Hi Krieghund,

I have another question regarding subs.

If there is an amphibious landing involving one transport surported by planes (no surface warship) on an island but an ennemy sub and 1 destroyer is on the adjacent seazone, I understand there must have a sea battle first to get rid of the destroyer.  If the planes kill the destroyer but can’t hit the sub (no friendly destroyer around), can then the transport unload and continue the amphibious assault despite the surviving ennemy sub or does the sub prevent the landing and transports must retreat?

Cheers,

Serk

Hi angain krieghund,

Thanks for the answers, looks like the submarines can be very effective at disrupting convoy if no ennemy destroyers are around.

I have another question about scrambling planes.

If on the first turn my opponent sends a fleet in an adjacent sea zone to my island with airbase, but for some reason he can’t take the island on that turn and his fleet stops in that sea zone.

On my following non-combat move I send many air planes to land on this island.  Will those planes be allowed to scramble and attack the ennemy fleet on my opponent next turn if it stays there during my opponent next combat move?  And if it moves out of the sea zone during combat move?  Does it need new ennemy ships to enter the sea zone to trigger scrambling?

Thanks!

Serk

Hi Krieghund,

I have a few questions regarding subs and convoy disruption.

Let’s say my opponent has 2 subs on station, sinking my convoy.  If I attack them with 1 sub and the ennemy submerge instead of fighting, does this clear my convoy and allow me to collect the income at the end of my turn?

Another situation, if he attacks one convoy zone with two subs and I have a single sub defending and I submerge, do his subs block my convoy if I have a submerge sub in the same sea zone?  Or do I need to attack him on my turn, with the results explained above?

And finaly,  a sub attack a single aircraft carrier with two fighters on board, do the plane take off but can’t hit the sub and have a chance to land somewhere if the carrier is sunk, or do they stay on the carrier and sink with it as cargo?

Many thanks!

Serk

@Admiral:

I can see Wolfpacks becoming more prominent in A&A E40’, rather than just a few lone submarines racing through convoy boxes in the Atlantic.

Well at Harris Game Design forum, Larry said that US ships will be able to reach iceland in one turn, and then move to England the next turn.  He also said this island will start with an airbase.  So we can expect allied transport will transit via the sea zone adjacent to Iceland and they will keep some destroyers there and a bunch of aircraf for scrambling.  It would still represent a diversion of ressources… Also, with the US not starting at war, Germany migh be able to take control of that corridor for a while.

Convoy disruption will probably happen more  in the southern atlantic costal sea zones, to cut off IPCs from Africa and South America.

Cheers

Hi all,

Got AAP40 some weeks ago and enjoying it.  I plan to buy AAE40 when it comes out but I was wondering about the convoy system that will be used in AAE40.  If it is going to be the same as in P40? This mean germans subs will have to stay in coastal waters of canada, US and Britain to disrupt allied shipping?

If so, I’m afraid the germans subs will be very vulnerable to easy counterattacks from newly built naval and air units compared to disrupting convoys in the middle of a widened atlantic ocean, like in the old Europe version.

Is there any official info how the atlantic battle will be represented? Besides the 5 IPC NO if a german sub is operating  (is this NO confirmed?)

Many questions for a first post :)

Cheers!