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- 1 War of Resistance: Don't Get Cocky, I Take on the Great Powers 抗战：都别猖狂，我打的就是列强 By a stroke of chance, the homebody Li Yiting transmigrates to a parallel world divided among warlords. He also activates a sign-in System. Signing in every day earns him all kinds of supplies and equipment. With the System’s help, Li Yiting’s forces grow stronger and stronger. The supplies he signs in for also become more advanced and plentiful. “What? You want to wipe me out? Ever seen a steel barrage?” “What? You want to compare tank numbers with me? I can keep getting more without limit! Sti 72Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 2 My Huangpu, 1924 我的黄埔1924 I'm a complete newcomer who loves history. A modern People's Liberation Army officer returns to 1924, a momentous era. He keeps company with the illustrious figures of history, forming friendships as classmates and bonds between teacher and student. From the crucible of Huangpu to the blood and fire of the Eastern Expedition, he weathers the smoke of the Northern Expedition. At the split between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he embarks on a journey to study in Germany. He endures the h 66Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 3 Qing Shaoran's Beacon Fires: The Rise of the Great Revolution 清少燃烽火：大革命之崛起 Set during the Great Revolution, this is the story of a young master from the Qing dynasty whose fate is utterly transformed by the tides of the times. Foreign powers covet his family’s mines, bringing the family to ruin. Sent to a landlord’s home, the young master is bullied at every turn, with only the kind-hearted eldest daughter there to protect him. After an accident sends him tumbling into a well, he somehow finds himself in a secret anti-Qing army, setting out on a turbulent and extraordi —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A First-Rate Man in Republican-Era China 民国高质量男性 Li Yuanbao, who has always dreamed of becoming a martial hero, transmigrates after an accident. With his ambitions still unfulfilled, he had hoped to make his mark in this world as a wandering hero. Instead, fate gives him the identity of a wealthy young man who wants for nothing. In an age when the martial world is in decline, will he persist in being a Chinese Don Quixote, or become a rich landowner? 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 A Nationwide Call to Arms: The Young Marshal Leads a Million Soldiers Through the Pass 通电全国，少帅引兵百万入关 September 18, Year 303 of the Yan Calendar. Zhang Muzhi, the young marshal of Yan, issued a radio message calling for peace. A million newly recruited troops crossed the pass to mediate! Ten armored divisions were ready to deploy at a moment's notice! Aircraft carrier fleets sailed into the harbor! Dragon bombers circled overhead. The warlords collectively wet themselves in terror. The ambassador of Sakura Country called on him to apologize: “Your Excellency, Young Marshal! Our warships were jus 6Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 6 War of Resistance: From Bright Sword and Huangpu to Changjin Lake 抗战：从亮剑黄埔，到抗美长津湖 Feng Wenbiao unexpectedly transmigrates to the world of Changjin Lake, where he becomes the head of a border-region arms factory. With weapons in short supply, he begins trading all kinds of supplies with the Russians. From RPGs to Tiger tanks, from Falcon fighter planes to Katyusha rocket launchers, after several months of arming up, the Huaxia army is stronger than ever. They figh 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 I Transmigrated and Took on the Japanese 穿越之我和小日子干上了 He has a System, but this isn't a mindless power fantasy. An ordinary office worker stays up all night playing CrossFire, then dies suddenly and transmigrates to a parallel world, Northeast China in 1929. With the nation in peril, he steps forward to fight the enemy and serve his country, ultimately winning the war. 95Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 8 Tales of Rural Life in Republican-Era China 民国乡村往事 Every story told in this book is based on events that really happened in real life. After young Heye loses her mother, she draws on her indomitable will to keep her impoverished family going. The farther the story goes, the more exciting it gets… 1.3kReads8.6Score133Shelves
