Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Chikamu chechipiri chakaona kurwa panguva yeHondo Yekutanga yeChina neJapan paHondo yeWeihaiwei. Mushure mekupera kweHondo yekutanga yeChina neJapan, zvikamu zve2nd Division zvakashandiswa kuumba musimboti weIJA 7th Division yakavakirwa muHokkaido uye IJA 8th Division yakavakirwa muHirosaki, Aomori. Saizvozvowo, Chikamu chechipiri chakashanda muhondo zhinji huru dzeRusso-Japanese Hondo sechikamu cheGeneral Kuroki Tamemoto's First Army, kusanganisira Hondo yeLiaoyang, Hondo yeShaho
uye Hondo yeMukden, uye vakawana mukurumbira wokugona kuita mabasa usiku.