An inescapable war After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Japanese forces took several lines of advance, striking into the heart of China from the north as well as through Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou. From the second half of 1937 up until the Battle of Nanchang in April of 1939 was the most difficult period of the war for Chinese.
「七七事變」之後，日本人兵分數路，從華北與上海、南京、杭州等地進犯中國，從一九三七年的下半年起，到一九三九年四月南昌之戰為止，中國人經歷了甚為艱苦的戰爭初期。