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 AA guns fire at a planes…....
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….that are flying over it’s territory on the way to conduct combat in a different territory?
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no
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That was in a much older version of the game.
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That was in a much older version of the game.
Yep…that’s why I asked. That and I couldn’t find any real clarification the intructions.
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Europe Rulebook, page 13:
Air units attacking territories that have antiaircraft guns will be fired upon. This doesn’t include territories containing antiaircraft guns that are only being flown over.
Europe Rulebook, page 26:
An antiaircraft gun can only fire at an air unit when that unit attacks the territory containing that antiaircraft gun.
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