AAG40 FAQ

Subs of any nationality can go through the Strait of Gibralter no matter who controls Gibralter. Does the same hold true for the Danish
Straits no matter who controls Denmark? I would think so.

Also, a Soviet transport does an amphib. assault on Norway off the north coast. Can the Soviet cruiser off the south coast participate in the amphib. assault by doing an off shore bombardment even though it’s not in the same sea zone as the transport? I say no.

@Gamerman01:

This means that if you offload 2 infantry from Z112 onto Norway and 2 infantry from Z113 onto Norway and you have a battleship and 2 cruisers in Z113 at the end of the combat movement phase, the 2nd cruiser does NOT get to roll an attack because only 2 land units offloaded from Z113.

That’s not correct, Gamerman.  The limit to the number of ships that can bombard is based on the total number of land units offloading into the territory, not the number of units offloading from the sea zone with the bombarding ships.  In your example, the limit of bombarding ships is four, and they may be in either sea zone 112 or sea zone 113, so all of the ships in 113 may bombard.

To sum up, a ship must be in a sea zone from which at least one land unit offloaded for the amphibious assault (and no sea combat occurred) in order to bombard, and the total number of ships that can bombard is limited to the total number of land units that offloaded, regardless of which of those sea zone(s) the offloading transports and bombarding ships occupy.

Thanks you three for bringing and clearing  that up for us all.

@Gamerman01:

I almost posted my argument, but then I realized it says “coastal territory”.�  I was thinking sea zone along a certain coast.

The rulebook sentence says the transports are in the coastal territory!�  That’s why I was thinking “coastal territory” was a sea zone.�  Do you see what I mean?

Yeah.  I guess it should say “one ship per land unit being offloaded from the transports into that coastal territory”.

was it the same way in aa50?  if so i have been playing it wrong for years.  this is very good to know

@Boldfresh:

was it the same way in aa50?  if so i have been playing it wrong for years.  this is very good to know

just so i have this straight, you could offload 4 units from z112 and bombard with 4 cruisers from z113 right (no bombarding ships in z112)?

No; one Cruiser would have to be in SZ 112 if all the units were unloading from just that one SZ, then the other 3 in 113 could fire too. 
See Krieg’s reply 3237 one page back.

@Boldfresh:

was it the same way in aa50?  if so i have been playing it wrong for years.  this is very good to know

Yes.

@Boldfresh:

just so i have this straight, you could offload 4 units from z112 and bombard with 4 cruisers from z113 right (no bombarding ships in z112)?

No.  At least one transport needs to offload from sea zone 113 to enable ships there to bombard.  If one unit offloaded from 113 and three offloaded from 112, all of the cruisers would be able to bombard (assuming no sea battle in 113).

@wittmann:

No; one Cruiser would have to be in SZ 112 if all the units were unloading from just that one SZ, then the other 3 in 113 could fire too. 
See Krieg’s reply 3237 one page back.

You’ve got it backwards.  See above.

Thanks again Krieg and thank you for getting in before I misled Boldfresh.
Simply stated,  to Bombard from a SZ there must be an amphibious landing from that SZ.
Makes sense.

@wittmann:

Thanks again Krieg and thank you for getting in before I misled Boldfresh.
Simply stated,  to Bombard from a SZ there must be an amphibious landing from that SZ.
Makes sense.

ah that makes it crystal clear.  20 land units could unload from z112 and 1 land unit from z113 and you could have 1 cruiser bombard from Z112 and 20 cruisers bombard from Z113.

sweet, very good to know!

can china repair airbase / naval base?

Hi Gamerman. It is definitely no to Cow’s question.
But I too was also wondering about the repercussions.
Bases are not destroyed. Am sure Krieg has said that, so that means they remain on the board damaged until the Japanese recapture them(if ever).
Seems silly the Allies cannot repair and use them. Only the Japanese.
Maybe it reflects the Chinese not wanting too much Allied help and interference in their national affairs.
Oh well.

The Allies (including China) can use them, but China cannot repair them.

Thanks Krieg, but if they are damaged when they are recaptured by the Allies surely they stay damaged as long as Japan does not  repair them? How can the Allies repair a base belonging to another(China) nation?
Have we got that right?

@wittmann:

Thanks Krieg, but if they are damaged when they are recaptured by the Allies surely they stay damaged as long as Japan does not  repair them? How can the Allies repair a base belonging to another(China) nation?
Have we got that right?

You may not.  Hence, you should be careful not to dmg property in China you may need before Japan will repair it. (Likewise, Japan should caution not to repair what they cannot hold!)