Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na June 9, 1938, n'oge Agha nke Abụọ nke China na Japan, ndị agha Nationalist n'okpuru Chiang Kai-shek mebiri ihe mgbochi mmiri na-egbochi osimiri dị nso n'obodo nta Huayuankou dị na Henan, na-akpata ihe onye Canada bụ́ ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme, Diana Lary, kpọrọ "ọdachi na-emere onwe ya nke agha kpatara". 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"). Ihe
N'afọ 1938, idei mmiri nke kpuchiri otu ebe gburu ihe dị ka narị puku ndị China ise ruo narị puku itoolu, tinyere ọnụ ọgụgụ a na-amaghị nke ndị agha Japan. 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.