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Generalissimo Mode is the other-side-of-the-table expansion for Four Crossings of the Chishui River Simulator. The base game is required.

January 28 to May 7, 1935 — the same hundred days as the base campaign. This time, you are Chiang Kai-shek.

Your field headquarters moves from Nanjing to Lushan, Wuchang, Chongqing, and finally Guiyang. The Central Army and the forces of Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan and Hunan await your command: four hundred thousand men closing in on thirty thousand. Troops are ready, supplies are ample, and the situation has never been more favorable. This time, the Four Crossings end with you.

Grand Strategy The same campaign map and the same turn anchors. The telegrams you intercepted in the base game are the ones you now sign yourself.

Orders Are Orders Routine orders, urgent orders, and the Generalissimo's personal handwritten orders — three tiers, each with its own delivery time. Handwritten orders are flown in by special plane and take effect the same day, with three sorties available daily. Bypassing the chain of command is, after all, the Generalissimo's prerogative.

Victory from Afar Reconnaissance aircraft take off daily to search for the Red Army's main force. Make your assessment of enemy intentions on the sand table each day; the results will speak for themselves the next day.

Every Army Answers The Central Army and the provincial warlord forces each have their own temperament and marching pace. Who is fit for the task is yours to decide. Build bunkers, hold the line, and advance with measured confidence.

A Full Day's Work The war room, the aides' office, the study, the garden. Sign off on paperwork, read the press clippings, keep your diary, receive visitors. Affairs of state are endless — meals and rest must still be taken on time.

On the Record Three outcomes, with chapter summaries and a full debrief. Every decision you make will be entered into the record.

No Difficulty Settings This mode has no difficulty options. Before the Generalissimo, there has only ever been one difficulty.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

As an individual developer, during development of this game, AI tools were heavily used. I disclose this honestly and transparently.

1. In-Game Assets
Illustrations & Art: Unit portraits and the opening cinematic illustrations were generated using AI image models, then manually curated, retouched, and unified in style. All assets were human-reviewed under strict art direction to ensure historical tone and consistency.
Opening Cinematic: Subtle motion effects on the illustrations were produced with an AI image-to-video model and assembled by using the Remotion pipeline.
Background Music: The soundtrack was generated by an AI music model in multiple takes, then human-selected, mixed, and mastered.
Telegram Voice-overs: The historical telegram voice-overs in-game were synthesized by an AI TTS system. Each character's reference voice was human-approved through listening tests before use.
2. Development Assistance
Code: Game code was written and debugged with the aid of AI coding assistants. All code was human-reviewed and validated through automated testing.
Localization: The game supports Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and English. The English text was AI-drafted and human-proofread.
3. What Is NOT AI-Generated
Historical Text: The telegrams in-game are taken from historical archives, 34 are verbatim transcriptions of the original documents, and 12 were written based on the sources. They were not AI-generated.
Terrain & Map: The battlefield map was procedurally rendered from real elevation data (SRTM), not generated by AI.
Game Balance & Statistics: Troop strength, Unit Introduction, and values were researched and set manually from historical sources, cross-checked for accuracy and play balance.