Kāore i te mea ko te whakaekenga hōia anake ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Haina i te tau 1931 i puta ai te whakaekenga a te ope taua—i puta ai hoki he ngaru ātete a te iwi whānui i arahina e te iwi noa. Mai i ngā kaimahi pāmu me ngā ākonga me ngā kaiako, i huihui ngā tāne me ngā wāhine o ngā reanga me ngā momo katoa ki te tiaki i ō rātou kāinga, ō rātou hapori, me ō rātou āhua noho i te whakaekenga a Hapanihi. Ahakoa he maha ngā wā ka warewarehia tēnei ātete i roto i ngā kōrero tuku iho whānui, he tohu tēnei i te manawanui me te maia o te iwi Haina o te raki-mā-rāwhiti.

I ngā marama i muri mai, ka ara ake ngā rōpū rite puta noa i te Tai Rāwhiti, me ngā ingoa pēnei i te "Ope Tūao o te Tai Rāwhiti," te "Ope Whakaora ā-Motu Anti-Hapanihi," me te "Ope Whakaora Tangata o te Tai Rāwhiti o Haina." He rerekē te rahi o ēnei ope taua—ko ētahi he tekau mā rua noa iho ngā mema, ko ētahi i piki ki ngā mano—engari he whāinga kotahi tā rātou katoa: te pei i ngā hōia Hapanihi i tō rātou whenua tupu. Hei tauira, i whakarite te Ope Tiaki-Whaiaro o te Iwi o Jilin i tētahi whatunga o ngā "whānau whānau" i uru atu ai ngā whare katoa ki te kaupapa. I tētahi kāinga, i whawhai tahi te whānau Zhang—te pāpā, ngā tama tokorua, tae atu ki te tamāhine 16-tau te pakeke—me te tamāhine e whakamahi ana i tōna mōhiotanga ki te rongoā otaota hei rongoā i te hunga i whara.

Ko ngā rautaki i whakamahia e ēnei ope taua tūao i hāngai ki te whenua o te rohe, tae atu ki ngā ngahere matotoru, ngā mania whānui, me ngā wāhi maunga. I whakawhirinaki rātou ki te pakanga pakanga, te whakarewa i ngā whakaeke ohorere ki ngā pou o Hapanihi, te whanga i ngā tira taonga, me te whakangaro i ngā ara rerewē hei whakararuraru i ngā mahi a te ope taua a Hapanihi. Hei tauira, i te marama o Oketopa 1931, i whakaekea e tētahi rōpū iti o ngā tūao i te tonga o Liaoning tētahi tereina hōia a Hapanihi, i whakangaro i ngā patu me ngā taonga, ā, i tukuna ngā herehere Hainamana e haria ana ki Hapani. Ko tēnei whakaekenga maia, i arahina e tētahi kaimahi rerewē o mua ko Li Dawei, i whakamahi i tana mōhiotanga hohonu ki ngā ara hei whakararu i te tereina i tētahi kokonga tawhiti. I te marama o Tīhema o taua tau anō, i whakarewahia e ngā tūao i te Porowini o Jilin tētahi whakaekenga whakarite ki tētahi ope taua Hapanihi i Changchun, i te wā poto i riro mai ai ētahi wāhanga o te tāone i mua i te akiaki i a rātou kia hoki whakamuri nā te kaha o ngā pū a Hapanihi. I aro rautaki ngā toa ātete ki te whare putunga matā o te whare herehere, i tahuna ki ngā taputapu tahu ahi i hangaia mai i te hinu me ngā pounamu karāhe.

Ko te mea i tino miharo ai ēnei ope tūao ko tō rātou kaha ki te ora me te mahi ahakoa te korenga o ngā patu, te kai, me ngā taonga hauora. He maha ngā tūao i whawhai me ngā pū tawhito, ngā hoari, tae noa ki ngā taputapu ahuwhenua, ko ētahi i whakawhirinaki ki ngā koha mai i ngā hapori o te rohe mō te kai me te kakahu. He maha ngā wā i whakaratohia ai e ngā kaipāmu o te rohe he piringa mō ngā tūao, e huna ana i a rātou i ngā pirihimana Hapanihi me te tohatoha i ā rātou kotinga iti. I te rohe o Yanji, i keria e ngā tāngata o te kāinga he whatunga o ngā kauhanga raro whenua i raro i ō rātou kāinga, e hanga ana i ngā rua huna hei okiokinga me te whakaora i ngā toa. Ko ngā tākuta me ngā nēhi, he hunga whakangungu me ngā hunga ako-ake, i whakatū i ngā hōhipera taupua i roto i ngā ana, i ngā whare kua whakarērea rānei, e rongoā ana i ngā hōia whara me ngā taputapu hauora iti. Ko Tākuta Wang Meiling, he tauira nō te Peking Union Medical College, i whakamahi i ngā rongoā whakamoe ma te whakamahi i ngā otaota Hainamana tuku iho, ā, i mahi i ngā pokanga whakaora ora me ngā taputapu kīhini kua horoia.

