Starting in Harbin, 1928

Lu Zheng transmigrates, bringing with him an entire German-equipped division from 1943: 28,000 soldiers, with a complete organization and full equipment. They have fought in Poland and conquered France, and still carry the blood and dirt of the Eastern Front. They appear out of nowhere in the outskirts of Harbin.

The System is powerful? Powerful my ass. It delivers the goods and offers no after-sales service. It can't even put together a coherent sentence. Ask it how to get fuel, and it won't say a damn thing.

He doesn't seize territory or declare himself king. He carefully makes the most of the resources he has. The factories in Harbin come first, then the railway, and then a stable life for the people. There will be fighting, but the people must not be made to suffer for it.

Three months later, he stands before a field position outside Shuangcheng, looking at the tanks just pulled back from the front and the Japanese prisoners squatting in a row by the roadside.

"Every inch of our land is paid for in blood. Kwantung Army, you will not set foot on this black soil."

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