Throughout the history of Vietnam, the war went through and left many historical sites. From the forests, rivers, cities… to the villages, the historical evidence of a heroic nation have been stored. Yen Duc village like many other villages in Vietnam, has contributed to the history of country.
In
the village, Canh Mountain and “73” cave stand as the spirit of heroic
battle against the invaders. “73” cave dates back to the heroic struggle
of 73 guerrillas, who sacrificed all for the freedom of people.
Vietnamese people love peace but are so strong in protecting country,
fighting against any invader. In the trip to Yen Duc village,
visitors will pass through Canh Mountain, see the historical “73” cave
and listen to the villagers’ stories about village and people.
Located in the Canh Mountain, “73” cave is the symbol of the local people’s courage and heroic sacrifices over the years.
By 1950s, Yen Duc village
was invaded by the colonial enemy. However, they had difficulty in the
countryside because of guerrilla fighters. The enemy underestimated the
effectiveness of the Vietnamese guerrilla fighters because they used
relatively simple weapons compared to the more advanced weapons of the
enemy.
Understanding that, they could not fight
again the enemy with the simple weapons while the enemy tried to
destroy most of the Vietminh strongholds in the village, therefore the
guerrilla fighters and local people disappeared in to the cave to hide
themselves. The superior enemy’s weapons were useless against the
guerrilla fighters who could not see.
The enemy
found that, the guerilla fighters relied on local villages for food,
water and other miscellaneous supplies. So to defeat them, the enemy
needed to take away village support for the guerillas, and convince the
Vietnamese people not to assist the guerrillas. On another hand, the
enemy forced the local villagers to chop down the trees, destroyed the
houses, the pagodas for fencing the cave.
In 6
days, the guerillas fighters were lack of food, water and weapon, they
had to suffer from many difficulties and become tired while the enemy
never stopped shooting and bombing into the cave, but the guerrilla
fighters constantly tried to fight against.
On
the 7th day, impatiently, the enemy used wood, straw and gas to fire the
cave from all the entrances in order to kill all the hidden guerrillas
fighters and villagers. Facing the death, the guerillas fighters and
villagers still showed no fear. They tried to fight against and hand in
hand to sing all the songs about Vietnamese revolution and country by
their last breath.
All 106 guerillas fighters
and villagers were died inside the cave. Then, the enemy got into the
cave to pulled 73 bodies out and buried them in the same hole.
In
order to honor the merits of the guerillas fighters and villagers,
either a memorial monument and a grave were built here in 1980 to
dedicate the heroic local people who died in the war
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