The Campaign Command is determined to continue...

Our artillerymen are actively preparing for the opening fire.

To successfully complete the remaining tasks of the second phase, the Campaign Command instructed units to strengthen the construction of offensive positions and encircle the enemy; the closer our position gets, the tighter the encirclement becomes, the more stubborn the enemy will be in response. Therefore, we must have a good position to encircle and hold out to fight the enemy's counterattacks. In addition, we control the airspace of Dien Bien Phu with all kinds of firepower, day and night, organize competition for parachute supplies and air reinforcements, destroy the enemy's remaining main support, and push them into an increasingly dangerous situation...

On the enemy side, they reinforced 167 paratroopers for Dien Bien Phu; dispatched two C119 aircraft to dump all the artillery shells they carried onto the drop zone. By the morning of April 8, 1954, a French unit was sent to Co My village to collect the stray artillery shells, but there was no trace left of the stray artillery shells.

In Saigon, Colonel Gentil, Chief of the French Army's Technical Department, said that after consulting with experts in France, he proposed that artificial rain could be created on Route 41 leading to Dien Bien Phu. Artificial rains, combined with natural thunderstorms, could cause difficulties for trucks carrying supplies to our troops. Although the possibility of this experimental project achieving results was very low, Navarre agreed to mobilize vehicles for testing.

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