Novels like Blood and Gunpowder
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- 1 War Against Japan: I Enlist to Avenge My Father, Bringing Warmth to People's Hearts 抗日：参军报父仇，温情暖人心 [War of Resistance Against Japan] [No System] [Not Reborn] [No Female Lead] [Avenge His Father] [Coming of Age] Wang Feng is the village's resident troublemaker. How will he avenge his father, relying on nothing but himself, one step at a time? His father was only a clerk. How could the enemy have killed him? The road to revenge is long, but warmth can be found along the way. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Blood Road Refugee Unit 血路收容队 Relive the entire Long March through a gripping story Along the Long March route, one Red Army unit was tasked with taking in stragglers. In exceptionally harsh conditions, they not only cared for wounded and sick soldiers, but also recruited remnants of the Kuomintang forces, bandits, and all sorts of other people along the way. They pressed on amid suspicion and broke through encirclements in a storm of bloodshed… [The dates, locations, and major events in this novel are based on historical fa 7Reads—Score214d adds
- 3 Oath Beneath the Military Flag 军旗下的誓言 The story is based on real people and real events. A Red Army veteran who is still alive, precious records kept hidden for more than half a century, a military career in which he repeatedly cheated death, and a legendary life few people know about. I dedicate this book to the approaching eightieth anniversary of the Red Army’s Long March, and to all the Red Army veterans who fought and bled for the founding of New China! Long live the Red Army! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 The Long March: I Have a Revival System! 长征：我有复兴系统！ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads6.7Score314d adds
- 5 Red Memories in a Dislocated Time and Space 错位时空之红色纪念 O great nation, you shouldn't have to suffer like this. A country in hardship shouldn't be forced to fight back alone. It needs our help. We will make this country and its people more prosperous and great! Wang Yong unexpectedly acquired a large-scale game-based combat simulation System, allowing him to make up for the regrets of his generation in the game! 3Reads8.6Score314d adds
- 6 War of Resistance: A Communications Officer in Central Shandong 抗战：鲁中通讯员 In 1937, Li Shougen was a boy who tended cattle by the Wen River. The Japanese killed his father and threw his body into the river. Taking the brass cowbell his father had left behind, he became an underground courier for the Central Shandong Military Region. Over the next eight years, he traveled across all 72 hill forts of Central Shandong, wore through 17 pairs of cloth shoes, delivered more than 300 top-secret messages, and escorted over 100 officials and wounded soldiers to safety. He witne 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 From Zijin Mountain to Yan’an 从紫金山到延安 A War of Resistance story with no System! He is an ordinary soldier in the Central Training Corps, from the defense of Shanghai to Purple Mountain in Nanjing... This is an ordinary man’s story of resisting the Japanese. He firmly believes that the Chinese people’s backbone cannot be broken, because all around him are comrades like himself, willing to give their lives to drive out the invaders. Ambushes, bloody battles, hand-to-hand combat... They use every method of warfare and every possible st 36Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 8 Climbing Snowy Mountains, Crossing Grasslands, and Holding Shares in the War of Resistance 爬雪山，过草地，手握抗战原始股 Overnight, Gu Changsheng transmigrates into the world of the War of Resistance Against Japan. He becomes the commander of the 8th Regiment and leads his soldiers over snow-covered mountains and across grasslands. Along the way, he activates the Ruling Territory System, heads to the far northwest, and establishes a second territory! He develops agriculture and industry, improves the economy and people’s livelihoods, and founds a military academy in the northwest. From then on, Gu Changsheng rises 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Ironblood Years of the War of Resistance 抗战之铁血岁月 It was a time of hardship, an era stained with the blood and tears of the Chinese people. The land of China was awash in bloodshed, and the Chinese nation stood at its most perilous hour. In the Taihang Mountains of southeastern Shanxi, a group of Chinese people who refused to become slaves in their own country continued their unyielding resistance. We have no guns or cannons? The enemy will provide them. We have no food or clothes? The enemy will supply those too. Facing a well-equipped enemy, 3.9kReads8.5Score24914d adds
