From August onwards, the war between Australasia and the Island Nation entered a rather delicate phase.
The Island Royal Navy remained holed up in the harbor, daring not to come out and battle the Australasian Navy decisively. This rendered the Island Nation's formidable army essentially useless: they couldn't leave the island, and naturally, they posed no threat to Australasia.
Australasia was pleased with this situation. Periodically, they would organize a large number of air raids on the Island Nation, targeting only its major urban cities such as the well-known Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya, Tokyo, and so on.
On one hand, this was to disrupt the domestic order within the Island Nation, and at the same time, to destroy as much as possible the Island's important industry and other facilities.
On the other hand, the frequent bombings of the Island's urban cities also served the purpose of training more air force troops.
