The Island Nation's Army Air Force had deployed four air forces across the South Seas, with one stationed each on Java Island, Sumatra Island, Borneo, and Luzon Island. However, in its previous confrontations with the German Air Force, the Island Nation's Army Air Force had consistently been at a disadvantage and suffered grievous losses.
This time, the German Air Force had reinforced the South Seas and Australia with three tactical air groups and three strategic air groups, bringing its strength in the South Seas and Australia to six tactical air groups and three strategic air groups. It possessed more than 5,400 aircraft of all types in total. Moreover, the fighters in the three newly reinforced tactical air groups were all TA-152 fighters, while the fighters in the previous three tactical air groups were also FW-190 fighters. They had likewise begun receiving TA-152 fighters as replacements. This placed the German Air Force in the South Seas and Australia wholly above the Island Nation's Army Air Force.
Before launching the offensive, the German Air Force had already more or less identified the locations of the Island Nation's Army Air Force airfields on Sumatra Island, Java Island, and Borneo. While the tactical air groups assisted the navy in attacking the Island Nation's Army's coastal defensive fortifications, the German Air Force's three strategic air groups began bombing the Island Nation's Army Air Force airfields under the protection of their own fighters.
Destroying enemy airfields first, crushing the enemy air force, and seizing air superiority had become common knowledge for the German military before launching a large-scale offensive. Compared to the German Air Force, the Island Nation's Army Air Force lacked experience in this regard. This meant that the Island Nation's Army Air Force had been suppressed by the German Air Force from the very