The US can choose to fight the battles in either order, but it won’t matter. Defending planes that lose the carrier holding them in combat get 1 movement to land after the Combat phase is done, so at that point it would already be determined if they had a friendly place to land regardless of the battle order. The landing is done after the whole combat phase to avoid confusion of planes getting to defend twice, which they don’t.
Question regarding transports and scramble rules
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Here’s the situation. Two French infantry sit on an American transport with no other French units in the sea zone. The seazone is serviced by an unfriendly air base in a territory containing a German fighter. If the French units attempt to perform an amphibious assault out of that sea zone, does that fighter 1) prevent an amphibious landing, 2) destroy the American transport with French infantry still on it, or 3) have no ability to scramble?
I know that friendly naval units are spectators when a power attacks, so the American ships should not participate in the battle. If the American transport is not a participant in the battle, does that mean that the French infantry are stuck on the transport when there is an unfriendly air base servicing that sea zone?
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My understanding of the rules is, if they amphib in that sea zone, the fighter CAN scramble. This will prevent the landing and destroy the transports w/inf still on them.
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Welcome, Blinded Guardian!
Your option 1 is correct, for the reasons you cited.
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Thanks for the quick responses!
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