 The jungle covered Nui Dat 2 feature lay to the north-east, and an impenetrable wall of thick bamboo and scrub abutted the lower slopes to the west.The remainder of the position faced the relatively open rubber plantation.Believing the northern approach unsuitable for a major assault, Smith assessed the most likely VC courses of action to be a frontal assault from the east, or a flanking attack from either the south or south-west.