Japan '46 Operation Coronet Allied AAR

[ComradeP]

4th of March 1946 04:00 Soft Conditions Turn 31



As you can see, the somewhat chaotic nature of the opening days and the need to keep pushing has created a patchwork of units from different divisions. That will be rationalized in the next few days.

Hiratsuka has been cleared. Engineers get to work on clearing rubble. Units from X Corps and XIV Corps can shake hands.

It's important to clear rubble in order to be able to use roads, be able to employ an interior line advantage and for supply purposes. US Corps don't exactly have a shortage of engineers, which is why you see piles of them in some hexes. Cleaning up the rear area has a higher priority than using them at the frontline in most cases. Bridge engineers don't have much else to do at the moment so they're all clearing rubble.



The 200 point objective north of Mobara is a coastal artillery bunker that will take some time to clear, which is why I'm outflanking Mobara from the southeast.

Over the next few days, 7th ID will stretch its frontline west. They won't be moving much further south for the moment.