Military Novels About Founding an Independent Nation and Crushing Anyone Who Defies You 独立建国，不服就干的那种军事小说

1. 1 开 Starting as Commander-in-Chief: Building a Future-Tech Empire 开局当总司令，打造未来科技帝国 Happy Young Master Huan欢少快乐Urban573k WordsCompleted Nation-building + technology + conquest + military industry + overseas expansion + stirring up trouble + development. For some unknown reason, Chen Wu transmigrates to a parallel world much like our own. In An Nam, Chen Wu holds absolute power. This is practically a perfect start. He also activates a System, and the beginner's gift pack rewards him with an elite force. His first mission is to become the ruler of a nation. What other start could possibly compare? Before long, Chen Wu becomes the 9.3kReads7.1Score386Shelves

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   The establishment of the overseas nation took place in the early 1970s.

2. 2 中 Middle Eastern Hegemon: Rising from Syria 中东霸主：从叙利亚开始崛起 Grumpy Snail暴躁蜗牛Urban348k WordsOngoing In 2014, Syria is engulfed in flames. Rebel forces carve out their own territories, the black flags of the Islamic State blot out the sun, American fighter jets roar overhead, and Russian armored columns lie in wait at the Tartus base. This land, ravaged by years of war, has become a chessboard for the great powers. Mamoun is a man who got incredibly lucky: he transmigrates. With a System at his disposal, he rises from a small tribe in Raqqa Governorate, sweeps away the Islamic State, finds open 2.6kReads6.0Score127Shelves
3. 3 惊 Global Shock: The US Military Base Was Completely Wiped Out 惊爆全球：米军基地竟被人一锅端 Strolling on a Green Ox骑着青牛漫步Urban664k WordsCompleted Gu Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and obtains the Peace Fortress System. Starting in Iraq, he hunts American soldiers for dollars, continually expands his troops and territory, and eventually sets his sights on the entire globe, bringing the world's police force crashing down from its pedestal. 8.8kReads7.0Score604Shelves
4. 4 中 Middle Eastern Emperor: Starting as a Pinduoduo Arms Dealer 中东皇帝，从拼夕夕军火商开始 I Am Dongzi吾乃东子Urban1.0M WordsCompleted His parents are both dead, his 18-year-old sister is back home, and he's on a battlefield in the Middle East! When Li Mo, from Earth, transmigrates to a parallel world, he finds himself in an utterly disastrous situation and completely loses it. Then, at that very moment, the Pinduoduo System arrives! Facing the military version of the Pinduoduo System, even a disastrous start is no problem. Li Mo: “No 999, no 998! Just 99!!!” A brand-new AK for only 99! Just as Li Mo's weapons business is boomi 4.8kReads6.4Score350Shelves
5. 5 开 Starting Out with the Guangxi Clique, I’m Heading to Nanyang 开局桂系，我要下南洋 Southeastern Shanxi晋东南Urban2.1M WordsOngoing He woke up to find himself the young master of the Li family of the Guangxi clique. It was late 1948, and the tide of history was impossible to resist. As the red flag swept across the mainland, he had already established a base in the Red River Delta. He chose to forge a new path, leading a million soldiers and civilians south to build a new world. This time, in this fertile land where rice could be harvested three times a year, he would establish a vast domain of his own. 299.1kReads8.9Score27.5kShelves

