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.
Scramble stop bombardment???????
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If a ton of fleet surround Japan and lands units onto Japan.
Can Japan scramble one plane (or multiple) which would be considered as a sea combat - which by rule no bombardment cannot occur when there is sea battle - and cancel the whole bombardment???
Cause it is IMPOSSIBLE to take japan without bombardment when Japan has 15 planes (from beginning) and 10 men each turn with just landing force and some planes.
Q - scramble prevent all bombardment?
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Welcome, jjang4814!
Yes, a single scrambled air unit will prevent offshore bombardment. However, if Japan is buying 10 infantry every turn, it will soon find itself surrounded and with no income. It will take a while, but it will eventually fall.
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Japan is quite a large land area but it has only one sea zone, does this mean Japan is considered an island and scrambling is allowed? Great Britain and New Guinea appears smaller and cannot scramble. Can someone confirm Japan may scramble into it’s sea zone.
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According to the game’s definition of an island, Japan can scramble aircraft because it is totaly surrounded by one sea zone.
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New Guinea is after Greenland the largest island in the world.
The fact that Japan can scramble is a big advantage, of course. But if it gets to that Japan is in serious trouble. Then you need to hold out until Germany captures Moscow and Italy captures India.
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