Severely Out of Books to Read: Any Books About Modern Large-Scale Warfare? No Mercenaries 顶级书荒，有没有关于现代宏观战争的书，不要雇佣
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How Could I, an Asian, Be the Commander of a U.S. Armored Brigade? 我亚裔怎么会是美陆装甲旅旅长
[Apocalypse + Modern Warfare + Ensemble Cast + Somewhat Hard Military Sci-Fi + No Superpowers + Transformation + No CP] "Mission Eight: One-Way Transmigration" When a modern armored brigade combat team from twenty years in the future is transported to the turn of the millennium, where a zombie crisis has broken out, the hordes that terrify the survivors are no match for a steel tide. But the real crisis has never been the flesh-and-blood zombies. It's the mastermind behind it all. Faced with the
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- 52 Military Life: A Flying Kick from the Sky Takes Out the Military Police 军旅，从天而降飞踹纠察 [Starting as a Major] [Airborne Forces] Quality guaranteed. The author also has a 1.4-million-word novel about the Army, where the protagonist reaches the very top. “First place, turn around... Second place, take your time, you’re almost there... Third place? Can’t you see? What’s that under your feet?! Are you showing off in midair or what?!” “Come find me when you land, and I’ll put you in for a promotion!” The moment Zhao Wen opened his eyes, he found himself fully armed, carrying a parachute 33.4kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
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The Strongest Warlord: Turning Defeated Soldiers into an Iron Army Against Japan 最强军阀，由溃兵打造成抗日铁军
Ye Qingshan, a retired special forces soldier, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Songhu battlefield during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Starting by rallying scattered, defeated soldiers, he uses his knowledge of the future to build an ironclad army against the Japanese, one step at a time.
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Espionage: Getting Intelligence from the Colonel’s Wife 谍战：从大佐太太开始获取情报
[Espionage]+ [System]+ [Resistance War]+ [Reborn] Reborn in the parallel world of 1940, in Changchun, the capital of the puppet state of Manchukuo. The resistance war is at its final, most perilous stage. Deep behind enemy lines, danger lurks everywhere! Eradicate the traitors, wipe out the Japanese, and restore China! Liu Long is not only a mysterious ace agent, but also has a special System. As long as he safely delivers intelligence, he earns points that can be used to learn acupoint tec
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North American Tough Cop: Starting Out as a Patrol Officer in Los Angeles 北美悍警：从洛城巡警开始
A cleaner from the gray world becomes a sun-loving Los Angeles detective. What a wonderful thing, to live in the sunlight! Rock stood beneath a Hollywood landmark, gazing at the bikini-clad beauties on Santa Monica Beach. He pushed his sunglasses up the bridge of his nose. From now on, he would protect Los Santos...
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The Third Pole: Starting in Nanyang, 1943 第三极：从1943南洋开始
[Founding a nation overseas, technological development, immigration, Cold War, global rivalry, no System, modern history] Chen Mo, a 21st-century college student, transmigrates to Nanyang in 1943. Using the memories in his mind, he plans step by step and seizes every opportunity. With the island nation’s surrender in World War II, he strips its industry bare, builds up his own power, and writes a new chapter overseas.
