The famous British military theorist and historian Leed Hart. He said: "It is difficult to find a German tank general who can match Rommel other than Guderian among the German generals who have been able to keenly catch the best fighters and quickly carry out operations sufficient to defeat the maneuver of their opponents." ”

"However, in the later stages of World War II, Patton of the U.S. Army and Mandol of the German Army also showed superb judgment and command and combat ability similar to Guderian and Rommel!"

At the same time, after the defeat and surrender of the German army, many books and reports in later generations said that Lid Hart had interviewed Mandolfer in the prisoner of war camp for his views on the formation of the future army.

Mandolfer's answer was: "The best army in modern times is to concentrate the best resources, sufficient military expenditures and excellent soldiers, and military supplies; There are also the latest weapons and equipment to form an elite army, or a small number of elite troops. ”

"Because this will be more effective and lethal than dispersing resources to form a large number of ordinary troops with average strength!"

Just like the Royal Guards after the war, there are also the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Panzer Divisions of the American Army, and the 101st Airborne Division, which has given many casualties to Mandolfer's troops in the Battle of the Ardennes.

The same is true of the Soviet Guards, these world powers are well aware of what Mandolfil said, so in the early stages of World War II, Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries continued to build up their elite troops to defeat the German army.

Now the troops under Mandolfer's command and the 7th Army under Patton's command were elite units, and they were about to start their first battle again in Sicily.

Himmler himself took part in Posen's frank remarks to his officers: "We must step on the corpses to create a new life of our own, and this is the price we must pay, just as the Americans mercilessly killed the indigenous Indians.......

And now Barton is facing a similar problem, in front of him.

"What would you do if there were German troops lurking in the ancient city of Modica waiting for us to arrive and then ambush them? Barton! ”

When Omar Bradley listened to Allen's report, he immediately turned to Patton and cast an inquiring gaze and asked seriously.

"Tell the innocent citizens of the city to leave, and then bombard this place, I will bomb the entire ancient city of Modica into ruins!"

"At that point, I see how the Germans will use the labyrinthine buildings here to ambush our troops?"

Barton replied without hesitation.

"But in a short period of time, I'm afraid that all the residents here will not be able to leave, and maybe there are many people who are unwilling to leave here."

"Because their home is here, without this home they will have nothing and become refugees!"

Omar Bradley said cautiously.

"We can't do so much now, now the direction of the war is more and more beyond our expectations, if we still hold back and dare not let go to fight those German troops, I am afraid that our Sicilian battle will repeat the last fiasco!"

"Are you willing to be defeated by those damned Germans again, with heavy casualties? Bradley! ”

Barton, however, looked at him without thinking about it, and retorted to Omar Bradley in an affirmative tone.

"Of course I don't want to!"

"But to immediately bomb a city into ruins, I think it would be better for us to communicate with Commander Eisenhower and Admiral Marshall first!"

"Otherwise, I'm worried that after the incident, we will both be severely punished by them!"

Omar Bradley replied emotionally.

"What are you afraid of! Don't you hear that now Alexander's great army is also bombing the famous Cassino Monastery by our aviation? As long as it can defeat the German army, what is a small city? ”

"If we allow the German army to grow in Europe, I am afraid that the casualties and officers and soldiers will not be the problem of one or two small cities, but the problem of many countries!"

Barton, however, smiled unimpressedly.

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Hearing this, Omar Bradley did not know for a moment and then retorted, and was silent with a worried look on his face.

As for Patton, he immediately gave orders to his field artillery units and heavy artillery units to bombard.

As a result, all the artillery units of the 7th Army and the 1st Red Division were quickly deployed, adjusted their coordinates and prepared to wait for the shelling order to bombard the ancient city of Modica.