"The main target of my troops and I is to choose Montgomery's troops, please ask the commander for approval!"

After seeing that the SS division commander had already made a statement, the new commander of the Hohenstaufen division, the SS brigade commander Wilhelm Bitrich, also immediately stood up and made a statement.

"My troops and I have also chosen Montgomery's army as a target for encirclement and annihilation, please ask the commander for permission!"

In the future, the only German mechanized unit in Normandy, the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, known as the "Iron Fist" division, that is, the 'Guz von Perissingen' Panzergrenadier Division, the current commander of the SS brigade commander Werner. Ostendorf also made up his mind.

The division was formed by Chen Yanlong in October 1943 in the western French city of Poitiers in accordance with its original history, and its soldiers came from conscripts rather than volunteers, setting a precedent for SS troops.

Many of the recruits were young men born in 1926, and almost 10,000 were recruited from industrial workers in non-important areas.

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

But the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division at this moment did not lack the priority of recruitment, as in the original history, and thus the recruits they recruited back eggs; Most of them were students who had just graduated, or wounded soldiers who had just recovered from the hospital.

Therefore, the recruits of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division at this moment still have many strong young men, and some are veterans with rich combat experience selected from other SS and Wehrmacht units.

At the same time, it was also mixed with veterans with combat experience dug from the client state to replenish the troops, so that the veterans in the troops could bring new recruits, so that the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division could 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, and all the officers and men of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division at this moment not only did not lack vehicles, but even the weapons and equipment were more advanced than the new equipment of Britain and the United States.

Therefore, the new commander of the Hohenstaufen Division, SS Brigade Commander William Bitrich, had the confidence to lead this unit, which had been established for less than two months, to Sicily for its first actual combat operation.

However, to be on the safe side, he chose Montgomery's troops as the target of the siege, rather than the troops commanded by the named violent Barton as the main target.

In other words, he felt that it would be easier to deal with Montgomery than against Barton, so he chose so.

With the statement of the division commander William Bitrich, the division commanders of other units also expressed their positions, except for the newly formed 505th Heavy Armored Division with Mandol as the commander-in-chief, and the officers of the Greater German Panzer Corps did not express their positions, including the officers of the 15th Panzer Division and the 14th Panzergrenadier Division at the latest, all the officers have finished their statements, and with Mandolfer's approval, all of them have selected the main target troops they are about to attack.

The Germans were making such a decision, and they were going to the areas of Geira, Victoria, Modica, Catania and Ragusa to search for the remnants of the German Patton and all the officers under the command of the 7th Army, including Allen and his 1st Red Division as the vanguard.

Modica is a city located in the province of Ragusa on the island of Sicily in southern Italy and is the center of the Sicilian Baroque complex.

At this moment, Allen also cautiously led the troops of his big red 1st Division, and reached the outskirts of the city for reconnaissance.

"Master Allen! Shall we take this place right away? ”

"We've reconnoitred all around, and we haven't encountered a single Italian or German army!"

When Allen's reconnaissance unit completed the reconnaissance, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, Jared, immediately came to Allen, who was smoking a cigarette to stabilize his mood, and after a standard military salute, he immediately reported in a majestic voice.

"Observe for a while, now let's take a break! Our troops have also been marching for a long time, and everyone should be tired! ”

The division commander Alan shook his head slightly and responded.