When attacking an enemy navy with aircraft from an island, does the enemy navy have to be in the sea zone surrounding the island?
Yes. For example, aircraft in Japan cannot attack naval units in the Philipines sea zone, since this would violate the One Sea Zone Rule for air combat missions. However, fighters based in Japan could attack ground units in Manchuria, and bombers could even reach China or Kwangtung, since in both these cases, only one sea zone is entered. [Most of the sea zones as delineated on the map, especially Pacific Ocean sea zones, are immense expanses stretching a thousand miles or more. The One Sea Zone Rule is really a form of map clarification, attempting to restrict the range of combat missions for land-based aircraft to a more realistic state. At the same time, the rule reveals the true tactical and strategic value of aircraft carriers and carrier-based fighters: carriers can move one or two sea zones before launching fighters, and carrier-based fighters can always fly one space out from their carriers sea zone to attack].
Related Questions
- If enemy naval units were driven out of a sea zone by a naval battle this turn, can my naval units that didn move during Combat Movement move into or through that zone during Non-combat Movement?
- The enemy has subs and ships in a sea zone. I attack with ships and planes. Subs can hurt planes, so how are the defenders hits apportioned on the attacking ships and planes?
- Can you move a sub into an enemy occupied sea zone, then submerge immediately without attacking or sustaining defensive rolls at all?
