British Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Saarburg.
Kitchener's situation left Haig flustered, and the collapse of the "anti-Shire alliance" gave Pershing's theories the upper hand.
To be precise, even Beck did not believe that without the coordination of other nations, the British and Americans could independently break through the front lines and achieve victory.
"So, what do we need?" Beck asked Pershing for his opinion for the first time.
"A lot." Pershing responded with a worried expression:
"We need to gain air superiority, and this can only be achieved with the 'Curlew' fighter aircraft."
"Moreover, we also need 'Shire B1' tanks, as well as matching armored bridge-layers."
"We also need truck-mounted artillery, 105MM truck artillery, only they can suppress the Germans' artillery."
This is a complete operational system, indispensable, otherwise a front line that could have easily been breached would actually require a sacrifice of lives.
Haig remained silent.
