The only way to add planes to the defense of your fleet (as the attacker) if the defender scrambles during an amphibious assault, is to have a carrier present correct? I cannot fly planes to a sea-zone where there may not be any combat during the combat move, unless there is a carrier coming too? Or is even that not allowed?
@nzcamel you are able to send supporting Ftrs as long as they have a possible landing spot.
Example:
You attack Normandy you may send Ftrs from London bc the also can land in London again.
Or: you send Ftrs from Gibraltar and a CV who hasn’t moved yet who is located at sz 92 may move there to sz 110 after the combat is done.
Hth
@aequitas-et-veritas they aren’t being sent to join a certain combat. They are staying with the fleet (with no enemy ships present) not fighting in the landing battle. Are you sure they are allowed to move in the combat step?
Rulebook (Europe 1940.2, page 13) has it:
"However, units can’t end their movement in friendly spaces during the Combat Move phase except in four instances.
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@nzcamel said in Protecting the transports with aircraft, in an amphibious landing, from scrambles.:
@aequitas-et-veritas they aren’t being sent to join a certain combat. They are staying with the fleet (with no enemy ships present) not fighting in the landing battle. Are you sure they are allowed to move in the combat step?
… same rulebook, page 32:
“Carrier aircraft move independently of the carrier on their own turn. They move along with the carrier on its turn if they belong to different powers. On the air units’ turn, they launch before the carrier moves, even if they are not leaving the sea zone themselves.”
So in case the attacking power brings its fighters to the sea zone in question (with the fleet or not) during combat move phase they will fight against possibly scrambling units.
Only fighters belonging to friendly powers remain as cargo on the carrier.
