On January 17, General Steiermark personally went to the seaside to supervise the troop embarkation.
He set up a command post on the beach that was small in scale, but fully equipped.
The core of the command post consisted of a radio car, a telegraph car, and a matching generator car. Besides, to deal with possible Antean attacks, there were four long-barreled Panzer IV tanks next to the headquarters.
Throughout the morning, everything was normal. The White Sea Fleet dispatched five large cargo ships with a tonnage of ten thousand each, escorted by five destroyers, and additionally, a heavy cruiser led two destroyers to patrol the nearby waters, ready to confront the Antean navy.
It could be heard from the radio communication that General Steiermark instructed the radio operator to connect the receiver and the speakers on the car, so that the conversations from the radio were broadcasted through the speakers without missing a detail.
