"Commander, the Area Army Headquarters' orders have arrived." Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū handed a telegram to Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō took it and glanced at it, then sighed. The telegram stated that Southern Army Commander General Hitoshi Anami had issued orders to continue the offensive. Therefore, Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō had no choice but to keep sending troops to Borneo.
"Tonight, the 55th Division and the 31st Division will arrive to reinforce us. The 33rd Division and the 49th Division will reinforce the 33rd Army. The follow-up forces will also arrive one after another. It seems the entire Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army will have to be thrown into this battle." Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō said. He did not know how many of the more than two hundred thousand men in the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army would remain after such a brutal battle.
"Then, General, should we continue the attack?" Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū asked.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō shook his head. "Forget it. We'll wait until the reinforcements arrive and launch the attack tomorrow morning. The 2nd Division and the 54th Division have both suffered grievous losses. We have to leave them at least a few seeds."
Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū nodded and said nothing more.
Throughout the day of March 4, the Island Nation's Army halted its offensive, huddling on the beaches and dragging out a miserable existence. Yet the German military continued using artillery of every caliber to bombard the Island Nation's Army positions, further whittling away at their living strength.
Faced with the German military's attacks, the Island Nation's Army had no way to respond and could only endure them passively. Their artillery and artillerymen had all been sent by the German fleet to feed the fish last night. As a