Republican Era: With a Base at My Back, I Dare the Great Powers to Call Themselves Strong

In 1894, the First Sino-Japanese War breaks out, and the Beiyang Fleet suffers a crushing defeat.

After unexpectedly transmigrating, Cheng Xingyuan unlocks a Red Alert Construction Yard following the naval battle.

The Eight-Nation Alliance?

They're eight walking money bags. There's no way I'm letting them go without getting some cash out of them.

In Season 1, the Red Alert Construction Yard unlocks its basic permissions. With conscripts, Sea Scorpions, sentry guns, and more, victory is already assured.

Civilian facilities like hospitals, schools, and factories are the real priorities for development.

Famine?

That's not happening. There's as much rice, flour, meat, and eggs as anyone could want.

Infectious diseases?

Don't make me laugh. Hospitals are everywhere, even in the neighborhoods, and healthcare is fully **.

He kindly helps his African brothers establish a country and complete the Four Modernizations, but they weep and beg to join the Dragon Nation.

Season 2 is the real challenge. The Japanese secretly develop the Empire of the Rising Sun, and mecha warriors appear on the battlefield.

The Nazi-led fascist empire brings its bioweapon corps to the field, still hoping to turn the tide of war.

But after the Construction Yard unlocks all its permissions, how long can any of them last?

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.