Mo Cay Victory Monument

Mo Cay Victory Monument

Mo Cay Victory Site Relic located in village 1, Duc Chanh commune, Mo Duc district, Quang Ngai province Immediately after the Ba To uprising, from March 1945 to May 1945, the Provincial Party Committee decided to move the Ba To guerrilla team to operate in the Co Nhat area of ​​the Cao Muon mountainous region (Ba To district), building Anti-Japanese war zones in Nuoc Sung and Nuoc La areas (Ba Vinh commune, Ba To district) and propagating and mobilizing local ethnic people to stand up to expel the Japanese fascists and their henchmen. From 28 soldiers trained in Nuoc Sung and Nuoc La, the Ba To guerrilla team quickly developed its force, moved to the delta to build a base in Vinh Son base area (Tinh Hiep commune, Son district). Tinh) and Nui Lon base area (Duc Lan commune, Mo Duc district), forming two revolutionary armed companies named Phan Dinh Phung and Hoang Hoa Tham. Phan Dinh Phung Company led by comrade Pham Kiet as Company Commander, comrades Phan Phong and Vo Thu as Vice Captains, comrade Ta Phuong as Political Commissioner, was staffed into 5 platoons: Am Loan, Bo Khiet, Phong Phong, Cao Thang, Tu Trong and Tu Nhai. Each Platoon has 5 squads, each squad has 12 people. Hoang Hoa Tham Company also has 5 platoons: Nguyen Nghiem, Cu Dinh, Pham Hong Thai, Ngo Dang and Tan Tu, the staff is the same as Phan Dinh Phung Company, with comrade Nguyen Don as Company Commander and Politician. member, then comrade Tran Cong Khanh returned as Company Commander to replace comrade Nguyen Don, comrades Nguyen Khoach (Thanh) and Le Van Duc as Deputy Company Commanders, comrade Nguyen Cu (Nhan) as Deputy Political Committee pellets. While the Ba To Guerrilla Team rapidly developed into the core armed force for the pre-uprising climax in Quang Ngai, on August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies. The time has come, although we have not received the order for a general uprising from the Central Government, but after grasping the situation, at exactly 4:00 p.m. on August 14, 1945, from Thi Pho and Mo Duc, the Provincial Party Committee ordered a general uprising to seize power. throughout the province. Complying with the General Uprising order of the Provincial Party Committee and according to the agreed plan, Phan Dinh Phung Company from Vinh Son war zone launched a sortie to capture the posts of Di Lang, Ha Thanh, Tra Bong and the guard post of Chau O bridge, Then he pulled his troops back to stand at Xuan Pho, west of Quang Ngai town, waiting for orders. Hoang Hoa Tham Company from the Nui Lon war zone quickly marched to capture the posts of Ba To, Minh Long, Nghia Hanh, Mo Duc, Duc Pho, then advanced to the Lam Dien (Mo Duc) station area, then Deploying an ambush formation to attack the Japanese in Mo Cay On the morning of August 17, 1945, the unit of comrades Nguyen Hoa and Nguyen Khai arrived at Lam Dien station, after destroying the railway, digging a tunnel to wait for the Japanese to arrive, but no Japanese soldiers arrived. The comrades turned to Highway 1A and arranged an ambush at Thi Pho. When we saw a Japanese military vehicle appear, we suddenly opened fire and killed 5 people. The Japanese soldiers panicked and drove away. We recovered a Japanese Sten submachine gun and 75 bullets. After that, the unit continued to march to Mo Cay, implementing a plan to ambush the Japanese convoy from the south to pull the vehicle to Quang Ngai town. At 4:00 p.m. the same day, the Provisional Revolutionary Committee of Hoai An and An Phong communes (now part of Duc Chanh commune) organized red self-defense teams and people to dig roads and destroy sewers to create obstacles to hinder the group. Japanese military vehicles travel on Highway 1A to block the march of Japanese troops from the south toward the town. The victory of the Mo Cay Battle of the Ba To Guerrilla Team left behind a lot of valuable experience in flexibly applying ambush tactics to attack the enemy on National Highway 1A, achieving high combat efficiency and destroying many vital forces. enemy. This lesson was applied in the resistance war against America to save the country. Here, on June 7, 1966, Battalion 48, the provincial armed forces heroically blocked and attacked Battalion 3, belonging to Regiment 4, destroying 408 people, including 2 Americans, setting fire to and destroying 18 vehicles. 267 guns of all kinds. From here, Mo Cay became a place marking the victory against the Japanese and American puppets in the struggle for national liberation. Source: Collection of Quang Ngai Provincial Museum

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