The confusion seems to be in you’re holding back naval ships for naval bombardment. The advantage about scrambling planes is that it forces the attacker to commit all their naval ships regardless if they want to or not. That’s why it is sometimes wise to scramble in a losing battle if the enemy is relying on bombardment for victory. The easiest situation would be when Japan invades the Philippine islands. If Japan was so aggressive that all they brought was two infantry with two cruisers as example. I would scramble the fighter in that situation because while I will lose the sea battle, if you choose to invade the island after the battle, you’re doing it without naval support which gives my defending infantry a better chance at winning.
Retreating from a combined amphibious assault and land attack. Is it possible?
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Go, fellow A&A’ers! :)
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This is why its important to keep the units overland/oversea separate and it may affect how you take casualties (losing armor before cheaper stuff) if the first 1-2 rounds of combat go badly for you, you’ll want to lose the seaborne units first, and all of them, so you can run away! run away!
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Take the amphibious units as your casualties in the first round. The amphibious units can’t retreat–they have to fight to the end.
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