To do a good job of advising the Party Committee, the TTG Corps Command advised the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense to build, organize and use the TTG force. Right from the first days of its establishment, the agencies proactively sent cadres to the South to study the battlefield and the fighting methods of the TTG troops, especially the joint operations of the troops and arms.

Bringing tanks to the battlefield in the South and winning the battle affirmed the role of the staff and the uniqueness of Vietnamese military art.

From the first victorious battle in Ta May - Lang Vay (February 1968), establishing the tradition of "Once in battle, we must win" to the Route 9 - Southern Laos Campaign, the Central Highlands Campaign, the TTG troops were always present on all battlefields, playing the role of an important assault force of the Vietnamese Army. During the 1975 Spring General Offensive and Uprising, the TTG forces always stood side by side with the combined arms forces, bravely attacking and crushing the enemy in the Central Highlands, Hue, Da Nang, Phan Rang, Phan Thiet... During the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign, with the determination of "Lightning speed, determined victory", the TTG troops led 5 armies to liberate Saigon. The image of tanks numbered 390 and 843 crashing down the gate of the puppet President's Palace and planting the Liberation Army flag on the roof of the Independence Palace will forever be a symbol of the great victory of our Army.

Tanks of Brigade 201 maneuver during training to become combat ready. Photo: XUAN HOP

After liberating the South with the army and people of the whole country and unifying the country, TTG soldiers joined the fight to protect the southwestern border, fulfilling their international mission to help Cambodia escape genocide and fight to protect the northern border of the Fatherland, making an important contribution to the cause of building and protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.

As the central staff agency assisting the Party Committee and the Corps Command in directing the entire military force in force building, training, and combat readiness, the General Staff has been directing agencies, units, and schools in the Corps to improve the quality of training, make breakthroughs in improving the quality of cadres, organize training, and provide training close to reality, close to the target and the combat area, terrain associated with the enemy's characteristics of using high-tech weapons; strengthen training, practical training, and combine training with physical training of soldiers.

Along with promoting the central role in implementing the directives and orders from above on combat readiness and combat, the General Staff also actively researches, advises, and proposes the arrangement and use of TTG on battlefields; builds the organization and staffing of TTG forces, purchases, improves, and modernizes technical equipment to meet the requirements and tasks in the new situation.

Together with the General Staff, the Political Department of the Corps is always proactive and creative in researching, advising, and proposing to the Party Committee and the Corps Command leadership policies and solutions; directly directing and guiding agencies, units, and schools to carry out Party and political work in tasks, building the Corps strong in politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres, educating the TTG soldiers to have correct awareness and high determination in performing tasks; focusing on advising superiors on training, fostering, and building a team of TTG cadres for the entire army; directing and guiding the building of strong Party organizations, command organizations, and mass organizations, improving the overall quality and combat strength of the Corps in the new situation.

The Logistics and Engineering Department has successfully fulfilled its functions and tasks of advising the Party Committee and the Corps Command on logistics and engineering; directing and guiding agencies and units to ensure good logistics and engineering for regular and ad hoc tasks. Effectively implementing the emulation movement "The Army logistics sector follows Uncle Ho's teachings" and the campaign "Managing and exploiting weapons and technical equipment well, durably, safely, economically and in traffic safety"; promoting increased production, constantly improving the lives, caring for, treating and protecting the health of officers and soldiers.

Faced with the requirements of the task of building and defending the Fatherland in the new situation, in order to successfully complete the assigned tasks, the Party Committee, commanders, officers, employees and soldiers of the Command must seriously implement the Party's resolutions and directives, especially the Strategy for defending the Fatherland in the new situation. Strive, train, and constantly improve the overall quality and combat strength of agencies, units and the entire Corps, build a clean and strong Party organization, a comprehensively strong Corps that is "exemplary and typical".

To achieve the set goals, agencies need to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the Resolution of the 4th Central Committee (12th tenure), Conclusion 21 of the 4th Central Committee Conference (13th tenure) on promoting the building and rectification of the Party and the political system; associated with promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle and the Campaign "Promoting tradition, dedicating talent, worthy of being Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new period; improving the comprehensive leadership capacity and fighting strength of Party committees and Party organizations at all levels, building strong command organizations and mass organizations. Well performing the functions and tasks of advising the Party Committee, the Command of the Corps to advise the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense on building, organizing and using the TTG force as well as all aspects of logistics and technical work for tasks and work aspects, ensuring that the TTG force continuously grows, is ready to fight and fights victoriously in all situations.

With outstanding achievements, the General Staff, Political Department, Logistics and Engineering Department of the TTG Corps were awarded 3 Second Class Military Exploit Medals, 3 Third Class Military Exploit Medals; 9 First, Second, Third Class Fatherland Protection Medals and many award flags from the Government, Ministry of National Defense, and Corps Command.

Colonel HO VIET TRUONG, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the Armored Corps

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