পাতা:বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (চতুর্দশ খণ্ড).pdf/৯০৭

875 বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ চতুর্দশ খন্ড শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ ৩৬৫। পাক বাহিনীর কৌশলগত দি ষ্টেটসম্যান ১২ আগষ্ট, ১৯৭১ পশ্চাদপসরণ THE STATESMAN, AUGUST 12, 1971 PAK ARMY RETREATS STRATEGIC: SAY BANGLADESH COMMANDERS By Our Special Representative A few Bangladesh Liberation Army sector commanders who recently met to review the war situation are believed to have held the view that the Pakistan Army's retreats in many areas in the face of Mukti Bahini's commando and guerrilla operations should not give rise to any complacency. The commanders felt that many of these retreats might be for tactical reasons. It is now apparent that the Pakistan Army largely made up of men from West Pakistan finds itself completely dismayed in the mud and slush of East Bengal. It is also not used to fighting in the heavy monsoon conditions that prevail in Bangladesh now. The Army's present tactics may be to conserve its weapons and energy for the post-monsoon season when it hopes to strike hard. In a note to their Liberation Army headquarters the commanders have said that the Mukti Bahini's monsoon thrust should be stepped up as quickly as possible so that "lodgment areas" could be spread wider in the wake of the Pakistan Army's retreat. The commanders maintain that the Liberation Army has "infrastructure wise" everything to continue its sweep over the Pakistan Army during the monsoon. Some recent defections of Bengali gunners and other soldiers from the Pakistan Army units in the western sector have strengthened the Liberation Army. These defectors have trekked their way from the west to report for duty at the Liberation Army headquarters. The commanders suggest that a full regiment of gunners is now available for the Liberation Army and it should be properly used. But the commanders fear that if the monsoon which will last till the middle of October, is allowed to be wasted, the war in Bangladesh will be a prolonged affair much to the difficulties of the people both in East and West Bengal. The commanders feel that during the three monsoon months much more could have been achieved had the weapons available to the Liberation Army been replenished. All commanders in the Liberation Army have been Pakistan Army veterans with full training both in conventional warfare and also in specialized fighting techniques which the United State organized at home and in some NATO countries. Their association with the Pakistan Army for many years have made them familiar with whatever the Army can do in meeting the Liberation Army attacks, According to the commanders the per unit fire power of the Pakistan Army is considerably superior to that of the Liberation Army or even of the Indian Army.