According to the Island Nation's Army's plans, Germany's 225th Infantry Division and 228th Infantry Division had already suffered heavy losses during their retreat. Therefore, they should not have faced much resistance when attacking Kinabatangan. Even if they suffered considerable losses, those should have remained within an acceptable range. But now, the German military was putting up far fiercer resistance than they had anticipated.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō could not help frowning. He began to wonder whether the German military had truly been badly mauled before retreating. But if the German military had not suffered severe losses, why had it withdrawn voluntarily? That was simply too strange.
"Commander, could there be some sort of conspiracy behind this?" Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū asked.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō's expression turned even uglier. If there really was some conspiracy at work, would that not mean they had walked straight into danger?
"No. The Germans' main force is not here. Even if this is a conspiracy, the Germans do not have enough strength to do much to us! As long as we wipe out all the German military forces entrenched here, then even if there truly is some conspiracy, we will be able to deal with it!" Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō said.
Perhaps Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō himself subconsciously did not want there to be any conspiracy. That was why he denied it.
Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū nodded. He also knew that if this truly was a conspiracy, they would probably be finished. Thus, he would rather believe that it was not.
Yet no matter how one looked at it, this was deceiving themselves. But the Island Nation's Army generals clearly could not afford to worry about that.
"Commander, perhaps this is merely the Germans' final struggle of a trapped beast. As long as we