Japan '46 Operation Coronet Allied AAR

[ComradeP]

2nd of March 1946 14:00 Turn 16



The frustrating part of this campaign becomes most clear in the Eighth Army sector.

C quality US forces can't sustain an offensive.

The downside of the "lean and mean" US battalions is that their fairly small size, compared to Japanese units, means even modest losses quickly result in high Fatigue gain and Disruptions. We're playing with Higher Fatigue Recovery on, which is a blessing for both sides probably given the sometimes extreme casualties (both from alt indirect/direct fire and the brutal nature of combat).

The Japanese also have the best all-round infantry in any PzC title in terms of stats. The high terrain/fortification firepower modifiers also make it difficult to outgun Japanese units with regular infantry units even though their base SA value is higher.

X Corps is slowly gaining ground on the 84th Division, but it's a slow and costly process.

Progress in the XIV Corps sector is better, but I have to keep a large number of units west of Fujisawa in case the Naval Landing units want to try to throw the Corps into the Pacific. At this point, I had lost my first unit: one of the 105mm Sherman HQ platoons that each Army tank battalion has was knocked out during an assault.

The US get 12 minesweeper units. I moved them towards Tokyo Bay on turn 1, staying out of LOS of coastal guns and observers. They've nearly reached the minefields blocking passage to the bay. I'll use them for counterbattery spotting and to observe units moving along the coastal roads later on.

Generally, when I know units will be using coastal roads, I try to move ships close to those roads at night in order to spot units on the first daylight turn. This worked well on a number of days, with costly Japanese losses as a result of naval bombardment and carpet bombing.



The Marines are making good progress, but they don't really have an enticing objective directly in front of them. The short term goal is to clear the north-south highway directly in front of the landing beaches.

Japanese engineers have constructed a bunker east of Togane whilst Fixed, which makes taking the town impossible for the moment.

XXIV Corps is making modest, but important progress. The short-term goal is to clear Mobara.