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  1. 51 From the Start, I Hand Over the Time Gate and Beat the Japanese to Save China 开局上交时空门,暴打鬼子救华夏 Urban964k WordsCompleted Chen Fan transmigrated to 1937, beneath the southern capital of Nanjing, where war raged and the land was devastated, with blood and bodies everywhere. Demons roared. It was the darkest hour in China's history. With a Space-Time Gate in hand, he didn't hesitate. He handed it straight over to the nation. Once the nation gained control of the Space-Time Gate, it immediately formed a Ghost Squad to provide cross-temporal support. This time, China would not weep! 8.8kReads8.3Score70614d adds
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  2. 52 They Looked Down on Me for Impersonating a Battalion Commander, So Why Are You Crying Now That I've Led the Army North? 冒充营长不待见,率军北上你哭啥 Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [The rating just came out and will rise soon. If you don’t like it, just curse me out.] After surviving the bloodbath of the Eastern Front, Chen Zheng and his childhood friend Yang Ergou are lucky enough to make it out alive. To stay alive, Chen Zheng impersonates Lin An, a Nationalist battalion commander, and uses his borrowed authority to raise an army. The bald man in the rear isn’t pleased: “I don’t understand. Why does he have an army of twenty thousand? What is he up to!” So Chen Zheng dec 11.9kReads8.2Score77614d adds
  3. 53 Bright Sword: I Took Out Sakata's Command Post from the Start 亮剑:开局端了坂田指挥部 Urban94k WordsCompleted "Battalion Commander Er! Where the hell is your Italian cannon?!" Li Yunlong stares at Xi Qian, held hostage by Yamamoto atop the city wall. Eyes bloodshot, he is about to let out that despairing roar when the rumble of dozens of helicopters suddenly fills the sky. Li Yunlong turns around. Beyond the helicopters, hundreds of Type 99A tanks form a steel flood, rolling toward them along the distant horizon. Yang Xiao's steady, powerful voice rings out over the radio broadcast from the helicopters, 21Reads—Score—14d adds
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  4. 54 Leading Lone Wolf Team B, Wiping Out 300,000 Enemies! 带队孤狼B组,歼敌三十万! Male-Channel Fanfiction282k WordsCompleted [Special Forces] [Bright Sword] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Patriotic Spirit] Su Bai transmigrates to a parallel world and awakens the Battle Merit System! Zhuang’s Lone Wolf B Team, Xu Sanduo’s Steel Seventh Company, and Leng Feng’s Wolf Warriors Unit are all there. And his role is none other than the instructor in charge of selecting recruits for Lone Wolf B Team! Kill enemies to earn points, then exchange those points for the chance to travel to the Bright Sword battlefield. Upgrading his battle 1.6kReads6.5Score10914d adds
  5. 55 Bright Sword: Li Yunlong Enters the First Class at Whampoa at Fourteen 亮剑:李云龙十四岁入黄埔一期 Historical753k WordsOngoing [Drawing Sword + Whampoa Military Academy + No System + Warlord Conflicts + World War II + Hands-On Crafting + Chief of Staff Chu] Li Youbin, a student at the National University of Defense Technology, transmigrates into Li Yunlong in 1924. From the start, he's expected to become a live-in son-in-law. No way! He'll join the first class at Whampoa and become classmates with the donkey chief. From Whampoa's first class to splitting up the forces, crossing the grasslands, fighting the Japanese, and 70kReads7.7Score5.2k14d adds
  6. 56 Starting from Scratch: Building China's First Special Forces Unit 从零开始,打造华夏首支特种部队 Urban1.5M WordsOngoing At a secret meeting that will determine the military region's future, 23-year-old training staff officer Shen Fei suddenly rises and makes a bold declaration in front of all the commanders: “Give me one month, and I'll give you a special forces unit that leads the entire world!!!” Nobody believes that a captain who spends all day behind a desk really understands special operations. But the people Shen Fei selects from hundreds of thousands of servicemen are all misfits in everyone else's eyes 211.3kReads9.1Score19.3k14d adds
