The Island Nation Navy's disastrous defeat made the situation facing the Island Nation's Army in Borneo even more bewildering and unpredictable. The 14th Area Army of the Island Nation's Army and the 7th Area Army were also fiercely assaulting the German 23rd Army Corps' defensive line in the Crocker Range. But every attack left them battered and bloodied, with grievous losses. Even though both area armies were strong and well supplied, if such losses continued, they would soon be unable to keep launching attacks.
The 18th Area Army was in an even more awkward position. It had requested that the Island Nation Navy provide fire support to tear open the German defensive line. But the Island Nation Navy had failed to accomplish that. Not only that, it had suffered devastating losses instead. The 18th Area Army's hopes had thoroughly gone up in smoke.
Beaufort, front line, headquarters of the Island Nation's Army 18th Area Army.
At present, all the principal generals of the 18th Area Army had gathered here. This included the division commanders of its subordinate divisions, the Commander and chief of staff of the 15th Army, the commander of the Independent Mixed 29th Brigade, and others.
Commander Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura's expression was extremely grim. The 18th Area Army had already suffered heavy losses before the German 226th Infantry Division's defensive line. The 15th Army, its main force, was down to only two divisions. Including the 18th Area Army's two directly subordinate divisions and one Independent Mixed Brigade, they had just over eighty thousand troops remaining. For the 18th Area Army, which had originally numbered only one hundred and thirty thousand men, that was already no small loss.
What was even more fatal was that after losing so many troops, they had not achieved even the slightest breakthrough