The retreat of the three Independent Groups requires fifteen minutes to avoid the Empire's nuclear strike, but this does not mean that Yang Antai will order their retreat immediately.
"In forty-three minutes, we can retrieve all the Duke Mechas, provided the Empire doesn't use nuclear weapons to bombard the remnants of the Peace."
Calculating the weight in tons, capturing the Duke Mechas when they cannot be piloted is not easy. Moreover, this is under the continuous bombardment by the Empire at the location of the Peace's wreckage.
The Mountain of Gods battle zone originally intended to deploy unmanned equipment to complete a mission of significant importance while minimizing further sacrifices.
But time was of the essence. After Ji Xinghe explained his idea, Yang Antai decided to support it and deployed a conventional Mecha Army to conduct the capture operation by dragging the mechas.
