 Under pressure from B Company's flanking attack, the enemy force—most of a VC regiment—shifted their position to the northwest, whereupon the B Company commander called in air and incendiary artillery fire on the retreating rebels.The shells scorched the foliage and caught many VC fighters ablaze, exploding the ammunition and grenades they carried.B Company halted in place in an effort to locate and consolidate with C Company's platoons.