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A Profession for Everyone: I’m a Dungeon Master 全民职业：我是副本师
[No Romance] [Universal Class System] [Dungeon Maker] [Five Permanent Members’ Dungeons] [Helping Great Xia Rise] [Honghuang] In 2035, on Blue Star in a parallel universe, a meteor shower swept across the globe. The laws of the world underwent a dramatic change, all living beings emerged from their ignorance, and humanity’s first generation of professionals awakened with “Class Panels.” Later generations would call that year the first year of the Astral Era. At the dawn of the era, human civiliz
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- 58 Conquering the World as the Kaiser's Driver 从德皇的司机开始征服世界 With just a blink, Lin Shangzhou found himself in Germany in 1930, in the world of KX. Even more unexpectedly, family circumstances had made him the Kaiser's chauffeur... But this Kaiser was nothing like the one he remembered. Wilhelm II was gone, replaced by his granddaughter, Empress Alexandrine. Though this version of KX differed in some ways from the one he remembered, Lin Shangzhou felt at ease in the prosperous German Empire of 1930. He knew what was coming and had plenty of time to prepa 8.7kReads9.0Score85514d adds
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World War II: The Raging Waves 二战之怒海狂涛
Shells blanket the sea, torpedoes tear through the waves! In the azure waters of a parallel World War II, there is no luck, only bloody battles for survival! The world marvels at battleships ruling the seas with their massive guns and carrier fleets dominating the skies and oceans, yet no one knows that destroyers are the true fearless blades and masters of naval warfare! Light armor does not mean weak bones; a swift blade can break through ten thousand troops. Destroyers are the fleet’s steadfa
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Class Monitor, I Really Just Want to Raise Pigs 班长，我真的就想去养猪
This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. “Squad leader, he’s just a private. What could he possibly know?” The veteran squad leader from the sixth batch chuckled. “I was a private once, too. What do you think he knows?” (My first novel, so I’m doing my best…)
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Tactical Game 战术游戏
What’s the most important concept in close-quarters battle when clearing a room? The fatal funnel, of course. How do you zero an 85 sniper rifle before using it? So you have to pull back the hammer on an anti-tank rocket launcher before firing it… The Mi-17’s power cart has broken down. How are we supposed to take off? In the Sicilian Campaign, how did Bradley, a lifelong good guy, screw over his allies? Though, to be fair, there was a good reason. Who was the real hero of the Jingkang humiliati
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The Rise of Dongzhou: The World Hegemon Dismembers the World! 东洲崛起：世界霸主肢解世界！
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
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The Great Ming Marines 大明海兵
On July 8, 538 of the Ming calendar, amid the thunderous cannon fire as the armored cruiser squadron clashed with the Japanese pirate fleet, Lieutenant General Zhu Xianqian, commander of the Central Fleet's Third Fleet, stood on the tactical bridge of the battleship Luzhou. He gazed at the Great Ming dragon banner flying proudly at the bow and declared, “Gentlemen, courage, the courage to press ever forward, is the greatest strength that keeps the Great Ming Navy thriving and undefeated!”
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- 64 The Flowers of Jinling Bloom at the End of the World 末日金陵花正开 In 2037, four years after an invasion by alien creatures began, Zhuge Yuan and his comrades in the 24th Mobile Squad struggle on, waiting for the flowers of Jinling to bloom... 11Reads—Score—14d adds
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Bloodbath at Songhu 淞沪浴血
True-to-life Republican-era setting, with no System and no golden finger. Chen Huaiming transmigrates into the body of a sergeant squad leader in the 88th Division who shares his name. Fortunately, this Chen Huaiming is a motor transport squad leader. Having arrived in a time of chaos, Chen Huaiming’s first thought is how to get promoted to officer, then find a way to retreat from Songhu. But a mission leaves him injured and hospitalized. By the time he recovers, the Japanese army is on the verg
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War: From Bandit Heir to Warlord 战争：从匪二代开始崛起成军阀
[A power fantasy about warlords. This is my first novel, so I welcome your feedback. The story is all about wish fulfillment, and the pacing is fairly fast.] Synopsis: Reborn as the son of a bandit, Ye Nantian obtains a Warlord System. Complete the System's missions and earn rewards: characters, weapons, equipment, you name it. Take on warlords and wipe out the Japanese. See how Ye Nantian builds a vast empire of his own, starting from a small mountain stronghold. [Please read the full story.]
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- 67 The Rise of an Empire Amid Warlord Warfare 军阀混战之帝国崛起 Synopsis: transmigration + historical what-if + System + warlords [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You’ve successfully drawn a Tiger tank.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You’ve successfully drawn a B-29 bomber.] Li Xingchen, a modern man from Blue Star, transmigrates to another world in the final days of a dynasty and activates the Super Spin System. Watch him build a great empire amid the chaos of war!!! 7.5kReads8.6Score30114d adds
