11/08/2023 13:17
Although we have heard a lot about the miracle of this tunnel, this time we were able to see and hear it when we visited and explored Vinh Moc Tunnels with the Provincial Journalists Association on a field trip to Quang Tri and some provinces in the Central region. Visiting Vinh Moc Tunnels, we felt the arduous endurance, incessant creativity and brave fighting spirit of Quang Tri's army and people during the war years.
More than 7 am, one day at the end of July, the car took us from Dong Ha city, along National Highway 7A towards the North, then turned into a small road down to the sea to Vinh Moc Tunnels, in the territory of Vinh Moc village. , Vinh Thach commune, Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province, 1 km from Cua Tung beach to the North. On the road lined with green bamboo, perhaps few people know that in the period from 7-1965, in the plan to expand the war of destruction, with the goal of destroying this lifeless land, the army The American team and its minions dropped hundreds of thousands of tons of bombs on Vinh Linh. According to statistics, from 1972 to 1964, the US imperialists dropped more than half a million tons of bombs on Vinh Linh in Vinh Linh. In which, there are types with a large degree of destruction and damage such as peach bombs, drill bombs, ball bombs, napalm bombs. On an area of less than 1972 square kilometers, more than half a million tons of bombs and bullets were received, on average, each resident in this area suffered 820 tons of bombs and 2 cannons.
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From tunnel door 1, we followed the guide to go deep into the tunnels. While going to the tour guide, he introduced and warned us to be careful not to lose our way as well as step into the deep holes.
According to the introduction, Vinh Moc Tunnels has a system of arched tunnels with the size of 0.9mx 1.75m, 2.034m long. The tunnel has 13 doors, including 6 doors leading to the hill, 7 doors leading to the sea and 3 ventilation wells.
Vinh Moc Tunnels is divided into 3 floors: 1st floor, 8-10m from the ground, with a length of 421,82m. This floor is used for maneuvering combat and shelter. The 2nd floor, 12-15m above the ground, 508,08m long, is where the villagers live, and the 3rd floor, 20-23m deep, 130,35m long, is used as a storage for food and weapons for the villagers. Con Co island as well as serving in combat for the army and people of Vinh Moc Tunnels.
Along the two sides of the tunnel, 1,8m deep and 0,8m wide into small cells, there are rooms for households of 3-4 people can live. In addition, in the tunnel, there is also a hall with a capacity of 50-60 people, used as a meeting place, watching movies, performing arts and some other works such as: bulletin board, maternity house, 3 wells water, toilet, surgery station, dispensary, cooking stove (Hoang Cam kitchen). During the fierce war years, 17 babies were born here.
Vinh Moc Tunnels also has a trench transportation system connecting tunnel villages and tunnels together creating a continuous "tunnel village system" in the entire area. From 1965 to 1968, the whole Vinh Linh district dug 2.098 km of trenches.
The trench transport has the effect of avoiding casualties by bombs with destructive power and small radius of damage, and for people to promptly travel to serve combat more flexibly. Therefore, this system of trenches is dug throughout the villages and communes in Vinh Linh district at present. The trench transport system is connected from house to field, from one tunnel to another, from one village to another, from one commune to another. The trench transportation system in Vinh Moc Tunnels at that time was not only used for pedestrians but also bicycles to circulate, even animals such as buffaloes, cows, pigs also moved under the trenches to prevent and control the traffic. reduce the risk of bombs falling.
With these great historical values, since 1976, Vinh Moc Tunnels has been recognized as a National Historical and Cultural Relic; in 2014 was recognized as a special National Monument.
Manh Thang
