Manila, Island Nation's Army Southern Army Headquarters.
In the past few days, General Southern Army Commander Hitoshi Anami is in a pretty good mood. Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army has successfully logged into Borneo and officially started to attack German military. Although, the battle may be a bit difficult. But General Hitoshi Anami believes that all this will be a good start. When Island Nation's Army continues to land on Borneo, the balance of victory will definitely tilt in their favor.
In addition to paying attention to the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army's war in Borneo, General Hitoshi Anami is also urging 14th Area Army to seize the time to log in to Borneo. In addition, 7th Area Army and 18th Area Army under the Southern Army also have to speed up to get to Philippine Islands. Once Island Nation's Army has completely occupied Borneo, the next step is to attack Indochina and Australia. At that time, more troops will need to be invested.
"After the 14th Area Army lands on Borneo, with the strength of the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army and 14th Area Army, defeat or even eliminate German 23rd Army Corps, there shouldn't be much of a problem. By then, only Indochina's German 11th Army Corps and Australia's German 12th Army Corps and 24th Army Corps will be left.
11th Army Corps is one of the elite group armies of German military. They are very powerful. It will probably be very difficult to eliminate them. Our casualties will not be too small. After all, that is Frontline Troops from German military! However, if you want to completely occupy South Seas, you must eliminate them! No matter how high the price is, we must ensure victory! "Hitoshi Anami General looked at the map and said secretly.
General Hitoshi Anami knows very well that if Island Nation wants to occupy South Seas and Australia, he must eliminate the four armies deployed here by German military. And these German military must be eliminated in the shortest possible time. Otherwise, once time drags on, variables are likely to occur. And this is exactly the problem they need to face.
"The two armies of German military in Australia are even more difficult to deal with. The area there is too big, and if you want to occupy it all, you need to invest a large number of troops. Moreover, Australia has a flat terrain, which is very suitable for Armored Forces operations. And these are our disadvantages!" General Hitoshi Anami continued his analysis.
Island Nation's Army has not invested much in armor strength, which makes their Armored Combat Power completely at the third-rate level among the world's armies. The tanks equipped are small tanks with weak armor, which may be able to deal with infantry without anti-Armored Weapons. But if you want to engage in an armored battle with the enemy's powerful armored force, you will undoubtedly be asking for death.
These are all things that worry General Hitoshi Anami. Their enemy is German Army, who is known as the number one in the world. Apart from the advantage in military strength, Island Nation's Army seems to have no other advantages at all.
"Bang!" There was a knock on the office door.
"Come in!" General Hitoshi Anami said.
Southern Army Chief of Staff Tadaichi Tsukada Lieutenant General walked in with a solemn expression.
Seeing the appearance of Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada, General Hitoshi Anami suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.
"Tsukata-kun, what happened?" General Hitoshi Anami asked.
"Your Excellency Commander, the war in Borneo has changed. German 23rd Army Corps's elite Armored Forces suddenly appeared in Kinabatangan, and Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army is Encirclement Offensive The troops of E Kinabatangan launched an attack. Facing the attack of German armored forces with hundreds of tanks and a large number of armored vehicles, the troops of the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army may not be able to withstand it!" Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada said.
"What? How could this happen? Didn't the intelligence obtained before say that the main force of the Germany people is still in Brunei City? How could it suddenly appear in Kinabatangan? What on earth did those intelligence personnel do?" General Hitoshi Anami cursed.
"Your Excellency Commander, I am afraid that the Germany people have already planned this. When we just launched the landing operation, their Armored Forces secretly arrived at Kinabatangan. After they were ready, they started from Sennah Port and Lahad Datu retreated. All this was a trap. But Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army probably didn't realize it at all, so he fell into the trap of Germany," Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada said with a sad face.
General Hitoshi Anami's face was also very ugly, because not only did Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army not expect that this would be Germany's trap. Didn't even they think that all this was a trap? However, this will cause a devastating blow to the Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army and even the entire Southern Army.
"Once Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army is severely damaged or even eliminated by the Germany people, the consequences will be disastrous. Even Sennah Port and Lahad Datu will be recaptured by them. Therefore, Sir Commander, we must make preparations early!" Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada said.
General Hitoshi Anami nodded. If Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army is severely injured or eliminated, the consequences will be very serious indeed. If Sennah Port and Lahad Datu were taken back by German military again, it would really make matters worse.
"Send Telegram to Mr. Honma and ask 14th Area Army to speed up. No matter what, we must ensure that Sennah Port and Lahad Datu are in our hands! Another In addition, send Telegram to Mr. Kawabe. Even if they all die in battle, Sennah Port and Lahad Datu must be defended!" General Hitoshi Anami ordered.
If Sennah Port and Lahad Datu are recaptured by German military, then they may have to fight another brutal beach landing. Also, that would take a lot of time. This will be very detrimental to the Island Nation's Army.
"Hi, Your Excellency Commander." Lieutenant General Tadaichi Tsukada immediately went to send Telegram.
Island Nation's Army 14th Army Corps, has started the landing plan on Borneo. 35th Army and 41st Army, subordinate to 14th Army Corps, will log in at Sennah Port and Lahad Datu respectively.
35th Army is a powerful Infantry Corps with four divisions and an independent mixed brigade. Although 41st Army only has one 8th Division, it also has several corps and detachments under its command, and its strength cannot be underestimated.
However, the news that Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army's battle in Borneo was unfavorable and that it suffered a devastating blow was transmitted back to Island Nation's Mainland almost immediately.
After the new Prime Minister Mitsumasa Yonai learned the news, he was even more furious and demanded that the army must come up with countermeasures. After all, Netherlands East Indies Expeditionary Army is a powerful force with more than 200,000 people. Now almost all of it has been lost, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Island Nation's Army. At the same time, this is also related to the Island Nation's Army's next battle, and it must be dealt with carefully.