Playing our weekly game yesterday and a few things came up that we would like clarified by the experts (or at least the folks here :-D).
1. I was playing as Japan. US player had a large force in SZ 6, including loaded transports (that they moved in during the NC phase of previous turn). During his combat movement phase, he takes a lone, loaded transport and conducts an amphibious assualt into SZ 19, attacking Kiangsu. I had no ships in SZ 19. According to the Pacific rule book, I cannot target transports with kamikaze attacks. He then moves surface ships into the zone to protect the transport on his NC move, again negating any possible kamikaze attack. Is this intended, or a manipulation of the rules? It seems as though kamikazes will never be able to defend against amphib assault, nor attack carriers (since they typically follow a/c into a SZ on NC phase). Do most people simply house rule this, or what? If they are only good against destroyers, cruisers and BB’s, I feel they are rather useless, particularly when the USN attacks in force.
2. As Germany, I had a lone transport in SZ 113. I also had a stack of fighter a/c in Western Germany. My UK opponent sent a strategic bomber to attack my lone transport and I scrambled three fighters to defend. During the ensuing battle, if the bomber scores a hit, I can choose to assign that hit to a fighter if I so desire, correct? I could choose to not lose the transport at all, right?
3. Finally, Italy is conducting amphib assault into Trans Jordan from SZ 98. UK has an airfield in Egypt, but no ships in the Med. UK scrambles to defend against the assault. Does this negate any shore bombardment that may accompany the Italian assault?
Thanks ahead of time.