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>Zeon was willing to fight to the last man and willing tk fight tk the death with Giren in command. When Kycillia took command, a bunch of people said "Aw hell nah" and left. The remainders fought less hard.
Half of this is made up and the other half is from 0083. Delaz left because he was a loyalist to Gihren, but there's little to no evidence Zeon just didn't fight hard when they were cornered with no way out. There was no magic trick. In Mobile Suit Gundam Zeon just loses because they're weaker despite having every strategic advantage. They were already starting to lose before Gihren even died. Kycillia sees the battle and while Gihren's jerking himself off she tells him the Federation is actually fighting well but he brushes her off. Gihren was high on his own farts and didn't even think the remnants of Revil's fleet would regroup around the White Base (which arrived late) and enter the fray and Zeon gets caught off guard by them even if it's only 8 ships or whatever. He was smart, but deluded. That's also why he thought it was a bright idea to make light of killing Degwin in front of Kycillia

>While the Federation would have been completely spent.
Zeon was more spent than the Federation was and the Federation was going in a straight line to Side 3 and Kycillia lost most of her fleet detachment that came from Granada. They were going to get fucked if they lost at A Baoa Qu.