"Next, I'll send a Telegram to headquarters and ask the Commander to coordinate with the navy. If the navy can dispatch part of its fleet to reinforce us, our plan to advance along the coastal highway will stand a very good chance of succeeding. The only concern is that the Germans also have a powerful navy. In the last naval battle with the Germans, the navy not only failed to achieve success, but also suffered heavy losses." Masaharu Honma frowned. This was also what the army generals resented most about the navy.
"Those navy fellows are utterly useless. They consumed the vast majority of our military budget, yet they still can't defeat the Germans. The Germans only have two fleets in the Pacific Ocean, with total strength amounting to less than thirty percent of the German Navy's full power. If they can't even beat that much of the German Navy, how are they supposed to defeat the German Navy as a whole?" Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura said disdainfully.
"Exactly! If those military funds hadn't been diverted by the navy, perhaps we could have equipped more artillery, machine guns, Anti-tank Guns, and Armored Fighting Vehicles. In that case, our strength wouldn't have been surpassed by the Germans to such an extent." Lieutenant General Seiichi Tanaka also wore an unwilling expression.
In order to support the navy's development, Island Nation's Army had made enormous sacrifices over the years. Most of its equipment was still maintained at the level of the previous world war. This left it completely at a disadvantage in its battles against the German military.
If Island Nation Navy could have defeated the German Navy in naval combat and thereby given the army greater support in this war, the army generals might not have held so many grievances. But the