Doi Cung - the leader of the Do Luong uprising.

(Baonghean.vn) - The Do Luong uprising took place on January 13, 1941, led by Doi Cung and his fellow soldiers from the Cho Rang outpost in Thanh Chuong. They advanced to capture the Do Luong outpost, killed the outpost commander, and then, along with 25 soldiers, proceeded at night with the aim of seizing the Giam Vinh camp in Nghe An province before expanding to other locations.

Cung's real name was Nguyen Van Cung. In 1926, Nguyen Van Cung was conscripted into the French colonial army and stationed at Bim Son outpost, Thanh Hoa province. In 1930-1931, to suppress the spreading Soviet-Nghe Tinh uprising, Nguyen Van Cung's unit was transferred from Thanh Hoa to Kim Nhan outpost, Anh Son district.

After the Soviet-Nghe Tinh movement, Doi Cung was transferred to Vinh to protect the inner city from the French colonialists and their feudal collaborators. Doi Cung was upright, sincere, and always defended his comrades and those in difficulty and distress, so he was highly respected by his fellow soldiers.

As a conscripted soldier, eating and wearing clothes provided by the French colonialists, and daily suppressing revolutionary movements in various localities, Nguyen Van Cung was heartbroken and indignant at the sight of innocent people dying simply for standing up against the harsh colonial and feudal regime to protect their legitimate human rights. Yet, they were accused of rebellion. The Party's "military mobilization" policy, from the Soviet-Nghe Tinh uprising, had drawn soldiers to participate in anti-war activities, desert, and even more so, return to the people and join the ranks of the revolution. Mr. Mang Dan, a Foreign Legion soldier who became an inside agent for the Communist Party in Vinh prison, served as an example for Nguyen Van Cung to ponder.

The Cung Team's encampment was located in Rang Market, Thanh Chuong.

On January 8, 1941, the opportunity arose. Nguyen Van Cung was promoted to team leader, replacing the French garrison commander, Alongdo, who was stationed at Rang garrison in Thanh Chuong district and responsible for controlling both Thanh Chuong and Do Luong districts. Five days after taking office, Nguyen Van Cung seized the opportunity, led his troops to Do Luong to inspect the area, and declared an uprising.

At 8:30 PM on January 13, 1941, Nguyen Van Cung and his soldiers arrived at Anh Son district (now Do Luong town). After having dinner, Cung assembled his soldiers in the temple courtyard. The content and reasons for the uprising had been prepared beforehand, written on a piece of paper kept in his breast pocket. When all the soldiers were gathered, he took out the paper, read it aloud, declared the uprising, and assigned tasks to the soldiers. The rebels would kill Bach, the commander of the Do Luong outpost, then travel by car to Vinh to kill the French colonialists, including notoriously cruel individuals holding key positions such as Inspector, Commissioner, and Deputy Commissioner…

In Do Luong, Doi Cung cut all communication lines at the post office, destroyed the telephones and telegraphs, and then divided into two groups. Group 1, led by Doi Cung, was to kill the outpost commander Bach. Group 2 was responsible for killing the outpost commander Rosai, and then entering the prefectural office to kill the district chief.

Cung returned to the Rang outpost to kill the French forest ranger, Lodagia, then sent 25 soldiers to Vinh, taking the forest ranger's car along with two private cars to transport the troops to Vinh. While crossing the Cam Bridge, he ordered the soldiers to cut all the telephone wires across the bridge and recruited five more soldiers from there into the car with him, with the goal of liberating Vinh.

The Do Luong Mutiny Memorial is located in Do Luong Town.

The soldiers arrived in Vinh at 4:00 AM on January 14, 1941, and the militia assembled in front of Vinh National School. Team Cung assigned the troops to advance: Cai Vi led the soldiers to wait behind the citadel, while Team Cung and Cai A drove directly into the citadel. Team Cung told the duty officer, requesting permission to meet with the military supervisor Detxiu to report that the Rang and Do Luong outposts had been captured by the communists. The officer on duty allowed him in but kept Cai A behind.

Being familiar with the layout, Captain Cung went straight into the bedroom, woke the soldiers, and informed them that his forces had surrounded the city. He urged the soldiers to kill the guard inside. While they were in the process, gunfire erupted outside, waking the guard before Captain Cung could act.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, Doi Cung climbed over the city wall to escape. Behind him, Cai Vi, noticing the commotion, led his soldiers to flee into the Diec Pagoda. The French colonialists deployed European and African soldiers and sent spies to search throughout Vinh city and its outskirts, capturing all the soldiers. Cai A, however, after being captured, refused to surrender or confess, and committed suicide to preserve his honor and patriotism as a rebellious soldier.

As for Doi Cung, after escaping through the city walls, he hid in a mountain cave for nearly a month. On February 11, 1941, he returned to the outskirts of the city to assess the situation. Due to a traitor, he was captured as soon as he entered Tong Gia Liem's ​​house in the Cong Chot area.

Doi Cung's tomb is located in Doi Cung ward (Vinh city).

On February 20, 1941, the French military court in Hanoi opened a trial against 51 participants in the uprising. 11 were sentenced to death, 12 to life imprisonment, 2 to 20 years of hard labor, 7 to 15 years in prison, and 1 to 12 years in prison…

On April 25, 1941, the French colonial authorities carried out executions in three locations: Vinh, Cho Rang, and Do Luong.

On the day the French colonialists carried out the death sentence, revolutionary bases – the Indochinese Communist Party – distributed leaflets throughout the country (North, Central, and South) to support and praise the spirit of the soldiers who had risen up in rebellion. The leaflets were distributed in factories, cities, rural areas, and even in military camps.

After the August Revolution of 1945, Nguyen Van Cung was posthumously awarded the title of "Meritorious Service to the Nation" by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. His name is inscribed on his grave where he was executed by firing squad at Cong Chot Gate, Vinh City, along with his comrades.

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