Special Operations Political Commissar in WWI

Gu Chao, a special forces political commissar, is transported back to the 1916 Battle of Verdun during an exercise. He becomes a defenseless Chinese laborer forced to the front lines as cannon fodder by the French army. Facing enemy fire, he uses his extraordinary military skills to seize his first rifle with a shovel. He sets up night schools, builds organizations, and launches counterattacks, leading hundreds of Chinese laborers from a single man to raise a red flag in the smoke of battle. Watch how the special ops commissar defies fate, starting from Verdun, to make the red flag fly over Europe! — Description from novelcodex.org