One week later, the Commander of the Japanese Northern China Area Army reported that, having exhausted every means of peaceful settlement, he had decided to use force to "chastise" the Chinese 29th Route Army and requested approval from Tokyo.
En uge senere rapporterede lederen af den Japanske armé i Nordkina at efter at have udtømt alle muligheder for en fredelig løsning havde han besluttet at bruge magt for "tugte" den 29. kinesiske armé og anmodede om godkendelse fra Tokyo.