Northern coast of Borneo, Beaufort front, headquarters of the 18th Area Army of the Island Nation's Army. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, the commander, and Major General Seiji Moriya, the chief of staff. Lieutenant General Shojiro Iida, commander of the Island Nation's Army's 15th Army, and Major General Haruki Isayama, its chief of staff, were also there.
Southern Army Headquarters had already sent a telegram informing them that the Island Nation Navy would dispatch a fleet that night to provide them with fire support. Thus, the generals of the 18th Area Army were all waiting. They waited for the Island Nation Navy's powerful large-caliber naval guns to utterly smash the German 226th Infantry Division's defensive line in one stroke. Then, they would be able to break through the German defensive line with ease and advance toward Brunei City.
Although the German 23rd Army Corps had deployed only the 226th Infantry Division to withstand the Island Nation's Army's attack, the narrow defensive line, dense firepower, and powerful artillery had already inflicted grievous losses upon the 18th Area Army. By now, the 15th Army had only two divisions left intact. The other several divisions had been almost completely wiped out. Although the 18th Area Army still had two divisions and one independent mixed brigade, they likewise did not dare commit them lightly. If they were all ground away, this battle could no longer be fought.
It was precisely for this reason that Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, commander of the 18th Area Army, had chosen to ask the Island Nation Navy for aid, requesting that it dispatch warships to bombard the German Army's defensive line and destroy it in one stroke.
"Mr. Moriya, what time is it now?" Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura had grown somewhat impatient from waiting.
"Commander, it is already one in