Watching Andrei leave with a smile, Inoshita Jiro felt extremely conflicted.
Although he had temporarily reached an agreement with Australasia that could prevent the Island Nation from enduring another city-destroying massive bombing campaign, this path meant that not only had they withdrawn from the struggle for hegemony in the Pacific, but even their subsequent fate would be firmly grasped in the hands of Australasia.
Upon careful thought, however, perhaps this was the only choice for the current Island Nation.
Compared to the conflicted Inoshita Jiro, Murakami San'an, who held no such emotional attachment to his government, appeared much more carefree.
In fact, his conversation with Andrei gave Murakami San'an a glimpse of even greater opportunities and bred even larger ambitions.
On September 1, 1937, the Australasian Air Force dropped numerous surrenders manifestos on various Island Nation cities, including locations garrisoned by the Island Nation Army.
Furthermore, the Australasian Air Force made no attempt to conceal its plans to bomb the Island Nation capital, announcing that the Island Nation Government and the so-called Island Nation Emperor were also targets within the bombing zone.
The shock to the Japanese was immense; they were stunned, furious, and utterly in disbelief.
Soon, however, many Island Nation military units discovered they could no longer contact the Island Nation Government and the Army Department—an absolute impossibility in the past.
Without the central coordination of the government and the Army Department, how could this war possibly continue?
Gradually, various Island Nation military units began to cease fire, adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward the current situation.
These units that ceased fire were mostly B-class divisions, and quite a few were even newly mobilized Class D Divisions of the Island Nation.
These soldiers had not been in the military for long, and naturally, they would not fight to the