Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Na March 1938, ndị agha Nationalist China meriri nke mbụ ha na Taierzhuang, ma ndị Japan weghaara obodo Xuzhou na May. Na June 1938, ndị agha China gbochiri ọganihu ndị Japan site
iju mmiri na Osimiri Yellow; omume a nyere ndị China oge iji kwadebe nchekwa ha na Wuhan, mana eweghara obodo ahụ na Ọktọba. Mmeri ndị agha Japan emeghị ka ọdịda nke nguzogide ndị China nke Japan tụrụ anya inweta; kama, gọọmentị China kwagara n'ime obodo Chongqing wee gaa n'ihu agha ahụ.