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   It's watchable

6. 6 开 From the Start, I Inherited the Throne and Gained an Empire-Building System 开局继承王位：获得帝国发展系统 Zhao Zilong, Charging In and Out Seven Times七进七出赵子龙Urban224k WordsCompleted [Rise of technology]+ [Nation-building]+ [National economy]+ [Agricultural development] After waking up, Yin Che finds himself the new king of Shang, an African island nation in a parallel world founded by refugees descended from the Shang dynasty, and binds to the Empire Development System. "Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! You've received your starter pack: a tuna bait formula!" "Ding-dong! Economic Quest One: Raise the national per capita income to 10,000 yuan. Quest reward: a grouper bait f 535Reads8.0Score104Shelves
7. 7 要 I'm About to Become President, and You're Telling Me the System Is Here? 要当总统了，你跟我说系统来了？ Web Novel Newbie网文小咖Historical505k WordsOngoing He woke up to find himself the deputy commander of the 20th Army. At the end of 1949, the tide of history could not be stopped. Yang Rui, deputy commander of the 20th Army, was sent to support the forces in Southeast Asia. He set off for the region, ready for battle. Since he couldn’t go back, he might as well stay. Yang Rui declared, “No one understands nation-building better than I do.” Preparing to found a nation? Build high walls, take the throne slowly, and stockpile grain. It’s just that n 150kReads8.0Score14.5kShelves
8. 8 开 From the Start, I Become Emperor of Australia: Tremble, Great Powers! 开局澳洲当皇帝，列强们，颤抖吧 Happy Young Master Huan欢少快乐Urban521k WordsCompleted Power struggles, revenge, mighty battleships, colonization, aerial warfare, naval warfare. Qin Chuan’s soul transmigrates into a parallel world resembling the 1930s. He becomes the emperor of the Great Qian Empire. But more than a decade later, Qin Chuan falls along with the empire. Soon after, Qin Chuan is reborn. He also unlocks a golden finger. A second chance. See how Qin Chuan, living a third life, avenges the wrongs of his previous one. Qin Chuan swears he will set this world in turmoil an 2.7kReads6.8Score101Shelves

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   You can check out those from overseas.

9. 9 从 From Bandit to Nation-Builder in Southeast Asia 从土匪到东南亚建国 User23356680用户23356680Historical505k WordsOngoing [Build a Nation Overseas] + [Master of Grand Promises] + [Ruthless] + [Farming] + [Industry] + [No System] Wang Meng: Brothers, let’s kidnap Young Master Wu. He’s got money and guns. We’ll head up the mountain and become kings! Wang Wen: I’m with Brother Meng. We’ll eat well and drink our fill! Wang Meng: Take down the Frenchmen, and we’ll divide up the land, houses, and women! Wang Wen: Follow the commander, and we’ll get land, houses, and wives! 30.4kReads7.2Score2.4kShelves
10. 10 开 From the Start in the Middle East: I Conquer the World with a Massive Army 开局落地中东：我靠爆兵制霸全球 Doesn't Like Spicy Food不喜辣Urban530k WordsOngoing [System + mass troop recruitment + modern warfare + global power struggle + nation-building + decisive and ruthless + no female lead!] See how an ordinary young man from China makes his way in the turbulent Middle East. From the desert to commanding a million-strong army, he rises to dominate the Middle East as a dictator. 7.8kReads6.1Score756Shelves
11. 11 穿EN Transmigrating to a Small Country and Developing Its GDP to Number One 穿越小国，发展GDP到第一 Won a Wisp of Tea Fragrance at Book Gambling赌书赢得缕茶香Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Transmigration + Farming + Development + War + Ensemble Cast + Ideals] To borrow Sankara's words: What was the Republic of Bujinia like before he took over? Its national GDP was just 7.26 billion dollars. Its land area was a pitiful 274,000 square kilometers. Its entire armed forces numbered fewer than 100,000! The navy? What's a navy? Can a landlocked country even have one? And what was Bujinia like after he took over? Its GDP surpassed that of the United States Federation, accounting for 40% 30.1kReads9.3Score2kShelves

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    Try this, it's amazing! (No female lead) A book that will make you explode with excitement if you look at it even once!

