Smith attempted to order artillery fire on the North Korean force but runners were unable to get back to the field artillery positions, and so he assumed they had been destroyed by the tanks.
Smith berusaha untuk memerintahkan tembakan artileri ke arah pasukan Korea Utara namun sang operator tidak dapat kembali ke posisi artileri medan, dan karena itu ia menduga bahwa pasukan artileri mereka telah dihancurkan oleh tank-tank Korea Utara.