Facing the Federal Army entrenched within the fortress, directly ordering the army to charge forward was an extremely ill-timed decision. Even with the Galaxy Diva leading the way and units like the Justice Gundam and the Huckebein serving as the vanguard, breaking through the Federal Army's defenses would inevitably result in enormous casualties.
The reason Xiao Ran had waited so long before truly beginning the Final Assault against the Federal Army was precisely because he did not want to suffer excessive losses in a positional war against them. Whether those losses came from his own side or from the Federal side, which was bound to lose, did not matter. After all, once they won a battle, the Federal Army's forces would become his forces as well. That was why Xiao Ran had waited until the Swift Shadow Astrays, specially designed for Special Operations, had rolled off the production line before taking action.
Xiao Ran was not surprised that the Space Fortress ahead and the Federal fleet ignored their surrender demand. During the earliest period of the past month, quite a few had directly defected to them. But later on, whenever Unity Army patrol fleets encountered Federal Army patrol fleets, even those who intended to surrender would still fight with everything they had. Only after completely losing any possibility of victory would they send a surrender signal and wait for the Unity Army to take them in, needlessly causing even more casualties. Xiao Ran hated this, but he could understand their thinking.
Fighting was their duty, their faith, and their honor as soldiers. Surrendering after defeat was a choice, and choosing to live was also choosing a new future. Making a new choice after they could no longer fulfill their duty could be considered repaying the Federal Army for its cultivation,