Manila, Island Nation's Army Southern Army Headquarters.
General Hitoshi Anami had been in an exceptionally foul mood these past two days. Disregarding his status, he had personally gone to Subic Bay to ask the task force to provide fire support for the 18th Area Army. Yet the outcome had turned into this. Not only had the navy failed to provide the 18th Area Army with even the slightest support, it had even gotten itself sunk into the bargain.
"Those damned navy idiots are utterly incompetent. With this, the situation in Borneo must be even more critical," General Hitoshi Anami could not help complaining.
He increasingly felt that the position of Southern Army Commander was scorching hot in his hands, and he had even briefly considered resigning from it. However, this was his only hope of being promoted to marshal, and he did not want to give it up just like that. If he could lead the Southern Army to conquer the South Seas and Australia, then his promotion to marshal would be as certain as ironclad fact.
The Island Nation's Army and navy both had quite a few generals. But marshals were exceedingly rare. It could be said that every marshal was worth his weight in gold. This was why the Island Nation's Army generals were almost all striving to become marshals.
General Hitoshi Anami was one of them. Moreover, after being appointed Southern Army Commander, he had believed himself to be one step ahead of the others. After all, as long as he achieved something during his tenure as Southern Army Commander, becoming a marshal would be ten chances out of ten.
But who could have known that the situation in the South Seas would turn out to be so unfavorable? On the Borneo battlefield, the Southern Army had