on 30 october, the soviet defences detected the spearhead of the german 132nd infantry division and shelled it at 12:30 on 1 november using battery 30's 305mm coastal guns. the germans designated the fort as fort maxim gorky i. wehrmacht lacked sufficient air and mobile units to force a decision. instead, manstein ordered hansen's liv corps to head east down the sevastopol-simferopol rail line towards yalta, while the 72nd infantry division was to head to balaklava, effectively encircling sevastopol. once there, it would attack sevastopol from the east. the 132nd made reasonable progress, but was stopped on 2 november by the 8th naval brigade. the wehrmacht suffered 428 casualties. manstein ordered a halt for a week, whilst bringing up reserves. oktyabrsky used his fleet to bring in a further 23,000 men from the caucasus. on 9 november, petrov's army was brought in, bringing 19,894 soldiers, ten t-26 tanks, 152 artillery pieces, and 200 mortars. the red army now had 52,000 troops in the area of the city. the luftwaffe was considered weak (the bulk of it was engaged in the battle of moscow), so the soviet navy kept the heavy cruiser "krasny kavkaz", light cruisers "krasny krym" and "chervona ukraina", and seven destroyers to protect the port.