Lung Lo Pass

Lung Lo Pass

Lung Lo Pass belongs to Da village, Thuong Bang La commune, Van Chan district, Yen Bai province, the pass is also known as Dao Pass. Lung Lo - a place that has entered the history books during the nation's heroic resistance war against the French as a legend. Here, the army and people of the whole country devoted their efforts to supplying supplies to the Dien Bien Phu battlefield through Lung Lo pass. Lung Lo Pass is located on National Highway 37 (old Road 379, connecting National Highway 32 with National Highway 32B) at the border of Van Chan (Yen Bai) and Phu Yen (Son La) districts, located northeast and far from town. Phu Yen33 km. The pass is 15 km long, from km 349 to km 364, with a slope of 10%. During the resistance war against the French colonialists, the Party Central Committee decided to open road 13A starting from Ben Hien, Tuyen Quang province, passing Ben Au Lau, passing Lung Lo pass to Co Noi intersection, connecting with road 41 Phuc service for the Dien Bien Phu campaign. The route that the engineers and civil workers had to open was over 120km long, the terrain was mainly high mountains and deep abysses, and had to pass through three large rivers: the Chay River, the Red River and the Da River. Clearly defining the political task of ensuring smooth traffic flow to the battlefield, as early as April 1953, at the request of the General Staff, Yen Bai province decided to establish route 13, mobilize 124,458 people participated in paving the road with 173,197 people digging, filling and leveling bomb craters to prevent landslides. Local people voluntarily donated thousands of trees, tens of thousands of bamboo trees, bamboo trees, bamboo poles, and house pillars to line roads, build bridges to open traffic, and transport military food into the campaign. After more than 200 days and nights, our army and people paved the way, protected and transported thousands of tons of food, military equipment, weapons and ammunition to safety. The route through Lung Lo Pass was smoothly connected to the Viet Bac war zone and the Northwest provinces, serving the Dien Bien Phu campaign, thanks to which tens of thousands of cars and carts carrying weapons and goods provided timely and adequate support to the soldiers. battlefield. Faced with that situation, in February 1954, the French colonialists concentrated their air force on fierce attacks on the roads to the Northwest, in order to prevent reinforcements from the rear to the battlefield. Along with Au Lau, Hung Khanh, Vuc Tuan, and Co Noi, the Lung Lo pass location is where the enemy dropped nearly 12,000 tons of bombs, some days the enemy dropped 200 bombs. During the campaign, 16 to 18 enemy planes bombed 5 to 6 times every day. Overcoming danger, despite falling bombs and explosions, with the spirit of all serving the front line, tens of thousands of people and citizens stuck to the road day and night. The enemy destroys, we correct ourselves, the enemy destroys this section, we open another section, the enemy destroys during the day, we open the way at night. Tens of thousands of tons of food, military equipment, weapons and ammunition, tens of thousands of tons of food and foodstuffs gathered in the Thuong Bang La area crossed the pass into the battlefield and were safely protected. With a heavy task and urgent time, the supply road to Dien Bien Phu through Lung Lo Pass was completed 10 days ahead of schedule and became a historical miracle, surprising and terrifying the French colonialists. brave spirit of our army and people. From the solidarity and unity in labor and fighting of officers, soldiers and people of all ethnic groups in Yen Bai province, Road 13A - a historical and cultural road was formed, making a positive contribution to the war. Dien Bien Phu victory and the process of socio-economic development of the two provinces of Yen Bai and Son La. Later the road was named "National Highway 13A" - historical road. Lung Lo Pass - a legendary road, was recognized and ranked as a national historical relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2011, on the occasion of the 57th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7. 1954-May 7, 2011). Source: Yen Bai province electronic information portal

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