This isn't the data of a single battle, but rather the data from dozens to hundreds of encounters over the recent period.
Although Leefer is formidable, he is nonetheless not a god.
With roughly equal forces, the jump points between the two star systems far apart, and the battle focus concentrated on Salamanca, among countless skirmishes, he simply couldn't dispatch more forces to the Bentley Duke Star System.
To put it simply, it's like two groups of students fighting, with six against six at the south gate and three against three at the north gate. If one party at the south gate sends three people to the north gate, that means before those three reach their destination, their companions have already been taken down.
No commander would make such a decision. You can't expect a commander who is difficult to trap and has already demonstrated considerable military talent to make such an automatic error!