  7. 57 Back to the 1990s with a Fish Finder: Fishing My Way to a New Life 带着鱼探回九零钓鱼改写人生 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted While Shen Zichen was using a fish finder, it exploded. His soul traveled back in time with the fish finder to the moment when, after being betrayed by his girlfriend and misunderstood by his family, he went fishing to ease his sorrows. By chance, he fell into the sea among the reefs and hauled up a corpse. He made two friends, and with their help, bought stocks and lottery tickets, invested in real estate in Hainan, and, after making money, bought a fishing boat of his own. He went out to sea t 3.2kReads8.4Score25014d adds
  8. 58 War of Resistance: I Rise in Southeast Asia, Starting with the Expeditionary Force 抗战:从远征军开始在东南亚崛起 Urban731k WordsCompleted He transmigrates to 1942 and becomes a regimental commander in the expeditionary force. Step by step, he rises to become a figure who shapes the tides of world events. P.S. I'm not good at writing introductions. Please read the story itself. 13.1kReads8.3Score66914d adds
  9. 59 Underhanded Struggle 暗斗 Urban1.2M WordsCompleted He was hailed as Asia’s greatest spy, and was also the king of secret agents. His death remains shrouded in mystery to this day, and the truth behind it has long fascinated people. What seemed like an ordinary accident concealed a story chilling to the bone. How many masked infiltrators fought over it in the shadows, and how many nameless heroes left us lamenting their loss... His death was both an inevitability of history and a historical accident. The true culprit behind it is still shaping th 6.3kReads9.2Score58014d adds
  10. 60 Espionage: From Shanghai's Little Beggar to the King of Spies 谍战:从上海滩小乞丐到特工之王 Urban2.9M WordsCompleted Chen Shaoan’s soul transmigrates to old Shanghai, where he becomes a beggar scraping by. By chance, he saves a wounded woman, and ends up stumbling into the Military Statistics Bureau. With the Japanese invasion of China underway, Chen Shaoan uses his Role-Playing System to purge traitors, capture enemy moles alive, and assassinate senior Japanese officers, becoming a world-renowned king of spies. 7.7kReads8.7Score68814d adds
  11. 61 Espionage: You Were Told to Go Undercover, but You're Thriving 谍战:让你潜伏,你混得风生水起 Urban1.0M WordsCompleted [Spy thriller + no female lead] Lin Jiang transmigrates into the body of a peripheral operative at the Shanghai station of the Military Statistics Bureau, code-named Catfish. His handler is killed, the Shanghai station is wiped out, and the new station chief is another notorious traitor to the Bureau, at least according to Lin Jiang's memories! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on awakening the Big Data Deduction System!] Special Higher Police School: “Who exactly is Catfish?” Military Statistics Bu 19.2kReads7.9Score1.4k14d adds
  12. 62 Spy War: Code Name Ant, Moving Expert 谍战,代号蚂蚁,搬家小能手 Urban530k WordsCompleted Espionage? No need to go undercover. It may look safe, and in fact it isn't dangerous at all. All you have to do is slowly empty the enemy's storehouses, leaving them without supplies or support. Then victory is as good as yours! 19.5kReads7.0Score1.4k14d adds
  13. 63 A Heroic War of Resistance: From Useless Young Marshal to East Asia's Overlord 铁血抗战:从废物少帅到东亚霸主 Urban434k WordsOngoing What kind of terrifying soul lives inside this body that was once called trash? They don't know that it is Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin, who swept across the Six Kingdoms and united the land! He once unified the world. Now, with the soul of the Great Qin Emperor, he will set this realm right again. The stronger the enemy, the more the imperial soul blazes. The humiliation of being cast into the dirt will be repaid a hundredfold. 518Reads—Score10914d adds
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  14. 64 Hanqing, 300,000 Fengtian Troops, and an Iron-Blooded Peak 汉卿,奉系三十万,铁血巅峰 Urban867k WordsOngoing “When an entire era weighs on your shoulders, you have no choice but to make yourself tougher than the times.” Three brothers stand side by side: one commands civil and police affairs, another handles espionage and intelligence. The women are no mere ornaments: among them are a noble heiress who controls the supply lines, a sworn brotherhood leader's daughter who roams the world, and an intelligence agent infiltrating enemy ranks. The spy war rages in the shadows, while flames of battle blaze in 12.4kReads—Score81114d adds
