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DRIFT OF THE TEN-THOUSAND-TON DESTROYER

DRIFT OF THE TEN-THOUSAND-TON DESTROYER

by Hades206

ActionHistoricalSci-fiTragedy
Shadow rank ~#129 in Historical↑372

Important Reading Notice:This book contains zero filler content. There is no redundant narration, dragging plots, or useless side‑stories. Every detail lays groundwork for the long‑term storyline spanning from wartime to the Cold War.Skipping chapters or speed‑reading will prevent you from understanding the plot and foreshadowing. Please read chapter by chapter for the complete reading experience. Two modern heavy rocket warships are separated from their exact timeline by anomalous spatial disturbances and drift into the Pacific Ocean in late 1943. Equipped with cutting‑edge fire‑control systems, precision missile systems, and a self‑evolving strategic AI codenamed "Fighting Cat", they become an unexpected wild card drawn into fierce assaults. This is not a simple story about modern firepower overwhelming old‑fashioned warfare of the era. On major battlefields across the Pacific, Southeast Asia and continental Europe, six great powers — China, Japan, Scotland, the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States — play a secret game. Repercussions of naval battles extend all the way to Hitler’s little‑known bizarre shifts. The narrative shifts smoothly between open‑sea naval battles, brutal land warfare, secret spy networks in partially‑occupied Europe, and the appalling biological‑warfare atrocities committed by Japan’s Unit 731 and Unit 9420. Against the backdrop of rewritten history, Axis powers secretly launch super‑technology programs to develop period‑adapted technology. Our protagonists weave through complicated temporary alliances, hidden contradictions, secret deals and intentional conflicts. They cooperate with American task forces for anti‑Japanese operations, rescue overseas Chinese trapped under colonial rule, search for poison‑gas stockpiles, and take part in post‑war tribunals held in Singapore. In this altered history, no side is absolutely just or absolutely evil; every faction fights for its own survival and strategic interests. If you like grand‑scale alternate‑history, cross‑border geopolitical intrigue, joint sea‑land spy operations, hidden historical forces, an advanced AI companion and well‑paced epic plot, this story is tailor‑made for you. Stable regular updates will be provided.

