 The Japanese had indeed acted this way for most of the 1940s from 1940-1944, with the Japanese only making a few failed weak attempts to capture China's provisional capital in Chongqing on the Yangtze river which they quickly abandoned and gave up on before 1944.Japan also exhibited no intention before of linking the transcontinental Beijing Hankow Canton railways.China also was confident by it's three victories in a row defending Changsha against Japan, Battle of Changsha (1939), Battle of Changsha (1941), and Battle of Changsha (1942).