Although the Germans were retreating step by step, that did not mean they would give up resisting.
In fact, the reality was quite the opposite. To protect their homeland from a counterattack, Germany would defend itself even more aggressively, caring even less about casualties.
This also meant that conquering the German defenses would require paying an even greater price in lives. For all the countries currently participating in the counterattack against Germany, casualties were precisely the deadliest part.
In other words, the more a country cared about the benefits it would gain after occupying Germany, the more effort it would have to expend in the occupation itself.
And the more effort it expended in occupying Germany, the more casualties it would have to bear.
For precisely this reason, whether it was France's large-scale recovery of lost territory or Russia's counterattack plan, both the United Kingdom and Australasia were happy to see it happen.
After all, although Germany had weakened, it was by no means a helpless old man, woman, or child. Anyone wanting to carve off a piece of flesh from Germany in its current state had to be prepared for the Germans to bite back.
On Australasia's side, the Government and military had racked their brains to carry out the Staff Department's strategy of occupying the Ruhr area.
The first policy was to recruit more troops from Borneo and the Philippines.
However, since the outbreak of the war, Borneo had already provided more than three million troops, while the Philippines had provided more than one million. Both were nearly drained dry.
Therefore, the Government could only broaden its sources of manpower, even including the Island Nation, where the situation was currently chaotic.
That was right—the Island Nation Army was also part of Australasia's plans.
It was undeniable that the