DoD Orders - Sept 16 [Day 666, 04:30 eRep] - HOLD FIRE DO NOT FIGHT YET

Day 664, 07:08 • Published in USA USA • by USA Department of Defense

My fellow Americans:


HOLD FIRE

HOLD FIRE

HOLD FIRE

DO NOT FIGHT YET

DO NOT FIGHT YET

DO NOT FIGHT YET

IF YOU CANNOT HOLD FIRE UNTIL AFTER 12:00 eRep, THEN FIGHT IN ARKANSAS
http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/7514

DO NOT FIGHT IN UTAH

The Ruskies are making us wait or maybe they have figured out that 2300g to begin a battle in a region that starts with a 1.3 million point wall is going to be more difficult than they planned so they are making for California it appears. The Arkanses battle has not yet reached 6 hours.
For the USA and our allies, that means we HOLD FIRE and let the situation develop. Likely Russia is just burning time waiting for Iran to attack Canada and Hungary to attack Croatia.

Either way, there is no rush to fight today. Let's wait it out for now. Dig in and watch for updated orders.

DO NOT FIGHT IN BATTLES AGAINST COLOMBIA UNLESS RUSSIAN BATTLES ARE SECURE. 2-clickers and those not following DoD are a match for Colombia.

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THE RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM

The Russian Prime Minister Smirnoff has demanded our capitulation. They have threatened to attack Florida tomorrow. The Russian President parter has now crowned himself "Emperor" and has stated that he will spend as much RL money as is necessary to defeat us.

What does that mean for us? It means tomorrow we will be ready to defend our stronghold. The attack will likely come tonight at near server re-set while we sleep. Tomorrow we must be ready to give everything. Every American will be expected to over-fight tomorrow. Fight 5 times, heal, work and fight 5 more times.


Why are we losing regions again?

1. Game mechanics. A nation with the initiative (on the offense) can remain on the offense so long as they start another battle before losing one. The eUSA is being tag-teamed by Russia and their pawn Colombia. So long as either has an open battle, the eUSA cannot attack back.

2. Time Zone Advantage. The attacker has the advantage of choosing the start (and also end) time of a battle. You will notice that most Russian battles started while the eUSA is sleeping. As a battle lasts 24 hours, this means it also ends while the eUSA is sleeping. Russia and her allies, particularly Indonesia have the luxury of fighting when there is essentially no resistance from the eUSA and our European and Western Hemisphere allies.

3.RL Money > Virtual Guns. Each attack costs gold. eRussia is paying for it's own mutiple battles, but also all of Colombia's blocking attacks. Tanking costs gold. eRussia is paying for other PEACE tanks to fight in contested eUS regions such as Tennessee. In conjuction with time zone advantage, Indonesia tanks in particular are very effective. eRussia has gold. The eUSA economy is wrecked by more than two months of continuous warfare and being nearly exterminated. We simply do not have the same financial resources as the enemy.

So what are you saying, General?

We have several disadvantages. It is best to see them eyes-wide-open. The result of this is that we are going to lose regions to eRussia. The best that we can do is make them spend as much gold as possible while we spend as little as possible until an opportunity arises for us to change the tide of war. The Department of Defense will do what we can to keep the citizens up to date on which battles are of high importance.



Eugene Harlot
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Lucius "Lucky" Varenus
Commandant, eUSMC

Josh Frost
Secretary of Defense