The Garud Strikes
“And even now no one had a clue if they would be going ahead with the offensive or not; and if so, when.
Map signed by Lieutenant General JFR Jacob, PVSM, then Chief of Staff, Eastern Command However, surprisingly, there was no tension in the air. Most of the men and younger officers had dozed off; exhausted by the intense burst of activity that erupts when any military unit receives the orders to mobilize for war. The others, still riding out the adrenaline surge, and now bored with this linger...ing inactivity, were trying to sleep. A few were chatting, but in really low tones, mindful of the border outposts not too far away. Some were eating; a very select some… basically the die-hard (and quite literal) followers of Napoleon’s an-army-marches-on-its-stomach philosophy.
For the senior lot, of course, it was a different story. Most of them had seen battle before. In the two decades since Indian independence, the country had seen more than its fair share of war, not surprising, considering its unusually belligerent neighbour.MoreLess
Map signed by Lieutenant General JFR Jacob, PVSM, then Chief of Staff, Eastern Command However, surprisingly, there was no tension in the air. Most of the men and younger officers had dozed off; exhausted by the intense burst of activity that erupts when any military unit receives the orders to mobilize for war. The others, still riding out the adrenaline surge, and now bored with this linger...ing inactivity, were trying to sleep. A few were chatting, but in really low tones, mindful of the border outposts not too far away. Some were eating; a very select some… basically the die-hard (and quite literal) followers of Napoleon’s an-army-marches-on-its-stomach philosophy.
For the senior lot, of course, it was a different story. Most of them had seen battle before. In the two decades since Indian independence, the country had seen more than its fair share of war, not surprising, considering its unusually belligerent neighbour.MoreLess
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