It was Sea Era 1477.
The war had already lasted three years.
Ever since the Pluton Pirates led by Hades began their operations, the Allied Forces' fortunes in the war had taken a sharp turn for the worse.
The World Government abandoned the idea of transporting supplies to the front.
The Allied Forces' defeat had become a foregone conclusion.
That was all the more true now that they had lost their supplies.
Every day, large numbers of Allied Forces soldiers died in battle.
Why didn't the Allied Forces at the front withdraw?
Because they simply couldn't.
There were too few warships and too many disabled vessels, with nowhere to repair them at this point.
Besides, there was Titan, that sneaky bastard who loved stealing warships.
Recognizing the Allied Forces' predicament, the powerful members of the Rocks Pirates made destroying their battleships a priority during the war.
Five hundred thousand troops were gathered at the front, but they had fewer than fifty battleships.
Even if every Navy Warship was counted as a large battleship, with two thousand people crammed aboard each,
the Allied Forces could take back no more than a hundred thousand people.
That didn't even account for those who might die while being pursued by the Rocks Pirates.
The World Government had transported its troops in batches to begin with. Moving them all at once was simply impossible.
Besides, there were so few warships left now, and more were constantly being destroyed.
What choice did that leave the Allied Forces?
Abandon the remaining four hundred thousand troops?
That was absolutely out of the question.
If word got out, it would deal a fatal blow to the prestige of both the Navy and the World Government.
Even if four hundred thousand people died in battle, abandoning four hundred thousand people