Talk:Combat/@comment-24702213-20141203053838/@comment-79.98.35.23-20141208051125

AA works on a per-slot basis, with each plane slot being allocated to a random enemy ship for the purposes of AA (and not necessarily the ship the the aircraft are attacking). What probably happened was your Reppuus ended up facing off against an opponent with very little AA power while the Ryuusei Kais were engaged by the Akizuki with her cut-in and so got mostly demolished.

That's why if you have an AA-heavy fleet and you face off against an enemy fleet with loads of light carriers you will take almost no damage during the aerial combat phase - each of your ships will fire it's AA guns multiple times due to there being so many enemy air squadrons.