12. 12 军 Warlord: I’m from Fenghua, So What If I Become President? 军阀：我奉化人，当个总统怎么了 Brother Dog Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的狗哥Urban1.0M WordsOngoing In the nineteenth year of the Republic, Li Xuewen, county magistrate in Fujian Province, was forced to flee overseas to Nanyang after offending the Song family. He led eight hundred elite members of his security corps across the sea to Borneo, planning to restore the Lan Fang Republic and establish a nation abroad. President Li says, “No one understands nation-building better than I do.” Is nation-building difficult in its early stages? No matter. There will naturally be fools eager to come to t 303.9kReads9.0Score33.1kShelves
13. 13 爆 I Raise an Army of Soldiers, Young Marshal: I Am the One Who Rules the World! 爆兵少帅，我，才是列强！ Just Give Me 100,000 Readers只要十万在读Historical908k WordsOngoing [Warlords] [System] [Not a mindless power fantasy] [Republican Era] [Decisive and ruthless] [Invincible] When I woke up, I had somehow landed in Fengtian in a parallel world. The War of Resistance hadn’t begun yet, but old scores and future grudges were already staring me in the face. The Japanese were itching to make a move, so I struck first. While the Northeastern Army was still hesitating, I raised another invincible, battle-hardened force. 198.8kReads8.2Score21.5kShelves

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    Look at this one. It doesn't start with a German-equipped division or armored brigade; it starts in Huanggutun, where killing Japanese soldiers is the only way to get gold coins. The system is designed to incentivize you to kill Japanese soldiers, so it's not mindless at all.

14. 14 随 A Portable Women's Prison: Taming a Goddess from the Start 随身女子监狱，开局驯服女神 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Urban337k WordsCompleted Fresh out of college and already a corporate drone, Lin Yi is more exhausted than a donkey. Then he awakens the Beauty Prison, a portable prison! The rules are simple and ruthless: it only holds stunningly beautiful female villains who have committed all manner of wicked deeds. Cold-blooded romance scammers, icy and heartless female CEOs, ruthless top assassins, gods who control life and death... Any peerlessly beautiful woman who breaks the rules gets thrown in prison overnight for reform! Wh 5.4kReads—Score496Shelves

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    These are all good novels.

15. 15 全 Global Survival: I Have a Pocket Dimension and a Legion of Beauties 全民求生，我有空间和美女军团 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse426k WordsCompleted Everyone-for-themselves survival + lots of beauties + darkness + tribes + ruthless action + scheming + satisfying wish fulfillment + lighthearted comedy. On the day Zhao Chen inherits a fortune worth tens of billions, a voice appears in his mind: [Civilization’s Flame System bound. The whole world will transmigrate to another world in one month. Prepare yourself.] He glances at his bank balance, then at the System prompt, and calmly concludes: Isn’t this just being the client in a different plac 1.1kReads—Score105Shelves
16. 16 芯 Chip-Controlled, the Goddess Becomes My Maid 芯片控制，女神成为我的女仆 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Urban596k WordsCompleted When an encrypted alien code is accidentally implanted in him, ordinary programmer Zhao Yunfeng becomes a target for elimination by the Kronos, a race of “time raiders.” In his darkest hour, ten extraordinary women implanted with “guardian chips” gather around him under a command they must obey absolutely, from an icy executive director to the daughter of a martial arts family, from a top-tier star to a genius hacker. The chips grant them unrivaled combat power, while also linking them through h 388Reads—Score160Shelves
17. 17 末 In an Apocalypse Prison, I Train Goddesses Into Warriors 末世监狱，将女神驯服成战士 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse541k WordsCompleted My name is Zhao Linyu. Before the apocalypse, I was a low-ranking prison guard. After it began, I awakened a System, and now I manage a base with more than 3,000 people. My daily routine: an AI nags me into going to all sorts of places to rescue beautiful women: universities, hospitals, film studios, research institutes. It's like collecting stamps. My problem: the women always want to rebel when they first arrive. The professors talk to me about human rights, the celebrities talk to me about th 2.7kReads—Score219Shelves
18. 18 回 Rejuvenation System: The Old Gatekeeper Meets a Goddess 回春系统，门卫大爷遇见女神 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Urban361k WordsCompleted When 70-year-old psychology professor Li Tianyang was bound to a “System,” all he wanted was a quiet life as a security guard. But S-rank goddesses kept coming his way. An investment bank CEO was being harassed by a rich playboy? A single round of tai chi sent the guy to his knees, begging for mercy. A legal queen was framed by her ex-husband? Microexpression analysis made the mole crack on the spot. Every time he met a goddess, he grew five years younger and gained a superpower: hawk-eyed vis 149Reads—Score—Shelves
19. 19 末 Doomsday Survival: I Have a Prison Full of Goddesses 末日求生，我有一座女神监狱 Mr. Fengzhu风竹先生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse608k WordsCompleted Apocalypse + Lots of Beautiful Women + Dark + Prison + Decisive and Ruthless + Cunning + Wish-Fulfillment + Lighthearted Comedy. In a parallel Blue Star world, everyone else tries to survive the Apocalypse by hiding, struggling, and chewing tree bark. Zhao Yulong's Apocalypse from the start: an empty prison, a sharp-tongued AI chasing him around with a fire extinguisher and spraying foam at him, and tens of thousands outside the gates... Not zombies, but female survivors who heard the news and c 1.6kReads—Score131Shelves
20. 20 组 Building Umbrella PMC: The Security Council’s Sixth Permanent Member 组建保护伞PMC，安理会第六常 Evergreen Nanxun南浔长青Urban554k WordsOngoing Chen Ge, a soldier in his previous life, died a heroic death and transmigrated to a parallel world. He had planned to become a star on the strength of his stunning good looks, but couldn’t stomach the unspoken rules, so he took a job as a security guard at an entertainment company. As luck would have it, one of the company’s actresses was kidnapped overseas. The golden finger every transmigrator needs awakened, binding him to a Multiverse Network where he could recruit military talent and purcha 281Reads7.3Score—Shelves

