 As the surviving VC withdrew, Kendall pushed on.Yet shortly after 10 Platoon was engaged on three sides from a heavy machine-gun firing tracer from the high ground of the Nui Dat 2 feature to their left, wounding the signaller and damaging the radio, putting it out of action.Now also without communications, and still from 11 Platoon, 10 Platoon moved into a defensive position, fighting to hold on.