Looking for Stories Set During the War of Resistance Against Japan, But Not Drawing Sword!!!! 求抗战文，不要亮剑！！！！！！！！！！！

1. 51 民 From the Start of the Republic, I Applied to the First Class at Whampoa: I'm from Fenghua 民国开局报考黄埔一期我是奉化人 I Eat Beef with Cilantro我吃牛肉加香菜Urban517k WordsCompleted [Main Battlefield + First Class of Whampoa + No System + No Fighting Among Ourselves] If you're here for the War of Resistance, start reading from Chapter 43. The earlier chapters cover Whampoa and Eastern Europe. Liu Bin looks back on the century of humiliation in the history of the Rabbit nation. To make up for the regrets of history, he'll set foot in Whampoa's first class and rewrite what happened in places like Shanghai and Nanjing. It all starts now, in Fenghua. What does it matter if y 114Reads5.9Score—Shelves
2. 52 双 Twin Rivers: Bloodbath in Republican-Era Shanghai 双川民国之沪上血战 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban2.6M WordsOngoing Su Tianci has spent 25 years as a working stiff. After leaving the military, he has the job he earned stolen by someone with power and influence. His attempts to seek justice come to nothing, and with the other side's overwhelming influence, he has no choice but to become a delivery driver. Who could have guessed that while performing a good deed, he'd be struck by a heavy truck and sent straight to the Republican era? Then his transmigration golden finger turns out to let him travel between the 172Reads7.2Score149Shelves
3. 53 在 In the ’80s, Pretending to Be a Returnee Tycoon 在八零，伪装归国神豪 Trying to Stay Alive2努力活着2Urban239k WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an overworked office drone in 2026, accidentally transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1980s. Fortunately, he can still return to 2026. Two vastly different eras now lie before him. 22Reads—Score127Shelves
4. 54 民 Li Ying in Republican-Era China: Winning Big, Again and Again 民国李赢：大赢特赢 Divine Crane神鹤之神Historical329k WordsCompleted A veteran player arrives in Guangwaizhou in 1928. He builds himself back up, grows stronger, sweeps all opposition aside, and becomes himself again! Years later, on the planet Shuilingling, Li Ying, head of state of the only superpower, takes the stage at the Human Federation conference and delivers a masterclass in victory studies. “From the year I set out from Guangwaizhou, I began winning big, again and again... Wherever our conference and army went, the people welcomed us wholeheartedly. It 626Reads—Score106Shelves

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5. 55 陪 She Followed Her Husband to the Battlefield and Became a Sharpshooter 陪郎上战场，童养媳成了神枪手 Uncle Wendaо文刀大叔Urban1.9M WordsCompleted Chen Dani, a child bride, has one greatest wish: to farm the two fine acres handed down through her husband Zhou Tieshuan’s family and live a happy life together, with him farming and her weaving. But with tyrannical landlords running rampant, Japanese invaders wreaking havoc, and the reactionaries ruling in darkness, she has no choice but to take up arms and go to war alongside her husband. She fights the tyrants, battles the Japanese, joins the War of Liberation, and finally goes to resist Ame 12.9kReads8.7Score1.3kShelves

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   This book is great and worth reading!

6. 56 在 Passing Myself Off as a Rich Returnee in the 1980s 在八零伪装回国土豪 Strive for Happiness努力幸福Urban1.5M WordsOngoing Su Tianci, an ordinary working stiff for 25 years, spends his free time exploring the wilderness. By chance, he discovers a box full of U.S. dollars. Overjoyed, Su Tianci starts dreaming about where to go for a meat-stuffed flatbread. But before he can even celebrate, he slips and inexplicably tumbles off a cliff. When he comes to again, he has somehow arrived in an era full of opportunity… 7.9kReads5.8Score338Shelves

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   What to say when receiving a call

