In this spirited and patriotic address, he eulogized the liberation army, which was being formed around the nucleus of the professional soldiers from the East Bengal Regiment. While surveying the activities of the liberation army with additional information he further expanded the command structure, dividing the country into seven major regions and appointed the commanders for each region and those were:
a. Chittagong-Chittagong Hill Tracts region under Major Ziaur Rahman.
b. Comilla-Noakhali region under Major Khaled Musharraf.
c. Sylhet-Brahmanbaria-Mymensingh region under Major K.M. Safiullah.
d. Rangpur-region under Captain Nawazish.
e. Dinajpur-Rajshahi-Pabna region under Major Najmul Haque.
f. South west region (Khustia-Jessore) under Major Abu Osman Chowdhury.
g. Barishal-Patuakhali region under Capt. Jalil.
As predicted Colonel M A G Osmany was appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the liberation force of Bangladesh. The announcement was most opportune. It had its desired effect.
Zia, Khaled and myself made our Plan to mop up pockets of resistance in our area preparatory to a combined onslaught on Dhaka. But our plans could not be materialized immediately. Enemy struck us at all fronts. Pakistani forces were hell bent on ousting us from the liberated areas.
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