  15. 65 A Republic-Era Iron-Blooded Young Marshal? I'll Fight the War of Resistance to the End! 民国铁血少帅?我奉军抗战到底! Historical755k WordsOngoing Another world, an ordinary world, souls transmigrated into other bodies From Feng to Ping, from Tai to Sui, from the south to the east, forces from every side vie for power across this chessboard. Tags: Republic of China, War of Resistance, political intrigue, espionage, passionate, multiple female leads 20.6kReads—Score1.2k14d adds
  16. 66 Bright Sword: Following Kong Guoyin, I Build the Strongest Military Industry 亮剑:追随孔过瘾,打造最强军工 Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [Military production + War of Resistance + Special operations + No female lead + Li Yunlong + Independent Regiment] While on a mission, Kong Hao is ambushed by spies from Sakura Country and unexpectedly transmigrates to the turbulent years of the War of Resistance. The land is overrun, and the people are slaughtered. A Chinese man from the future vows to defy the odds and lessen his people's suffering. Short on heavy artillery? He builds a devastating spigot mortar. Worried about enemy planes ru 16kReads8.3Score87314d adds
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  17. 67 Espionage: I'm a Shanghai Scion, Codenamed Porter 谍战:我,沪上大少,代号搬运工 Urban460k WordsOngoing In Shanghai, occupied by the invaders, there is a prominent and illustrious family: the Lin family of Shanghai. The eldest brother, Lin Zhenbang, is the military command's finance chief in Shanghai, codename: God of Wealth. His true identity is a secret underground intelligence agent, codename: Cedar. The second brother, Lin Duhan, is chief of the military command's operations division in Shanghai, codename: Killer. The eldest sister, Lin Hanyue, is chief of intelligence at the Shanghai station 5.6kReads6.1Score49114d adds
  18. 68 Arriving in Bright Sword, the System Urges Me to Repay a Debt of Gratitude 初到亮剑,系统催我去报恩 Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Arms Dealer System + War of Resistance + Arsenal + Spycraft + Logistics + Behind-the-Scenes] What's the biggest thing in Bright Sword that left fans feeling it could have been better? Sun Desheng: “Regimental Commander, using Tiger tanks to take out those Japanese tin-can tanks is so satisfying. Shame we've got so few.” Li Yunlong: “No rush. Use these for now. Another 200 are already on the way.” Zhang Dabiao: “Regimental Commander, my First Battalion is nearly 5,000 men now. We can't fit any m 28.1kReads9.0Score1.6k14d adds
  19. 69 I Knew Nothing About the War Against Japan at First, but the Japanese Were Out to Get Me 开局不懂抗日,奈何命犯鬼子 Historical1.0M WordsCompleted He knew nothing about fighting the Japanese from the start, but fate had it in for him and the Japanese! Read the story of Little Eighth Lord and you'll laugh until you spit out your food, then quietly shed a tear. Best of all, let him fight for you with all the passion in his heart, performing acts of chivalry in a world torn by war! At the beginning, Little Eighth Lord loses his memory and stumbles onto the anti-Japanese battlefield in the Central Plains, convinced he's Li Yuanba, the greatest 1.4kReads—Score14814d adds
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  20. 70 Resistance Against Japan in 2037 2037年的抗日 Urban174k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance espionage + film and television + transmigration + science fiction + wild imagination] Tang Jingyi, a sharp-tongued film-review blogger, is tricked into a fake transmigration from 2037 to 1937, arriving in Hejiang just as the nationwide War of Resistance breaks out. The land of the Northeast has already been ravaged into despair... But take note: this isn't actually a transmigration story, nor is it a real anti-Japanese battlefield. It's a film studio overrun by robots. This i 121Reads—Score—14d adds
