This is the final massacre. Jeanpierre counts the survivors of the B.E.P. :130, the equivalent of a company, which he splits into five groups, guided by an officer. The stall takes place through the Quang Liet valley, which joins That Khé. Soon an ambush completes what was left of the B.E.P. It's the bursting. The dying Segrétain is abandoned at his request. Twenty-three men, including Jeanpierre, will reach Hill 608 overnight. They will join That Khé two days later, on Tuesday October 10, the day of the evacuation. In the meantime Charton has been taken; then it's Lepage's turn. Four years of captivity await them.
During these two days of October 9 and 10, the Viets will be able to massively attack the reinforcements of That Khé. By attempting to join up with the Charton and Lepage columns, at least what remains of them, the 3rd Colonial Parachute Commando Group (G.C.C.P.) of Captain Cazaux, parachuted onto That Khé to come as reinforcements, and the marching company of the 1 '1 B.E.P. are exterminated. The trap has completely closed.
Of the 5,000 soldiers involved in the R.C.4 disaster, 1,840 men, including 39 officers, came out alive. The bill was heavy. She sowed panic. Dong Khé taken by the Vietminh, Cao Bang abandoned in the conditions that we know, the High Command was overwhelmed. On October 10, while the 3rd G.C.C.P. was being decimated, That Khé was evacuated. The great withdrawal was beginning.
Men will arrive at That Khé after the evacuation. Exhausted, screaming with joy at the idea of finding French people, they will come across the Viets and they will leave for the camps.