Chapter 1755 Pressure Mountain

"Three days later, Army Group E, Army Group F, and Army Group G of the Imperial Army attacked Sumatra, Java, and New Guinea respectively to destroy the island army entrenched here. Then they launched an attack on Borneo and the Philippine Islands. In one fell swoop, the southern army of the island nation’s navy will be eliminated. The navy and air force will fully assist the imperial army’s landing operations. Moreover, the navy should destroy the main force of the island nation’s navy as quickly as possible, which is related to the next battle.” Marshal Manstein said.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Chief of the General Staff." Marshal Lundstedt, Marshal Bock and Marshal Keitel, and Marshal Rolf Karls replied.

The main force of the southern army of the island country is now concentrated in Sumatra, Java and New Guinea. Among them, Sumatra and the Indochina Peninsula are only separated by the Strait of Malacca. The army of the island country has repeatedly attempted to cross the strait to attack the Malay Peninsula and the Lion City. Java Island and New Guinea Island are the main bases for the army of the island country to march to Australia. In the past, the army of the island country also attempted to cross the Timor Sea and the Arafura Sea and land in Australia with the assistance of the island navy.

But unfortunately, none of the island army's offensives were successful. They were all resisted by the German army, and the losses were not small.

Now, with the German army gathering in Southeast Asia and Australia, the army of the island country has urgently shrunk its troops and strengthened its defenses to resist the attack of the German army. As for the navy of the island country, it quickly withdrew from this sea area and retreated to the waters east of the Philippine Islands. Obviously, the navy of the island country knows that if they continue to stay in the South China Sea while the main force of the German navy is moving eastward, they will be courting death.

After Marshal Manstein issued the order, all the armies of the empire, land, sea and air began to hurry up and prepare. Three days later, it was time for the Empire to launch a massive counter-offensive. In the past, the empire was on the defensive in Southeast Asia and Australia because of the serious shortage of troops. Now, the empire can finally mobilize a large number of troops to launch a counterattack. The good days of the islanders are over.

Indonesian archipelago, Java Island, Batavia. This is the former capital of Dutch Indonesia and the largest city in Southeast Asia. After the island country army occupied the entire Indonesian archipelago, the headquarters of the island country's southern army also moved from Manila to Batavia.

Originally, the government of the island country also expected that the Southern Army would continue to launch attacks and take down the entire Indochina Peninsula and Australia. In that case, the island nation would be able to occupy the entire Southeast Asia and Australia. They can plunder the resources in this area, so that the military strength of the island country can also expand to the peak. But unfortunately, the many attacks launched after that failed to succeed, and instead lost troops.

This made the island country have to draw reinforcements from the country to reinforce the southern army, and at the same time replaced the commander of the southern army again.

General Toshiichi Terauchi took over as commander of the Confederate Army one month before the defeat of the United States. After taking office, General Hisashi Terauchi was equally ambitious and wanted to organize the army to launch an offensive in order to achieve breakthroughs on the Indochina Peninsula and the Australian battlefield. However, when the Southern Army was not ready, a bad news came. The United States, which was extremely powerful in the eyes of the island nation, collapsed under the attack of Germany. This startled the islanders. At the same time, General Shouda's attack on Jinhua was hastily stopped. General Sugiyama Moto, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army, even issued an order in person, asking the southern army to switch to a defensive state from now on. He also repeatedly asked General Kotobuki, if the German army took the initiative to attack, he must do his best to resist the German army's attack.

General Kotobuki in the temple was very aggrieved, and the attack plan he was going to continue was completely aborted. At the same time, all the troops had to be placed on the defensive. But General Toshiichi Terauchi knew it was the right thing to do. After all, after the Germans have dealt with the United States, they will undoubtedly attack them next. Even, the main force of the German army will gather throughout Nanyang. This is a huge pressure on the southern army, and even the entire island country.

Although, General Toshiichi Terauchi thinks that the island country's army is very powerful. The entire island nation is also at its strongest stage ever. However, he didn't think they had much chance of winning against Germany.

In the following period of time, the southern army of the island country entered the stage of full defense. A large number of Japanese military forces began to build defense lines along the coast. The islands of Sumatra, Java and New Guinea are even more important places for defense. General Shouyi in the temple also visited the front line many times to inspect the defense line. He is very clear that for the southern army, the most difficult period is coming soon. If they cannot withstand the German attack, then what awaits them will be destroyed. And he, the commander of the Southern Army, is estimated to become the last commander of the Southern Army. The final result will naturally not be much better.

On July 20, General Toshiichi Terauchi, who had inspected the front line of defense, returned to Batavia.

In the afternoon of the same day, General Kotobuki of the temple called all the armies under the Southern Army, and the commanders of each army held a combat meeting. He could vaguely feel that as the main force of the German army had already moved to Southeast Asia and Australia, the German offensive would definitely kick off in the near future. This will be a great challenge for the southern army of the island country army. Although, the total strength of the Southern Army is almost three million. However, General Toshiichi Terauchi had no idea about whether he could withstand the German attack.

The island army wanted to think highly of itself, but even so, they did not dare to underestimate the German army. You know, the German army's title of number one in the world was earned through one battle after another. Countries that were once extremely powerful were defeated by the German army one after another. Even the country was destroyed. This makes the Japanese army have to pay special attention and vigilance.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, General Toshiichi Terauchi walked into the conference room. All the commanders of the front army and army under the jurisdiction of the Southern Army of the island country stood up and saluted.

After returning a gift from General Shou in the temple, he sat down in his seat.

Those front and army commanders just sat down.

Terauchi Shouichi glanced at these generals. From their faces and eyes, Terauchi Shouichi could clearly feel everyone's nervousness. Obviously, everyone knows what kind of opponent they will face this time. There is also a lot of pressure on everyone. Everyone knows very well how powerful the enemy they want to defeat this time is. It can be said that the odds of winning will be very, very low.