  21. 71 The Complete Story of Undercover 潜伏之全传 Urban1.9M WordsOngoing In 1945, with victory in the War of Resistance drawing near, Yu Zecheng, a Communist underground agent codenamed “Emei Peak,” is sent by Dai Li to the Tianjin Station of the Military Statistics Bureau. Relying on his exceptional intelligence and composure, he carefully navigates the enemy’s inner circles, maneuvering among multiple factions. But the unexpected return of his former lover, Zuo Lan; the suspicions and tests of station chief Wu Jingzhong; and the covert surveillance of his colleague 13.3kReads7.9Score75814d adds
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  22. 72 The Disguiser: Poison Bee 伪装者之毒蜂 Historical799k WordsOngoing At death's door, Wang Tianfeng, the Military Statistics Bureau's "Poison Bee," was replaced by Lin Feng, a modern-day fan of the TV series. Knowing the entire plot of The Disguiser, Lin Feng decides to set an even more dangerous "death trap" in motion, deliberately going undercover at the Wang puppet government's intelligence headquarters in Shanghai. Amid Wang Manchun's suspicions, Ming Lou's scrutiny, and Ming Cheng's covert investigation, he walks a razor's edge, using intelligence from his f 23Reads—Score—14d adds
  23. 73 Transmigrating into Bright Sword: Li Yunlong’s Independent War of Resistance 穿越亮剑:李云龙的独立抗战之路 Urban1.1M WordsOngoing Modern young man Lin Manduo gets so frustrated watching a show that he unexpectedly transmigrates into the insubordinate regimental commander known as the defiant Li Yunlong, a man who was supposed to be executed. Demoted to a common soldier, he uses his knowledge of the plot to recruit Wei the Monk before anyone else, teams up with political commissar Zhao Gang, brings Chu Yunfei over to his side, and beats Yamamoto’s Special Forces to the punch. When all the scattered heroes of Jinxi Bei have 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
  24. 74 My God's-Eye View at No. 76 我在76号开上帝视角 Urban190k WordsOngoing Li Zixuan wakes up to find that his soul has transmigrated into the body of the deputy director of the Wang Jingwei regime's No. 76 Special Agents Headquarters. He only wanted to coast along as a bureaucrat, but his composure crumbles on his very first day at work. The operations chief is actually Zheng Yaoxian from Kite, the communications office is staffed by Yu Zecheng from Lurk, and the chief financial adviser to the Wang regime's Economic Bureau, who treats him with icy disdain, looks exact 8Reads—Score—14d adds
  25. 75 I Transmigrated and Became Chief of Staff? 穿越之我成了局座? Urban683k WordsOngoing Dai Chunfeng wakes up to find himself the head of the Military Statistics Bureau in 1939. This modern man, familiar with history and its course, realizes he's sitting on a powder keg: powerful Kuomintang officials want him dead, Mao Renfeng is sharpening his knives, and Zheng Yaoxian, the ace agent he relies on most, is actually a Communist super-spy codenamed “Kite.” Even worse, he has to keep playing along with Zheng Yaoxian, or he'll be killed if his identity is exposed. While holding onto po 103Reads—Score—14d adds
  26. 76 Lone Eagle Kite 孤鹰风筝 Urban708k WordsOngoing After the Battle of Shanghai in 1937, the Chinese-administered areas of Shanghai fell, leaving the foreign concessions as an isolated island. The Japanese secret service’s Mei Agency backed Ding Mocun and Li Shiqun in establishing the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters, where they launched a brutal campaign to hunt down and kill resistance fighters. The Military Statistics Bureau, the Central Bureau of Investigation, and the CCP’s underground network all suffered devastating losses. Yan Shuangyin 42Reads—Score—14d adds
  27. 77 Wandering in 1937 流浪在一九三七 Urban894k WordsOngoing A rare realistic War of Resistance novel on the Tomato platform. Its selling point is the absence of a golden finger, and its strengths are its harsh realism and emotionally compelling characters. However, the prose is rough early on, partly due to the author's writing ability and the platform's pacing. Best suited to readers who enjoy hard-hitting War of Resistance stories and don't mind a slow start. 4.4kReads8.7Score26514d adds
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  28. 78 Silent 1937 无声1937 Urban751k WordsOngoing In his previous life, he met with an accident while carrying out a mission. When he opened his eyes, he had become Chen Shusheng, captain of a Juntong action squad, locked in an interrogation room and framed as a scapegoat. The Japanese spy wants him dead. His own men have set him up. His superior is happy to go along with it. On this path, one wrong word means death, and trusting the wrong person means ruin beyond redemption. He comes from the future and knows how much more suffering this natio 105.1kReads8.8Score9.6k14d adds
