Factory Battleship No. 1 Surrenders

The eight-hour ceasefire only gave the Dion Army fighting in outer space a slight chance to catch its breath. The brief rest restored them to perhaps fifty or sixty percent of their condition.

Although the Mars ground forces had dispatched some reinforcements, it was merely a drop in the bucket.

Those forces were only there to protect the artificial satellites and ensure an escape route for the outer-space forces.

During the eight-hour ceasefire, both sides hurried to rescue comrades awaiting aid on the battlefield. The Steel Ball Rescue Medical Ship did not save a large number of Sky Wing Mercenaries as it usually did.

That was because the casualty and battle-damage ratios between the two sides had reached 1:10 and 1:16.

Besides the Skywing Mercenary Group deploying even more powerful weapons, the main reason for this outcome was that the severely exhausted Dion Army had been overwhelmingly suppressed by the Skywing Mercenary Group at full strength.

Meanwhile, the United Army continued returning to their respective countries, while the former Logistics Unit gradually wrapped up its work.

Once the United Army left the Mars Sphere, it scattered like loose sand as each faction returned home.

They returned at full speed because Skywing Mercenary Group forces were still conducting live-fire exercises along their national borders.

The eight-hour ceasefire had ended, and the two sides resumed fighting. Missiles flew everywhere, beams crisscrossed, units fired at long range, and there were dogfights, close-quarters battles, and team engagements.

Fighting erupted once more inside Factory Battleship No. 1, and this time the Sky Wing Mercenaries had far fewer concerns.

If they discovered child soldiers, the Sky Wing Mercenaries would try to capture them with nonlethal weapons whenever conditions allowed.

Although Factory Battleship No. 1 had received some reinforcements, it could not withstand the Mieweng Unit forces