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    A good book recommendation, worth reading.

21. 21 铁 Ironblooded Western Regions: From the Start, I Take Out Galdan 铁血西域：开局结果了噶尔丹 Lounging by the Sunny Window晴窗闲卧Historical1.7M WordsCompleted Core slogan: Every inch of our land is paid for in blood. A son of Han must repay blood with blood and end war through war! In a word: From the deserts of the Western Regions to the map of the world, in this life, I will not kneel to the Qing court, so why fear the foreign powers? This blade cuts through three hundred years of humiliation and reforges the iron-blooded soul of China! No System! 🔥 I transmigrated to the early Qing dynasty and, from the start, struck down Galdan with my blade! Th 1.2kReads5.8Score—Shelves
22. 22 被 After Being Deceived into Northern Myanmar, I Summon an Armored Combined-Arms Brigade 被骗缅北后，我召唤重装合成旅 Feng Qingyang封清扬Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Nation-Building + Power Struggles + Military + International Affairs + Geopolitics + Mass Recruitment] Lin Beichen is tricked into going to northern Myanmar, where he awakens the System. From a local warlord to a regional power, from a regional power to a superpower, and from a superpower to interstellar development, he takes it one step at a time... 7.1kReads6.7Score369Shelves
23. 23 东 The Rise of Dongzhou: The World Hegemon Dismembers the World! 东洲崛起：世界霸主肢解世界！ Chu Bawang楚霸汪Historical3.2M WordsOngoing Transmigrating into a parallel world + colonialism versus tributary rule + wars for supremacy + unification + battleships and heavy artillery. The Eastern Continent Empire is founded, and the great powers vie for supremacy! I arrived by accident in this similar parallel world, only to discover that everything was different from the history I remembered. Tributary system versus colonial system! Military, economic, and cultural forces collide. Who will have the last laugh? Soldiers, take up your g 1.7kReads9.1Score102Shelves
24. 24 1 The 1949 Southern Campaign in Southeast Asia: Founding a Nation Overseas 1949南征东南亚，海外建国 Lord Cat Who Loves Tomato and Egg Stir-Fry爱吃番茄炒蛋的猫爷Urban1.9M WordsOngoing [Guangxi Clique] [Transmigration] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Cold War] [Nanyang] [Feudal Enfeoffment] Li Chongwen transmigrates into the body of a Guangxi Clique general. On the eve of crossing the Yangtze, he leads a hundred thousand Guangxi troops south and seizes French Indochina. That is, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Milk the United States for all it is worth, snatch colonies from Britain and France, and found a nation in Nanyang. Redistribute land taken from local landlords, relocate the 98.7kReads8.2Score5.5kShelves
25. 25 开 A Flying Nuclear Missile from the Start: I Shock the World 开局一枚会飞的核弹，我震惊世界 So the Ties Have Run Their Course原来缘尽啊Urban642k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into the leader of Valadia, a small North African country in a parallel fictional world modeled on Libya, he is immediately asked by the United Nations to make a statement about weapons of mass destruction, or face military action. (It is not a Black country.) Fortunately, he awakens the Great Power Military Industry System and claims the beginner’s gift pack: a “flying” nuclear missile that scares off the Western countries led by the so-called Beautiful Country. With the Sy 753Reads8.0Score107Shelves
26. 26 开 From the Start, I Executed the Eagle Sauce Envoy, and the Rabbit Told Me to Calm Down 开局处决鹰酱特使，兔子劝我冷静 Rainy Day下雨的天Urban1.0M WordsCompleted Chen Fan transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the crown prince of a small country in the northern Middle East. Having already lost most of his territory, he is called upon in a crisis to negotiate peace. Faced with an aggressive Eagle Sauce envoy, “Ding! Quest initiating. Please choose!” “Option one: Publicly execute the Eagle Sauce envoy.” “Reward: 10,000 Hatred Points and 100 million dollars.” “Option two: Surrender and abdicate.” “Reward: 10 million dollars.” Chen Fan: “Do I even hav 5kReads7.9Score450Shelves
