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.
Sea units starting in hostile sea zones
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For Example Japan and the US are not at war.
Different surface warships of both sides are sharing a seazone.
Now Japan declares war on the US.
Is it possible to leave some ships/planes in the hostile sea zone for combat and move with the others ships/planes outside?
(For example leaving the planes in the sea zone and move the CV away)
Or have they all to leave at once?
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You can split them in any way that you like, including all staying or all going. However, if any units stay, at least one of them must have an attack value greater than zero.
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Thanks Krieghund.
There will be a few “Zeros” in the seazone, but with an attak of 3 or less. :-D