At 5:00 p.m. on April 26, 1975, 19 heavy artillery pieces poured fire into enemy bases, fired the signal gun, and opened the attack to liberate Ba Ria - Vung Tau .
At 11pm the same day, Regiment 12 launched an attack on Duc Thanh district. At Duc Thanh sub-region, the enemy relied on solid fortifications to counterattack fiercely; however, they could not withstand the continuous attacks of the liberation forces. By the morning of April 27, Duc Thanh district was liberated. This was the first district in the province to be liberated.
In Ba Ria town, after the opening artillery barrage at 5 p.m. on April 26, Regiment 141, together with local troops and commando forces, led the way to attack the town and Van Kiep Training Center. The fighting in the town was fierce, with our troops and the enemy fighting for every street corner. By dawn on April 27, the attack forces simultaneously launched attacks to capture the enemy's key targets.
At 3:00 p.m. on April 27, we completely occupied the enemy's outposts in the inner city. Ba Ria town was liberated. The flag of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam flew high on top of the Water Tower (Round House).
People of Ba Ria town welcome the liberation army. (Photo: VNA)
Also on the morning of April 27, the armed forces of Xuyen Moc attacked, approached, and surrounded the sub-regions. The enemy fled in chaos. At noon on April 27, Xuyen Moc was liberated. The communes of Phuoc Thanh, Phuoc Tho, and Phuoc Hoa Long were liberated at 12:30 on April 27. The national flag and the flag of the Front flew all over Long Dat.
On the evening of April 27, 1975, the Operations Department reported on the war situation in the suburbs of Saigon. Our army basically carried out the campaign plan in all directions.
In the book "Great Spring Victory", General Van Tien Dung wrote that on the evening of April 27, 1975, after a day and night of fighting, at the Campaign Command Center, the situation was summarized as follows:
In the East, the 2nd Corps opened fire at exactly 5:00 p.m. on April 26. Nearly ten artillery battalions poured fire on the enemy. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, our troops rushed out from the rubber forests to the sound of trumpets echoing through the forest. In less than two hours, the 304th Division captured the Armored Training School and part of the Nuoc Trong base.
In the southwest direction, we cut off Route 4 from Ben Luc bridge to Trung Luong intersection north of My Thuan ferry and the section from Cai Lay to An Huu, blocking and attracting the enemy's forces of divisions 7, 9, and 22, creating favorable conditions for other directions to operate.
In the North, the 1st Corps destroyed a number of enemy artillery positions and controlled Route 16 to deploy forces to penetrate deeply, reaching 7km north of Thu Dau Mot. On the night of April 27, Binh My - an enemy stronghold on Route 16 was lost. All enemy outposts on the east side of Route 16 disintegrated and fled. The enemy's defense line on Route 16 was completely broken.
In the Northwest direction, the 3rd Corps destroyed 11 out of 18 enemy artillery positions in one day and night, cut off Routes 22 and 1, and blocked the enemy's 25th Division regiments from Tay Ninh to Dong Du.
In another development, on April 27, 1975, Cu Lao Thu and Phu Quy islands - the last piece of land of Binh Thuan province - were completely liberated.
At Truong Sa archipelago, at 1:30 a.m., ship 673 carrying the invasion force left Son Ca island towards Nam Yet island. At 10:30 a.m., ship 673 arrived at Nam Yet island. A part of Squad 3 quickly landed and occupied the island. At 11:30 a.m. on April 27, 1975, our army completely controlled Nam Yet island.
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