27. 27 穿 Transmigrating to 1911: This Warlord's Got Some Swagger 穿越1911这个军阀有点拽 Contemplating the Storms of Life沉思风云Historical1.3M WordsCompleted [No System] + [Not Mindless Wish Fulfillment] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Slow-Building Warlord] + [Smart Characters] + [Industry and Technology] + [Global Conquest]. Read with caution if these aren’t for you. Original title: Transmigrating to 1911: This Warlord Is Pretty Daring Qin Yuan, a veteran transmigrator, arrives in Rongcheng, Xichuan, in an unknown era on his tenth transmigration. With money in one hand and a gun in the other, he seizes this opportunity and rises to power! In this life, 102Reads7.4Score—Shelves
28. 28 开 From the Start, I Had a Red Alert Base: I Lay Low Until I Became Invincible 开局一座红警基地，我苟到无敌 Obsessed with This沉迷于此Urban593k WordsCompleted Chen Fan has crossed over to a parallel world and become the son of King Kafei, the tyrant of a North African country. From the start, his country is on the verge of being wiped off the map. After awakening the System, the first thing he does is prevent war from breaking out. “Father, you’re old. Please abdicate!” The tyrant, Colonel Ka, is forced to step down by his son and placed under house arrest. After becoming king, Chen Fan begins reconciling with the Five Great Benefactors, choosing to k 3.8kReads7.3Score274Shelves
29. 29 1 Restarting Persia in 1941 1941重启波斯 Cola Without Ice可乐不加冰块Historical1.0M WordsCompleted In January 1941, at a critical moment in World War II, Britain and the Soviet Union were about to intervene in Iran and depose Reza Shah. Just then, a soul from the 21st century happened to enter the body of a Pahlavi. Facing this entirely new world, would Pahlavi choose America, the Soviet Union, or Persia? 598Reads9.0Score104Shelves
30. 30 重 Reborn in the 1980s 重生于80年代 The Hardheaded Old Man头铁老汉Urban12.9M WordsOngoing (Period drama, no System, no golden finger, an alternate modern history, revelations drawn from authentic historical records and events) Moral standards vary with money! If you’re already this rich, why repeat the miserable life you had in your previous one? Every regret must be made right! Following the passage of time and based on the facts, the story looks back at this period of history through the protagonist’s eyes. The reborn story of an ordinary man, rising from humble beginnings to becom 39.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
31. 31 明 Late Ming: Steamships Against Sailing Ships, and You Call This War? 明末：蒸汽打风帆，你管这叫战争 A Mortal Heart in This World人间凡人心Historical794k WordsCompleted Synopsis: [Late Ming Dynasty + Dynastic Change + Industrial Revolution + Global Hegemony + Empire-Conquest System] The 17th century: an age when China stands on the brink of collapse! An age countless generations to come will lament! But all of that is about to change! It begins with the protagonist's rise on an island! It begins with the protagonist using a System to advance up the tech tree and surpass the world in technology! This is an age when the protagonist's battleships and cannons l 43Reads7.0Score—Shelves
32. 32 抗 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Rule the Pacific with a Battleship 抗战：开局战列舰，纵横太平洋 Wind Thirty-Nine风三十九Urban549k WordsCompleted Truth lies only within the range of cannon fire, and dignity only at the edge of a sword. He transmigrates to 1941 and gets a battleship from the start, conveniently appearing just outside Pearl Harbor. Yu Zhiqian then leads his fleet into the war that will decide the fate of the Pacific. Thus begins his legend, ranging across all four oceans. The iron-rich continent? Mine! The soybeans? Mine! Mine, mine, it's all mine! 19.2kReads8.2Score1.2kShelves

