Moreover, by pruning the trees in
such a manner as to ensure free movement beneath, the artillery
would be able to advance without betraying the fact to the enemy.
This authority vigorously insisted that the work should be
carried out without a moment's delay as it was vital to the
Fatherland. In the light of recent events, and the excellent
cover which is offered by the orchards of the territory he cited
as an illustration of his contention, such a disclosure is
pregnant with meaning. It throws a new light upon the thorough
methods with which the Germans carried out their military
preparations, and incidentally shows that they were fully alive
to every possible development. Fruit-raising as a complement to
military operations may be a new line of discussion, but it
serves to reveal the German in his true light, ready for every
contingency, and shows how thoroughly he appreciates the danger
from the man in the clouds.
CHAPTER XIV
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. MOBILE WEAPONS.
When the airship and the aeroplane became accepted units of
warfare it was only natural that efforts should be concentrated
upon the evolution of ways and means to compass their destruction
or, at least, to restrict their field of activity.
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