<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuti adzivise kufambira mberi kweJapan kumadokero nokumaodzanyemba kweChina, Chiang Kai-shek, pakurudziro yaChen Guofu, akarayira kuvhurwa kwemadhamu paRwizi Rutsvuku pedyo neZhengzhou. Chirongwa chekutanga chaive chekuparadza dhamu muZhaokou, asi nekuda kwekunetseka munzvimbo iyoyo, dhamu reHuayuankou riri kumahombekombe ekumaodzanyemba rakaparadzwa musi wa5 Chikumi na7 Chikumi nekuchera, nemvura yemafashama kumabvazuva kweHenan, pakati peAnhui, uye kuchamhembe kwepakati peJiangsu. Nhamba  <response>: mafashamo akafukidza ndokuparadza zviuru zvemakiromita akaenzana kumativi mana enyika yokurima ndokutamisa muromo woRwizi Rutsvuku mazana amakiromita kumaodzanyemba. Zviuru zvemisha zvakafukidzwa kana kuti kuparadzwa uye mamiriyoni anoverengeka avagari vomumusha vakamanikidzwa kusiya misha yavo. Vanhu 400 000 kusanganisira varwi vechiJapan vakanyura uye vamwe mamiriyoni 10 vakava vapoteri. Nzizi dzakazadzwa nezvitunha sezvo vagari veigwa reTanka vakanyura mukuputsika kweigwa. Kukuvadzwa kweminda kwakatambudzawo vagari izvo zvakakonzera nzara gare gare. Pasinei neizvi, maJapan akatora Wuhan musi wa27 Gumiguru 1938, achimanikidza KMT kudzokera kuChongqing Chungking, asi Chiang Kai-shek akaramba kutaurirana, achiti aizongofunga nezvehurukuro kana Japan ikabvuma kudzokera kumiganhu yepamberi pa1937. Muna 1937, Mauto oUmambo eJapane akakurumidza kupinda mukati-kati penharaunda yeChina. 