AFVOA Newletter August 2020

Section 4 – War Diary CV 2 No. 02 / 2020 Page 38 of 237 approaching column of troops. We froze and let the column pass and resumed our recconaisance after the column left. We soon decided on the deployment of the sub units and site for the Medium Machine Gun. Khajoor singh went back and got the subunits guided and deployed them as per the plan.The time was 2AM. I went around my subunits and briefed them of the need to remain silent and exercise strict fire control..The men were motivated and itching for action. They quickly dug trenches with the entrenching tools they carried. I gave an all clear message to the Battalion Hq and suggested the immediate move of the unit to reach before first light and that I would send guides. Figure 1 Battle Action - Road Block, Night of December 14/15, Dec1971 Around 4.30 hours, Lt Col MNB Nair and Capt Prakash our Adjutant were guided towards our location. I briefed them on my deployment , the road block, the ambush plan and suggested deploymet areas for the reminder of the unit. A and D companies were deployed behind the two platoons of C company.The rest of the unit and supporting weapons well behind to serve as a reserve.A detatchment of one recoilless Gun 106 MM from 2 Para Regiment was deployed in A company location.The Brigade Commander along with 9 Bihar Regiment would join in about five hours to guard the Dhaka approach. In the true Mukhti Bahini style,Prakash propped an old cycle rickshaw from an abandoned hut in the middle of the road. Daylight was about to break, and we were ready.