Manjula Acharya

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Manjula Acharya

Action Thriller

The unseen Soldier

The unseen Soldier

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     Nineteen hundred sixty-two, China betrayed India and violated the Panchasheel treaty with Jawaharlal Nehru. Nehru could not imagine such a heinous act of the Chinese stabbing behind. Three border places were crucial----Ladakh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh.

      India believed and respected the peace treaty with China which turned out to be suicidal. There was no military preparedness to retaliate against China. China had been preparing before to grab India's land by crossing the Macmohan line.

     Near the border of Sikkim fierce battle was fought at Nathula Pass. India had no advanced equipment to get information about the Chinese troops, their movement, or their combat machines such as tanks, armored vehicles, airfields, supply chains, planes, helicopters, etc. India's gathering information was the age-old method of spies and local people.

 But it was too late. The Chinese were advancing rapidly. In that remote area, there was a missionary residential school and a church. Thirty students from nearby villages were residing there.

     Christina was looking at the children including their education and a father in charge of the church. One day the Chinese suffered from heavy loss which was unexpected for them. They were mad to know how the exact information was passed to the Indians! The church came to their suspicion. In the evening they took the father, Christina, and the students at gunpoint and wanted to know everything from them. Otherwise they all would be killed. Nobody uttered a single word but keep their mouth shut.

    The Chinese soldiers became mad with anger. They made the innocent students stand in a line and tried to know from them about Indian soldier, their movement, and the people coming to the church. All their efforts ended fruitlessly. The children were thirsty begging for water. The soldiers poured water in front of them but did not give them to drink. One after another the children wear becoming senseless in front of the father and Christian. They vowed not to tell anything. The Chinese were becoming restless to make their mouth open. At last, they shot the children and the father.

      They took Christina to their military camp . The night was a horror one for her. They stripped her and tortured her as they wished. Even they were barbarous, drunk and mocked, teased, tortured, and played with her chastity. She vowed to dedicate everything, even life to her country, mother India. Continuously for 3 days they brutally tortured her physically and mentally. She was silent but growing with pain. Moment after moment she was becoming stronger and stronger with an iron will to withstand all the brutalities, one could shiver to hear. 

     Anyhow she returned to the church and school premises alive but with broken health. The nightmare of the past three days was hunting her every moment. She contacted to the nearby people and buried the dead bodies adjacent to the church. After 2 days 3 Chinese soldiers came drunk to the church, molested her savagely, threatening her with dire consequences if she would open her mouth. They did not kill her finding an entertainment place and started coming frequently.

     Christina vowed not to end her life but to sacrifice herself for the service of her motherland. She pretended to be happy with them. Day by day Christiana became professional as such a polished entertainer that they came closer to her within a short period. Continuously she tried to make herself glamorous and collected information bit by bit.

     She could not forget the innocent faces of the children whom she brought up as a mother. She was unmarried but was enjoying the motherly affection and responsibilities. Tears were rolling out automatically over her cheeks. Father was not there to take care of her. Every day in the morning she was going to the burial ground and lit incense sticks on every tomb. She was embracing every tomb, speaking something that she only knew. Every day she was returning from the burial ground with resolute hunger for revenge. She was astonished thinking of herself how she had mastered such a craftmanship of a spy without study and training. Strong resolution and dedication without fear had made her an unseen soldier as thousands in this field.

     She continued sending the very secret and important data regarding their planning, position, and strategy. One day she smelt something about the notorious planning which came out unconsciously from one of the Chinese soldiers. She became extra conscious and tried to make him mad with her scintillating action. To her surprise, the Chinese brigadier wanted to spend the night with Christina. She also wanted to take the opportunity and went with him.

Brigadier------ My darling! you are very beautiful.

Christina -------Is it?

Brigadier-------yah, my sweety, no questions.

(Christian gave him another peg . He was completely under the control of Christina.)

Leaning on the brigadier Christina asked----What is your plan against India?

Brigadier-----A powerful attack with a large number of tanks, planes, helicopters, and bombers, a lightning attack at night. India could not be able to resist the old arms and ammunition.

    At last, the brigadier spat out the details of their planning. The Chinese had to execute their plan the day after tomorrow. But the next night, Indian airplanes bombed the targets with precision devastating their everything which made them dumb noticing the heavy casualties. The Chinese had a secret plan that few officials had known. The Brigadier was one of them. He could smell the fact and run to the school madly looking for Christina. He shouted with fumes from his nostrils but only the echo poured petrol into the fire. Christina was found no more there.



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