While successfully annihilating the Wilson task force, the third mixed brigade also suffered considerable casualties. Judging from the casualties, the large-scale attack launched by the Ming army overnight probably only took a small advantage.
From a distance, soldiers in twos and threes were cleaning the battlefield, while teams of medical soldiers and stretcher bearers were carefully searching for the surviving wounded from both sides.
"Basically annihilated" means that the enemy's basic combat strength has been eliminated and lost its combat capability, while "total annihilation" means that all or most of the enemy's forces have been annihilated.
In the end, only the Gurkha regiment of Wilson's task force was able to successfully break through as an organized organization; although eight tanks of the Fifth Royal Tank Regiment (battalion) also escaped with it, the battalion headquarters and several companies were completely destroyed, and the organizational structure was not restored. It exists again, so it can be counted as total annihilation.
Therefore, the 5th British Royal Tank Regiment, the 4th British-Indian Artillery Regiment, and the 16th British-Indian Infantry Brigade can be regarded as completely wiped out.
In Zhou Changfeng's eyes, this battle of annihilation was a typical example of a two-sided battle - there was right and there was wrong, it had great reference value and was worth promoting and learning from.
It is not easy to organize a large-scale field battle at night, not to mention that the third brigade arrived overnight and was not familiar with the place. It rushed into the battle without rest and reconnaissance. It can be said that it came with its own debuff from the beginning.
After this battle, it can be seen that the Ming army has many congenital problems and a serious lack of actual combat experience.
But for an army that has not experienced war for many years, such results are actually very good? Zhou Changfeng felt that he was taking it for granted, and making condescending judgments based on what he had seen and heard seemed a bit harsh indeed?
As for the aspects worthy of recognition, the training is very solid - the infantry's tactical movements 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 put in hard work.
And to be honest, carrying out such a determined and large-scale attack at night is indeed very shocking and can greatly damage the enemy's morale.
When Zhou Changfeng drove to the brigade headquarters to report, he heard the officers inside talking and laughing before he even stepped into the tent, roughly talking about how to write a report about this battle, such as "Overnight, five thousand enemy troops were wiped out." , only the general and a small group of remnants escaped" and so on.
When the two guards outside the tent saw him arriving, they immediately stood up straight and performed a gun salute.
Zhou Changfeng opened the curtain of the tent and walked in. He saluted and said: "Report, the staff department has successfully completed the tasks assigned by the Lingzhi headquarters. Now I request to return to the construction!"
Several staff officers and officers inside suddenly stopped talking and laughing, and six or seven eyes fell on him.
Seeing Zhou Changfeng's body covered with several bandages, and the original color of his military uniform stained with blood and dust could hardly be seen, Brigadier Huang Taize, who was known for his stern and unsmiling nature, couldn't help but be speechless.
He looked at it carefully for two seconds and said seriously: "I agree to return to Jian."
After finishing speaking, several people present breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to greet him in various ways.
"This little town is about to be razed to the ground. It's really scary."
"Quick, quick, get a whole cup of herbal tea!"
"You have a lot of injuries. Go to the field hospital to have them treated again. This place is hot and humid and prone to infection."
"Yeah, go, go, go."
Later, when Zhou Changfeng came out of the tent and was about to go to the field hospital, he met Zhu Lizhuo.
As the saying goes, there are four irons between brothers. In Zhou Changfeng's increasingly clear memory, he and this guy got along very well. Although they didn't have classmates or share the spoils, they carried guns together and fought with that guy. The point of paper worshiping the handle.
"Wow, Ke Xing, why are you like this?" Seeing that he was covered in filth, Zhu Lizhuo was surprised on the spot.
"I just got off the line of fire, what do you think?" Zhou Changfeng stretched out his thumb and shook it back, and said as he walked: "I'm going to the hospital to change the medicine."
"I'll go with you. You're so scary. If you don't take even two steps, you'll fall to the ground."
"Oh, that's not the case."
As the deputy chief of staff of the Mixed Third Brigade, Zhu Lizhuo is at the same level as Zhou Changfeng. He is mainly responsible for firepower coordination and serves as the commander of the artillery command post.
He was proficient in music and mathematics. He initially served in the military band of the Second Guards Division, but later found it boring, so he applied to go to martial arts to study gunnery. After graduation, he joined the Third Brigade.
Hmm... As far as his current profession is concerned, he is in the same league as his before time travel.
When we came to the field hospital, there were more than a dozen huge tents set up here, which were used for first aid, surgery, power generation, decontamination, casualty placement, etc.
These tents are all gray and white, with bright red cross signs on the top; at the same time, very large red cross flags with white background are also spread around the field hospital area. This is to facilitate the British and Indian Air Force's obvious identification to prevent accidental damage.
The fierce fighting in the previous few hours was fierce, so a large number of wounded were continuously sent to the field hospital after simple first-aid bandaging.
The urgent calls, cries of pain, and the strong smell of blood and alcohol made people feel nervous all of a sudden.
"Get out of the way! Seriously injured, urgent, two of you!"
"No. 3 still has five minutes to finish one, and No. 1 still has half an hour! Send it outside to wait."
"Damn it, I waited half an hour for the previous operation and still didn't get in line, so I jumped in line again?"
"Can't tell the priorities? Look clearly and hurry up!"
On the side, several medical soldiers, stretcher bearers, nurses, and field hospital guards started arguing, as if they were about to start a fight.
A military doctor lieutenant with sword-browed eyes and starry eyes who hurried over after hearing the news glanced around, frowned and said: "If you make any more noise, I'll call the military police. Please be honest."
The medical unit of the mixed brigade is one level lower than the division. It is just a medical team, and its size is more than half smaller than the division's medical battalion.
The field hospital opened by the team-level medical unit has only 120 beds; the battalion-level hospital can have up to 300 beds.
It doesn't look like much, but in theory it's barely enough, because the majority of lightly wounded people generally don't need surgery, so there's no need to occupy beds in field hospitals.
However, because the intensity of the previous battle was too high and the casualties were too high in a short period of time, medical resources suddenly became tense.
Looking at the busy figures coming and going here, Zhou Changfeng retreated decisively, "To be honest, my injury can only be regarded as a minor injury, so I'd better not disturb them."
Zhu Lizhuo had no objection, so the two simply took a walk around the field hospital and went to the field canteen not far away for breakfast.
The two of them were chatting and wandering around. It was not until about this time that the busy atmosphere in the field hospital eased slightly. Only then did anyone notice the first battalion commander and deputy chief of staff walking around here?
So a military medical sergeant and a nurse took Zhou Changfeng to re-bandage him. They also took an X-ray and determined that the third rib on the left rib was fractured, accompanied by some tiny bone fragments.
"Um... sir, do you want to do the surgery now? We can do it here, but the conditions are limited and it may not be clean." The handsome military doctor lieutenant from before asked.
Then I would definitely choose to go back to the rear for surgery. If it is not handled properly here, I will suffer a lot from the second surgery in the future.