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    The second book's updates were too slow.

33. 33 1 1985: Two Mars Factories from the Start 1985：开局两个火星工厂 West Window Faraway西窗远Rural Life355k WordsCompleted (The rating just came out, so it’ll gradually rise from here.) [Period Drama, Farming, System Cheat, Hearts of Iron, Climbing the Tech Tree, Beating Uncle Sam, Star Wars, Megacorporation Route, One Female Lead] It’s 1985. The Cold War continues, the world remains divided between two superpowers, domestic reform has reached a critical juncture, foreign trade is just getting started, and plans are underway to drastically reduce the military by a million personnel. Faced with this land waiting to b 7.4kReads6.9Score285Shelves
34. 34 龙 The Dragon Rises in America 龙起美洲 Brush-Touching Commandant摸笔校尉Historical441k WordsOngoing [System] [Primitive Era] [War] [Civilization] [Pioneering] [Colonization] [Amazon] Special forces soldier Liu Shuo crashes in an accident and transmigrates to the perilous Amazon rainforest in 1541. He thought this was nothing more than a primitive wilderness where people lived like beasts, a human no-go zone famous to later generations. He never imagined that before Europeans brought the catastrophe of smallpox, this rainforest had already nurtured countless brilliant civilizations. In the popu 4.7kReads—Score520Shelves

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    The system is spawning troops; if you're not happy, then fight!

35. 35 汉 The End of the Han: Brocade-Sailed Armor Fills the City 汉末之满城尽带锦帆甲 Brush-Touching Commandant摸笔校尉Historical1.1M WordsCompleted [System + Three Kingdoms + Colonization + War + Expansion Abroad] While others fought over provinces and commanderies at the end of the Han dynasty, I, Gan Ning, would turn the whole world upside down. Forced to raise the banner of rebellion after starting out as a pirate of the Brocade Sails, I carved my way through the chaos: I crushed Gongsun Zan, defeated Yuan Shao, captured Lu Bu, destroyed Cao Wei, swallowed Shu Han, and unified Jiangdong. I pacified the Nine Provinces at home and expanded 1.5kReads8.2Score105Shelves
36. 36 召 Summoning System: I Rule the World with the Han Iron Cavalry 召唤系统：我以大汉铁骑霸天下 Brush-Touching Commandant摸笔校尉Historical1.2M WordsCompleted [Total War: Three Kingdoms System + Conquest + Another World + Summoning + National Destiny] Starting with a tiny mountain stronghold, he possesses the Total War: Three Kingdoms System. Every time he plunders silver, he can summon an army of legendary heroes from the Three Kingdoms. From then on, Liu Wei establishes the Han dynasty, pacifies foreign tribes, conquers the Central Plains, gathers the Nine Tripods, and unites the fortune of the Human Emperor. He follows the martial path to immortali 9.1kReads8.8Score547Shelves
37. 37 抗 The Top War Criminal in Gongdelin 抗战功德林头等战犯 Rain Listener Forest听雨森Urban666k WordsOngoing I transmigrated to 1890 as the son of a servant in the Chiang household. I was born under the Five-Star Red Flag, so how could I stand by and do nothing while the Japanese invaders attacked? You all say I rose through the ranks quickly, but I fought through the entire front line campaign. 72.8kReads7.6Score3.1kShelves

