the PLA demands strict obedience to orders, and it is unlikely that lower-level PLA officers will be willing or able to improvise on the battlefield. It is much safer to wait for orders from above than risk being charged with insubordination. No plan survives contact with the enemy, and PLA soldiers will be paralyzed without a plan. The PLA may be fine in the early stages of a tightly controlled military engagement, but it is hard to imagine it doing well once the chaos of war descends.
