Monument to hero Cu Chinh Lan

Monument to hero Cu Chinh Lan

The relic marking Cu Chinh Lan's victory in destroying tanks is currently located on Giang Mo slope next to Road 6A (old) in Giang Mo hamlet, Binh Thanh commune, Cao Phong district, Hoa Binh province. Heroic martyr Cu Chinh Lan (real name Cu Van Mau), was born in 1930 in a poor farmer family in Quynh Doi village, Quynh Luu district, Nghe An province. In 1946, the French army returned to invade our country. Cu Chinh Lan, then only 16 years old, applied to join the National Guard and volunteered to go fight the enemy. In November 1951, the French colonialists expanded their attack into our free zone in Hoa Binh with a plot to reconnect the "East - West corridor" to cut off our communication between Viet Bac and Areas 3 and 4. to regain the initiative on the main battlefield. In Hoa Binh, they carried out a plot to establish an "autonomous Muong Land" to sabotage national unity. On November 24, 1951, the General Military Commission decided to open the Hoa Binh campaign. In the battle on December 13, 1951, when the French army entered the battlefield, the whole unit opened fire fiercely, destroying an enemy company. When preparing to withdraw, enemy tanks came to reinforce and fired fiercely at the team. our formation, blocking the escape route and causing many soldiers casualties. Mr. Cu Chinh Lan quickly jumped on the tank, placed the submachine gun into the gap in the turret and pulled the trigger, but unfortunately the submachine gun choked, the tank was still running and shooting. He shouted to his teammates to gather grenades for him, then continued to jump into the car, pull the lid and throw the grenade into the car. The enemy picked up the grenade and threw it back and drove the tank to change direction. The opportunity to destroy the enemy tank was right before his eyes, Mr. Cu Chinh Lan boldly opened the grenade latch, waited for the smoke to escape for a few seconds before throwing it into the cockpit. The grenade exploded, the enemy soldiers in the car died on top of each other. The tank branded "B2885498 USA", stopped on the spot, the battle ended successfully. The resounding victory at Giang Mo slope with the heroic spirit of Hero Cu Chinh Lan and the soldiers of Battalion 353, The 66th Regiment destroyed the tanks of the French invaders equipped by the US imperialists, starting the movement to defeat the enemy's modern battle tanks with conventional weapons. On December 29, 1951, when participating in a fierce battle on Route 6, Luong Son - Hoa Binh section. Even though he was seriously injured, Cu Chinh Lan still did not leave the battlefield, commanding the squad to continuously break open layers of barbed wire fences into the enemy bunker, clearing the way for his teammates to destroy the enemy. When the enemy's Co To post was completely destroyed by our troops, that was also the time he breathed his last. He died when he was just 21 years old. On May 19, 1952, at the first National Congress of Emulation Soldiers, martyr Cu Chinh Lan was one of the first 7 people nationwide to be posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces by the President. people . To remember the victory of Hero Cu Chinh Lan, in 1993, the Ministry of Culture and Information issued a decision to recognize the location marking Cu Chinh Lan's victory in destroying French tanks as a national revolutionary historical relic. . In 1994, construction began on the relic site, erecting the Tank Destroyer Hero Monument. Source: Hoa Binh Electronic Newspaper

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