Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 2nd Division yakaona kurwa panguva yeFirst Sino-Japanese Hondo 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 huru dzeRusso-Japanese Hondo sechikamu cheGeneral Kuroki Tamemoto's First Army, kusanganisira Hondo yeLiaoyang,
Hondo yeShaho neHondo yeMukden, uye vakawana mukurumbira wekugona kwazvo mumabasa ehusiku.