- 9 From Shanghai to the South Seas 从淞沪到南洋 No amount of ink can capture all the world's splendor; a wisp of smoke cannot carry away its suffering. This is the story of Zhou Weiguo arriving in a different version of Republican-era China. The same unequal treaties exist here, and the ruling classes are squeezing the poor out of any chance to survive. Anyone familiar with history knows that trying to appeal to an imperialist's compassion is like chanting scripture to a man-eating tiger and urging it to mend its ways. The renowned military s 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Warlord: Starting with My Return from Studying Abroad 军阀之从留学归来开始 He transmigrates through time and space, returning to the Tianlong Dynasty at the start of the twentieth century. He has the System that comes standard with being a transmigrator. Elite ground forces, blitzkrieg, combined arms, and a tide of steel. Warships, carrier strike groups, wolfpack tactics, and the T-shaped attack formation. Warplanes, dive-bombing, airborne troops, and a barbecue feast. These are a man's true passions. Bring them all on! This time, he'll destroy Japan, crush the foreign 346Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Holy King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天国的圣王 The warships and cannons of the Western powers blasted open the gates of the Qing dynasty, sounding the alarm across China. Faced with an upheaval unlike any in five thousand years, reform was the only way forward! Feng Yun, a librarian, transmigrates into Feng Yunshan, the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Faced with internal strife, foreign aggression, and a decaying feudal system, he has no choice but to bring about change! 23Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 12 Beiyang 1909: A Map from the Start 北洋1909：开局一张图 The moment he opens his eyes, he discovers that he has become Yuan Shikai's eldest son, Yuan Keding, the man who would go on to champion the monarchy. To make matters worse, his father has just been deposed, and the whole family is trapped in their old home in Xiangcheng. The Qing court wants to make a move against him, the revolutionaries want to recruit him, and foreign powers circle like vultures. All he has is a lame leg that has yet to heal and a map that can reveal mineral deposits, sphere 81Reads—Score115Shelves
- 13 The Jianghu Emperor of the Republic of China Era 民国之江湖皇帝 The underworld isn't about fighting and killing. It's about human relationships and the ways of the world. But Lin Zhiyuan doesn't see it that way. He believes that fists are power! With his fists, what are the three tycoons Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, and Zhang Xiaolin to him? With iron fists and a fish-killing knife, he carves out a fearsome reputation as the Emperor of the Underworld! It's just a fish-killing knife, yet it holds the underworld of Republican-era Shanghai in its grip for decade 70Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 A Century of Family History: I’ve Been a Prodigal Son Since the Republican Era 家族百年：我从民国开始当败家子 After transmigrating, he becomes the eldest young master of the Republican Era. From the start, he blows through the family fortune! “This is the fruit of years of hard work, you wastrel!” “Don’t panic, Dad. Look, the money’s rolling in!” A financial genius, he uses his expertise to earn tens of millions of silver dollars! He throws the stock market into chaos. But Mu Ye’s ambitions go far beyond that. He’ll launch construction projects, build railways, grow the economy, and strengthen the natio —Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 15 Great Warlord: The Struggle for Empire 大军阀：帝国争霸 Zhao Yi transmigrated into a chaotic age of warlords and desperate poverty, but unexpectedly activated a Conquest System and received a German-equipped army from the start. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, on unifying the north. You have received an aircraft carrier battle group!” While Zhao Yi stood there, utterly dumbfounded, he realized that his power had already grown enough to crush the entire world. 1Reads7.0Score—Shelves
- 16 The Republican Era Warlord Marshal: Starting Out as a Fengtian Bandit 民国大帅军阀从奉天土匪开始 [System] + [High-Energy Action] + [A Little Comedy] + [Northeastern Bandits] + [Imperial Conquest] Zhu Chuanwu, a shut-in, suddenly opens his eyes and discovers that he has transmigrated into a bandits' hideout. The beautiful leader of the stronghold, Wanshanhong, is determined to marry him. Just as they are about to enjoy a lovely life together, Xu Damabang from Naitoushan attacks the mountain, planning to seize Wanshanhong and take her back as his bandit bride. At this perilous moment, Zhu Chu 127Reads5.1Score—Shelves
- 17 War of Resistance: I, Yuan Dashuai's Legitimate Son, Become the Whampoa Academy Headmaster 抗战：袁大帅嫡子我成了黄埔校长 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 107Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Transmigrating to the Republican Era to Save the Nation Through Industry 穿越民国实业救国 Zhang Yunming, a modern man, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel version of Republican-era China. Using his modern knowledge, he builds industry to save and strengthen the nation and its military, paving the way for the great rejuvenation of his people! At a time when national confidence has sunk to its lowest point, he joins forces with like-minded people to fight comprador interests and resist imperialist aggression! 193Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Reborn in 1937: A Great Burden Has Fallen to Me 重生1937：天降大任于我 Everyone has a wuxia dream in their heart. Every Chinese person has a dream of fighting the Japanese invaders! Today, I, Chu Tianhe, am willing to sacrifice 100 million Dong Sang people to bless every person in Huaxia with the strength of a dragon! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Tomb Raiding to Fund the Army 盗墓充军饷 [Food + tomb raiding + warlords + legitimate and illegitimate heiresses + zombie army] A game between transmigrators and natives? A contest between the pieces of Heaven’s Way and an Earthly Immortal? A remorse sect that punishes evildoers, both righteous and wicked? A desert army of half-human zombies. The Li family of the North, the ancient Myriad Clan, and the Fire King of Miaojiang. How will the heroine, for reasons she can’t explain, achieve her dreams through food? After transmigrating to a 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 How to Lose a Fortune, Starting in the Republic of China 亏成首富从民国开始 “He was called the backbone of the nation. During the turbulent Republican era, he entered the education sector and founded countless primary and secondary schools, as well as top universities. Through his efforts alone, countless young people in the Dragon Kingdom received a good education, bringing the country's scientific research to the forefront of the world.” “He entered the industrial sector and hired countless displaced people. His many light-industry factories gave work to countless peo 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 From the Start, I'm a Young Marshal: Build Big, Grow Strong, and Make Glory Again 开局就当少帅，做大做强再创辉煌 Xu Le transmigrated to a Tang Dynasty much like the era of World War II. Unfortunately, his father died from the start, leaving him no choice but to become a young marshal and inherit a warlord force of fewer than ten thousand men. A System appeared: by supplying resources or killing enemies, he could earn Merit Points to exchange for all kinds of weapons and ammunition in the System Shop. From then on, Xu Le led his small warlord force into battle, fighting on all fronts, growing stronger and m 2Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 23 Warlord: Within Range, I Never Play Fair 军阀：射程之内，从不讲理 [Warlords] + [Scheming] + [No Female Lead or One Female Lead] + [Modern Warfare] + [Underhanded Tactics] + [Unification] + [Heavy Firepower] + [Invincible Within Range] The old governor dies suddenly, exposing the flaws in the state’s administration. The governor controls both the military and the government, but commands no one’s respect. The elders in the assembly are powerless to change anything. The age of the ambitious has arrived, and warlords rise up across the land. In this vast realm, —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Love Amid the Flames of War in Tianjin 津门烽火情 Republican-era romance + political intrigue and tragic love On a snowy night in the Republic of China, an orphan girl goes to save her father and runs into a young marshal. He's the ruthless judge presiding over her father's treason case, yet he keeps rescuing her from danger. Amid the flames of war and chaos, an enemy becomes her armor, while love and hate are bound up with the fate of the nation. 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Rise of a Great Power: Warlord of the Northwest 大国崛起：我在西北当军阀 [Northwestern King + Unlimited Exchanges + Republic-Era Setting + Great Warlord + Siberian Potatoes + Reclaiming Three Provinces + Landing on Honshu + Hegemonism] When Su Qin wakes up, he finds himself in a world much like the Republican era. He watches warlords forcibly conscript men and snatch the last half-sack of grain from the people. Faced with such a chaotic age, he is powerless to help. Just then: Ding! The Rise of a Great Power Version 4.0 has loaded successfully! Exchange any supplies, 8Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 26 Republican Era: Ruling Shanghai, With No Shortage of Disciples 民国：横行上海滩，我弟子有点多 The jianghu isn’t about fighting and killing. If you want to make it in the world, you need power and connections! In the early years of the Republic of China, Lu An transmigrates as the son of a rich family. He had planned to coast through life, but then he obtains the Martial Arts Grandmaster System. He can become invincible by founding a school and recruiting disciples. With a great responsibility suddenly thrust upon him, he has no choice but to step up. Ding! Found a sect and receive the In 281Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Back to the Republic of China as a General 回到民国做将军 A delivery guy is in a traffic accident while making a delivery and transmigrates from the modern world to the chaotic Republic of China era, a time of raging wars, warring warlords, and bandits everywhere. From then on, he begins a life with cheat-like advantages! 