Temporary Ceasefire: Cleanup and Rescue

The vanguard battle had already lasted more than twenty-four hours.

At present, the advantage on the battlefield leaned slightly toward the Skywing Mercenary Group.

After nearly twenty-four hours of decisive combat and slaughter, both fleets simultaneously fired signal flares requesting a ceasefire.

Then, both sides simultaneously fired signal flares accepting the other side's ceasefire request.

Under the international laws of war, a ceasefire allowed forty-eight hours for battlefield cleanup and rescue operations.

During those forty-eight hours of rescue operations, neither side could launch any attacks. Even if the two sides' search-and-rescue teams encountered each other, no conflict was permitted.

If enemy soldiers were found alive during rescue operations, they could not be harmed. They could be captured as prisoners, but humanitarian aid had to be provided.

Strictly speaking, the Skywing Mercenary Group was a private armed organization and did not need to abide by international laws of war.

However, before the war began, the Dion Empire had sent an envoy to request that the Skywing Mercenary Group abide by international laws of war, as well as treaties applying only to the two sides.

After Long Fei and Li Jiaming discussed the matter with the generals, they agreed to the request, and both sides signed the treaty.

Now, during the forty-eight-hour ceasefire, both sides dispatched their own search-and-rescue teams to look for surviving comrades.

Besides dispatching rescue teams, the Skywing Mercenary Group also sent out Steel Ball Work Ships and Steel Ball Rescue Medical Ships.

The Steel Ball Work Ships removed the wreckage from the battlefield, while the Steel Ball Rescue Medical Ships worked with the rescue teams to search for survivors.

All the war correspondents also rushed into the battlefield, now under ceasefire, to conduct live broadcasts.

The Steel Balls aboard the Steel Ball Work Ships recovered wreckage. Once their