"Commander, we have now determined that the German military forces at Kinabatangan are all troops that retreated from Sennah Port and Lahad Datu. Their exact strength is still unknown. However, based on our analysis, they have fewer than twenty thousand men. Otherwise, they would never have voluntarily withdrawn from Sennah Port and Lahad Datu." Major General Nakahashi Tarō reported.
However, Major General Nakahashi Tarō had no idea that all of this was merely a deliberate illusion created by the German military. In reality, the German military had gathered no small force at Kinabatangan. The 225th Infantry Division that had withdrawn from Sennah Port and the 228th Infantry Division that had withdrawn from Lahad Datu alone totaled more than thirty thousand men. In addition, there was the army's 23rd Heavy Artillery Brigade. Altogether, their force numbered nearly forty thousand. Not to mention that the 23rd Army Group's three most powerful units were lying in ambush nearby. The German military had withdrawn voluntarily only to lure the Island Nation's Army over. They had but one objective: to inflict a devastating blow upon the landing Island Nation's Army in one stroke.
Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō nodded. He too believed this analysis.
"What about the Germans' other troops?" Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō asked. He knew that the German 23rd Army Corps had a total strength of more than two hundred thousand men.
"Commander, the main force of the German 23rd Army Group is near Brunei City. They have also deployed some troops in western Borneo. According to the intelligence we have obtained, the German military has only around five Infantry Divisions in eastern Borneo. This includes the two Infantry Divisions we severely mauled." Major General Nakahashi Tarō continued.
Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō seemed to have completely set his mind at ease.