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Great Tycoon of the Republican Era 民国大财阀 [Alternate History + Tycoon + Military + Political Intrigue + Factions + Beauties + No System + This novel is entirely fictional. Please don't read into it!] Behind vermilion gates, wine and meat rot; by the roadside, the frozen poor die. This is a dark age, where countless people struggle just to survive. This is no longer a land of brilliant civilization, but a hell rife with crime and twisted humanity. Some call it an age when man devours man! Others say it is a world abandoned by God! Here, 962Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Republican Era: Ruling Shanghai and Slapping a Great Warlord 民国：横行上海滩，掌掴大军阀 “The bolder you are, the more the land yields.” “Once you’re in Shanghai, you’ve got to have guts!” Dressed in a sharp suit, Lu Yuesheng’s second uncle pointed toward the Shanghai Bund and continued: “This world is filled with gold in the streets and beautiful women everywhere. Whoever has the nerve to make a move can come out on top. Whoever can seize an opportunity can rise above the crowd.” “Now your opportunity has arrived: become a Chinese constable in the French Concession.” “Then you’ll b 131Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 War of Resistance: Rising to Power with Zhou Weiguo! 抗战：从周卫国开始崛起！ After an accident, he transmigrated to another world and unexpectedly became Zhou Weiguo. With foreign forces invading and war raging everywhere, Zhou Weiguo threw himself into the fight without hesitation to defend his home and country. 5Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 31 Republican Era: With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, I Take the Young Marshal's Place 民国：悟性逆天，从截胡少帅开始 Transmigrate to Republican-era China and beat up a young Marshal of the Fengtian Army right from the start. After graduating from the Military Academy, he makes a name for himself across the land and becomes a key figure at the heart of the Fengtian Army! Revive the Northeast Army and sweep away the Beiyang warlords! Defy fate, and keep foreign invaders beyond the borders! 4Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 32 Love in Old Shanghai 情陷旧上海 When I was old enough to remember things, all I knew was that Mom was beautiful. She wore elegant qipaos and pretty makeup, and went everywhere with those refined, scholarly uncles. A different uncle took Mom out every day. Sometimes she brought them back to the little house to spend the night. I hated them, because when they stayed over, I couldn't sleep with Mom. Those uncles were always forcing me to call them Dad. When I refused, Mom would fly into a rage. She would hit me while crying, then 105Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 33 War of Resistance: I'm Going to Be a Division Commander! 抗战之老子要当师长！ A mercenary with a chemistry graduate degree transmigrates to the accursed year 1936. Isn't that just asking for trouble? He originally wanted to be a handsome man living quietly through chaotic times, but the damned tide of society keeps pushing him forward! Cheng Huaijin cries out, “Oh, no! I want to be a division commander!!” 21Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 34 Transmigrating into Bright Sword with a Super Industrial Machine Tool 带着超级工业母机穿越亮剑 A machine tool is a machine used to manufacture industrial production lines. Guan Yu transmigrates back to the War of Resistance period with a super machine tool. He builds a complete industrial system and begins arming Li Yunlong's Independent Regiment. Beneath the evening glow of that day's sunset, hundreds of resistance fighters pilot hang gliders toward the old city of Bingzhou. Conditions in the border region are harsh, but Guan Yu manages to make mortar launchers powered by gas canisters a 104Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Republican Era: You Were Supposed to Defend the Coast, but You Took Down the Great Powers 民国：让你沿海布防，你干翻列强 Chu Yao transmigrates into the service of the powerful warlord known as the King of the Southeast. Tasked with commanding Tongcheng and defending the coast, he unexpectedly activates a sign-in System. Knowing how history will unfold, Chu Yao keeps a low profile in Tongcheng, developing industry and military defenses while driving the economy forward at breakneck speed. A sign-in reward of Siemens energy behemoths helps him build an industrial hub. A sign-in reward of vortex spinning machines r 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 The Young Master of the Republic 民国大少爷 [System + Republican era + multiple female leads + warlord] Ji Yuntang accidentally transmigrates into the body of a river bandit in the early years of the Republic of China, and awakens a System. What? The eldest daughter of the most powerful warlord is forcing him to marry her? It's because the young lady has a strange illness and is bedridden. Ji Yuntang realizes surviving is going to be hard. In the end, he wins the world by claiming a corner of it! 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Republican Era: The Rise of the Warlords 民国风云之，军阀崛起 My new work is out! You’re welcome to 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! 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Iron-Blooded Ace Defends the Motherland 抗战铁血王牌捍卫祖国 Zhang Yulin, a tactical instructor at the National Defense University, opens his eyes to find himself the commander of the newly formed First Division. Facing the Japanese invaders and infighting within the Nationalist forces, he quietly reforms this old-fashioned army. “Amid the tide of history, I choose to fight for the survival of my people.” As artillery tears through the night, he leads the New First Division like a blade plunging into enemy ranks. Medals and crimson flags gleam in the smok 478Reads6.4Score101Shelves
