I’ve had situations in triple a where I have left sea units in a zone with a sub, planning to move them on the non combat, and then couldn’t. There might have been other complicating factors but i couldn’t remember and I thought it might be a function of them ending the combat move phase in a contested zone.
In this case I’m playing the soviets and responding to this move. I was trying to decide if moving the cruiser would block them from moving the transport back even if the cruiser was destroyed. If they did lose their movement being in a contested zone they would have to end up either in 114 or 115. I decided not to do the move because the Italians could counter but was still curious what the effect was.
@simon33:
@farmboy:
A question regarding the impact of subs. Before declaring war, Germany moves its transport and cruiser to 115 (next to Leningrad) and lands units in Finland. What happens, if on R1 the Soviet cruiser moves to 114 and leaves the sub in 115. If war is declared on G2, Germany can ignore the sub but will it have a noncombat movement after (since in a sense, the cruiser and transport ended combat movement in a hostile zone). I’m wondering essentially if the move prevents the Germans from getting the transport back to the safety of 113 and if, in ignoring the sub on the combat move, the German cruiser and transport are considered to have exhausted their non combat movement?
I can’t see why the ships would lose their non combat movement. However, they are only able to do anything if the cruiser is sunk.
This moves seems only really any good if a DD is purchased G2, or the BB can reach 113. Otherwise, the Soviets will just use their sub to sink the transport.