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  29. 79 Wolf Warrior 1938 战狼1938 Historical607k WordsOngoing Lin Gang and Zhou Jie are modern-day elite soldiers. Betrayed by their former employer during a mission, they die on the battlefield and transmigrate together to Shanghai in 1938, where a new battle begins. 11.2kReads7.5Score81314d adds
  30. 80 War of Resistance: Blasting the Japanese Invaders to Pieces 抗战:烽火硝烟之打爆小鬼子 Rural Life546k WordsCompleted No System, no brainless characters, no rebirth, and a lightly ensemble cast! Xiao Hongya: An orphan adopted by the Independent Regiment, she belongs to the regiment and loves fighting the Japanese. All she knows is the smoke and fire of war, and her fate is inseparable from the battlefield. Zhao Heihu: A veteran of many years on the battlefield. He doesn’t want to fight, but he can’t escape the battlefield. All he wants is to put down his gun, yet fate forces him to pick it up again! Zhao Youcai 3.9kReads8.8Score26314d adds
  31. 81 War of Resistance: Defending Nanjing Unlocks a God-Tier Soldier System 抗战:保卫南京获得神级单兵系统 Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [War of Resistance] [System] [Pocket Dimension] [Action-Packed] During the War of Resistance against Japan, soldier Xu San acquired a god-tier individual combat System. He used it to wipe out the Japanese invaders and stored the gold they had stolen in the pocket dimension granted by the System. After the country was reunified, he gradually returned the vast quantities of gold he had recovered. He himself stayed in Borneo, in the Nanyang region, with his men. 22kReads8.2Score1.7k14d adds
  32. 82 Bright Sword: Brigade Commander, Congratulations on Your Fortune 亮剑:旅长,我恭喜你发财啊 Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [No System + hardcore technology] This time, I, our military industry big shot Yu Ye, will make sure to turn the tide. This time, Ping'an Gele will be the true turning point. This time, my Independent Regiment will be terrifyingly strong! 64.4kReads9.3Score4k14d adds
  33. 83 Livestreaming the War of Resistance: From the Start, I Become the Oriental Meat Grinder 直播抗战,开局东方绞肉机 Urban320k WordsCompleted [War of Resistance + no System + ensemble cast + heroic epic + plot-driven] It is a tragic age, but also an epic era that gives rise to heroes. After living a peaceful life for more than twenty years, Xia Yu unexpectedly transmigrates into the past and becomes a soldier heading for the battlefield. He thinks he’ll die beneath the enemy’s guns and cannons, but never expects to become part of the epic himself. The land lies in ruins. The truly brave do not flinch when disaster suddenly strikes. Ho 3kReads9.1Score21814d adds
  34. 84 Spy War: Only I Can Eavesdrop on People's Thoughts 谍战,只有我能偷听心声 Urban2.3M WordsCompleted [Not a formulaic spy thriller. A feel-good story about growth, with an original plot. If you don’t like it, don’t argue.] In 1931, as the War of Resistance was about to break out, under pressure from the situation on all sides, Dai Yunnong traveled to Beiping in person to establish an intelligence network in the three northeastern provinces. Who could have guessed that the secret would leak? The three spy teams sent into the region were exposed, and all thirty Huangpu Academy elites were wiped o 37.5kReads9.0Score5.5k14d adds
  35. 85 I'm Supposed to Be a Spy, but Everyone Thinks I'm the God of Wealth 明明是卧底,活成别人眼中的财神 Urban1.8M WordsCompleted Traditional spy thriller + no System + no pocket dimension + no transmigration or rebirth (if you don’t like that, don’t read) [I’ve seen quite a few comments lately pointing out typos and missing words. I’m truly sorry. I wrote the whole thing by hand, and even though I checked it in the backend before uploading, some errors were unavoidable. Also, completed novels can’t be edited, so it’s not that I’m deliberately refusing to fix them. If you enjoy the story, please bear with it. May you get p 42.2kReads9.0Score4.7k14d adds