7. 57 两 Crossing Between Two Worlds: 1949 两界穿梭之一九四九 Good Luck Keeps Coming好运不断Urban361k WordsOngoing Drop the pretense of being a decent person and enjoy a shameless life. Refuse to waste your energy on inner turmoil; if something’s wrong, just lose it. Rather than make yourself suffer, make life difficult for someone else. That’s Su Tianci in 2026. By chance, he transmigrates to Beiping on the eve of liberation. The booming economy of 2026 and the war-torn year of 1949: two vastly different eras lie before him. 5kReads5.8Score216Shelves
8. 58 卡 Card Battle 卡战 The Hardworking Rabbit-Cow奋斗的兔子牛Urban913k WordsOngoing This is the story of a reborn man who enters a world of cards, uses them to fight back against the invaders, and kills the Japanese devils. No System, no over-the-top heroics, just an ensemble cast and a story full of passion and brutality. The opening is a little heartbreaking, enough to bring tears to your eyes. As the story unfolds, it gets tighter, more gripping, and more exciting. - When he opens his eyes, Long Sheng sees the enemy trying to kill him. A Dragon Nation soldier dies alongside 175Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   I highly recommend this unique and action-packed war novel. It's not a typical "Bright Sword" story, and it doesn't have a system or feel like a fantasy drama. The protagonist is reborn into a card world and uses cards to kill the Japanese invaders. From individual resistance to a small team fight, and then to a large-scale frontal battle, the story gets increasingly explosive. There are some heart-wrenching moments, enough to bring tears to your eyes, but once the pacing picks up, you can't stop reading.

9. 59 抗 War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 抗战：我只想活下去 When I Arrived, Spring Had Passed Me By偏wo来时不逢春Urban1.1M WordsOngoing No System, not reborn. This is not the legend of a hero, but the story of someone who only wants to survive, making it through the flames and blood of World War II. The War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 115Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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   It's not a systematic story, it doesn't involve time travel, and it's not based on mythology. There are some angst-filled moments towards the end.

10. 60 1 1937: I Have an Arsenal 1937：我有个军火库 Fang Shaobai方少白Urban617k WordsCompleted A modern soldier transmigrates to the Republican era, where he studies intangible cultural heritage and uses the military knowledge he learned in the future to support the war of resistance. Every inch of land is soaked in blood; a hundred thousand brave men fight with all their might! How can four hundred million Chinese compatriots let the Japanese invaders run rampant? Kill the invaders and defend our homes and country! For a soldier's honor and the dignity of our people, China's passionate s 8Reads—Score—Shelves

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    During the War of Resistance against Japan, on the main battlefield, with overwhelming firepower, soldiers came and generals blocked them, and water came and earth was used to dam it.

11. 61 我 Bandit King of Changbai Mountain: Fortified Against the Japanese 我在长白山当匪王：碉堡拒倭 Moonlit Wanderer in the Dust尘中月客Urban773k WordsCompleted Lin Feng, a special forces soldier calibrating a sniper rifle on the southwestern border, nodded off and woke up as the bandit chief of Eagle Beak Cliff in Changbai Mountain! In the snow, Japanese light machine guns were shredding their cover. With the savory aroma of self-heating rations still lingering in his nostrils, he had only one thought: use modern special forces tactics to lead his brothers and reclaim every inch of lost land! 19Reads6.0Score—Shelves
12. 62 红 The Red Star Shines Across the Land 红星耀山河 Arctic Roasted Sweet Potato北极烤地瓜Urban2.6M WordsOngoing [The Red Army, the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Self-Defense Counterattack, Building a New China] In 2025, programmer Lin Chaoyang has hit rock bottom. He wakes up in northern Guizhou in early 1935, where a Red Army unit nurses him back to health. Transmigration has not only carried him into another era, it has also awakened his dormant potential: superb combat skills, exceptional battlefield first aid and sniping talents, an 374Reads6.3Score344Shelves

