destroyed 2 parked vehicles. The Pakistanis opened up with their weapons blindly, firing in all directions, hoping to scare off the raiders. The raid lasted for more than one hour in which 2 vehicles were destroyed and 5 Pakistanis suffered casualtics.
On June 23, another ambush was laid near Hiaku. A small convoy carrying ration to Ramgarh hit the ambush. The guerillas had take position in the dense jungle on the high ground by the road side. The convoy was attacked by rocket launchers and LMG. A microbus was destroyed, killing I officer and 3 other Pakistani soldiers, 2 others were injured. The Pakistanis were mentally prepared for ambush on this road and they took immediate cover in the dense jungle on the other side. Meanwhile from nearby camp at Hiaku reinforcement reached the scene of action. By that time our ambush party had dis-appeared into the jungle and returned to the base.
On July 1, I sent a platoon with Capt. Shamsul Huda to raid Debipur post. The raid was successful. Our troops leaped from one bunker to another, lobbing hand- grenades and blasting the occupants of the bunkers with sub-machinegun fire. Having completed the mission, the guerillas withdrew to the base. On our side Sepoy Fazlur Rahman, Habilder Abdul Hussain, Sepoy Toha Mia fought very bravely and died in action. 6 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 12 others were injured.
At midday on July 3, a micro-bus carrying a number of Pakistanis including one Captain was ambushed by our troops at Chikanchara on Ramgarh-Karerhat road. The Captain and 4 other Pakistanis were killed in the action. We carried out numerous actions on this road and killed a number of the Pakistanis. They rarely moved on this road at night, restricting their move to the day-light as far as possible.
On July 11, IIanaponi Bridge in Mirsharai was demolished by the guerillas. On 15 July. Subedar Raham Ali with a group of 20 others laid on ambush between Begam Bazar and Ramgarh. A convoy carrying ration and ammunition was caught in the ambush. As our troops opened fire, the Pakistanis, new and not acquainted to the terrain, were completely be-wildered and ran in panic for shelter. 6 Pakistanis were killed and many were injured in the action.
Most raids on the BOP's and enemy defences were almost identical. Our troops carried out reconnaissance, specially about LMG & MG positions of the Pakistanis. Thereafter, small groups of usually 10 to 15 people would stealthily creep upto their positions. Some of the guerillas would position themselves to prevent themselves to prevent the Pakistanis from receiving reinforcements, as well as to cover the withdrawal of our own forces after the actions were over. The rest of the guerillas would go for direct action against selected bunkers. Thereafter, if time and situation permitted, a few would go for more bunkers or other lucrative targets, spraying those with carbine fires or lobbing hand-grenades. The aim was to harass the Pakistanis and to inflict as much casualty as possible without suffering any loss. We did not want, at that stage, to destroy enemy in piccc-meal nor did we have adequate resources to achieve such aim. We concentrated on continuous raids and ambushes which would demorlise the Pakistani soldiers, soldiers, sap their will power to fight and inculcate in them a fear of absolute uncertainty of absolute uncertainty of the war and the cause for which they were in Bangladesh.
