NK forces advanced immediately taking the village at the centre of the battlefield. Their forces split 50/50 traversing the hills either side of the east//west road. Meanwhile the US forces steadily advanced in 2 lines from the Eastern edge.

It was almost an hour before both sides engaged. Failed US airstrikes were quickly forgotten as heavy artillery rained down on the NK forces occupying the central crossroads.

For the next hour three engagements arose. In the North around 10 US units fought and pushes back a dense contingent of NK infantry.

In the centre, the NK occupied village became the scene of intense melees with fresh units on both sides replacing battered and broken troops.

To the south, heavy artillery and armour engaged. Initial success went to the NK armour when it sent the shermans reeling. Despite the early success within half an hour there were no more NK tanks to be found. US infantry had mostly broken in the south and the NK advanced on their enemies former positions.

By 10.30 the US Southern flank was collapsing with over half of the committed units either disrupted, demoralised or fleeing back east. However the meat grinder in the central village had sapped most of the NK strength and there was little capability left. Morale was low and US reserves were strong. In the North several smaller melee engagements had wiped out NK forces and freed up much of the US troops.

The battlefield axis pivoted. US units around the central village pulled out and hit the advancing southern NK forces in the flank. More shells hit the exposed NK units and eventually they stalled. By now the northern US forces were crossing the river and surrounding what remained of NK forces around the villages.

The kommissars had their work cut out and with high ranking NK leaders now without adequate support or just surrounded the NK leadership decided they had to pull back to a new defensive position in the south western hills. Unfortunately for them every move was met with heavy US fire and yet more pin point accurate bombardments.

In the end the NK units had lost nearly all cohesion with officers, men and materiel scattered everywhere and two powerful US forces approaching boasting armour, guns and plenty of troops.

By 11.30 the NK were leaving the field. The bulk of the US forces halted and watched them go. They had many disrupted units and scattered leaders but the road was theirs.