DoD Orders - Sept 17 [Day 667, 05:00 eRep] - HOLD FIRE AT THIS TIME

Day 665, 06:08 • Published in USA USA • by USA Department of Defense

My fellow Americans:


HOLD FIRE

DO NOT FIGHT AT THIS TIME

HOLD FIRE

DO NOT FIGHT AT THIS TIME


If you cannot wait then Defend Missouri to 200,000:

http://www.erepublik.com/en/battles/show/7518

DO NOT FIGHT IN NEBRASKA

Last night the USA retreated Kansas with 15 seconds remaining in the Colorado battle. We then won Colorado. This should have given us the initiative in the Colombia-USA War and blocked Colombia for 24 hours. The times displayed in the game are incorrect and we have screen caps to show this. A bug report has been made to the Admins and we hope they will cancel the Nebraska battle. DO NOT FIGHT IN NEBRASKA AT THIS TIME.

Orders will be updated after the Admins have made a decision on Nebraska.

DO NOT FIGHT IN UTAH AT THIS TIME.

HOLD FIRE. ORDERS WILL BE UPDATED.


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.

For the USA and our allies, that means we remain vigilant and let the situation develop.

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.

Canada Takes the Fight to Iran

Last night 24 hours elapsed since Iran declared war on Canada. Iran did not act and so Canada took the war to them in Yukon. We wish Canada the best of luck in securing the Iranian-occupied regions.

eUSA Order Broadcast System

If you use Firefox and Greasemonkey, you can install the eUSA Orders Broadcast System. This will put updated orders directly on your interface.

THE RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM

The Russian Prime Minister Smirnoff has demanded our capitulation. They have threatened to attack Florida. 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 we must be ready to defend our stronghold. The attack will likely come at near server re-set while we sleep. We must be ready to give everything when the attack comes. Every American will be expected to over-fight. 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