Rach Kien Crossroads historical site

Rach Kien Crossroads historical site

Historical and cultural relic "Rach Kien Crossroads", located in hamlet 1, Long Hoa commune, Can Duoc district. This is the place that marks the formation and development of the famous Rach Kien American Extermination Belt in Long An during the resistance war against America. On December 20, 1966, the US imperialists landed troops to recapture Rach Kien with a plot to control and attack the liberated areas of Can Duoc and Can Giuoc in order to destroy the revolutionary forces and save the increasingly deteriorating situation. collapse of the puppet army and puppet government in this region. From this base, the enemy continuously fired artillery everywhere day and night. Every day they send out their forces to raid to find ways to destroy our forces. Under the direction of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, an anti-American belt in Rach Kien was established, the anti-American belt included 12 communes. The district's armed forces at this time have 7 local platoons with over 200 soldiers, in addition to 5 inter-commune guerrilla platoons with over 100 troops. Each commune has 1 guerrilla platoon, each hamlet has from 1 to 3 secret guerrilla groups. The enemy force is strong in both soldiers and combat weapons. On the American extermination belt, we organized digging all over the dykes to act as obstacles to block enemy vehicles. The road from Xoai Doi intersection to An Thuan intersection and the road from Rach Kien base to Tan Trach and Long Son are roads where we often set mines to kill many tanks along both sides of the Doi Ma river, all of which have trench traffic. During our operations, anti-minefields were arranged to destroy the enemy. We also placed bunkers everywhere, on the marching route, in addition to graves and fields... In the hamlets, many individual fortifications and trenches were dug along land routes within communes and inter-communes. Each road leading into the village has a battle gate "on the intersections we set up information rooms, effigies, and placed slogans"... In 1966, at Long Son intersection, C315 force fought against the enemy. We destroyed an American platoon. In 1967, our 1st Battalion force coordinated with communal guerrillas to fight raids with a battalion of American soldiers with support aircraft. In Hamlet 4, Phuoc Tuy Commune, in this battle, we killed about 50 people and shot down an American plane. . Also in 1967, the provincial army forces combined with the district army, C315 destroyed a company of American soldiers at Long Khe station, forcing the enemy to abandon this base. With the people's war posture on the Rach Kien American Extermination Belt, based on three basic pillars of military, political, and military operations that are smoothly coordinated and interconnected, we have isolated the American base. and caused heavy losses to the enemy forces here. The liberated area south of Highway 4 was maintained and expanded, becoming the direct rear and springboard for the attack on Saigon in the Tet Offensive - 1968 of the main troops and Long An armed forces. The My Rach Kien Extermination Belt was a form of people's war that developed to its peak in Long An, contributing to defeating the "local war" strategy of the US - puppet (1966-1967). In 1996, ''Rach Kien Crossroads'' was recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Information as a national historical and cultural relic on June 28, 1996. Source: Propaganda Department of Long An Provincial Party Committee

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