Souvenir location for the C235 ship event

Souvenir location for the C235 ship event

Monument of the C235 Ship Event Memorial Site (Ho Chi Minh Sea Road) in Ninh Van commune, Ninh Hoa town. During our people's great resistance war against America to save the country, to provide weapons and equipment for the southern revolution, along with the Ho Chi Minh Trail on land; In July 1959, according to the Politburo's Directive, the Central Military Commission decided to establish Group 759 to organize a sea transport route named "Ho Chi Minh Road at Sea". This is one of the extremely important and strategically significant tasks in the struggle to liberate the South. Especially preparing for the general offensive and uprising of the 1968 Tet Offensive, Navy Command Directed Group 125 to have ship C235 ready for duty. Ship C235 includes 21 officers and soldiers led by Lieutenant Nguyen Phan Vinh as Captain and Lieutenant Nguyen Tuong as Political Commissar. Ship C235 had 2 trips: The first trip departed at 6:30 p.m. on February 6, 1968, carrying 16 tons of weapons leaving the port at base A2 to Hon Heo wharf (Dam Van village - now Tay village, Ninh commune). Van, Ninh Hoa town). On February 10, while still 38 nautical miles from shore, the ship was followed by enemy warships and aircraft. At 12 o'clock on February 11, the Command Headquarters ordered the ship to return to port A3. In A3, the ship is camouflaged and ready to continue its mission. The second trip, Ship C235 left the wharf at 11:30 a.m. on February 27 from position A3. At 6:00 p.m. on February 29, when approaching the waters of Nha Trang, Ship C235 was detected by enemy reconnaissance aircraft. At 23:30, all the enemy ship's lights were turned off, they ambushed and tracked our ship with radar. The hunt for Ship C235, which the enemy later called the "ghost" ship, was very fierce. They fired heavily and then called in planes to drop flares and shoot rockets. The sailors continuously used DKZ 14 mm 5 guns to shoot towards the enemy ship. The fighting became more and more fierce. Finally, when the ship neared the shore, our troops jumped off the ship, swam to shore and blew up the ship to lose track of the ship. 14 officers and soldiers of ship C235 heroically sacrificed their lives. Ship C235 had 7 comrades left, all of them were seriously injured. The brothers tried to help each other move around the rocky mountain area of ​​Hon Heo to avoid enemy searches and find guerrillas. Eleven days of exposure to the sun, without food or water, the Chinese C235 soldiers were exhausted. On the 12th day, the officers and soldiers were able to contact the guerrillas at the wharf and at this time there were only 5 comrades left. After a period of treatment and recovery, they crossed the mountains, crossed the Truong Son mountain range and returned to the North to continue taking on new tasks. With typical historical and military values, the fighting and heroic sacrifice of the officers and soldiers of the C235 ship demonstrates beautiful and profound humanity, demonstrating the tradition of fighting to build and preserve the country. nation's country. On April 26, 2014, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism ranked the Memorial Site of the C235 Ship Event (Ho Chi Minh Road at Sea) as a National Historical Site. Source: Department of Culture and Sports of Khanh Hoa province

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