The second area was that which covered the West Coast and the roads which run along it to the Johore Strait.
The Imperial Guards Division was moving down the west coast of Malaya, with a battalion sized force under the command of Col Masakazu Ogaki approaching the Muar river area from the sea,[REF] while the 4th and 5th Guards Regiments approached Muar from the north under General Nishimura [REF].