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    Except for the first book, all the others are very good. The first book is too long and has significant content gaps. Books 2, 3, and 4 are quite humorous and engaging, while the rest are more rigorous.

38. 38 极 The Ultimate Warlord: No Military Pay? I'm Sick of Being Broke 极品军阀：没有军饷，我穷怕了 Book, Concrete Surface书扎水泥面Urban1.1M WordsOngoing “Loan Shark Grandmaster” Huang Wen takes a tumble into a chaotic age of rebellion. Before he can even open his eyes, he’s bound to his life-bound magical weapon: three old Qing Dynasty cannons that can evolve! Not enough cannonballs? Feed them trash! Stuff a lump of dung into the barrel, and out comes a golden Italian grenade! He starts from the start with nothing, without even a gun. The only option is to start out as a bandit? Fine! Not only will he do it, he’ll fight his way up to become the 272Reads8.6Score—Shelves
39. 39 原 So This Is Where Our Fate Ends, Book 15 原来缘尽啊第15本书 So the Ties Have Run Their Course原来缘尽啊Urban642k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 469Reads8.7Score—Shelves
40. 40 抗 War of Resistance: Starting in Songhu, I Fight in Every Battle 抗战：从淞沪开始打满全场 Brother Dog Who Loves Watermelon爱吃西瓜的狗哥Urban1.4M WordsCompleted In 1937, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China. Though I, Little Commander Li, came from humble beginnings, the most distinguished thing in my family was that my grandfather had once worked as a clerk at the Chiang family’s salt shop in Xikou Town, Fenghua. And though I started out with no high rank, I was merely a battalion commander in the army’s first mechanized unit, the Armored Corps. But through my own efforts, I made a brief appearance on the Songhu battlefield and caught t 4.5kReads8.8Score216Shelves
41. 41 抗 The War of Resistance’s Furnace of Flesh and Blood 抗战之血肉熔炉 Youngster from Lingnan岭南小后生Urban1.5M WordsCompleted This story is set in a parallel world. It follows Qin Ren, a passionate young man from the 21st century who transmigrates back to the War of Resistance Against Japan and becomes a Whampoa Military Academy cadet, fighting the Japanese invaders head-on. When the enemy's iron hooves sweep across the land, the sons and daughters of China rise up to resist the invasion. 25.4kReads8.6Score1.5kShelves
42. 42 民 Republican Era: Starting with Whampoa's First Class 民国：从黄埔一期开始 Proud Sweet Potato傲娇的大地瓜Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No System] [From the start at Whampoa] [Front-line resistance war] [Over a million words so far, with an army of 300,000 and countless enemy kills] Lu Muzhi, a civil engineer, transmigrates to the first class at Whampoa Military Academy in 1924. He advances carefully, makes his way into the heart of power, and completes his studies. Alongside a host of future generals, Lu Muzhi takes part in the Eastern Campaign and the Northern Expedition, rising through the ranks from a young Whampoa cadet to 2.1kReads8.7Score165Shelves
43. 43 重 Reborn in 1895: Founding a New Nation in the South Seas 重生1895，我在南洋立新国 Doudou, Are You Being Naughty?兜兜闹不闹Historical3.4M WordsOngoing A blend of military conquest and technology-driven development, with no System. See how the protagonist uses the course of history, step by step, to restore the nation in Borneo, then transform an agrarian country into an industrial and military power. Transmigrating back to the Nanyang in 1895, he is the grandson of Liu Aseng, the last president of the Lanfang Republic. He swears to restore the republic! Standing in his way are the European colonizers, the native peoples of the Nanyang, and a n 37.9kReads7.9Score2.3kShelves
44. 44 1 1912: Sweep Through a Chaotic Era with My Arsenal 1912：我靠军火库横扫乱世 Break the Horse, Raise the Spear, Pacify the World破马长枪平天下Urban946k WordsOngoing Late Qing dynasty, the third year of Xuantong, Rong County, Sichuan. Gunfire echoes across the land. A world in turmoil is coming, and the nation is on the brink of collapse. Chen Feng, a soldier in the Jiaolong Special Operations Assault Team, opens his eyes to find that he has transmigrated into this turbulent era, where human life is worth less than grass. Bandits run rampant within the country, and mutinous soldiers burn and slaughter. The Qing court is corrupt, while foreign powers circle l 19.3kReads6.7Score1kShelves

