In the winter of 1935, the Long March ended in a victorious meeting of forces. A bloody rearguard battle on the march left the Independent Battalion completely out of ammunition and supplies, with only three men left alive. Lin Chen, a modern military-industry expert who transmigrated into this era, is given a mission in a moment of crisis. Armed with no guns or ammunition, he advances into the turbulent Taihang Mountains.
In an era when even a full meal is a luxury, raising an army takes more than sheer passion. After awakening the Military Industry Troop-Building System, Lin Chen doesn’t charge ahead recklessly. Instead, he proceeds one step at a time: using supplies from the System disguised as provisions from a “Tianjin comprador” to make their origins seem legitimate; using silver dollars seized from bandits to bribe the Shanxi-Suiyuan warlords and secure official cover as a “Home Defense Brigade”; and using hard cash and strict military discipline to root out the deep-seated vices of the Taihang bandits.
From the everyday work of reclaiming land and growing crops in Chenjia Village, then distributing rations, to the careful planning required to build an arms factory deep in the mountains; from three wounded soldiers struggling to survive to bringing the heroes of Taihang under his command, every step of their growth rests on the firmest foundations.
As tensions simmer across North China and Japanese forces press ever closer, Lin Chen knows that real war is a brutally ruthless meat grinder. The road to saving the country will surely be a hard-won victory, paid for in mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. Watch as he uses the most hard-nosed methods and the most solid foundations to forge, bit by bit, an iron-blooded army deep in the Taihang Mountains, one that will make the Japanese tremble!
It's a mess, I suggest you stop reading it, the time is messed up, and it's a mess in every aspect.