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With the strategic plan against the Island Nation finalized, all military forces in the Pacific swiftly sprang into action.
Since it was an amphibious assault, a direct confrontation with the Island Nation Army and their defensive lines was inevitable.
As such, the Philippines and Kalimantan forces became convenient cannon fodder, useful for probing the defenses of the Australasia Army.
On June 24, 100,000 Philippine soldiers, 150,000 from Kalimantan, and 50,000 from the Australasia Army gathered in Aparri, the northernmost city of the Philippines.
The sole objective of these 300,000 troops was to support the navy's northward advance, to land on the beaches of the Okinawa region, and, after seizing Okinawa, to use it as a springboard for the assault on the Island Nation.
The commander of this force was Commander Christie of the 9th Army, and the 50,000 Australasia troops were actually three infantry divisions and some artillery units from the 9th Army.
