"How was the fighting at the front?" Lieutenant General William Adam asked.
Although Brunei City was far from the battlefield, he remained deeply concerned about the situation there. It directly determined how long the German military could hold out on Borneo. Lieutenant General William Adam still hoped they could make the Island Nation pay a heavier price in this landing operation.
"Commander, our air strikes have inflicted enormous casualties on the Island Nation. However, once their large numbers of fighters arrived, our ground-attack aircraft and Dive Bombers had no choice but to withdraw from the battle. The 5th Air Group is now contesting air superiority with them. It will likely be difficult to determine who controls the skies in the short term. Therefore, the support the 5th Air Group can provide to the ground forces is extremely limited," reported Major General Erwin Velo, the army corps chief of staff.
Lieutenant General William Adam nodded. "The Island Nation will not give up so easily. They know their fighter forces are no match for ours, yet they will keep bleeding us dry like this. Because if they do not tie down our air force, our aircraft will inflict massive casualties on their ground troops. So, for the safety of their ground forces, they can only send their fighter units to their deaths."
"That should be the case," Major General Erwin Velo agreed.
"It seems that if we want the Island Nation to suffer heavy losses in this battle, we will have to rely on our own strength. How much longer before the 23rd Heavy Artillery Brigade can enter the battle?" Lieutenant General William Adam asked.
The 23rd Heavy Artillery Brigade was equipped with a full seventy-two 210mm Self-Propelled Heavy Howitzers. Once these heavy howitzers entered the battle, they would undoubtedly inflict enormous