thats the price you pay for a very hierarchical structure in dictatorships. in democratic countries even shitass sergeants are allowed to take initiative when they see fit and it translates to vastly improved tactical flexibility and the ability to respond quickly. in dictatorship armies like syria or russia you need to at minimum ask your lieutenant (who also commands many more troops than a western one) and he will of course phone his own commander who will do the same until it reaches the local big kahoona anointed by the dictator himself or at least one of his aides. if you don't you'll get branded as a rebel.
Poland