I Was Mistaken as a Great War Commander Novel

A staff officer finds himself trapped in a doomed empire with an eight-year mandatory military service obligation. Desperate to escape his fate, he seeks the only viable exit route: dishonorable discharge. However, his attempts to sabotage his own career backfire spectacularly. Every deliberate effort to fail instead produces exceptional results, with his superiors praising his supposed tactical brilliance and keen instincts. His commanding officers credit him with preventing military disasters through what they perceive as masterful foresight. The harder he tries to earn a dismissal, the more his performance evaluations soar, trapping him in an ironic cycle where incompetence translates to success. Now stuck in an increasingly impossible situation, he must navigate the contradictions of being celebrated as a military genius while serving an empire he knows is destined for defeat.