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1Encounter with the Nagumo Fleet0----
2Warship Out of Time0----
3Drift into 19420----
4Traps Disguised as Friendship0----
5Night Raid: Steel and Blood0----
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Aftershocks and Hidden Reefs Ahead
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7Dangerous Resupply on Hong Kong Island (Part 1)0----
8Night Raid on War Criminals & Horror in the Hidden Cabin0----
9Shocks Across All Factions, Phantom Legends Spread0----
10Hidden Infiltration in Hong Kong, A Gamble of Human Hearts0----
11Oil Tanker Peril, Narrow Escape0----
12Vigil at Baihe Islet, Distinguished Guests Board the Ship0----
13Distinguished Visitors Arrive0----
14Luncheon on Warship, Hidden Sharpness0----
15Turbulent Tides, Ocean’s Lament0----
16Wartime Dilemma & Distant Grief0----
17Long-distance Transfer, AI Misjudgment0----
18Old General vs New Elite0----
19Lethal Trench Ambush0----
20Heroes Return Across the Vast Sea | Modern Destroyer in WW20----
21Heroic Soul Homecoming · Reunion0----
22The Valley Annihilation and the Nazi Conspiracy0----
23Secret Military Summit: The Naval Gamble That Changed Everything0----
24Shadow Beneath the Snowy Abyss0----
25The Final Battle of Unit 7310----
26Hidden Poison and Looming Peril0----
27Unquellable Poison, Awakened Consciousness0----
28Plotting in Secret: Project 99 Gets Launched0----
29Secret Meeting Between Germany and Japan0----
30The Ruse Across Fifty Nautical Miles (Part 1)0----
31The Fifty-Nautical-Mile Stratagem (Part 2): Seizing Hostiles Barehanded, Sowing Deceptive Schematics0----
32Beacon of War off Zhejiang’s Coast0----
33Collapse of the Musashi Battle Fleet0----
34Ammo Predicament and the East-West Feint Trap0----
35Foreword0----
36Burning Linked Rafts and the Poisoned River0----
37River Incineration and the Fading Demon0----
38Dual Battlefront Conspiracy:Forest Ambush and Berlin’s Rearmament0----
39Reforged Battleships and Ambush Victory in Lingnan0----
40The London Tripartite Summit: A Game of Truth and Illusion on the Diplomatic Stage0----
41Oscar the Legendary Ship Cat0----
42Raid on the Hideout0----
43Hidden Tracker0----
44Silent Chess Beneath Eavesdropping Surveillance0----
45Incident A – The Mist of Charred Remains0----
46Empty Funeral of Charred Corpses, Transoceanic Conspiracy0----
47May 1943|Return & Reunion · Secret Telegram Deployment · Fighting Cat’s Maintenance Break0----
48Secret Telegram to the Border · Duel with Shipboard AI0----
49Hidden Risks Behind the Transocean Trial Voyage0----
50Undercurrents From All Sides0----
51Dual Undercurrents0----
52The Hellish Night of Saipan0----
53Anomalous Battlefield and Hidden Mastermind0----
54Conspiracies at the Wolf’s Lair0----
55Operation Eiche, Infrared Shadow Warfare in Foggy Gran Sasso0----
56Two Boards of Strategy – Yan’an’s Grand Vision and the Iron Puppet of the Aegean Sea0----
57The Foggy Channel – Lure the Tiger from the Mountain & Borrow Arrows with Straw Boats0----
58Turmoil Over the English Channel Persists0----
59Wolf Pack Torpedo Barrage Seals the Channel; Blood-Streaked Warship Returns to French Port0----
60A Transoceanic Secret Message in the Naval Port; Illusions of Captured Troops Shatter in Execution C0----
61Killing with a Borrowed Knife to Stabilize the overall Game0----
62The Critical Secret Slip-Up of the Late-Night Villa Visit0----
63Ominous Portents on the Open Sea0----
64The Fatal Flaws of Suicide Weapons0----
65The Shifted Battle Lines Author’s Note0----
66Night Raid · King Edward VII Hospital0----
67The Poison Catastrophe – Fighting Cat’s Defining Transformation Author’s Note0----
68Toxic Cleanup and the Flagship Military Tribunal0----
69Alpine Exodus — The Fog Hunt Begins0----
70Naval Spoils and Fallen Allies0----
71Blood Ambush on the Snowfield0----
72Uprising Inside the Concentration Camp0----
73Broken Tracks and Self‑Sacrifice0----
74Broken Tracks and Self‑Sacrifice0----
75Ambush Around the Bend0----
76Gradition by Cloud Stream, War Smoke on the Azure Coast0----
77Yunxi Graduation, Beacon Fire Over the Blue Sea—----
78Mysterious Signal in the Indian Ocean—----
79Fighting Cat vs Future‑Class Warship (Part 1) – Provocation and Luring the Enemy—----
80Fighting Cat vs Future‑Class Warship (Part 2: Luring Enemy Across The Sky, Battlefield Reversal)—----
81Death Duel Over the Indian Ocean—----
82Fractures After the Battle—----
83Secret Rendezvous at Sea: A Three‑Year Spy Web in the Shadows—----
84Secret Covenant Code‑Named 009—----
85Blank Clauses of the Secret Pact · Three‑Container Sealed Archive—----
86The Ominous Vessel and Two‑Faced Loyalties—----
87Crows of Madness Descend from the Sky—----
88Flight‑Deck Disaster: The Dual Encirclement—----
89The One-in-Ten-Thousand Interception of Fate—----
90The Kamikaze Death Onslaught—----
91Fortuitous Retreat, Lurking Nuclear Shadows and Prelude to the Landings—----
92The Grey Veil Over Manhattan—----
93Berlin Intrigue, London Treaty‑Making—----
94Rank Banter and Factory Night Raid—----
95Soviet Major‑General Bound for the Conference—----
96Secret Bargains in London, Invitations From All Sides—----
97Private Covenant and Hidden Entrapment Precautions—----
98Sand‑Table Review, the Delegate Is Selected—----
99Across Oceans Toward the Flames of War—----
100Hidden Perils Within the Peace Zone—----
101Silent Game Upon the Screen—----
102Weighing at Wolf’s Lair and the Paper‑Only Covenant—----
103Deception Across the Channel—----