In 1944 the battle of schmitt was a devastating time for the 28th infantry division in about four days over six thousand casualties. General koda who was a division commander at the time most reports i read said he never even went as far forward as one of his regimental command posts and the staff did not go forward either so they didn't realize that the call trail through the hirk and forest which they were sending shurman tanks down was nine feet wide. When an element is lagging a leader can step in and move things quicker and they should because that's the momentum  that we're going in correct.