Must-Read Spy-War Novels, Especially Those Featuring Liu Changchuan 谍战类必看，还得是刘长川

1. 201 铁 Railway Archives 铁路档案 St RifleSt步枪Urban329k WordsCompleted A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 4Reads7.2Score—Shelves
2. 202 凤 The Phoenix-Eyed Agent: I Tear My Rotten Enemies Apart in Republican-Era China 凤眼女特工：我在民国手撕渣敌 Tomato Ketchup Stir-Fried with Tomato Juice番茄酱炒番茄汁Urban371k WordsCompleted I, Su Wanqing, am a small-time female thug at the bottom of the heap at Jiangcheng Wharf. My only talent is hearing other people’s thoughts. For three years, I used that ability to dodge countless assassination attempts, until I met a coachman who was nearly beaten to death. My heart skipped a beat: this man’s thoughts were actually pure. 2Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Others open gold fingers in books to make money and fall in love, but she opens gold fingers to listen to the sound of bullets being loaded in the enemy's heart. The suffocating feeling of thousands of people's voices filling my brain made me feel pain even through the screen. But she managed to hold on.

3. 203 回 I Can Rewind Five Minutes, and I Became a Spy-Killing Demon 回档五分钟，我成了谍战杀神 Salted Egg咸的蛋Urban1.3M WordsCompleted I rewound five minutes, crawled back from hell, and became Second Young Master Zhang, a spoiled heir in Shancheng. The Japanese have my father’s command post surrounded by a massive force. I’ll save him! The Special Higher Police have sprung a deadly four-stage trap. I’ll break it! I came back to life to kill the Japanese and root out the collaborators! A tactical pen with a triangular blade, stained with blood and deadly at the throat, lets me steal other people’s skills. A pair of blood-red do 54Reads5.9Score117Shelves

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   The special forces unit becomes the second commander of the army and starts with a mission: to defeat the four major Japanese conspiracies within 72 hours. Saved the father of the commander-in-chief who was doomed to die on the front line! Disguised as the section chief of the Japanese Special High School Course, he brutally tortured No. 76. Rewind after death + full combat power, spy battles, killing bandits, blowing up spy nests, the whole process is high-energy but not watery!

4. 204 抗 War of Resistance: A Native of Fenghua Joins the First Whampoa Class from the Start 抗战：我奉化人开局加入黄埔一期 Eating Beef Alone独自吃牛肉Urban380k WordsOngoing Front-line combat + no System + Fenghua native + leader of the first Whampoa class There are too many regrets in the history of modern China. Shanghai? Nanjing? The road through the War of Resistance against Japan is full of regrets. I, Chen Dong, swear to do everything in my power to make up for them. I’m taking on the Japanese, and nobody can stop me. That’s final! P.S. The first 50 chapters cover Whampoa through the Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition. If you want to jump straight to t 92.5kReads—Score8.8kShelves

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   Just rush through this book and you're done.

5. 205 潜 Undercover in the Shadows 潜伏暗渡 Forget War and Risk Perishing 007忘战必危007Historical300k WordsCompleted Yu Zecheng is coerced by Wu and trapped in an isolated stronghold under the shadow of the White Terror. Wan∽ sheds her timid facade and legally enters the island as a manager for Hong Kong’s Mu family, making a perilous contact with Yu Zecheng. Acting on orders, they pose as husband and wife to carry out their undercover mission. In Taipei, surrounded by secret agents and caught in factional strife, the pair use the bustle of everyday life as cover to pass on intelligence in secret. From awkward 10Reads—Score—Shelves

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