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    A good book about the War of Resistance Against Japan, not "Bright Sword." It's a good book with a low rating; the low rating is because the original writing was too pretentious. The author is a ruthless person; the entire book has been restructured, and it's now excellent, full of exciting moments. [From the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japan to the founding of the People's Republic of China and the Korean War]. If a person, with modern knowledge and pushed-to-the-limit skills, returned to the Long March, what could he change? What could he protect? This is the initial question of "Red Star Over the Rivers and Mountains." The answer is: he could change many things. He could use a sniper rifle to kill the enemy leader at Baozuo, use his medical skills to save his comrades' lives on the grasslands, and even provide early warnings, allowing a famous general who should have sacrificed his life to survive. But he couldn't change much more. He couldn't change hunger, disease, and cold; he couldn't change the vast disparity in strength between the enemy and himself; and he couldn't change the fact that "sacrifice" itself was part of that history. Every "variable" he brings will, like butterfly wings, trigger a chain reaction in 2025—for better or worse, unpredictable. And he himself will be profoundly changed by a soul from 1935. Chen Shugen, a cook who barely knew any characters and only knew that "the squad leader should eat last," taught this sophisticated egoist what "faith" meant through his simple yet unwavering conviction. Therefore, this book is about the clash between "ability" and "faith." Fist may pave a path to survival, but only faith can illuminate the heart.

13. 63 抗 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Defend Zhonghuamen 抗战：开局镇守中华门 I'm Liu Dabiao劳资刘大彪Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance] [Defend our homeland] [System] [German-equipped divisions] [Japanese invaders] [Special Forces] [Nanjing] [Jinling] [Nationalist Army] [Fight the Japanese] Liu Dabiao was a stormtrooper in the 12th Reconnaissance Battalion of the Great Xia Southeast Military Region, better known to us as the Wolf Fang Special Forces Battalion, or Logistics Depot 026. During training, to ensure the soldiers remembered history and forged an unbreakable military spirit, their political instructo 92Reads6.1Score—Shelves
14. 64 抗 War of Resistance: The Rise of Nanyang Begins with Sign-In Rewards 抗战：南洋崛起从签到开始 Summer Again and Again夏一下再夏一下Urban264k WordsOngoing Transmigrated to 1942, into the Wild Man’s Land, the deathtrap where the retreating expeditionary force met its doom. When Chu Ming opens his eyes, there are starving corpses beside him and pursuers behind him. In this desperate situation, the “Iron-Blooded Revival” System activates: the entire map is revealed, daily sign-ins, and blueprints of his choice. It starts with his first self-designed rifle: A straggler says, “Brother, with a gun, we’ve got a chance to survive!” An overseas Chinese man 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This new book combines the War of Resistance against Japan with overseas nation-building. Updates are fast, so you can follow it with confidence. It doesn't contain any swordplay elements.

15. 65 南 Nanjing Photo Studio: I Won't Take This Kind of Crap 南京照相馆：劳资不受窝囊气 His Majesty the Sleeper Has Arrived觉皇大人参上Urban2.0M WordsCompleted [System Conquest] [Alternate World War II] [Founding a Nation Overseas] = [An Emperor Unifies the World] On the eve of World War II, Su Lie transmigrates and activates the War Replication System! Copy skills, armies, weapons, and industry! While everyone else fights tooth and nail in World War II, he quietly establishes a nation overseas and crowns himself emperor! He stays out of the chaos and reaps the rewards! With the System's power, he sweeps aside all opposition, subdues the great powers, 580Reads7.2Score112Shelves

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    This book is absolutely worth reading.

16. 66 抗 War of Resistance: I Have a Transmigrator 抗战：我有穿越机 Love to Have Fun喜欢浪Urban1.3M WordsCompleted Luo Yun transmigrates to a parallel world and can use gold to buy civilian supplies from every shopping platform on Blue Star. Blue Star's industrial Cthulhu flexes its muscles, sending a steady stream of civilian supplies to this world. "Where did that bomb come from?!" "Why is this thing chasing me and exploding?!" "Ah! Mom, I want to go home!" "Just how many good things does the Dragon Kingdom have?" "You don't mess with the people of the Dragon Kingdom!" "I want to marry someone from the Dra 200Reads6.7Score184Shelves

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    Looking for a good read about the War of Resistance against Japan? Check this one out! It features time-travel elements and the creation of military equipment from civilian supplies – a fast-paced and exciting read!

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