 After the successful attack against the Eighth Army 's right flank , the PVA High Command gave the go ahead for the 39th Corps to attack the US 25th Infantry Division on November 26 . The PVA 115th Division of the 39th Corps was immediately mobilized for an assault against Task Force Wilson and the US 24th Infantry Regiment , while the 116th and 117th Division were moving to attack Ipsok and to cut the American retreat route . The crushing attack soon left the task force decimated and reeling . The PVA 347th Regiment of the 115th Division first met the C Company on the task force 's center , and after the sharp encounter most of the C Company 's men were missing in action . On the right flank , the 115th Division attacked the task force 's B Company . Met with waves of Chinese suicide bombers , the B Company was reduced to 26 soldiers out of the original 200 . Some Chinese snipers and infiltrators even managed to reach Task Force Wilson 's command post , resulting in the death of the task force 's executive officer . As the entire task force 's line collapsing , the E Company sleeping at the task force 's rear was pushed to the front line . Although the tank fire from the E Company stopped the Chinese advance , the company was reduced to just one platoon after the battle . Chinese forces in the rear had also attacked the task force 's artillery at Ipsok , preventing fire support during the night . In the aftermath of the night battle , the task force found itself surrounded , and the Chinese troops were chanting in all directions against the Americans . When Wilson tried to evacuate the wounded , Chinese roadblocks ambushed the medical convoy just south of the 2nd Battalion 's perimeter . 
