"So what's next for now? Will they lead troops to assist in the battle around Cassino, or will they remain in Sicily to continue the search for German troops? ”

When Patton confidently finished his battle success, Theodore Roosevelt smiled and diverted the subject.

For him, finding the Germans as quickly as possible and participating in the battle was the first priority, which was much better than talking about it.

"Of course, we will continue to search for the traces of the German army, because in fact, we have only occupied half of Sicily, although they are all important strategic locations, but there are still half of the areas that we have not yet searched!"

"And now the only troops in Sicily are the 7th Army of the US Army, which was formally formed on the basis of us and the 1st Panzer Army commanded by Omar Bradley, as well as the 13th Army and the 30th Army under Montgomery, as well as the troops of the British 1st Airborne Brigade, as well as the reorganized Third Army!"

"And the reorganized US 5th Army, the 15th Army Group and the British 8th Army, the British 10th Army; The 101st Airborne Division, the French Expeditionary Force, the Canadian Army, and other troops with a total strength of more than 500,000 troops have also safely entered the Italian mainland from Sicily and airborne, and are fighting with the main force of the German army! ”

Barton smiled and immediately replied seriously.

"Therefore, I repeat once again, war does not rely on superficial virtue to defeat the enemy's army, especially a fierce army like a hungry wolf like the German army, and we must fight even more desperately, otherwise our army will fall to the point of total annihilation!"

Then Barton continued, without waiting for Theodor Roosevelt to reply.

"Hmmm! I agree! ”

"By the way, Palermo, the capital of Sicily, is now occupied and stationed by Montgomery's troops, should we go there and have a look!"

Theodore Roosevelt nodded.

"Don't go! Let's search the Germans around Catania! Messina has been occupied and garrisoned by our Third Army, so we have not sent any troops to search for the areas of Geira, Victoria, Modica, Catania and Ragusa! ”

"My sixth sense tells me that there may be German troops lurking there, or we will not so smoothly occupy Palermo, the capital of Sicily, and the strategically important location of Messina!"

"Actually, I don't understand what the Germans are planning, why they want to abandon so many important locations like this, so that our army can safely enter the Italian mainland through Messina without much effort, is there any conspiracy that the German army does not know about ambushing us?"

Hearing this, Barton said shrewdly.

"We knew when we found those German soldiers coming out, and now it's useless to think about anything!"

"And now the Italian battlefield has gradually entered the white-hot battle, Alexander and Ridgway's troops are already fighting to the death with the German army, and we have no way to guess the main intention of the German army for a while!"

"However, in my personal opinion, the greatest plan of the German army is to lure our troops to Cassino and have a large-scale decisive battle with the area of the winter line!"

"Perhaps Hitler wanted to inflict heavy losses on our main forces in Italy, or else he would not have so easily abandoned the defense of Sicily, at least in the opinion I have come to in the more than a year that I have fought with his troops!"

Theodor Roosevelt also looked solemn and nodded to tell his true thoughts.

Who doesn't know that what he said is really a guess for him, it's just that he doesn't know it yet.

When Barton heard his words, his eyes flashed, and he stared deeply at Theodor Roosevelt with a meaningful gaze, and then fell silent.

However, he soon let Allen command his Great Red First Division to continue as the vanguard, opening the way in front.

Patton and Theodore Roosevelt also rode in a tank command vehicle and followed the large army slowly.

At the same time, Barton immediately used his leisure time to secretly write a letter home to the woman he liked, Beatrice, in which he wrote: "My dear! Beatrice! Guess where we are now? "Did you know that we have now taken the capital of Sicily, Palermo, and the important strategic location of Messina?"

"And we have captured and annihilated a lot of Italian troops, as well as a very small part of the German army! Now I am leading my 7th Army to the areas of Geira, Victoria, Modica, Catania and Ragusa to search for the remnants of the German army; As soon as I find these damn fascist troops, I will immediately let my troops tear them all to pieces, for the peace of Europe and the world, I simply love this war to death! ”

Theodor Roosevelt, who watched Patton secretly writing love letters, also fell into deep thought while leisurely gazing at the surrounding scenery.

However, Allen and other generals were highly vigilant, leading their troops to open the way in front, ready to fight fiercely with the sudden appearance of the German army.