Bahar's fishing boat departed at dusk, taking only two guards and a communications team with a radio, and landed on the western side of the defensive line when night fell.
Bahar's arrival was greeted with enthusiasm by the soldiers and civilians, as if he had injected a much-needed dose of morale into those on the brink of collapse.
Especially when Bahar loudly told them:
"Brave soldiers, the enemy can block our roads on land, but they cannot block our supply lines at sea!"
"I have come through smoothly, and I've brought food!"
As he spoke, his subordinates unloaded bags of flour from the fishing boat and laid them out in front of everyone.
The previously despondent Ottoman soldiers and militiamen erupted into cheers.
Bahar continued to shout:
"We can use wooden boats and fishing boats to transport food and ammunition overnight, it's not difficult!"
"But we need two days to make enough boats."