- 68 Warlord: Rising from the Northwestern Frontier to Crush the Great Powers 军阀：从西北边陲崛起，横扫列强 [Warlords] [Republican Era] [System] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Not mindless] Su Zhengyang transmigrates to a world resembling Republican-era China. Warlords have risen everywhere, heroes battle for supremacy, and the foreign powers eye the vast land of China hungrily. By chance, Su Zhengyang activates the Super Warlord System, which can provide all kinds of supplies and military equipment. Armed with a single letter of appointment, Su Zhengyang builds his power step by step, starting in a small 203Reads8.5Score—14d adds
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A Fierce Battle at the Start: 1860 开篇激战1860
[An alternate-history story, not about transmigration. A sweeping ensemble tale of war spanning many years. A new spin-off story is coming soon.] This is a story set in a parallel world: A fierce battle at the very beginning saves the Garden of Gardens from disaster... In 1860, smoke from war rises everywhere. The land is devastated, and chaos reigns. Heroes emerge in turbulent times! But heroes are only human, too. They fight off invaders and protect countless lives. They pacify the land, enric
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The Heavenly Road 天路
Near the end of the World War, AI rebelled and gained an overwhelming strategic advantage. Humanity struggled to survive through genetic evolution. Campbell, an elite genetic warrior, rescued twelve-year-old orphan Meiduo on the Pamir Plateau and took her to Andijan. Four years later, Meiduo became a mechanical beast hunter, and Campbell left without a word. Meiduo and her friends Aslan, Sergei, and Song Mingyue ventured into the mountains to rescue someone. There, they stumbled upon a laborator
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- 71 A Soldier Transmigrates to 1852: The Rise of a Nation 小兵穿越1852之民族崛起 A new historical novel about transmigrating to a parallel timeline. No tropes, no System. See how a soldier from the future transmigrates through time, turns the tide, and rejuvenates China. We welcome you to give it a read. 48Reads6.7Score—14d adds
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Reborn in 1980: From Courtyard Menace to Peerless National Scholar 重生80，从大院祸害到国士无双
The winds of change are sweeping through 1980! Ye Xiaotian, chief engineer at a high-tech company, is unexpectedly reborn. His memories of future technology become a blade with which to turn the tide of the era. With a deluge of patents in his left hand, he drives his rivals straight into bankruptcy. With black-tech blueprints in his right, he forces foreign companies to grovel. Just as foreign firms are preparing to sweep across China with their wired remote controls, he sneers: “Infrared wirel
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- 73 Great Tang's Number One Menace 大唐第一祸害 His Majesty Li Er was furious. “My machine-gun company has been lured away by that little menace again?!” A minister replied carefully, “Your Majesty, the Japanese envoy was a month behind on his liquor tab at Wangfujing, so the Crown Prince… the Crown Prince just…” Li Er looked disdainful. “Nonsense! Japan is a friendly neighbor of our Great Tang. They’re only a little behind on payment. Would he really go that far?” The minister answered cautiously, “Your Majesty… the debt is 108,000 strings o 50kReads8.4Score3.7k14d adds
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What If I Were an Animal with a Mind of My Own? 假如我是一只有思想的动物
The early chapters are pure wanton madness. Things start getting back to normal after Chapter 26. A modern college student transmigrates into Huan Yi, the fourth son of the Eastern Jin general Huan Wen, and embarks on a turbulent, action-packed struggle for supremacy in a chaotic age. Rising from humble beginnings during the Northern Expeditions and growing amid power struggles, he faces court intrigue and a battle for dominance in a chaotic world. Who will shape the times? Only the System can h
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- 75 Endless Apocalypse: I Wandered into a Zombie Universe 无尽末日：我误入了丧尸宇宙 Li Yan has fallen into a nightmare he can never wake from. He seems to have entered an endless zombie apocalypse universe, where every ending marks the beginning of a new world. The cycle repeats endlessly, and he can never escape, until he discovers... 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 76 The Zombie Horde: Walking Alongside Despair 尸潮，与绝望同行 [Zombies]+ [No Stockpiling]+ [A Realistic Apocalypse]+ [Multiple Storylines]+ [Ordinary People Fighting to Survive]+ [No Harem]+ [No Special Abilities]+ [No System]+ [No Evolution]+ [No Rebirth] On a sunny afternoon, an ordinary traffic jam turns out to be the beginning of a terrifying crisis. Within hours, Ningcheng, a city of over a million people, is plunged into an unprecedented catastrophe. The streets teem with man-eating zombies, and the despairing cries of humanity echo overhead. This is 396Reads—Score—14d adds
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Don't Be Afraid, Nephew. Your Uncle Found a Softshell Turtle to Help You 侄子别怕，你叔找了鳖来帮你
This is an alternate-universe storyline. In the seventh year of the second decade of the 21st century, tensions flare between the two Koreas beside Seres. I can't do the synopsis justice, so please head straight to the story. I came up with the title before I knew any better, so don't mind it (sob).
