@Young:
on page 20 of my Europe rule book it says…
…
so I’ve got a problem with the words “friendly to the air units in the battle” as it doesn’t specify wether the rules were meant to read “friendly to the attacking air units”.
The way it reads in the rule book (to me anyways) is if a strategic bomber was attacking 1 destroyer and 1 sub, and the defender decided to scramble 1 fighter to defend the sea zone… than the defender could use the submarine as a casualty if the attacking Strategic Bomber hits.
Am I wrong?
OK, I understand what you mean.
We are talking about the “Can’t be hit by Air Units” issue of submarines.
@rulebook:
Can’t Be Hit by Air Units: When attacking or defending,
hits scored by air units can’t be assigned to submarines
unless there is a destroyer that is friendly to the air units
in the battle.
That means to me:
If the attacker has a destroyer supporting his fighter’s attack,
a hit scored by the attacker’s fighter could be assigned to a defender’s submarine.
If the defender has a destroyer supporting his (scrambled) fighter’s defense,
a hit scored by the (scrambled) fighter could be assigned to an attacker’s submarine
(if there is one).
_I think the rule does NOT say:
If the defender has a destroyer supporting his (scrambled) fighter’s defense,
a hit scored by the attacker’s fighter - without DD support - could be assigned
to a defender’s submarine._