The first attack at 15:30 on 7 January was followed by eleven more attacks until just before dawn on 8 January when the mujahideen retreated after suffering severe casualties, leaving Hill 3234 in the hands of the Soviet paratroopers. The exhausted and mostly wounded Soviets were nearly out of ammunition but continued to occupy the hill until the last convoy passed through the road below. The attacks continued until the following morning, by which time the defenders were almost out of ammunition, had lost six paratroopers and twenty-eight of them were wounded with nine wounded seriously.