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An Outline of National History (Complete in 2 Volumes) 国史大纲（全2册）
An Outline History of China is a general history of China, written with a focus on concision: it sets out the main points and cuts the trivial details. In fewer than 1,000 pages, it manages to provide detailed accounts of historical figures and a comprehensive record of their achievements, demonstrating the author’s remarkable command of a complex past. The book is clearly structured, with just the right balance of detail and brevity. An Outline History of China surveys the evolution of traditio
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- 79 A General History of Modern China (Ten-Volume Set) 中国近代通史（全十册） With political and revolutionary history as its main threads, this book also offers a comprehensive account of modern China's economic development, social life, intellectual and cultural currents, and the development of its frontier regions. Viewed through the lens of modernization, it presents a full and objective account of China's modern history. The study of modern Chinese history is an important branch of Chinese historical scholarship in the twentieth century. Over that century, China tran 1.7kReads9.4Score39714d adds
- 80 Notes on Chinese History (Two-Volume Set) (Great Scholars Discuss History Series) 中国史札记（全二册）（大学者谈史系列） Lü Simian was a preeminent historian of the twentieth century. Together with Chen Yinke, Chen Yuan, and Qian Mu, he was named one of the “Four Great Historians of China” by the renowned historian Yan Gengwang. He spent his life poring over historical records and mastered the entire history of China. After his death, he left behind more than ten million words. Besides such major works as A Plain-Language History of China, History of the Pre-Qin Period, History of the Qin and Han Dynasties, Histor 12Reads8.2Score514d adds
- 81 Pre-Qin History (Two-Volume Set) 先秦史(共2册) History of the Pre-Qin Period is the first of the four dynastic histories written by Mr. Lü Simian. Written in the mid-1930s and first published in 1941, it has since been reprinted many times and is a classic of modern and contemporary scholarship on pre-Qin history. The book is divided into two parts. The first half covers political history, arranged in chronological order by historical event. Clear, concise, and flowing seamlessly from beginning to end, it gives readers a lucid picture of the 58Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 82 Mechanical Warfare at the End of the World 末世之机械战争 In 2056, a meteorite fell to Earth. What should have been an entirely unremarkable meteorite brought an unprecedented crisis to the planet, because it contained a form of life that people later called mechanical lifeforms. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
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The Empire's Setting Sun 帝国夕阳
The Empire's Twilight
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- 84 Iron-Blooded Late Ming I: The Decisive Battle of Ruzhou 铁血晚明（一）汝州决战 Iron-Blooded Late Ming (Part One): The Decisive Battle at Ruzhou 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 Dreams of Tokyo: Love Through the Four Seasons 东京梦华：爱有四季 Tokyo Dreams: Love Through the Seasons 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 How to Save Germany 如何拯救德意志 After transmigrating to 1901, Han Si unwittingly saves Wilhelm II, the last emperor of the German Empire. Since he's accidentally gotten involved with the Kaiser, he'll have to find a way to save Germany in order to avoid a miserable fate later on. 2.5kReads9.0Score12914d adds
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Arming the World and Reviving China: Campaigns Across Time and Space 全球布武重振华夏之异时空的征战
[Dual Transmigration] [Overwhelming the Enemy with Futuristic Weapons] [Passionate Revenge] [No System] [No Female Lead] [No Clichés] The time-space portal Lang Jianping built in the 1937 world is complete. He will lead a massive fleet to a new world, though he has little idea what challenges await him there. Still, with his powerful military at his disposal, he feels he has nothing to fear. This is an alternate-history novel. All countries, dynasties, people, and events are fictional and have
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Apocalypse Riot Police: Starting at the Hospital, I Fight My Way Across the World 末世武警：从医院开始，杀穿全球
(The rating has just been posted, so it may rise.) Hancheng People's Hospital. The instructor asks him, “Did you bring a gun?” He says, “I came to see the injured today. I didn’t bring one.” First release online | An original apocalypse setting [Airborne and droplet transmission]+ [Madness-like infected]+ [Intelligence retained]+ [Armed police protagonist]+ [Military life in the apocalypse]+ [Hardcore survival]+ [Ruthless and decisive]+ [The power of the state] On New Year’s Eve in the 19th
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The Peninsula Crisis: Dawn of Fire 半岛危机：炮火黎明
Winter 2030. A massive battle erupted on the East Asian peninsula, nearly igniting World War III. History would call it the Peninsula War. The players fought and maneuvered like chess masters, while their pawns struggled to distinguish themselves and become the new masters of history. Every nation had its own hidden agenda. How events would unfold, and who would win or lose, would be left to history to judge. An alternate history.
