While successfully basically annihilating Task Force Wilson, the casualties of the 3rd Mixed Brigade were also not small, and in terms of casualties, the large-scale attack launched by the Ming army overnight probably only took a small advantage.

From a distance, soldiers in groups were cleaning up the battlefield, while teams of medics and stretchers were carefully searching for the surviving wounded on both sides.

"Basic annihilation" refers to the annihilation of the enemy's basic combat strength and loss of combat capability, while "total annihilation" refers to the total or vast majority of the enemy's forces being annihilated.

In the end, only the Gurkha regiment of Wilson's contingent was considered to have successfully broken out in formation; Although the 5th Royal Tank Regiment (Battalion) also had eight tanks escaped, the battalion headquarters and several company headquarters were completely wiped out, and the formation ceased to exist, so it can be counted as total annihilation.

Therefore, the British 5th Royal Tank Regiment, the Anglo-Indian 4th Artillery Regiment, and the Anglo-Indian 16th Infantry Brigade can be regarded as total annihilation.

This war of annihilation is a typical example of two-sided warfare in the eyes of Zhou Changfeng - there are right and wrong, and the reference value is very large, and it is very worthy of promotion and learning.

It is not easy to organize a large-scale field battle at night, not to mention that the mixed 3rd Brigade arrived overnight, and it is unfamiliar with the place, and it rushes into battle without rest and reconnaissance, so it can be said that it comes with a debuff from the beginning.

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

But 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 judging condescendingly based on what he had seen and heard, it seemed that it was indeed a bit harsh?

As for the positive aspect, the training is very solid - the tactical movements 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, and it can be seen that the effort has been made.

And to tell the truth, such a resolute and large-scale attack at night was indeed very shocking, and it could greatly damage the morale of the enemy army.

When Zhou Changfeng went to the brigade headquarters by car to report, he had even entered the tent when he heard the officers inside talking and laughing, to the effect that how to write the Tang newspaper of this battle, such as "overnight, 5,000 enemy troops were wiped out, and only the remaining main general and a small group of remnants of the army fled" and so on.

When the two guards outside the tent saw him coming, they immediately stood up straight and saluted.

Zhou Changfeng opened the curtain of the tent and walked in, saluting and said: "Report, the Ministry of Duties has successfully completed the task assigned by the Lingzhi Command, and now I request to be rebuilt!" ”

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

Seeing that Zhou Changfeng's military uniform was covered with several bandages and stained with blood and dust, the original color could hardly be seen, and the brigade commander Huang Taize, who was known for being stern and unsmiling, couldn't help but be speechless.

He looked at it seriously for two seconds, and said, "Agree to return to the building." ”

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

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

"Hurry up, come with a whole cup of herbal tea!"

"You have a lot of injuries, go to the field hospital to retreat it, this place is hot and humid, and it is easy to get infected."

"yes, go and go."

Later, Zhou Changfeng, who had left the tent, was just about to go to the field hospital when he met Zhu Lixuan head-on.

As the saying goes, there are four big irons between brothers, in Zhou Changfeng's more and more clear memory, he and this guy are very compatible, although there are no classmates and spoils, but they carry guns together and what is there, once to the point where they are about to cut off the head of the chicken and burn the yellow paper to worship the handle.

"Wow, Kexing, why did you look like this?" Seeing that he was filthy, Zhu Lishuo was surprised on the spot.

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

"I'll go with you, you're scared to death like this, I'm afraid you'll fall to the ground if you don't take two steps."

"Oh, no."

As the deputy chief of staff of the 3rd Mixed Brigade, Zhu Lishuo was at the same level as Zhou Changfeng, and he was mainly responsible for fire coordination and served as the commander of the artillery command post.

He was proficient in music and mathematics, and at first served in the military band of the Second Praetorian Guard Division, but later found it boring, so he applied to go to the martial arts school to study artillery, and after graduation, he came to the Third Mixed Brigade.

Well... As far as his current profession is concerned, he is the same as his former self.

When we came to the field hospital, more than a dozen huge tents had been set up here, which were used for first aid, surgery, power generation, decontamination, casualty placement, and so on.

The tents are all off-white with a bright red cross on 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 and Indian air forces to prevent accidental injuries.

The fierce fighting in the previous hours was not without its intensity, so a large number of wounded were brought to the field hospital after a simple first aid bandage.

The urgent cries, the cries of pain, and the strong smell of blood and alcohol make people's hearts tense all at once.

"Get out of the way! Serious injuries are urgent, two! ”

"There are five minutes left for No. 3 to finish one, and No. 1 has half an hour left! I'll send it outside and wait. ”

"Damn, I waited for half an hour for the previous operation and didn't get in line, and I cut the queue again?"

"Can't tell the difference between priorities and priorities? See clearly, hurry! ”

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

Hearing the news, a military doctor lieutenant who hurried over glanced around, frowned, and said, "If you make any more noise, you will call the gendarmes, be honest with me." ”

The level 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 the size of the medical battalion of the division.

The field hospital, which is run by a team-level medical unit, has only 120 beds; The battalion level can reach 300.

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

However, because the intensity of the previous battle was too high, the casualties in a short period of time were too large, so the medical resources suddenly became strained.

Looking at the busy figures coming and going, Zhou Changfeng retreated decisively, "To be honest, I can only be regarded as a minor injury, so I still don't bother them." ”

Zhu Lishuo didn't have an opinion, so the two simply walked around the field hospital, and went to the field canteen not far away for breakfast by the way.

The two of them walked around and walked around, and it was not until the end of the day that the busy atmosphere of the field hospital eased slightly, and only then did anyone notice that the commander of the first battalion and the deputy chief of staff were 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, which confirmed that the third rib of the left rib was cracked, accompanied by some tiny bone fragments.

"This... Sir, do you want to have surgery now? It can also be done here, but the conditions are limited and it may not be cleaned. The handsome medic lieutenant from before asked.

Then I must choose to go back to the rear to do it, if I don't deal with it here, I will suffer a lot of sin in the second operation in the future.