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VIETNAM WAR : BATTLE OF KON TUM SUMMER 1972

VIETNAM WAR: BATTLE OF CHARLIE HILL - TAN CANH - DAK TO - KON TUM SUMMER 1972 Starting from mid-April 1972, Charlie Hill base was heavily bombarded by communists, followed by a wave of people attacking the base. The 11th Airborne Battalion fought fiercely and bloody under the communists' 130mm artillery shells. Battalion Commander Nguyen Dinh Bao heroically sacrificed himself on the front line. The Republic of Vietnam Air Force provided maximum support but the communists captured Charlie's base. The 11th Airborne Battalion was forced to retreat the evening before US Air Force B-52 bombers destroyed the entire base when the communists overran Charlie... a few days later Delta Airborne base also fell. Communist troops from three divisions, along with 130mm mountain artillery regiments and the T-54 tank brigade, advanced eastward after the paratrooper bases and Phoenix airfield were soaked in blood by the ARVN. From April 23, 1972, the northern defense line of the Central Highlands of Tan Canh - Dak To was heavily shelled. This was the first time the communist army brought guns and tanks into the battlefield of the 2nd Army Corps of the Republic of Vietnam, while in Binh Dinh province (east of Kon Tum city - 2nd Army Corps of the Coast). The communist army launched an attack close to the coastal plain, with a communist division bombing and occupying three district towns of Hoai An, Tam Quan and Bong Son along the central coast of the Central region. South Vietnam was in danger of being divided into two parts. The 22nd Infantry Division - Republic of Vietnam encountered difficulties in its area of ​​responsibility: the Central Highlands and the coastal plain. Every day, thousands of high-precision artillery shells hit Tan Canh. The communists then overwhelmed the Tan Canh defense line with two coordinated divisions and tanks. The 42nd Regiment of the 22nd Infantry Division of the Republic of Vietnam fought back fiercely but fiercely; ...The 40th, 41st and 47th Regiments of the 22nd Infantry Division were confused and in disarray, until the 22nd Infantry Division was reinforced by the 23rd Infantry Division. The 23rd Infantry Division of the ARVN, consisting of 3 regiments 44, 45, 53, marched from the South Central Highlands under the command of Colonel Ly Tong Ba, along with 2 Ranger battalions to reinforce the defense. Kon Tum. The 23rd Infantry Division defended the three sides west, east and north of Kon Tum city. To the south of the city, based on the Dakbla River, were units of the Regional Army and the Insurgent Army of the Republic of Vietnam. On May 14, 1972, the communists began attacking Kon Tum with three divisions and T-54 tanks. The communists were overwhelmed by many attacks from tanks and soldiers, but the 23rd Infantry Division and other units fought tenaciously on the basis of protecting the Republic of Vietnam. on more favorable terrain in Tan Canh, so that the communists were pushed back. Thanks to decoding communist radio waves, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam shot down many communist tanks. The colonel commanding the 23rd Infantry Division of the Republic of Vietnam on the Kon Tum front resolutely refused to listen to the advice of an American general when facing three communist divisions and tanks. Hoang Minh Thao was an old general with a lot of experience, including participating in the Dien Bien Phu battle. Initially, the communists sent one division to fight, then the communists sent a second division to support and then pushed the last division into the bloody battlefield. The Tac Co B-52 bomber appeared in the sky of the North Central Highlands and was bombed, massacring the Kon Tum defense line. 25 BOXES OF B-52/ 1 BOX 🙁 1Km x 3Km x 3 B-52 Communist tanks approached the command post of Colonel Ly Tong Ba about 100 meters and were shot down after separating the communist infantry from the tanks. Burned out T-54 CS tanks were scattered on the ruins of Kon Tum town. On May 25, 1972, the communists launched a massive attack on the southeast of the city, were fiercely attacked by the military units of the region and the rebel army of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and stopped the attack... the top of Chu Pao hill was blocked. The connection between Pleiku and the South was clear. The 6th Air Division of the Republic of Vietnam provided extremely brave combat support and supplies to the defense of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. On May 31, 1972, the exhausted communist army had to withdraw from the Kon Tum front, leaving behind more than 3,000 dead soldiers and dozens of burned tanks. After that, Colonel Ly Tong Ba was honored to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General at the Kon Tum Front.