Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Na 9 June 1938, n'oge Agha nke Abụọ nke China na Japan, ndị agha Nationalist n'okpuru Chiang Kai-shek mebiri mmiri ndị na-egbochi osimiri dị nso n'obodo nta Huayuankou na Henan, na-akpata ihe onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme Canada, Diana Lary, kpọrọ "ọdachi na-emere onwe ya". Ebumnuche nke ọrụ ahụ bụ ịkwụsị ndị agha Japan na-aga n'ihu site n'ịgbaso atụmatụ nke "iji mmiri dochie ndị agha" ("yishui daibing"). Iju mmiri nke 1938
N'otu ebe, agha ahụ gburu ihe dị ka narị puku ndị China ise ruo narị puku itoolu, gbukwara ọtụtụ ndị agha Japan a na-amaghị ole ha dị. Idei mmiri ahụ gbochiri ndị agha Japan iweghara Zhengzhou, n'akụkụ ndịda nke Osimiri Yellow, mana egbochighị ha iru ihe mgbaru ọsọ ha nke ijide Wuhan, nke bụ oche nwa oge nke gọọmentị China ma na-agafe Osimiri Yangtze.