"Chief of Staff, we have taken Banda Aceh. The Island Nation's Army 16th Army Corps stationed here was wiped out to the last man. During the battle, the Island Nation also deployed Armored Forces. However, their tanks were almost all light tanks or tankettes," Field Marshal Bock, commander of the German 3rd Army Corps, said.
The Island Nation's Army's medium tanks weighed only as much as the German military's light tanks. As for their light tanks, which weighed merely a few tons, they were only comparable to tanks the German military had equipped in its early days. The German military now equipped very few light tanks. Its mainstay consisted of medium and heavy tanks. Indeed, after the King Tiger tank entered mass production, production of the Panther tank had already ceased. In other words, the German military had begun phasing out medium tanks. This showed just how vast the gap between the two sides' Armored Forces was.
Field Marshal Manstein, the German Army Minister and Chief of the General Staff, was not surprised that the Island Nation's Army's Armored Forces had crumbled at the first blow. After all, the Island Nation had long lacked resources, so it naturally could not develop heavy tanks as extravagantly resource-consuming as Germany's.
"How many units from the 3rd Army Corps have landed?" Field Marshal Manstein asked.
"Chief of Staff, four Infantry Divisions from the 3rd Army Corps have successfully landed. After taking Banda Aceh, the 3rd Armored Division, the 21st Mechanized Infantry Division, and the 22nd Mechanized Infantry Division are accelerating their landings. In addition, the 13th Army Corps of Army Group F has captured Lhokseumawe, and its main forces have begun landing," Field Marshal Bock reported.
"Field Marshal Rundstedt, what is the situation with the 11th Army Corps?" Field Marshal Manstein asked.
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