1945: I Refuse to Be Cannon Fodder, So I Head South to Found a Nation

[Warlord power struggles] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No System] + [Geopolitical wish fulfillment] August 1945. The Japanese invaders surrender, and the shadow of civil war looms. An order forces 60,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers north to Shandong, to fill a death trap called Laiwu. Given a second life, Li Yici looks at the appointment letter on his desk and draws his Browning instead. “Going to Shandong means cannon fodder. Going to the South Seas means being treated like an ancestor!” “Who agrees? Who objects?” A gunshot rings out. Li Yici executes the central government's special envoy and rallies his troops beneath the battle flag! In this life, he won't fight a civil war. He swears to lead 30,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers in carving out a path to survival! If there's no room for me at home, I'll carve out a kingdom overseas! Passing through Siam: seize the Thai king and force him to sign a treaty under duress. This will be my logistics base! Washing Malacca in blood: the British army refuses to yield? Then I'll fight until it does! The glory of the British Empire will be crushed beneath my tank treads! Snatching the gold: unearth the Japanese army's Golden Lily treasure and forge the foundations of an empire with twenty tons of gold! Defying the great powers: the French army wants to pass through? Let's see if my heavy artillery agrees! Years later, while people back home are still arguing, Li Yici stands atop the Governor's Mansion in Singapore, gazing at the aircraft carrier fleet filling the harbor as he declares to the world: “This is no colony. This is the South Seas Federation!”