Foreign amphibious reinforcement and bombardment

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

Say a British infantry is in Romania, with Austro-Hungarian troops also in the territory, making it contested.

When an Italian transports carries units and unloads in Romania, intending to attack, does that still count as amphibious reinforcement, even if the territory is contested by another power? And can I do battleship bombardment when the Italians fight?

Thank you!

[Tamer of Beasts]

@SuperbattleshipYamato It is amphibious reinforcement, not amphibious attack. From page 17 of the rulebook:

“An amphibious assault takes place when you attack a hostile coastal territory (a territory bordering a sea zone) from an
adjacent sea zone by offloading units from transports into that territory (or make a joint attack with both offloading units
and other units from one or more adjacent territories). An amphibious reinforcement takes place when you move units to
a contested or friendly coastal territory from an adjacent sea zone by offloading units from transports into that territory.”

Then on page 22 it describes sea combat before amphibious assaults and says in a few places that BBs can only bombard with an assault.

If the territory is already contested, my understanding is that no artillery preemptive strikes or BB bombardments can take place, and it is treated as regular combat (if you choose to attack rather than reinforce, that is). I’m sure Krieghund will have a more official answer, but that is how I see it.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Tamer-of-Beasts

Thanks for responding!

[Krieghund]

@Tamer-of-Beasts is correct.

[SuperbattleshipYamato]

@Krieghund

Thank you so much!