I’ve been searching for a while now and can’t see anyone else post this question…

A sea zone has a 2 German Subs in it and nothing else… GBR decides to attack this sea zone with a Battleship.

Does this mean that as soon as the attackers show up and say “Okay - we are attacking you” the very first thing that happens is the defending subs say “Ok … we are being attacked… Here is our “sneak” attack first.”  They go ahead and roll snake eyes and GBR loses the Battleship with no chance of retaliation.

Is this correct?

Secondly I am to understand that 4 fighters cannot inflict any damage whatsoever on any subs unless they bring a destroyer with them to the battle?