- 10 Transmigrating to 1937 to Find the Resistance 穿越1937找组织 In 1937, the Battle of Shanghai fell apart as Japanese forces launched a surprise landing at Jinshanwei. Modern special forces soldiers Lei Zhan and his teammate Qin Zheng accidentally transmigrated to the front lines of a chaotic era while carrying out a mission. Drawing on the top-secret historical archives stored in their minds, the two immediately identified Cheng Ming, a Communist underground operative embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau. They brought modern special forces infiltrati 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Bloodied Blade Against the Japanese Invaders 抗日之喋血刀锋 After retiring from the military, Tang Feng, whose family had served in the army for three generations, set off on a road trip. One wrong turn later, he transmigrated back to the outskirts of Jiujiang in 1938, where he ran into a Japanese army squad. My great-grandfather was captured?! An invincible warrior rises to restore the fighting spirit of the army, drive out the Japanese invaders, and reclaim our homeland! 209Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Transmigrating Into the War of Resistance, Starting in the Northeast 穿越抗日从东北开始 A skiing accident sends him back in body and soul to Northeast China during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Fortunately, he has an all-powerful System. Starting out in a bandit lair, he builds himself into a warlord who gives the entire Japanese army a headache! 6Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 13 Guerrilla Fighters: I Have a Logistics System 游击队，我有后勤系统 In the blink of an eye, Chen Changqing finds himself in an age of raging war and a shattered homeland. Wiping out the invaders is the sort of glorious deed that earns you a place of honor in the family genealogy and the first offering of incense. Unfortunately, things are difficult for him from the start. Five men, two guns, and a few bullets. The enemy is already closing in, but he still has hundreds of civilians to escort to safety... What a disastrous start. 17Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 14 War of Resistance: A Young Red Army Soldier's Road to Becoming a Marshal 抗战：红小鬼的元帅之路 Soul transmigration. Special forces. Business warfare. Changing history and founding an empire. A modern special forces king and a student at the National Defense University. His life as a Red Army messenger boy, from guard to marshal of the Republic. From studying in America… to furthering his studies in Germany… to returning home to build a career… outsmarting his enemies… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Generals Tell the Story: The Guangxi Army in the War of Resistance (Heroes of the Nation Series) 将领讲述：桂军抗战（热血山河丛书） This volume belongs to the Blood and Iron series, a collection distinguished by its historical and literary source materials. The book is an anthology centered on individuals, with sixteen Guangxi Army commanders as its central figures. It features previously published firsthand historical accounts concerning each commander, retelling the glorious history of the New Guangxi Clique forces’ participation in the War of Resistance from the commanders’ perspective. During the War of Resistance again 17Reads9.2Score414d adds
- 16 War of Resistance: This Chu Yunfei Really Shows Up When Trouble Hits 抗战：这个楚云飞有事他真上 He transmigrates into "Bright Sword" as Chu Yunfei, commander of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army. From the start, he finds himself in the Battle of Cangyun Ridge and activates the Choice System! Choice One: Sit back and watch from across the river, reward: a pair of reading glasses! Choice Two: Provide artillery support to the New First Regiment, reward: five tons of shells! Choice Three: Surround and wipe out the Sakamoto Regiment, reward: ten thousand taels of gold! Chu Yunfei: Only kid 4Reads8.0Score314d adds
- 17 Iron-Blooded Resistance: 1938 铁血抗日之1938 I wanted to fight the Japanese invaders in my own way, but I was born at the wrong time. The only way I could go back was in an alternate-history novel. It's a little cliché, but what can you do? I can promise, though, that this novel offers a different take on the war from other alternate-history stories. I'll keep the wish fulfillment as close to reality as possible. 1Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 18 War of Resistance: The Ghost Sniper King 抗战之幽灵狙王 In 2025, somewhere in China, Lin Xingyu is training to skydive when bad weather sends him crashing into a rocky mountainside. Then his soul travels back to the Second World War, beginning in 1938. A ghost sniper appears on the battlefield, seemingly everywhere, with astonishingly ingenious tactics. The enemy is thrown into confusion, even after bringing every trick to bear. But the gap in strength is too great, and they are always left taking a beating. 2Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 19 The War of Resistance in 1939 抗战在1939 Luo Xing, an all-around ace sniper with the Navy’s “Jiaolong Assault Team,” transmigrates to 1939, during the War of Resistance against Japan. The invading Japanese army has just begun its first “Pacification Operations” campaign, launching large-scale, repeated “mopping-up” raids against resistance bases across the North China Plain. With his astounding combat prowess and exceptional military talent, Luo Xing builds an invincible, battle-hardened force. Time and again, they catch the enemy off —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Fighting the Japanese Invaders, Rising from a Young Taoist Boy 抗战杀鬼子，从小道童开始崛起 [Large-Scale Battles] + [Traits] + [Sign-In] + [Overwhelming Advance] Zhang Ping transmigrates into the body of a young Daoist disciple from the Celestial Master Mansion during an era of blood and fire. From the start, he kills a cowardly regiment commander, takes his place, gathers the scattered troops, and builds a resistance force of his own. He earns points by killing the Japanese invaders, then exchanges them for chances to draw traits. Ding! A consecutive draw scores a critical hit, —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 War of Resistance: I Started as a Division Commander and Became the Strongest Warlord 抗战：开局师长，我成最强军阀 Chen Wen transmigrates to a world equipped with World War I-era technology and becomes a division commander from the start, awakening a Warlord System! Faced with the threat of the “Sato” Empire, he summons elite forces of every kind: World War II infantry divisions, modern army air assault divisions, heavy combined-arms brigades, strategic missile forces, and more. With his technological advantage, he crushes every enemy in his path! He trounces the little “Sato,” conquers the world, and become 404Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 War of Resistance: Every Last Soldier Under My Command 抗日：麾下一兵一卒 With the Blind Monk’s skills from League of Legends, he slays enemies on the front lines and sweeps away bandits behind enemy lines, earning honors from home and abroad and becoming invincible inside and out. He beheads countless Japanese invaders, then reaches level eighteen and faces the final choice of what comes next. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Transmigrated, and Too Afraid to Die, I Joined the Red Army 穿越，怕死的我加入了红军 I transmigrated and, being afraid to die, joined the Red Army 96Reads—Score314d adds
- 24 War of Resistance in the Republic of China: From Huangpu to General 民国抗战：从黄埔到大将 In 2024, Lieutenant Colonel Chen Rui, a special forces officer, transmigrates into 1924 and awakens on Huangpu Island. In his pocket is a torn page recording the Liaoshen Campaign, the Hainan Campaign, and the Battle of Shangganling. Over the next thirty years, he goes from a platoon leader in the Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition to “Chen the Devil King,” commanding an army of fifty thousand in Hebei, Shandong, Henan, and beyond. No surrendering weapons, no negotiations. He personally 423Reads5.4Score1914d adds
- 25 Brothers in Special Operations: Slaying Japanese Invaders in the War of Resistance 抗战之特战兄弟斩日寇 Ou Wen, Ji Han, Hu Lei, and Su Yuanshan are members of a special operations unit in a Chinese military force. During an overseas operation, they are surrounded by a drug cartel. They detonate a bomb, dying alongside the traffickers. They then transmigrate to northeastern China in 1935, when the country is fighting the War of Resistance. The four brothers decide to join the fight against the Japanese. 314Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 26 The Last Western Route Army 最后的西路军 This book offers a comprehensive, detailed, and vivid account of how, on the evening of March 14, 1937, the 3,000 remaining troops of the Red West Route Army split into three detachments on the snowbound Shiwoshan Mountain. Guided by unwavering revolutionary faith, unbreakable revolutionary resolve, and a spirit of mutual aid, they fought the savage Ma bandit army, the brutal and perilous natural environment, and the hunger and illness that beset them one after another, composing a tragic heroic 4kReads7.3Score34814d adds
- 27 War of Resistance: Starting with the Battle of Shanghai 抗战：从沪上战役开始 [Shanghai from the Start] + [System Gacha] + [Head-On Clashes] + [Mass Troop Recruitment] + [The Advantage Is Ours] Old Wang's surname was Wang, and his given name was Qiang. While helping the landlady next door clear her drain, he was misunderstood by her husband, who came home unexpectedly, and died an innocent man. But when he opened his eyes again, he had become a member of the Shanghai Security Corps in a parallel world. Wang Qiang was a hawkish sort. Just as he was preparing to use his sev 2.7kReads8.5Score9314d adds
- 28 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Build a German-Armed Division 抗战：开局创建德械师 [War of Resistance] + [Turning the Tide] + [Humiliating the Enemy] + [No Romance] Gao Yuan accidentally transmigrates to an ancient civilization at the start of the War of Resistance and gains the Defenders System. Looking at his devastated homeland, he resolves to do something about it. And so, advanced weapons and equipment from all over the world appear on the battlefield: steel torrents of Tiger tanks, rocket barrages from Katyushas, and thousands of artillery pieces serving as plows to scou 102Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 29 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Have a German-Equipped Battalion 抗战：开局一个德械营 In 1937, China faces an existential crisis, and Wang Xiang transmigrates to that era, where he acquires a mission System. One German-equipped battalion can’t change the situation. But what about a German-equipped division, an army, or an entire corps? 815Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 30 War of Resistance: The Liberation of China Begins in Shanxi 抗战：解放全国从山西开始 Yang Fan transmigrated to the War of Resistance era and became the eldest son of a landowning family in northwestern Shanxi. With his father's help, he raised an army and established the Lüliang Mountain base area and the Taihang Mountain base area, one to the east and one to the west. After successfully capturing half of Shanxi, he suddenly realized that something about this world was off. Yang Fan: “I've already taken half of Shanxi, and now you're telling me this is the world of Drawing Sword 124Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 31 The Lonely Cold of Taihang 太行孤寒 This short story is dedicated to the countless martyrs who gave their lives in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. When our land was shattered, you made a wall of your flesh and blood to protect our homes and country. In these peaceful years, we remember you with heartfelt devotion and honor your undying spirits. Your loyal souls live on, your noble spirit endures. 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Nameless Blood Stele 无名血碑 The landing at Hangzhou Bay has cut off the retreat route of an army 300,000 strong. The high command is still dreaming, issuing and revoking retreat orders at a moment's notice. Amid the flood of a great rout, the last order Liu Yankai receives is to lead a remnant force and bring up the rear for the entire army. Behind him is the most elite regiment of the Central China Expeditionary Army. Before him lie a crumbling front line and endless streams of fleeing soldiers. At his side, only nin 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Reborn in the Beiyang Army During the Russian Civil War 重生之我在北洋军参加俄国内战 Reborn as a low-ranking Beiyang soldier, I end up smack in the middle of the Russian Civil War! My buddy and I have no interest in fighting or competing for power. We make a living by bickering, causing trouble, and driving everyone up the wall. We prank the Reds, mess with the Whites, trick the Blacks, and even throw our own Beiyang forces into chaos. The four factions jointly beg us to stop: Please quit causing trouble! We're really scared of you! Two battlefield masterminds, armed with noth 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 Transmigrating to Fight the Japanese, I Get Stronger by Pampering My Wife 穿越打鬼子，宠夫人就变强 He was a special forces soldier in the 21st century who transmigrated to 1937. To his surprise, he activated a System for fighting the Japanese invaders. From then on, he began his resistance and mission to save the country! The outlaws of the martial world willingly pledged themselves to him and called him Big Brother! Military and political bigwigs from every faction tried to win him over and showed him the same respect! But all of that was fleeting, and all of it was just a means to an end. O 1Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 35 The Battle of Shanghai 淞沪抗战 The “History Must Not Be Forgotten” series is a themed publication by China Democratic and Legal System Publishing House, created especially for young readers. It aims to give them a comprehensive understanding of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and inspire their patriotism. This volume in the series mainly recounts events from the January 28 Shanghai resistance and the August 13 Battle of Shanghai. It describes specific engagements such as the August 13 air battle, fierce figh 62Reads9.3Score914d adds
- 36 The Iron-Blooded Resistance War 抗战之铁血无双 Xue Jianqiang is blasted back to the War of Resistance era by a 160 mm mortar shell! The wind cuts to the bone, and the padded coat he strips from an enemy corpse leaves him speechless: this damn thing is way too short!!! 106Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 37 Lone Hero: From Nanjing to Tokyo 孤胆英雄：从南京到东京 His grandfather was a founding general, his father a disabled veteran of the Vietnam War, and his uncle a secret agent. He himself was a martyr, but he never truly became one, because he transmigrated! He transmigrated to the war-torn years of the Resistance Against Japan! He is a lone hero with flesh, blood, and feelings! He walks the line between life and death, and to kill the Japanese invaders, he’ll venture alone into enemy territory and stop at nothing! In short, he’s an action hero in the 5Reads8.2Score314d adds
- 38 War of Resistance: Slaying Enemies with Bright Sword, I'm the Republic's Great Warlord 抗战：亮剑杀敌，我是民国大军阀 Qin Haoming transmigrated to the 17th year of the Republic of China and became the magistrate of Echeng County. To fight off the enemy and develop Echeng’s industry, he set out to establish a modern system! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 China's Bright Sword: Iron-Blooded Men Fight Japan to Save the Nation 中华亮剑铁血男儿抗日救国 The Japanese invaders seek to destroy our nation, exterminate our people, and violate our wives, daughters, and sisters. Every patriotic Chinese man has a duty to defend our land and fight the war. Japanese imperialism is the sworn enemy of the Chinese people, who would rather die than become slaves in a conquered nation and vow to fight the invaders to the bitter end. The Red Army guerrillas who survived three grueling years of guerrilla warfare in the south are reorganized as the New Fourth Ar 115Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 40 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Land a Critical Hit on a Japanese Bitch 抗战：开局暴击女八嘎 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 抗战：我只想活下去 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—14d adds
