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.
Can a fighter retreat to a carrier?
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when attacking, can a fighter retreat to a carrier?
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It can retreat to any space within its remaining movement range.
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even durind an amphibious assault?
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even durind an amphibious assault?
Yes. Planes can always retreat. The only things that can’t are units which came via transports
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even durind an amphibious assault?
Yes. Planes can always retreat. The only things that can’t are units which came via transports
But to add:
If the amphibious assault is called off during the naval battle before the units on the transports disembark, any planes (and land units attacking from other territories) that commited to that fight still have to go through one round of combat before they can retreat.
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