I watched bombers hitting cities completely undefended until they were down to near nothing and then watched the follow-up dar bars that were obviously the hq appear in enemy territory and slowly ooze toward HQ....................yet, somehow the hq attack was a surprise.
Everything is surprise every time when you don't have the ability to learn from experience.
Or, maybe, just maybe, it's
not a surprise at all, it's just that many people are like me and do not find climbing to 38,000 ft and looking for bombers that are only going to shred my wallowing plane as soon as I find them a form of entertainment worth $15/month.