1914: Europa Universalis

Name: 1914: Europa Universalis
Author: Petrovsky

1914：欧陆风云

by Petrovsky (彼得洛夫斯基)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 21k Words
Genre: Historical
Audience: Male
Subgenre: Alternate History
Updated: 6mo ago
Source: Qidian

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Synopsis

"This is an epic written with the sound of a Mauser rifle and the whistle of a battleship. It tells the story of how a pair of brothers try to maintain their own dignity and that of each other in an era that is heading towards madness." In Germany in 1913, the atmosphere of war was filling the air. Stein, a down-to-earth and hard-working second lieutenant, just wants to be promoted steadily in the army and improve his family's life; his younger brother Hofner, a young boy who yearns for the sea, has just entered the Imperial Naval Academy and dreams of working on a battleship. A year later, gunfire in Sarajevo shattered all peace. The two brothers were swept into completely different purgatory by the torrent of time: Stein went from commanding a platoon to leading a commando in the meat grinder of Verdun, struggling to survive in the death symphony of mud, poison gas and machine guns; Hofner, in the fog of the North Sea and the shadow of the giant ship, experienced the bitter silence of the fleet mutiny from the glorious artillery fire of the Battle of Jutland.

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Come for mutual review🙂 After reading the first chapter, I thought it was pretty good. The anxiety of the battlefield was reflected. But are similar plots common in war novels? (I haven't read many war novels) The protagonist didn't show his special qualities as a time traveler. Although he blew up a bunker, it only meant that he was excellent. To further attract readers, you can consider burying a clue. For example, the protagonist knows the direction of the war from a historical perspective. The above is my personal opinion.
8mo ago
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The subject of military war is difficult to write about. From my personal point of view, I prefer to start with a macro description of the progress of the entire war, telling readers the cause of the war, the fuse, etc., And then focus on a few important battles. It is best to depict different important battles from the perspectives of different characters. Finally, the perspective is drawn to the protagonist on the battlefield, and the protagonist must be doing or preparing to do something special...
8mo ago
You can write better than me. Seriously, it's just that the subject matter is a bit difficult to understand for people who haven't gone to college. Nowadays, there are a lot of interesting books to read. If you write this, it will probably take hundreds of thousands of words before you can see the results. Now I can only endure it
8mo ago