Discover military wonders on Quang Tri fire land

18,000 man-days were mobilized to dig tunnels with a total length of more than 2,000 meters of military wonders on Quang Tri fire land.

Military wonder 2,000m on Quang Tri fire land

Located on Vinh Linh fire line, Bay Moc tunnels (Bay Moc hamlet, Vinh Thach commune, Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province) is the most unique military-civil construction project built by the army and people in the period. against America to save the country.Photo: A cellar door leading into the tunnels.

With the motto: "One inch does not go, one glass does not leave. Each village and commune is a fortress", the tunnels were built by armed forces and local people since the beginning of 1965 and completed. finished after 2 years.Photo: trench system fighting on tunnels.

According to statistics, 18,000 man-days were mobilized to dig tunnels with a total length of more than 2,000m in basalt red soil of the tunnels.At the most crowded, the tunnels are home to about 1,200 people.

The entire system of Bay Moc tunnels has 13 outward doors, including 7 to the sea, 6 through the hills, each of which is considered a vent.At the hatches, there is a wooden installation to prevent collapsing and is often reinforced to prevent landslides.

The tunnel system consists of 3 floors: the first floor is 12 m deep, used to live, the second floor is 15 m above the ground, used as a place to store food and weapons or meetings and the last floor is deep 23 m, used to avoid bombs

To ensure that hundreds of people eat, stay, live safely and conveniently, the apartments are arranged along the sides of the tunnel about 4m apart.Each apartment is 0.8 m wide, 1.8 m deep, enough to accommodate three to four people.Photo: An apartment in the tunnel.

In the tunnels, there are three water wells, one hall (capacity of 50 people), infirmary, maternity home, surgery station, Hoang Cam kitchen, rice warehouse, child-rearing house . to help maintain a similar life. like on the ground.During the war, 17 children were born in the tunnels.Photo: Maternity home in the tunnels.

Compared to on the ground, life in the tunnels is very harsh.The cramped, lack of light, hygienic conditions make most tunnels residents suffer from parasites, skin and skin diseases.The underground life is not suitable for people, always lack of light.Photo: Living room with two rows of seats

In addition, lack of food, food and necessities is also a big problem for the tunnels.Photo: Water well in the tunnels.

But the real threat to the lives of the tunnels is still the raid of the US Air Force.Photo: American bombs on the ground in the tunnels.

The miraculous thing is that Bay Moc tunnels have no loss of people in the war, because they have learned from previous tunnels to build more rational and solid.Photo: Bombs left in the bombing bombs.

Until today, the tunnels have been preserved almost original, becoming an indispensable destination for domestic and foreign tourists when visiting the heroic land of Vinh Linh.