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Betty and Nell were not designated as 'maritime attack aircraft' in IJA, but as the 'heavy bombers', able equally to carry bombs or torpedo, to attack both ground maritime targets. The Zero was to be able equally to escort those and Bettys and Vals. The Japanese seem to not believe in the maxims that bombers could protect themselves, nor that they will always get through, at least not in early ww2 years.