The landing operation progressed smoothly, as anticipated.
Speaking of which, the greatest threat to the Landing Fleet and Landing Forces during the entire landing operation was actually the naval mines in the strait.
On the first day of the landing, three Landing Ships hit mines in the Mand Strait, but fortunately, they were only severely damaged and ultimately all struggled back to Socotra Island.
In the planning stage, the potential losses had already been taken into account, and the ammunition and materials transported to the front line were sure to have a significant redundancy.
The loss of three Landing Ships specially transporting combat materials meant about 1,500 tons of ammunition and several thousand tons of fuel for the Armored Forces were missing, but the problem was not too great.
In the following days, Landing Ships hit mines in the strait almost every day.
