In the conference room, one of the staff reviewing the 7th Corps' landing exercise opened the discussion: "The traditional method of landing operations is indeed not feasible... This will lead to a large number of casualties."
Seeing that Luff remained silent, another staff member continued: "The first wave of landing troops will face fierce enemy attacks near the beach, and within the first hour of action, we expect casualties to exceed 500."
"And that is just the beginning. Subsequently, our casualties could increase to between 1,000 to 2,000 people. If we can establish a foothold by nightfall, the price will be more than 5,000 lives." Based on the exercise results, the losses are indeed quite alarming.
According to these figures, there is about a 30% chance of failure in the landing, which is unacceptable to the Staff Department.
