The mysterious underground military fortress in Hanoi, Vietnam

In fact, this mysterious underground military base was discovered by a wealthy man when he visited the Thang Long Imperial City Ruins (Hoàng Thành Thăng Long). It is located behind the Thang Long Imperial City Ruins. Let’s take a look at this underground military command headquarters.

In December 1972, the U.S. military carried out 12 consecutive days of bombing against North Vietnam, dropping a total of more than 20,000 tons of bombs. The war was really terrible. This bulletin board recorded the daily war statistics at that time, such as the daily U.S. military How many fighters and bombers were sent to attack, and how many aircraft were shot down by the People's Army in the end, etc., let the people always remember this victory. The entrance to the underground combat command post is just behind the sign.

The combat headquarters is located on the first floor underground. You can only go down by stairs, but there are not many stairs and it is not difficult to walk. If you have elderly people with you, don't worry.

This iron door looks really impressive, and it really opens up another world when opened.

The narrow corridor inside the door leads to the conference space of the control center. There are many communication rooms with telephones on both sides. You can imagine the tense scene of officers sitting here during the war to formulate combat plans, collect intelligence, and send instructions. What is even more immersive is the screen on the ceiling, which simulates the tense atmosphere of the air raid siren at that time. The bombers flew over the sky and made a deafening sound, and the correspondent's urgent and shrill call was heard. Although the rich man could not understand it, he felt it. The tension during the bombing.

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Wow! Another bomb flew through the sky.

A whole row of communications rooms. When an incoming U.S. bomber is detected, the command headquarters will immediately issue an alarm to alert the entire Hanoi air defense force, and also notify citizens to quickly go to shelters.

This phone reminded the rich man of the old phone in his grandmother’s house when he was a child. Military equipment, supplies, etc. were accumulated in other small spaces.

Some precious antiques, radios, typewriters, telephones, etc.

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It is part of the ruins of Thang Long Imperial City.