A struggling businessman on the verge of bankruptcy finds himself drunk one night, only to wake up in the past—specifically, in 1943 London, amidst the chaos of World War II.

This is an era of both immense danger and unprecedented opportunity. It is a time when the British Empire, once the unrivaled superpower where the sun never set, is finally witnessing the dusk of its dominion. Meanwhile, the United States is rising to claim the mantle of global leadership, reshaping the world's balance of power.

This is the era where everything begins—where old rulers step down and new powers rise to take their place. This is the era where Pierre finds himself, an era filled with the kind of opportunity he never had before. A small, precious chance to rise, to become a giant, to seize the throne of power, to become a ruler, a world hegemon.

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In 1944, this was not only the fervent wish of every Chinese person, but also the heartfelt desire of the American people.


Ever since 1942, when Doolittle led a group of B-25 bombers off an aircraft carrier to bomb Tokyo, all Americans had been looking forward to bombing Tokyo again.


"We want to do to Tokyo what we did to Hamburg—flatten it completely."


Forget about humanitarianism; for Americans in 1944, all they wanted was revenge. Nothing more, nothing less.


Just like the Anglo-American bomber groups had flattened Hamburg.


To make this happen, crippled Roosevelt ordered the Pentagon to draw up plans to bomb the Japanese home islands from bases in China. The cost of this plan was unimaginable—every ton of bombs dropped required 18 tons of supplies, all of which had to be flown over the Hump route to China, with all the attendant risks.


Chapter 116 - Chapter 125: The Aerial Mulan