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Operation Fulcrum: ZERO 支点行动：ZERO
(Mecha) (Military) (Espionage) (No System) The adventures begin when a group of “state-owned enterprise mercenaries” unexpectedly recover a powerful mecha that the country lost many years ago. No System, not a power fantasy, and more on the hard-edged side. The bonus chapters might be even more exciting than the main story. I mean it, really. I'm focused on making the plot logic, central themes, and military elements work together convincingly. That means I often go back and revise details, but
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The Dragon's Will 龙族意志
[Transmigrator] [Dragons] [One female lead] [Ace Combat] [Titanfall] [Not DND] Also known as The State’s Will: A Clumsy, Low-Budget Isekai Knockoff and Ace Dragon 7: Unknown World An ordinary PLA pilot dies in a war, and his soul transmigrates to another world, where he becomes a dragon. Protagonist: “I transmigrated, and I’m a dragon! Now I can recruit beastfolk followers, start farming, and begin my lordly career like in a traditional dragon novel, right? Or maybe go on an epic fantasy adve
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The Veteran Never Falls 老兵不陨
A military historical novel based on real history, with no transmigration and no wish fulfillment. This is the story of a Chinese soldier's personal growth! It also vividly portrays the rise and expansion of the People's Army and the great Chinese nation reclaiming its former glory. Centered on the brothers Zhao Sheng and Zhao Yu, the novel follows several young people from northern Jiangsu whose lives take very different paths. The story begins in the turbulent years of the War of Resistance
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Honkai Strike Force 崩坏特攻
[This work introduces original characters and changes some characters’ backgrounds. It can be considered a parallel world set in the same period as Honkai Impact 3rd, or perhaps Honkai 4.] A Honkai Impact 3rd fanfiction, set against the backdrop of a global struggle against the Honkai. The Shenzhou officer Mo Buyou, alias Lupin, joins forces with his comrades, Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and governments around the world to fight the Honkai. Beginning with an exploration of the Previous Era ruins in
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Nuclear Peace from the Start: Reborn in 1945 to Build a Nation in the East 开局核平：重生1945东洋建国
Ji Hanchang, determined to make up for the regrets of his homeland. With a series of clever moves, he gets his revenge. Reborn in 1945, he becomes the commander of an advance force, leading 1,500 elite soldiers on a march to the East. He outmaneuvers the United States and intercepts aid from the Marshall Plan, then gathers overseas Chinese from across the world to build a paradise abroad. From the East to the South Seas, millions of overseas Chinese pledge their loyalty. Using the East as his ba
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A Superintelligence from the Future 来自未来的超级智能
Three hundred years in the future, the superintelligent AI Xiaobai controls an interstellar fleet. While traveling through space, it is caught in a sudden anomaly in spacetime and transmigrates to the modern era. Su Wanwan, who suffers from a rare disease, and Jiang Tao, who was badly injured in a car accident, have their bodies rebuilt and their lives rewritten by future technology.
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The Brave Always Win 勇者必胜
Will Golland and his girlfriend, Aminni, joined the SBS and SAS, the British commandos, one after the other. They were born to fight the war against fascism. Raiding behind enemy lines, they struck fear into the hearts of Nazi demons. Their footsteps carried them across France, Norway, and the battlefields of North Africa. They wore green berets, and their name was the Commandos.
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- 97 The Raging Eastern Front 狂飙的东线 The Führer is assassinated, and Goering takes over the Third Reich. He appoints Kahn Regismond as commissioner on the Eastern Front, granting him command over the German forces there. The Battle of Stalingrad begins. Can he change the course of the war? 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 Heroes Without Regrets in Shanghai by Night 夜上海之英雄无悔 Lin Ge is a pilot. While flying along the Hump Route, he unexpectedly transmigrates to Shanghai in 1936. He fights against Japan’s ambitions of aggression, reunites with the woman he loves, Bai Wei, and becomes entangled in complicated romantic relationships with the wealthy daughters of Shanghai’s elite. Lin Ge comes from 2036, but after transmigrating to the Shanghai of 1936, he encounters a host of time travelers lying low. The currents are rising, and the fate of the nation is shifting. 205Reads—Score—14d adds
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Peerless: My Life as a Soldier King in Republican-Era China 无双：我的民国兵王生涯
[The heroine grows from weak to powerful, then invincible; light romance, no major nation-building] A female-soldier version of Drawing Sword arrives with a bang! I come from the Ming dynasty and possess divine strength. With my personal female guard at my side, I train special forces on the anti-Japanese battlefields of the Republic of China and slay the Japanese invaders! Though I face danger time and again, I have no fear and no regrets. I will use my strength to keep my people safe! The nove
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1937: I Have an Arsenal 1937：我有个军火库
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
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