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Day Four: The PRC would declare a unilateral cease-fire at first
light, and demand that:
1. All Indian troops located further North of their ‘battalion defended
area’, including all elements in Tawang town vacate the area by
moving in vehicles southwards past their road-block, starting from
mid-day Day Four, the entire evacuation to be carried out by last
light Day Six.
2. Starting with immediate effect, all Indian troops in locations
between their ‘defended area’ and Bum La, move down to Tawang
by mid-day, vacating Indian positions in the Bum la area and in the
Pankengtong Tso and Milaktong La areas.
From mid-day onwards a Chinese link-up on foot and using pack
animals, to the Chinese battalion, would commence from the Pankentong
Tso-Milaktong La area, with stores and ammunition, etc, having been
brought by road over Bum La in vehicles, as well as in helicopters, to this
area. This would bring in a ‘reinforced infantry battalion’, a Rapid
Reaction Force unit, to enlarge the area held by the airborne battalion.
Behind this battalion, the entire 53rd Mountain Combined Arms Brigade
at Nyigchi, Tibet, would remain poised in a nearby concentration area and
forward assembly area. This brigade will have been tasked to either move in
and occupy designated features or to launch an attack in the BumlaTawan-Jang sector.
The other Mountain Combined Arms Brigade, the 52nd also at Nyigchi would also be standing ready in depth, to move
wherever ordered. Elements of the 76th Group Army such as the 149th Medium Combined Arms Brigade, the 182nd Light Combined Arms
Brigade, and the 76th Special Operations Brigade would all be an alert,
with some ready to move forward.
The story could be developed further. What could India do
immediately? To remove just the one Chinese infantry battalion would
require the concentration of about a full infantry division, which would
not be immediately available nearby. It would also require time.
Impossible scenario? Not really; not in the physical sphere. But a total
breakdown in relations should be highly unlikely where two mature
nations are involved.
Chapter 19 - Dragon’s Mind: The Chinese
Strategic View concluded!