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    I highly recommend a hardcore warlord novel! The protagonist transmigrates back to the late Qing Dynasty. Although he has a system, it's not a mindless wish-fulfillment story. It follows real historical events and uses advanced thinking to change the political landscape. It gets increasingly addictive as it progresses. Fans of Republican-era war and political intrigue should definitely check it out. [Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked][Already hooked]

45. 45 战 War Thunder: A Guerrilla in Myanmar, I Found My Own Nation 战雷：人在缅甸游击，我独立建国 Potato Hero土豆勇者Urban2.3M WordsOngoing [Burma Expeditionary Force]+ [War Thunder System]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Building an Independent Faction]+ [Tank Corps]+ [Fighting Japan Alone] From World War II to the Cold War. After more than 500 chapters of fighting the Japanese, the story has now reached the founding of a nation in the South Seas and will continue into the Cold War. Zhang Chi transmigrates by accident to the Burmese battlefield in 1942 with the War Thunder System, becoming one of the retreating soldiers in the Expeditionar 34.8kReads8.9Score1.7kShelves

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    Both are good books. The first one has been in the works for a long time, while the second one has only just begun.

46. 46 开 From the Start, I Get Dumped, Return Home, and Inherit the Throne 开局被分手，转身回国继承王位 Three Thousand Years Ashore上岸三千年Urban521k WordsCompleted Chen Feng is a top business mogul who accidentally dies after working nonstop. He transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes the crown prince of the Great Han Kingdom. From the start, his girlfriend breaks up with him, so he turns around without hesitation and returns home to inherit the throne. The Great Han Kingdom covers 500,000 square kilometers and has a population of ten million. It is rich in scarce resources such as minerals, stone, and rare earths. By exporting these resources, its e 1.5kReads6.1Score111Shelves
47. 47 李 Li Chengdao 李承道 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Eastern Fantasy5.1M WordsCompleted Special forces soldier Li Chengdao unexpectedly transmigrates to a strange valley. He transforms the valley and makes his way out of the mountains. Using the valley as his base, he builds his own Heavenly Dao Group in the world of immortal cultivation. He establishes the Li Family Medical Hall and heals the sick. He makes his fortune with spiritual-root wine, branches into every industry, and becomes the richest man under heaven. He establishes a free Heavenly Dao Academy and cultivates a great 1.1kReads9.2Score245Shelves

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    9 Xianxia Fantasy Novels

48. 48 绿 An Unexpected Adventure on the Green Train 绿皮火车上的奇遇记 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼Marriage & Romance14k WordsCompleted An Adventure on a Green-Skinned Train 10Reads—Score—Shelves
49. 49 高 A Time Capsule on the High-Speed Train 高铁上的时光胶囊 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼16k WordsCompleted A Time Capsule on the High-Speed Train 1Reads—Score—Shelves
50. 50 霓 Love and Hate in the Neon Abyss 霓虹深渊里的恨与爱 Happy Golden Fish快乐的黄金鱼11k WordsCompleted Love and Hatred in the Neon Abyss 3Reads—Score—Shelves

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