For 陣, how do 'file of troops' semantically appertain to 'short moment of time'?

Question

My Chinese is rudimentary, but CUHK doesn't appear to expatiate this semantic shift.

　　「陣」也用作量詞，表示事物經過的時間段。前蜀毛文錫詞〈醉花間〉：「昨夜雨霏霏，臨明寒一陣。偏憶戍樓人，久絕邊庭信。」宋張輯詞《點絳唇‧南浦月》：「來剪蓴絲，江頭一陣鳴蓑雨。孤篷歸路，吹得蘋風暮。」

Oxford Chinese Dictionary (2010) p 957.

Answer 1

「陣 」can be thought of as "a certain amount"

一陣風
a breeze

一陣輕煙
some light smoke or mist

他們胡鬧了一陣，就離去了
a certain amount of time

一陣間 (in Cantonese)
a short moment

but I think you can say, to a general in a battle, a certain amount of troop, or to him, it is like a flow of battle force (going from right to left, north to south, etc).