If I attack a lone transport, do the aircraft near it (if sea zone adjacent to applicable coastal airbase) have the ability to come to its rescue? Or is the transport simply destroyed?
If you don’t want UK to scramble during your amphibious assault, you need some Italian Bombers to raid the Airfield, and now UK have no change to repair it before Germany attack.
The rules are made this gamey way because the designer love the idea of teamwork.