Horii's Involvement In English Civil War

In the year 1937 the Japanese imperial army commenced its reign over the pacific after invading and conquering parts of China, the Japanese began to quickly conquer many parts of the pacific. By January the 31st all British forces had withdrawn from the Singapore area which lead to some political issues and also leaving Australia wide open for an invasion, and the Japanese did exactly that, on the 19th of February only weeks after the British withdrew from Singapore, 188 Japanese planes began to bomb Darwin. The Bombing of Darwin left about 250 people dead and over 400 injured, the threat of an invasion of Australia began to sink in as Australian forces began setup defenses in Papua New Guinea against the much larger Japanese armies. By 1942
Horii wanted to attack as soon as possible as he feared a counter-attack from the Australian forces. The Japanese were also having supply issues, which was leading to some soldiers having too much supplies, which would turn out to affect them. A large portion of the soldiers that Horii was going to send into battle arrived by sea a few days earlier, these men were called Ninkai Shitai and they were ordered to march the 120km to the stationing area. Horii’s plan to attack as soon as possible would mean he would not have his full group of men ready for battle as the Ninkai shitai were still marching towards Isurava, this meant that Horii would have 3000 troops at his disposal. Horii planed to box the Australian forces in and attack from all sides and not let them escape, but this is not how things turned out. The forces Horii was using to commit the frontal assault was in poor condition as it had been in Papua new guinea the longest and also had taken the most casualties. On the 27th of august the 144th battalion for the Japanese did not attack with the mindset that Horii had planned so he was forced to reinforce them with a company from 3/144 thus leading to the 3/144 being weakened for their side assault that had been planned. Although the 1/144 had been reinforced it continued to make Horii disappointed. Another problem face by the Japanese was their artillery was unable to reach the designated firing area and only 3 out of 10 made it and was able to keep up with the