The Second Mixed Fleet cut off the energy reserves for the space jump propulsion system. In fact, most of the battleships had already done so by the time the commander issued this order. They could not watch Newton Fleet fight alone, nor could they abandon the space jump point that Newton Fleet had wrested for them through bloody sacrifice. They said, "Since the local fleet entrusted this to us, we will never disgrace their trust unless we die."
The Newton Mixed Fleet split into two arrowheads. They had no aircraft carriers and only a few battleships, most of which were light cruisers and some nearly obsolete destroyers.
The cruisers of the Gazalin Empire detached a unit to block the harassing Federation Fleet, forcing them away and keeping the main force's formation intact to assault the Federation Second Mixed Fleet guarding the jump point.
