Li Jinyan transmigrates into a U.S. Navy lieutenant colonel and naval attaché to Japan in the 1930s.
Other transmigrators get a System. He’s the one who builds the system himself: using the military systems engineering of the twenty-first century, he’ll fight the great wars of the twentieth century through economics, industry, finance, diplomacy, and public opinion.
The Japanese cry foul while stealing? Then trigger a breach of contract, force them to liquidate, and demand astronomical compensation. They’ll try to steal a chicken and lose their whole rice bin.
The Japanese pursue militarism? Then short them on both oil and bonds, squeezing them from both ends until every battle leaves them poorer, and they have to buy bullets on credit.
The Japanese launch surprise attacks and expand their territory? Sorry, the fleet is already built, with money from your own reparations. We’re just waiting for you to show up.
Other transmigrators set out to win a war.
Li Jinyan sets out to win an entire era.
The Great Depression and the World War: once the strategic turning point arrives, the advantages that old players spent centuries building will be wiped out overnight, and everyone will return to the same starting line. A window like that opens only once every few centuries.
The old order will be smashed to pieces, and new powers will rise over heaps of corpses.
He will make the First Island Chain no longer a chain that holds this nation captive, but a new Great Wall for its people.
The tributary system that once brought every nation to pay homage centuries ago may yet return in a different form.
It is very historical, but the reading threshold is still too high. When talking about some decisions and historical events, you can briefly explain it to the readers.