  36. 86 Espionage: I Have a Pocket Dimension, but I Choose to Go It Alone 谍战:我有空间,但我选择单干 Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [No System, but with a Map + Resistance-Era Spy Thriller + Portable Storage Space + Won't Side with Any Faction + Fighting the Japanese Alone] Ma Liang is a top-tier field agent. During an escort mission, alien technology is accidentally activated at an agent supply depot, sending him to the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The depot transmigrates along with Ma Liang, becoming his portable storage space, and his physical abilities are enhanced to three times their normal level. As luc 38.2kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
  37. 87 Special Forces Return: Guerrilla Warfare in the Desperate Year of 1935 特战归来:1935绝境游击 Urban403k WordsOngoing Synopsis Lin Jianfeng, a border special forces commander, dies heroically while covering his comrades, only to unexpectedly transmigrate into the war-torn chaos of 1935. Overnight, he becomes the leader of a guerrilla squad trapped behind enemy lines. Enemy forces are quietly closing in beyond the camp. The squad is short on food and ammunition, morale is crumbling, and doubts simmer within its ranks. With every step, they are driven closer to a desperate dead end. Fortunately, he awakens the Ir 1.7kReads—Score13514d adds
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  38. 88 Livestreamed Across the Internet! Hundreds of Millions of Viewers Draw Lots to Defend the Nation 全网直播!亿万网友摇号护山河 Modern Romance300k WordsCompleted [No CP + ensemble cast + group transmigration + parallel 1937 + connected livestreams + national team collaboration] Xia Jinli unexpectedly becomes an intern under the Heavenly Dao, and her livestream connects to the war-torn year of 1937. In this mirror image of Huaxia, the city of Jinling in the Long Kingdom struggles to survive amid the flames of war. Modern-day netizens hold the fort in the livestream, paying one yuan to enter a transmigration lottery. Some send emergency rations, some work 14kReads9.1Score2k14d adds
  39. 89 Playing a Revolutionary Martyr: My Epitaph Is Collected by the National Museum 扮演先烈,我的墓志铭被国博收藏 Urban807k WordsOngoing “This fake blood is filthy. It'll irritate my skin. Get a stunt double to take the punishment!” On set, a top-tier star who'd bought his way onto the production refused to keep filming, complaining about the mess. For the sake of a fifty-yuan background actor's fee, Lin Mo, a second-year history graduate student, put on a ragged prisoner's uniform and took his place. [Ding! The Beacon of War Heroes System has bound itself to you, unlocking 100% realistic pain and emotional immersion!] When the 13.3kReads8.8Score1.8k14d adds
  40. 90 1938: Days Spent Shoulder to Shoulder with Bethune 1938,与白求恩并肩的日子 Urban1.5M WordsOngoing [War of Resistance] [People's-history perspective] [Ensemble cast] [Medicine] [No romance] In 1938, in the Taihang Mountains, modern emergency physician Lin Feng is accidentally transmigrated into the flames of the War of Resistance, where he meets the legendary internationalist fighter Norman Bethune. In a base area cut off by Japanese blockades and short of medical supplies, Lin Feng watches wounded soldiers die one after another from infection. He resolutely proposes a daring plan: produce pe 42.4kReads9.2Score4.4k14d adds
  41. 91 War of Resistance: Expelled from the Start, I Turn Around and Join the Red Army 抗战:开局被除名转身奔红军 Urban1.6M WordsCompleted After leaving the military, Chen Feng meets up for a meal with his comrades. Drunk, he transmigrates into the body of a doomed Nationalist Army cannon-fodder regiment commander. After fighting desperately to save himself, he unexpectedly joins the Red Army. He rallies the scattered troops and charges across the Xiang River. Now he will push east and make history on the island. “Damn it! Twenty thousand Japanese troops are surrounding us, our arsenal doesn’t have a single iron nail left, and you’ 38kReads8.1Score3.6k14d adds
