Can you use scramble to defend unescorted transports

but any planes attacking Rome still attack. Which sucks for them.

I think the rule changed to give more power to destroyers as sub hunters.

If you don’t want UK to scramble during your amphibious assault, you need some Italian Bombers to raid the Airfield, and now UK have no change to repair it before Germany attack.

The rules are made this gamey way because the designer love the idea of teamwork.

Same thing with enemy subs. You can ignore them and bombard the shore, or destroy them with no bombardment.

never say never in the world of Axis and Allies.  I’m pretty sure I’ve found a way, but as stated, has enough drawbacks of its own.  I could show you in a friendly game.  8-)

I use my fingers.

Right hand - Hits 1 through 5 normal; 6-10 pointing left; 11-15 pointing down; 16-20 pointing right.
Left hand - Hits 21 through 25 normal; 26-30 pointing right; 31-35 pointing down; 36-40 pointing left.

If it goes beyond 40, start over on the right hand.  Once the hits are known, we just pull that many pieces from the board.  Each land piece has its own color poker chip (except ships, so many ship pieces), so armies get colorful and stand tall.

That’s true if you’re playing with the box rules, but this question was about the Alpha+ rules.

In the Europe rulebook, it is on page 30 under Transports (Loading and Offloading).