The confusion seems to be in you’re holding back naval ships for naval bombardment. The advantage about scrambling planes is that it forces the attacker to commit all their naval ships regardless if they want to or not. That’s why it is sometimes wise to scramble in a losing battle if the enemy is relying on bombardment for victory. The easiest situation would be when Japan invades the Philippine islands. If Japan was so aggressive that all they brought was two infantry with two cruisers as example. I would scramble the fighter in that situation because while I will lose the sea battle, if you choose to invade the island after the battle, you’re doing it without naval support which gives my defending infantry a better chance at winning.
Amphibious assault & ncm rules question.
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Can a transport that did not take part in a amphibious assault but are present in the sea zone move in ncm?
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As long as the transport didn’t move, load, or offload in combat movement and there was no battle in the sea zone (including the destruction of defenseless transports), it can move in noncombat movement.
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Krieghund, if the owner of the TT wanted to bombard using another TT, or fight a naval battle, is this Second TT allowed to move out in combat, without unloading or is it stuck with the fleet? I presume it cannot move out to avoid combat and then load into a friendly territory. Can it only move out to amphibiously land elsewhere?
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If there is simply bombardment occurring, there is no sea battle to escape, so the transport may only move in combat movement to participate in another battle. If there is a sea battle occurring, it can move in combat movement to either participate in another battle elsewhere or to simply escape combat. In any case, if it does a combat movement it may neither load nor offload units unless it is participating in an amphibious assault, and it may not do anything in noncombat movement.
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As I thought (and feared).
Thank you for answering. Seems a bit rough, but it is a rule, so fine.