Amphibious Assault quesion

[nishav]

There is a question in the Q&A that approaches this but didn’t quite address my question. If US attacks SZ6 defended by 2 Destroyers and 1 Sub with 1 Destroyer, 4 planes (of any description) and 1 transport to amphibious, obviously they cannot ignore the subs because there are surface warships present. My question is that if kamikaze attacks succeed on the US destroyer,

1. As the rules state “the ship will not participate in the subsequent battle” have the planes lost the ability to hit the sub?
2. As this battle cannot be canceled at this point, does the sub get to roll in the first combat round since there is a transport present in the sea zone even if it can’t hit the attacking planes?

Thanks!

[Panther]

@nishav

1. Yes, the destroyer friendly to the attacking planes is lost by the preceding Kamikaze strike, so the attacking planes can’t hit the defending submarine.

2. Yes, as there is no attacking destroyer the defending submarine gets its surprise strike. A hit must be assigned to the transport.

[nishav]

@panther thanks Panther!