If you re-read the introduction you will see........
"You've heard that old "Blood and Guts" wants to finish this campaign up as quickly as possible, and is pushing everyone and every machine to 110 percent. Rumor has it that the next target will be France. if that is true, the 1st Armored may soon be pulled out of the line, to begin training for an amphibious assault."
"............finish this campaign up as quickly as possible, and is pushing everyone and every machine to 110 percent"
you are given 875 rebuild points after the first battle. You are SUPPOSED to be rushed and it's not
meant to be pretty.
"Patton" ( OR in this case, the campaign designer...) doesn't want you to......"methodically work suspected enemy targets over with artillery and to bombard them with tanks before moving my infantry up." Patton would cashier an officer who did so when he demanded speed and aggressiveness. If he wanted Montgomery to plan this attack he would have asked him

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He's asking you to go in fast and hard and kick *** and take names and not worry about "casualties"
Don