"My troops and I choose Montgomery's troops, please approve the commander!"

After seeing that the SS division commander had already made a statement, William Betrich, the captain of the SS brigade, who was the new commander of the Hohenstaufen Division, immediately stood up and expressed his opinion.

"My troops and I also chose Montgomery's army as the target of encirclement and annihilation. Please allow the commander!"

In the future, the only German mechanized unit in Normandy was the 17th SS Armored Grenadier Division, known as the "Iron Fist" division, namely the "Guz von Berlisingen" Armored Grenadier Division, and the current commander of the SS Brigade Captain Weirner Ostendorf, also made a decision.

The division was formed by Chen Yanlong in October 1943 in the western French city of Poitiers. The troops came from recruiting troops rather than volunteers, setting a precedent for the SS troops.

Many recruits were young people born in 1926, and almost tens of thousands of recruits were recruited from industrial workers in non-important areas.

Moreover, this army was formed by the Germans overseas, so there were more Romanians, French, Czechs and Italian Germans.

But at this moment, the 17th SS Armored Grenadier Division did not lack the priority of recruiting as in the original history, so that the new recruits they recruited were mostly those who had just graduated or those who had just recovered from the hospital.

Therefore, among the new recruits recruited by the 17th Armored Grenadier Division of the SS, there are still many strong young people, and some are veterans with rich combat experience selected from other SS and Defense Forces units.

At the same time, it is also mixed with veterans with combat experience dug from the Ministry of Reunion to supplement the troops and let the veterans in the army lead new soldiers, so that the 17th Armored Grenadier Division of the SS can participate in actual combat in just over a month.

Moreover, the weapons and equipment they used were not as lacking as in the original history. At this moment, all the officers and soldiers of the 17th Armored Grenadier Division of the SS were not only lacking in vehicles, but also the weapons and equipment were even more advanced than the new equipment of Britain and the United States.

Therefore, William Betrich, the commander of the SS brigade, the new commander of the Hohenstaufen Division, had the confidence to lead this army that had been established for less than two months to arrive in Sicily for the first actual combat operation.

However, to be on the safe side, he chose Montgomery's troops to encircle and annihilate the target, rather than the troops commanded by Patton, who had the name of the violent bull, as the main target.

In other words, it felt easier to deal with Montgomery than Patton in his eyes, so he chose this way.

After the division commander William Bitrich made his statement, the commanders of other troops also made their statements one after another. In addition to the newly formed 505th Heavy Armored Division with Mandofir as the commander-in-chief, and the officers of the Great German Armored Army did not make any statements, including the 15th Armored Division and the 14th Armored Grenadier Division, all the officers made their statements at the latest. With Mandofir's approval, all of them chose the main target troops they were about to attack.

Regarding the decision of the German army, he was heading to Gera, Victoria, Modica, Catania and Ragusa to search for the remnants of the German army, Patton and all the officers under his 7th Army, including Allen, who was a vanguard unit and his 1st Division, who were in the Red Army.

Modica is a city located in the province of Ragusa on Sicily in southern Italy, and is also the center of Sicily Baroque-style buildings.

At this moment, Allen also carefully led his troops of the Red 1st Division to the outer area of ​​the city for reconnaissance.

"Teacher Alan! Do we want to capture this place immediately?"

"We have fully reconnaissed around us, and we have not encountered an Italian army or a German army yet!"

After Allen's reconnaissance troops completed the full reconnaissance, Jared, the battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion, immediately came to Allen, who was smoking a cigarette to stabilize his emotions. He gave a standard military salute first, and immediately reported with a loud voice.

"Observe for a while, let's rest now! Our troops have been marching for a long time, and everyone should be tired!"
Chapter completed!