Isikhukhula sango-1938  <response>: Ukuhlasela endaweni ethile kwabulala amaShayina angaba ngu-500 000 kuya ku-900 000, kanye nenani elingaziwa lamasosha aseJapane. Isikhukhula savimbela ibutho laseJapane ekuthatheni iZhengzhou, osebeni oluseningizimu yoMfula iPhuzi, kodwa alizange libavimbe ekufinyeleleni umgomo wabo wokuthatha iWuhan, eyayiyisihlalo sesikhashana sikahulumeni waseChina futhi eyayihamba emfuleni iYangtze. 