I whai wāhi nui anō hoki ngā ākonga me ngā tohunga hinengaro ki te ātete. I ngā tāone pērā i a Shenyang me Harbin, i whakarite ngā ākonga whare wānanga i ngā rōpū ngaro hei hora i ngā whakatairanga whakahē i te noho whenua. I tohatohahia e rātou ngā pepa e whakaatu ana i ngā mahi nanakia a Hapanihi, i tuhi tuhinga mō ngā nūpepa huna, ā, i whakahaere hui ngaro hei whakarite i ngā whakahē me ngā whakahē i ngā taonga Hapanihi. Hei tauira, i whakawhanakehia e te "Snowflake Society" i te Harbin Institute of Technology tētahi pūnaha waehere matatau hei kawe puku i ngā tuhinga kua aukatia. I tāia e rātou ngā rotarota hurihuri ki runga i te pepa raihi, ka taea te whakarewa ki te wai, kātahi ka hangaia anō e ngā kaitā tā aroha. He maha hoki ngā ākonga i wehe atu i ā rātou kura ki te whakauru atu ki ngā ope taua tūao, me te whakamahi i ō rātou mātauranga hei āwhina i te rautaki, te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero, me te whakahaere tikanga. I hangaia e tētahi rōpū ākonga hangarau mai i te Shenyang Institute of Technology tētahi raupapa o ngā maina whenua hangarua mā te whakamahi i ngā paipa whakarewa kua makahia me te paura pango, ā, i tino whakanui ake i te whai huatanga o ngā whakaeke a te hunga whawhai.

Ko ngā wāhine tētahi atu wāhanga nui o te kaupapa ātete. Ahakoa he maha ngā wāhine i uru atu ki ngā ope taua tūao hei nēhi, hei karere rānei, i whakatūria e ētahi ā rātou ake whakahaere hei tautoko i te kaupapa. I te Porowini o Liaoning, i whakatūria e tētahi rōpū wāhine te "Rōpū Whakaora o ngā Wahine Anti-Hapanihi o te Tai Rāwhiti," i kohi moni mō ngā ope taua tūao, i tuitui kākahu mō ngā hōia, ā, i whakarato tiaki mō ngā whānau o te hunga e whawhai ana. I hangaia e te kaiārahi o te rōpū, e Madame Zhao, tētahi tikanga kohi moni ahurei: i whakarite ia i ngā "whakahē puku" i reira ka huihui ngā wāhine ki ngā marae tūmatanui e whatu ana i ngā hāte mō ngā hōia, ko ia tuitui he koha. I whai wāhi nui anō hoki ngā wāhine ki te kohi mōhiohio, mā te whakamahi i ā rātou mahi hei kaitiaki kāinga me ngā kaihoko mākete ki te kohi mōhiohio mō ngā nekehanga hōia Hapanihi me te tuku atu ki ngā kaiārahi ātete. I Mukden (ināianei ko Shenyang), i hangaia e tētahi whatunga o ngā kaihoko wāhine i te Mākete Nanmen tētahi pūnaha uaua o ngā tohu ringa me ngā kōrerorero waehere hei tuku mōhiohio mō ngā wātaka tirotiro a ngā hōia Hapanihi.

He pānga nui tō ngā mahi ātete a te iwi Haina o te Tai Rāwhiti ki te noho a ngā Hapanihi. Ahakoa kāore i taea e rātou te pei wawe i ngā hōia Hapanihi i te rohe, i akiakihia e rātou te Ope Taua Kwantung ki te huri i ngā rauemi nui ki te pehi i te ātete, ka whakaroa i ngā mahere whānui a Hapani. E whakaatu ana ngā tuhinga mai i ngā pūranga hōia Hapanihi i te tau 1933, neke atu i te 30,000 ngā hōia i herea ki ngā mahi anti-gerrilla i Manchuria. I whakatenatenahia hoki e rātou te iwi puta noa i Haina ki te whakauru atu ki te kaupapa ātete ā-motu, i whakatakoto i te turanga mō te Pakanga Ātete whānui ki a Hapani ka tīmata i te tau 1937. Ko ngā mahi toa a ngā tūao o te Tai Rāwhiti i tuhia ki roto i tētahi raupapa pukapuka iti i horahia pukutia ko "Ngā Kōrero o te Ātete" te taitara, i noho hei pānui e hiahiatia ana mō ngā tauhou hou i roto i te Ope Taua Hurihuri ā-Motu o Haina.

I ēnei rā, he wāhanga nui ngā kōrero mō ēnei toa ātete ā-iwi o te taonga tuku iho o te Pakanga o te 18 o Hepetema. E whakamahara mai ana ēnei kōrero ki a tātou ahakoa i ngā wā pōuri rawa, kei te iwi noa te mana ki te tū mō te tika. E whakaatu ana hoki i te hiranga o te hapori, te kotahitanga, me te maia i te aroaro o te tukino—he karere e mau tonu ana te hiranga ki te iwi o te ao i ēnei rā. Kei te Mahara Whakatūpato Ātete Manchurian i Changchun i whakatuwheratia tata nei ngā whakaaturanga taunekeneke, tae atu ki ngā tauira o ngā kauhanga gerilya me ngā whakaahua hōro o ngā pakanga matua, kia mau tonu ai te whakaaweawe a ēnei kōrero toa i ngā reanga o muri mai.