  42. 92 Springtime in a Shell Casing 弹壳里的春天 Urban152k WordsCompleted This is a stirring anthem of a people forged in the flames of war, and a tender love story blossoming beneath the smoke of battle. Set against the backdrop of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan from 1931 to 1945 and the subsequent War of Liberation, the story weaves a sweeping historical tapestry through the intertwined fates of Zhang Ai, a farmer’s son from the Northeast known as Goudan, and Qi Shuyun, a young student from Beiping. Spring in the Bullet Casings, originally titled Songs 248Reads—Score—14d adds
  43. 93 The Skies of Republican-Era China 民国的天空 Urban1.4M WordsCompleted A resistance-war novel grounded in historical fact, offering readers who live in peaceful times a chance to understand, as best they can, the suffering and humiliation endured by their forebears. There is no golden finger, no picking off the Japanese from 800 li away with a single shot, and no childish romance. In that age of raging war, there were only trials of blood and fire, the arduous struggles of the Chinese people, and the defiant cries of 450 million compatriots. 11.7kReads8.7Score83014d adds
  44. 94 Warriors of the Beacon Fires 烽火雄兵 Urban1.4M WordsOngoing A tribute to Xiao Zhixianxian, the foremost military novelist who made half of a legendary tale, Beacon Fire Heroes is a painstaking continuation of Beacon Fire Escape. The blade broken long ago is reforged today! As the smoke of history fades beneath the passing years, the man who once fled in disarray through a hail of bullets finally carves out a blood-soaked domain deep in the mountains. This time, he is no longer a desperate deserter, but a “Mountain King” who strikes fear into the Japanese 2.9kReads8.7Score22114d adds
  45. 95 War of Resistance: A Puppet Soldier by Day, a Japanese Killer by Night 抗战:白天当伪军,晚上杀鬼子 Historical886k WordsOngoing By day, he plays the fool. By night, he becomes the King of Hell. The uniform belongs to the Japanese, but his heart has always been his own. From puppet army commander to killer of the night, from a lone man to the founder of an ironclad force. The moment Lin Mo opens his eyes, he finds himself a puppet army commander in occupied territory in 1940. By day, he is the most cowardly traitor in the city, serving tea to the Japanese and bowing and scraping. People point at his back and curse him as 5.5kReads7.0Score45814d adds
  46. 96 Fourteen Years of Resistance: A Chronicle of Classic Battles 抗战十四年:经典战役实录 Historical114k WordsCompleted A tribute marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression! This work recounts nearly forty major, classic battles from the fourteen years of the war. The Chinese nation's fourteen-year struggle against Japanese aggression is a heroic epic written in blood and lives. Every battle, great or small, bears witness to the Chinese nation's indomitable spirit. These battles not only hastened China's victory in the War of Resistance but also made an indelible 686Reads9.3Score11014d adds
  47. 97 Eagles Breaking Through Northern Myanmar: The Chinese Expeditionary Force's Return Home, Compared Through Chinese and Japanese Historical Records 突破缅北的鹰:中日史料对照下的中国驻印军归国之路 Historical235k WordsCompleted On the Asian front of World War II, there were three battles the Japanese called “gyokusai battles,” in which the Japanese army was completely wiped out: the Tengchong Campaign, the Songshan Campaign, and the Myitkyina Campaign. All three took place during the Chinese Expeditionary Force's campaign to return home. In late 1943, the Chinese Expeditionary Force set out from Ledo, India, and began the campaign in northern Burma to open the China-India Road. Sasu, a scholar living in Japan, was the 211Reads9.4Score—14d adds
  48. 98 The Bone of the Beacon Fires: A Defeated Soldier's Tale 烽火溃兵之烽骨 Urban624k WordsCompleted [No System] + [Defeated Soldier from the Start] + [Realistic] + [Narrative Fiction] + [Both Sides Are Smart] Winter, 1937. On the road of retreat after Baoding falls, Hu Lai digs a Mauser pistol and half a frozen corn cake out of a pile of corpses, becoming one of the scattered, straggling soldiers. In an abandoned village, he dodges the guns of Japanese cavalry and encounters a remnant unit of thirty-seven men led by Officer Li Maocai: wounded soldiers, stragglers, pursuers lurking unseen, and 4.3kReads8.6Score37014d adds
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