A Time for Heroes: A World War 3 Techno-Thriller Action Event (Nick Ryan's World War 3 Military Fiction Technothrillers)

by Nick Ryan

On the modern battlefield communication was key, and without it, units were vulnerable.

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in the fields of eastern Germany, the Allies had abandoned the theory and instead opted for a policy of ‘getting your licks in early’. Partially this was because advances in weaponry had led to accurate firepower at greater ranges, and partially from the notion that it was best to jab repeatedly at the enemy rather than let them get close enough to overwhelm a defended position.

Since Soviet times, the Russians had built a military doctrine around using its ground forces to pin an enemy to a position in order to then decimate them with massed artillery.