afterglow

Chapter 52
While successfully basically annihilating the Wilson contingent, the casualties of the Third Mixed Brigade were also not small. Judging from the casualties, the large-scale assault launched by the Ming army overnight probably only took a small advantage.

Looking from a distance, soldiers in twos and threes were cleaning the battlefield, while teams of medical soldiers and stretcher soldiers were carefully searching for the surviving wounded on both sides.

"Basic annihilation" refers to the elimination of the basic combat power of the enemy army and the loss of combat capability, while "total annihilation" refers to the annihilation of all or most of the enemy army.

In the end, only the Gurkha Regiment of the Wilson Task Force was able to successfully break through the siege; although eight tanks escaped from the Fifth Royal Tank Regiment (Battalion), the battalion headquarters and several company headquarters were all destroyed. Existed again, so it can be counted as total annihilation.

Therefore, the British 16th Royal Tank Regiment, the British-Indian Fourth Artillery Regiment, and the British-Indian No.[-] Infantry Brigade can be regarded as total annihilation.

In the eyes of Zhou Changfeng, this battle of annihilation is a typical double-sided battle - there are right and wrong, the reference value is great, and it is very worth promoting and learning.

It is not easy to organize a large-scale field battle at night, not to mention that the mixed third brigade arrived overnight, unfamiliar with the place, and rushed into the battle without rest and reconnaissance. It can be said that it has its own debuff from the beginning.

After this battle, it can be seen that the Ming army has many congenital problems, and at the same time is seriously lacking in actual combat experience.

However, for an army that has not experienced the tempering of war for many years, such a result is actually very good?Zhou Changfeng felt that he was taking it for granted, and making a condescending judgment based on his experience seemed a bit harsh?

As for the positive aspects, the training is very solid-the tactical actions of the infantry are very standard, and the reaction speed and hit rate of the anti-tank guns and anti-aircraft guns are quite commendable. It can be seen that they have worked hard.

And to be honest, such a resolute large-scale assault at night is really shocking and can greatly damage the morale of the enemy.

When Zhou Changfeng drove to the brigade headquarters to report, he heard the officers talking and laughing inside the tent before he stepped into the tent. The general idea was how to write the pond newspaper for this battle, such as "In one night, five thousand enemy troops were wiped out in ashes. , only the main general and a small group of remnant soldiers fled" or something like that.

Seeing him coming, the two guards outside the tent immediately stood up straight and gave a gun salute.

Zhou Changfeng opened the curtain of the tent and walked in, saluted and said: "Report, the staff department has successfully completed the task assigned by the Lingzhi headquarters, and now I request to return to the construction!"

Several staff officers and officers inside stopped talking and laughing at once, and six or seven eyes fell on him in unison.

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng was wrapped in several bandages, and the military uniform was covered with blood and dust, the original color could hardly be seen. Huang Taize, the brigade commander who is known for his strictness and sternness, couldn't help being speechless.

He looked at it seriously for two seconds, and said seriously: "I agree with Guijian."

After finishing speaking, the few people present breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately began to greet each other.

"This little dilapidated town is about to be razed to the ground, it's really dreadful."

"Quick, quick, a whole cup of herbal tea!"

"You have a lot of injuries. Go to the field hospital for retreatment. This place is hot and humid, and it is easy to get infected."

"Yes, go quickly."

Later, when Zhou Changfeng got out of the tent and was about to go to the field hospital, he ran into Zhu Lishuo head-on.

As the saying goes, there are four big irons between brothers. In Zhou Changfeng's increasingly clear memory, he and this guy get along very well. Although they have no classmates and share the spoils, they have carried guns together and lived with them. The point of paper worship.

"Wow, Kexing, why do you look like this?" Seeing his filthy body, Zhu Lishuo was surprised on the spot.

"Just off the line of fire, what do you think?" Zhou Changfeng stretched out his thumb and shook it backwards, and said as he walked, "I'll go to the hospital to change my medicine."

"Let me go with you, you are so frightening to death, I am afraid that you will fall to the ground if you take only two steps."

"Oh, it's not possible."

As the deputy chief of staff of the Third Mixed Brigade, Zhu Lishuo was at the same level as Zhou Changfeng. He was mainly responsible for firepower coordination and served as the commander of the artillery command post.

He is proficient in rhythm and mathematics. At first he worked in the military band of the Second Division of the Imperial Guards. Later, he found it boring, so he applied to study martial arts and studied artillery. After graduation, he joined the Third Brigade.

Hmm... As far as his current occupation is concerned, he is on the same side as himself before time travel.

When I came to the field hospital, more than a dozen huge tents have been set up here, which are used for first aid, surgery, power generation, decontamination, and placement of the wounded.

These tents are gray and white with a bright red cross logo on the top; at the same time, a very large red cross flag on a white background is also spread around the field hospital area, which is to facilitate the obvious identification of the British Indian Air Force to prevent accidental injury.

The fierce fighting in the previous few hours was not insipid, so a large number of wounded were sent to the field hospital continuously after simple first aid bandaging.

The urgent cries, cries of pain, and the strong smell of blood and alcohol made people's hearts tense up.

"Get out of the way! Seriously injured, hurry up, two people!"

"No. 5 still has [-] minutes to complete one, and No. [-] still has half a quarter of an hour! Send it outside and wait."

"Damn, you waited for half an hour for the operation before, and you haven't been in line yet, so you cut the line again?"

"Can't tell the priority? See clearly, hurry up!"

On the side, several medical soldiers, stretcher soldiers, nurses, and field hospital guards quarreled, as if they were about to fight.

Hearing the news, a lieutenant, a military doctor with sharp eyebrows and stars, hurried over, glanced around, frowned, and said, "If you keep arguing, call the military police, be honest."

The rank of the medical unit of the mixed brigade is one level lower than that of the division, but the medical team is more than half smaller than the division's medical battalion.

Field hospitals run by team-level medical units have only 120 beds; battalion-level hospitals have [-] beds.

It doesn't look like much, but it's barely enough in theory, because most of the lightly wounded generally don't need surgery, so they don't need to occupy the beds in the field hospital.

However, because the intensity of the previous battle was too high and the casualties in a short period of time were too high, the medical resources became tense all of a sudden.

Looking at the busy figures coming and going, Zhou Changfeng retreated decisively, "To be honest, this can only be regarded as a minor injury to me, so I don't want to disturb them."

Zhu Lishuo had no objection, so the two simply took a walk around the field hospital and went to the field cafeteria not far away to have breakfast.

The two of them chattered and strolled around until Sishi, when the busy atmosphere of the field hospital eased a little. Only then did anyone notice the first battalion commander and the deputy chief of staff pacing here?

So a military medical sergeant took a nurse to take Zhou Changfeng to re-bandage, and took an X-ray by the way, confirming that the third rib in the left rib was fractured, accompanied by some tiny bone fragments.

"This...sir, do you want to have an operation now? It can be done here, but the conditions are limited, and it may not be cleaned up." The handsome military doctor lieutenant asked before.

Then I must choose to go back to the back to do it. If it is not handled well here, it will be a lot of trouble for the second operation in the future.

(End of this chapter)