 They were supported by a field artillery battery, machine gun section, three armoured cars, and two airplanes.He was to proceed through Persia (began from Mesopotamian Campaign through Persian Campaign) to the port of Anzali.On 6 June 1918, Grigory Korganov, People's Commissar of Military and Naval Affairs of the Baku Soviet, issued an order to the Red Army to begin offensive operations against Ganja.