A space-time journey sends Han Xiao to Northeast China in 1935, where he becomes the leader of a band of bandits on the verge of being wiped out by the Japanese.
In his darkest hour, he discovers that he has a Hearts of Iron IV System with him. So he starts mass-producing weapons, leads his band of bandit underlings, and storms cities and strongholds everywhere, building a warlord empire.
Bandit: Boss, this is bad! The Japanese are coming!
Han Xiao: What's there to panic about? Send out the King Tiger tanks and crush them!
Bandit: Boss, the Russians are trying to take our territory again!
Han Xiao: Send out the bombers and blow them to hell!
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
