Berlin Staff Headquarter, Hindenburg and Ludendorff discussed the defenses on the east bank of the Rhine River over the sand table.
This is a weakness of the German Army's command system.
The German Army gives greater freedom to each division, and local commanders often handle sudden situations themselves, resulting in delayed intelligence reports.
Hindenburg was still worried about the east bank of the Rhine River, pointing to the waters near Offenburg.
"We should strengthen the artillery in this area."
"Shire has 'belted floating bridges', in principle, as long as there are enough bridges, Shire's forces can be continually sent across to the east bank."
The only thing that can stop them is artillery."
No unit on this earth can match Shire's force; to win, we can only blow up the floating bridges to prevent Shire's troops from crossing the river.
"But we have no more artillery units left, Marshal." Ludendorff looked troubled, "Unless we move the artillery from Saarbrücken."
