The Regional Command ordered Military Region 9 to coordinate the attack on Saigon.

On April 24, 1975, comrade Le Duc Tho reported to the Politburo the situation between us and the enemy after the Xuan Loc campaign. The Regional Command ordered Military Region 9 to coordinate with the main direction of the Region to attack Saigon.

On April 24, 1975, comrade Le Duc Tho sent a telegram to the Politburo reporting on our situation with the enemy after the Xuan Loc campaign: Our 10 divisions had just entered the battlefield. Although we encountered some difficulties, the determination of the front was to fight and replenish at the same time, trying our best to ensure the minimum conditions to launch the campaign. We were urgently preparing for the plan to attack and revolt. It was expected that in the worst case scenario, such as the enemy destroying the bridge, our army would have a plan to repair the bridge or fight without tanks and artillery.

On the same day, the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the 1st Corps met to review all preparations, grasp tasks, adjust and supplement the combat plan for the campaign to liberate Saigon.

On April 24, 1975, the 3rd Corps forward command post deployed in Nhuan Duc; Division 320 completed assembling forces and urgently prepared to attack the Dong Du stronghold; Division 10 and reinforced tank and air defense units entered the Ben Tranh and Ben Cui areas to quickly receive vehicles, arrange attack formations, and take advantage of additional training to check security aspects.

In Tay Ninh , by April 24, 1975, after 20 days of implementation, the whole province had mobilized 4,000 young people to join the armed forces, building 9 battalions and 13 new independent companies to reinforce the main force and the armed forces of the districts. Here, on the night of April 24, 1975, our forces captured Bau Nau and stayed to fight the 49th Regiment of the 25th Division of the Republic of Vietnam fleeing to Saigon, at the same time we organized to cut off Route 22, controlling the road from Tay Ninh to Saigon.

In Thu Dau Mot, when units of the 3rd Corps arrived to prepare for the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, the people here prepared food and helped the troops attack the enemy.

On April 24, 1975, the Regional Command instructed Military Region 9 to step up coordination with the troops advancing on Saigon, hold back the enemy, carry out a general offensive, general uprising, defeat the puppet army and government, liberate localities, and completely liberate the South. Accordingly, the Regional Party Committee - Military Region 9 Command launched a strong offensive movement with the spirit of the province liberating the province, the district liberating the district, the commune liberating the commune; the armed forces approached the provincial towns to attack the military sub-regions and the provincial administrative buildings as planned.

On April 24, 1975, the Ministry of National Defense issued Decision No. 70/QP-QD to establish the 526th Mobile Transport Automobile Regiment under the Department of Transport, General Department of Logistics, with the task of transporting military equipment to serve combat.

NDO

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