AFOVA New Letter 2 of Year 2021

Section 5 – War Diary CV 2 No. 02 / 2021 Page 79 of 332 120 rockets at automatic mode meant dropping 5.4 tons of ammo onto a defended locality within twenty seconds. Now that would require roughly 20 fire units or seven regiment to fire at the same time in unison. We were the chosen 40 odd rocket troopers with our three agile beasts of war were going to deliver perdition and mayhem on the enemy at Jubar. As Uniform 101 on the divisional fire support net at 1945 hours that I was to acknowledge receipt of the fire order and quickly pass it onto my GPO- which I did with gusto pride elan and a swagger. The dance of the proverbial horsemen of the Apocalypses at Jubar had begun. Hotel Hour (H) Some Memories of the signal communication made by me before I unleashed the dance of the Apocalypse. U101 to U101 A Battle stations –launchers (Alpha 1/ Bravo 1 /bravo 2). Troop report ready. U101 A Ready acknowledged the troop leader Subedar Arjan Singh. GPO confirm ready. Affirmative came the reply from Nb Sub AIG Datta. U 101 to U103 – Standby. Acknowledged. U101 to U103 Fire. – Fired Roger on Uniform ****. Log the time at 1951 hours. 120 rockets left their tubes at 2520 kmph – (2 Mach) blazing 120 streaks of fire for a thousand meters in the powered phase dropping to about 1500 kmph and stabilizing themselves on their explosive journey way to Jubar Hill. In ten seconds 120 blazers in unison ripped through the bowels of the enemy detonating exploding, tearing maiming burning and shredding him or whatever was left of him other mighty topchis which had already played merry hell in the fire plan which had stated an hour before. 5.5 tonnes delivered. We reloaded and repeated the salvo after 55 minutes. (Another 5.5 Tns of Ammo) Thereafter the 55 balance rockets were used to engage another Uniform target in depth – an Administrative area. The Shoot and taken and controlled by the Anchor OP. Our RV with Jubar culminated. Epilogue Tired worn out and jubilant – I violated good order and military discipline by sharing a chotta toast of C17H18 BR N5 O with Subedar Arjan Singh and Nb Sub Datta – Senior JCO and GPO without whom I could not have done this Mission Impossible.