At Dien Bien Phu:
On April 28, 4, Muong Thanh airport was completely controlled by our troops, the enemy had no choice but to drop parachutes. During this time, our soldiers used small forces to surround and attack the enemy on the ground, and at the same time actively shot at aircraft to eliminate enemy reinforcements.
During this time, the anti-aircraft artillery force of the 351st Army and the anti-aircraft machine gun units of the infantry companies created a fire grid system to control Muong Thanh Airport and the sky of Dien Bien Phu at a range of 3 kilometers or less. Enemy planes had to drop parachutes at an altitude of over 3 kilometers, so one-third of those parachutes fell into our battlefield area.
The supply situation was so difficult that Conhi had to call Nava to report "the results of the airdrop of reinforcements to Dien Bien Phu on the 28th, the night of the 28th, the 29th, the night of the 29th: Zero. Only Isabelle received 22 tons.”
According to De Cattri's telegram to Conhi before we launched the third attack, Dien Bien Phu only had 275 155mm bullets, 14 thousand 105mm bullets, 5.000 120mm bullets and De Cat's request. -xtri is emergency supplies.
On the same day, our main forces deployed plans and did preparations for the third phase of the attack. The enemy began to carry out the escape plan (Condo Plan) but failed.
On the battlefield, coordinate:
August 28, 4, Our troops broke into Nam Dinh town, completely destroyed a battalion of puppet soldiers, captured 20 vicious policemen, and 505 puppet soldiers. The next morning, our troops again blocked enemy reinforcements, killing 100 people. In total, we collected 517 guns of all types, 105 boxes of ammunition, destroyed 5 enemy tanks, 21 vehicles of all types, one aircraft and 21 cannons and machine guns.
Modern weapons and war vehicles, many of which were American-branded from the French enemy in Dien Bien Phu, were destroyed and captured by our troops.
General Vo Nguyen Giap presented President Ho Chi Minh's "Determining Victory" flag to the units that achieved achievements.
During the Dien Bien campaign, every hour and minute, every decision made was of utmost importance. Therefore, it is difficult for our soldiers to avoid a state of urgency and tension. At times like these, every verse and song sung is meaningful, it is a spiritual medicine that brings new energy to our soldiers. General Vo Nguyen Giap once shared about that special feeling in the book "Some memories of Dien Bien Phu", People's Army Publishing House (1964) written by writer Huu Mai: "At the end of March, Next to the shack, a new project of engineer comrades appeared. A tunnel for combat command, with enough offices and meeting rooms equipped with electric lights and talking machines, is over three hundred meters long running through the hill...
The campaign situation this April is quite tense. After the days of the second round of preliminary conferences, I am still tired. One afternoon, several smiling male and female civil servants walked into the shack. My brothers and sisters heard that I was tired so they invited each other to come visit. Knowing that I like music, my brothers and sisters brought along a guitar. That day, in addition to the songs: Through the Northwest, Long March, Nhi-lang-son, the civil servant comrades also sang some Bac Ninh Quan Ho songs for me. Green fields, storks flying gently, bamboo banks, and communal house roofs appear before our eyes through national songs. I usually like music very much, but I have never heard good music like in urgent and stressful moments at the front."
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