Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Maris na 1938, sojojin kasar Sin na kasa sun sami babbar nasararsu ta farko a Taierzhuang, amma sai birnin Xuzhou da Jafananci suka kama a watan Mayu. A watan Yuni na shekara ta 1938, sojojin China sun hana Jafananci ci gaba ta hanyar ambaliyar Kogin Yellow
; wannan motsi ya ba da lokaci ga Sinawa don shirya tsaron su a Wuhan, amma an kama birnin a watan Oktoba. Nasarar sojojin Japan ba ta kawo rushewar juriya ta kasar Sin da Japan ta yi fatan cimmawa ba; a maimakon haka, gwamnatin kasar Sin ta koma cikin gida zuwa Chongqing kuma ta ci gaba da yakin.