‘At first we thought they were our own boys, but as they were crossing us, someone suddenly shouted that they were Pakistanis. Before I could realize what was happening, my men began to run after them.’ Realizing the importance of keeping the platoon intact and ready to deploy and provide fire support at short notice, Sube Singh ran around and got his men back into order. By then the mortar platoon had captured two of the fleeing Pakistani soldiers. Passing on the prisoners of war back towards the rear, the mortar platoon resumed its advance towards Arhand, approximately six kilometres away. Flying in the dark, literally, Tuffy, who was leading the battalion’s advance, had been banking on his local guides to get him to Arhand. However, even they got confused, and missing Arhand, landed bang on National Highway No 1. Finally figuring out where they were, Tuffy got them going again and managed to hit Arhand by about 0300 hours on 06 December 1971. As instructed, he halted about half a kilometre short of Arhand and deployed.
