Co Noi Junction historical site

Co Noi Junction historical site

Co Noi intersection (Mai Son district, Son La province), a historical place, a brilliant milestone engraved with a period of heroic fighting of the Vietnam Youth Volunteer Force in the Holy Nineteenth Resistance War. years against French colonialism. During the Dien Bien Phu campaign, Co Noi intersection was the most important intersection for the advance of our army and people participating in the Dien Bien Phu campaign. This location became the "Red Spot" for the French colonialists to bombard most fiercely, in order to block and destroy the traffic arteries of our army and people. One day here, they threw about 69 tons of bombs to plow and destroy, but under the rain of enemy bombs, the armed forces and Youth Volunteers throughout the country bravely held on, day and night still ensuring communication. Traffic arteries still flow evenly on the fire line. During the Dien Bien Phu campaign at Co Noi Junction, 100 soldiers and Youth Volunteers sacrificed their lives. In December 1952, the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh decided to open the Dien Bien Phu campaign, expand and consolidate the liberated area to prepare for the campaign, tens of thousands of soldiers, citizens, and young people volunteered everywhere. Localities were mobilized to the Northwest battlefield. In this historic campaign, Son La played a very important role as both a large rear base near the battlefield and a gateway to the Northwest. Son La covers the main traffic routes connecting the Northern Delta and the Viet Bac war zone; Inter-region III and IV with Dien Bien Phu battlefield. Among them, Co Noi intersection is the most important intersection, considered a "throat" on the fire line. This intersection is the intersection of two national highways, 13A (current national highway 37) and 41 (current national highway 6), in Co Noi commune, Mai Son district. The terrain here is rugged, surrounded by rolling mountains, forming a narrow and deep valley more than 2 km long. All support activities of weapons, food, and food of our army and people from the rear of Viet Bac and inter-regions III and IV to the Dien Bien Phu battlefield must pass through this gate. In his memoirs, General Vo Nguyen Giap affirmed: "Co Noi intersection is a gate, all those who go to war must pass." With that important strategic location, Co Noi intersection has become a "bomb bag", one of the most fierce targets of the French air force in Son La area. They believe that blocking and cutting off transportation and supply routes in all aspects of the Northern rear for the Dien Bien Phu battlefield is a matter of survival for the French expeditionary army in Vietnam. With the spirit of the whole country serving the Dien Bien Phu campaign, the slogan throughout the campaign of our army and people was: "Everything for the front line" "Everything for victory". The people of the provinces took turns sending their children off enthusiastically to join the army, become youth volunteers and frontline civil servants. The battle on the supply, transportation, and mine clearance fronts to ensure transportation and communication took place urgently and fiercely from the opening day to the end of the campaign. To be eternally grateful to the heroic youth volunteers who fought and sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland at Co Noi intersection. On April 21, 2000, the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the People's Committee of Son La province began construction of a group of monuments commemorating martyrs of young volunteers at the location of the "fire coordinates" in the past. area of ​​20,000m2. The project was inaugurated on May 7, 2002, the group of statues includes 3 young volunteers in different positions made from granite. The statue is 12 meters high, placed on a pedestal of a stone block weighing 280 tons. Along with the group of monuments, there are also two reliefs showing the image of the entire people going to battle against the French colonialists. Each relief has an area of ​​42 square meters, weighs 52 tons, and is covered with metal, recreating the image of our army and people enthusiastically supporting the Dien Bien Phu battlefield, demonstrating the indomitable will of the youth force. Vietnamese title "Determining to die for the Fatherland and deciding to live". On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the historic victory of Dien Bien Phu (1954 - 2004), the relic was ranked as a national historical relic by the Ministry of Culture and Information (now the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism). . Source: Mai Son district electronic information portal

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