Plei Kan victory

Plei Kan victory

Plei Kan is located in Ngoc Hoi district, Kon Tum province. It is located in the north of Kon Tum province, on the eastern slope of the Truong Son range. A special feature of Plei Kan is that it is located at the crossroads of three countries: Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Plei Kan has an important history during the Vietnam War. Before 1965, Plei Kan was a large village of the Xe Dang ethnic group and other ethnic groups such as Brau, H Lang, and Kdong. Its strategic geographical position was recognized at the end of 1964 when the US decided to build a cluster of military bases here. Plei Kan in the language of the Xe Dang people is "big village". Before 1965, this was a place where the Xe Dang and Brau people lived in harmony in a peaceful village at the cross-border area of ​​the three countries Vietnam - Laos - Cambodia. At the end of 1964, realizing the important strategic position at the Indochina border junction, the US puppet implemented a policy of gathering people to set up hamlets to isolate the people from the revolutionary forces, herding people to Dak Rnang village (Tan Canh, Dak To) established a strategic hamlet. In 1966, the US built Plei Kan into a military base located in the Indochina junction area (we often call it Plei Kan Base) to block the attack of our main army from the North and from Laos and Cambodia. The entire base has areas A, B, C, D, E, arranged continuously on 5 hills separated by 600 - 1,000 meters. In particular, area A is the central area. There is a tank detachment, a military airport, a field airport, 155mm and 105mm artillery positions, a system of underground bunkers, bunkers, hospitals, warehouses... The base is surrounded by 8 to 12 layers of barbed wire. Since 1969, here, there have been regularly 450 - 500 border rangers (95th Border Ranger Battalion) and 2 artillery companies of E 42 (Division 22) of the puppet regime. In early October 1972, the Central Highlands Front Command assigned the 10th Division the task of destroying Plei Kan Base. The 66th Regiment, the 37th Special Forces Battalion and most of the Division's artillery were ordered to attack. At 10:00 a.m. on October 12, 1972, from the surrounding artillery positions, our artillery continuously opened fire. All types of D74, 105mm, 155mm DKZ, B72 artillery, 106mm mortars... simultaneously bombarded targets in the base. Under the support of infantry, artillery and special forces, they cut the fence and opened the door. At 11:00 a.m., with strong support from artillery, tanks and infantry, we heroically rushed forward to capture the targets. The fighting in the base was extremely fierce. We and the enemy fought over each bunker, bunker, fortification... With a brave and tenacious spirit, after nearly a day and night of fighting, by dawn on October 13, 1972, we had complete control of Plei Base. Kan. As a result, we killed 404 enemies, captured 65, shot down and destroyed 6 aircraft, captured 6 105mm guns, 2 155mm guns, 4 tanks and the entire ammunition warehouse. With the victory at Plei Kan Base, we have completed the liberated area north of Kon Tum, opened the Indochina border corridor, and our strategic transportation route from the great rear of the North to support the battlefield. The South via the Ho Chi Minh Trail became a solid continuous system and liberated tens of thousands of people. Today, the Plei Kan victory relic site is located on the Ho Chi Minh Highway, in Dak Xu commune (Ngoc Hoi district). Plei Kan Victory Historical Relic was ranked at National level on May 15, 2024. Source: Kon Tum province electronic information portal

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