@Private-Mike said in New to Global. HELP:
@Krieghund Thank you. So if he loads 10 transports in sea zone 110 for sealion and has 1 battleship also, I could scramble from London with say 3 planes. If I scramble, and he does not designate any of germans planes to participate in the seazone battle, I could sink his battleship and the transport are gone with the men. Correct?
Attacking transports are only defenseless if they cannot retreat. If he attacks directly from sea zone 110, they will not be able to retreat, and what you say will be true.
However, if in combat movement he loads the transports, moves them to an adjacent sea zone (say, 112), and then moves them back to 110, he will have established a retreat route in that zone. As a result, he could retreat any surviving transports from the battle once the battleship is sunk. For example, if you roll two hits and sink the battleship, all of the transports could retreat. However, if you roll three hits, the battleship and one transport would be lost before the others could retreat.