"Your Excellency Commander, Area Army Headquarters's order has been issued." Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū handed a copy of Telegram to Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō took it and took a look and sighed. Telegram said that General Southern Army Commander Hitoshi Anami had given the order to continue the attack. Therefore, Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō had no choice but to continue sending troops to Borneo.
"Tonight, 55th Division and 31st Division will come to reinforce us. 33rd Division and 49th Division will go to reinforce the 33rd Army. Subsequent troops will also arrive one after another. It seems that the entire Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army has to be involved in the battle." Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō said. He didn't know how many of the more than 200,000 people in the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army would be left after such a brutal battle.
"General, do we want to continue the attack?" Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū asked.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō shook his head. "Forget it, wait until the reinforcements arrive, and then launch the attack tomorrow morning. 2nd Division and 54th Division both suffered heavy losses, so we must leave some seeds for them."
Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū nodded and said nothing more.
During the day on March 4, Island Nation's Army stopped attacking and huddled on the beach to survive. However, German military is still using artillery of various calibers to fire at the Island Nation's Army's position. Further consuming their vitality.
Faced with this kind of blow from German military, Island Nation Lu had no choice but to passively bear it. Their artillery and artillery were all sent to the sea to feed the fish by German fleet last night. So much so that they simply don't have powerful artillery to fight against German artillerymen. Of course, the artillery strength of the Island Nation's Army is not as good as German military. Even if their artillery was not destroyed, it was no match for the German military artillery.
After finally making it to night, the bombardment of German military finally stopped. Only then did Island Nation's Army breathe a sigh of relief.
After nightfall, Island Nation's Army Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army once again dispatched a transport fleet from Zamboanga, sending four divisions of the Island Nation's Army to Borneo. In order to strengthen the defense and avoid being exploited by Germany submarines or surface fleets, Island Nation Navy also had to bite the bullet and dispatch a more powerful escort fleet. The remaining two ships among the 'Kii-class' and Battleship are the 'Suruga' number Battleship and the 'Ōmi' number Battleship, plus five 'Kuma-class' heavy cruisers and 'Yubari' Light Cruiser, plus all 19 'Yūgumo-class' destroyers, formed a huge fleet.
Such a huge fleet can definitely be regarded as the main force among Island Nation Navy. After all, Island Nation Navy doesn't have many Capital Ships left now. Before the 'Yamato-class' Battleship was put into service, every one of their Capital Shipss was a treasure. The heavy cruiser and Light Cruiser also lost a lot, and there are not many left. However, there are still many destroyers. However, the role that destroyers can play in naval battles is very limited.
Fortunately, German Army 23rd Army Group decided to retreat from Sennah Port and Lahad Datu, attracting Island Nation's Army's main force to the Borneo hinterland for annihilation. Therefore, neither German fleet nor the submarine force continued to attack Island Nation's Army's transport fleet. Of course, this does not mean that Germany will give up such attacks. After this war is over, the sea transportation lines of Island Nation Navy and the army will still become the key targets of German fleet and the submarine force.
Island Nation's Army also didn't know that German military 225th Infantry Division and 228th Infantry Division were taking advantage of the cover of night to evacuate Sennah Port and Lahad Datu.
Island Nation's Army's reinforcements arrived at Borneo without any danger. Several divisions began to land. During this period, there was no interference from German military, which made Island Nation's Army a little unbelievable.
After dawn the next day, Island Nation's Army launched the attack.
When those Island Nation soldiers approached German defensive line cautiously, they found that they were not attacked. This surprised them even more. When some soldiers boldly entered German defensive line, they found that the entire defense line was empty.
As a result, these Island Nation soldiers cheered.
When the news was delivered to Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō, Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō was also stunned. In his opinion, German military is fully capable of continuing to defend the line of defense. After all, German military had resisted their attack in the previous battle and made them pay a heavy price.
"Isn't this too sudden? How could the Germany people take the initiative to retreat?" Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō seemed a little unable to believe the facts in front of him.
"Your Excellency Commander, we must have caused heavy casualties to the Germany people in the previous battle. Therefore, they could not hold on any longer and had to retreat. We did not lose this battle.. Although our losses were a bit larger, we completed the planned battle plan and successfully established a foothold in the east of Borneo. It can even be said that we won!" Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū said happily.
"Did we win?" Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō was stunned.
They all thought they had lost the battle before, and they had even speculated whether they would be held responsible. However, the results reversed in the blink of an eye, which makes people feel a little unreal.
"Yes, Sir Commander, we won the battle!" Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū said with absolute certainty.
"Well, Yosi! We won the battle. Report to Area Army Headquarters immediately. We have defeated the Germany people. Now we have broken through their defense line and are about to occupy Sennah Port!" Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō ordered.
"Hi, Mr. Commander!" Rear Admiral Iwapachi Gōyū said excitedly.
Almost at the same time, Island Nation's Army 33rd Army also discovered that German military 228th Infantry Division had retreated. And Lieutenant General Honda Masanori also believed that they defeated German military.
Therefore, two good news were sent to Zamboanga's Island Nation's Army lanyin Area Army Headquarters one after another.
Lan Yin Front Commander Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō was a little confused when he saw Telegram like this. If he hadn't known that those guys didn't dare to lie about military information, he would have thought it was a joke.
Not daring, he later found out what happened through his confidants. After knowing that German military was retreating on his own initiative, Lieutenant General Kawabe Masazō did not say anything about it.
Regardless of whether German military took the initiative to retreat, they have established a firm foothold in Borneo after all. Therefore, they deserved to win.
This made Lanyin Area Army Headquarters send Southern Army Headquarters to Manila and Telegram also claimed that they had defeated the Germany people, had occupied Sennah Port and Lahad Datu, and had established a firm foothold in Borneo.