Sry, but I’m not into the lingo… BB? Battleship fires opening fire onto the island, and then the Defender Infantery can fire back at the battleship?
If there are planes in the battle, can then the defending infantery fire at the planes?

Some friends and I played axis and allies for the first time yesterday. But there is one thing we couldn’t find a good answer to in the rule book. When you attack e.g. an island with a battleship, a destroyer and a transporter with a couple of land units (There is no hostile ships in the area, just 2 soldiers on the island). Will then the boats also go into battle against the hostile land units, or will only the battleship get a opening fire and then just the land units will fight the rest of the battle? Will the ships be taken off the battle board when the defender (two soldiers) defends himself, or can the attacker take a hit on the battleship for instance? I find it quite hard to fully understand how the different units interact to each other. Logically tanks and infantery could only attack land units, and boats only attack boats etc. But I find the rules quite diffuse in this area.

It would also be great if someone could explain to me what happens if you have a scenario where ships, land units, planes and anti aircraft goes into battle. Will you then have to battle it out between the ships first, so the land units and so on, or will all the units be placed on the battleboard and you fight it out in one big fight? I believe this could be explained better in the rules, for instance with a scenario with multiple units battling it out.