- 42 War Correspondent 抗战之战地记者 If you can't stop a war, then tell the world the truth! A social news reporter unexpectedly arrives in the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China. Determined to keep the truth from being buried and to show more people the Japanese army's atrocities and the Chinese people's spirit of resistance, he resolutely becomes a war correspondent! 97Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 43 I Killed a Tycoon from the Start, and the Red Army Recruited Me for Logistics 开局杀土豪，我被红军拉去搞后勤 [Logistics] [Farming] [War of Resistance] [Slow Burn] [No System] Chen Ping'an has transmigrated. Before transmigrating, he was a prospective civil servant in the 21st century who scored 82 on the exam. He choked to death while drinking water and became the lowest-ranking soul in the underworld. After transmigrating, he is the poorest tenant farmer at the foot of Jinggang Mountain in 1927, with a younger brother and sister to care for and barely a scrap of food in his belly. Other people transmi 421Reads6.3Score13514d adds
- 44 The Runaway Soldier: Fox and Little Hongying’s Second Half 逃兵外传之狐狸与小红缨的下半场 In 1940, the War of Resistance against Japan entered an even more brutal phase. On orders from their superiors, the Independent Regiment dispatched a force eastward to advance across the plains! Fox and Little Hongying’s Ninth Company bid farewell to their wine station and headed east toward Qinghe County. New lives and a brutal battlefield awaited them! Xu Jianfeng, a transmigrant, witnessed their legendary story and passionate youth! 245Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 War of Resistance: Starting Out in Northwest Shanxi 抗战：从晋西北开始 Zhu Yunfei, from a later era, is reborn on the war-torn battlefields of North China. Japanese pirates run rampant, killing our people and invading our land. As sons of China, we must resist to the death, drive out the invaders, and reclaim our homeland. 4Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 46 War Against Japan: The Road to Annihilation 抗日：灭国之路 Wei Mingyang: Special Operations Forces He vanished in front of his fellow soldiers while on a mission. After transmigrating to a battlefield, he began with a defensive campaign and wrote a blazing tale of war. 15Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 47 Beacon Fires in Shuidong: Starting as a County Party Secretary 水东烽火，从县委书记开始 Shuidong, a place name you won’t find on a map, was nevertheless an important strategic location during the War of Resistance and the Liberation. In 1938, the dike at Huayuankou on the Yellow River was blown up. The river burst through and flowed south into the Huai River, creating a vast floodplain where Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu meet. The new course of the Yellow River split eastern Henan into two parts. Transmigrated into the role of a county Party secretary in the floodplain, how can he buil 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Rooting Out Traitors and Slaying Invaders 锄奸杀寇 Stage a whole series of performances, each one utterly convincing; lay a string of traps, each one meticulously planned; win over people from every walk of life, with every move hitting its mark. (Said by Destruction Sister) In Shanghai, root out traitors amid flashing blades; in northern Jiangxi, fight the Japanese in a stirring battle. Purge Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators, kill puppet troops and Japanese invaders. The espionage is heart-pounding, the battles are soul-stirring. Wash a 7Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 49 War of Resistance: Heroes of the Icefield 抗战：冰原英雄连 [Resident Evil + Super Soldier + Spy Thriller] After a raid on an underground Unit 731 laboratory, several soldiers are infected with a mysterious virus. They gain immense strength and become immune to pain. To uncover the truth, the Third Company sets foot on foreign soil to carry out a top-secret mission… This novel faithfully recreates some of the Volunteer Army’s battles and pays tribute to the heroes! May our land know peace! 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 The Strongest Soldier King, Forged from a Long March Camp Cook 从长征伙头兵走出的最强兵王 [Independent Development] + [No System] + [Strategy and Tactics] Zhang Yide transmigrates into the body of a cook in the Red Army during the Long March, as they cross the grasslands. From then on, he begins his journey to becoming the mightiest soldier king of the War of Resistance... “What? That bastard Zhang Yide is a vet, and he even treats people? He cured more than a hundred sick soldiers who’d fallen behind?” “Is he really a vet? He’s a miracle doctor!” “How could a cook build up a whole r 6.6kReads7.7Score55314d adds