- 39 I Became a Super Warlord 我成了超级军阀 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Hu Ping and Xia Baimeng transmigrated to Daxia, a feudal monarchy that never existed in history! At home, there are no wise ministers to advise the ruler; abroad, hostile nations threaten their borders. The people are starving, the land is strewn with corpses, and foreign powers watch hungrily from every direction. A legend in an alternate world is about to begin. These are years of passion and fervor. An age of war and heroes. And a collection of heartwarming yet 7Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 40 Warlord Rivalry: From Militia Commander to Emperor 军阀争霸：从民团团长到帝国皇帝 After unexpectedly transmigrating to another world, Zhu Jilong discovers that he has become the commander of a local militia in a small county town. After awakening a sign-in System, he can obtain all kinds of weapons and equipment from it through one sign-in each day. Thanks to the System's early rewards, the protagonist's forces expand step by step: from a single regiment from the start to a division, then from a division to an army of hundreds of thousands! As his army grows, the protagonist' 217Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 41 An Alternate Republican Era: From Company Commander to Marshal 架空民国：我从连长到大帅 Who says you need a System when you transmigrate? I’ll carve my way to glory with real military expertise, one blade and one bullet at a time! Liu Zilong, born into a military family and a top graduate of a military academy, unexpectedly transmigrates to the Republican era of the fictional Shenlong Kingdom. The country is beset by warlords at home and surrounded by foreign powers abroad. Drawing on his modern military knowledge, he starts as a junior officer and rises through real battlefield co —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 Reborn as a Warlord: Combining Weapon Fragments 重生军阀之武器碎片合成 In the third year of the Xiaoming era, the barbarian dynasty invaded the Starfall Empire with thirty thousand troops. Reborn Han Jingxing was called upon in the empire's hour of need and appointed commander of a major-general's division. [Beep! Fragment of a Type 38 bolt-action rifle detected. Weapon fragment acquired. Progress toward assembly: 1/8.] Hearing the voice in his mind, Han Jingxing immediately abandoned the idea of surrendering. Many years later. “Marshal, isn't what we're doing a vi 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 Republican Era: Starting with the Sixth Baoding Class 民国：从保定六期开始 A modern young man transmigrates to the parallel world of Blue Star. With his hometown in Wuxing and the System's help, he grows stronger and gets into a military academy. He studies alongside many future generals, then heads south to join the revolution. He is a celebrated general of the Northern Expedition, winning distinction time and again during the Northern Expedition and Eastern Expedition. He is a vanguard in the War of Resistance, turning out an elite force that never loses. He is the F 418Reads5.1Score101Shelves
- 44 Republic of China: Making Money to Pay Off Debts, Then Kidnapping a Concubine 民国，搞钱还债，再掳个小姨太 Han Kun, born into an ordinary family in the 21st century, loses over a million yuan in business. After dying suddenly by accident, he wakes up in the early Republic of China, where he starts by eloping with the landlord’s prettiest concubine. A divine System helps him repay the debts he left behind in the 21st century. So he rolls up his sleeves and robs government grain, gathers antiques, acquires land, and sets up factories, joining the movement to save the nation through industry. He fights 35Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Drifter in a Period Drama 年代剧里的漂流者 I want to tell the story of an ordinary little man surviving and defending his country amid the flames of war in the Republican era, living through an age of passion, building wealth in golden years, and finding his way through confusion. There is no System. Knowing the broad sweep of history and remembering some of the plot details is my golden finger. 26Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Warlords: The Enemy-Killing Gear-Drop System 军阀：杀敌爆装系统 [Ding! The Kill-to-Loot System is at your service.] [You killed a bandit underling and received one SCAR assault rifle.] [You killed a regular soldier and received five elite infantrymen.] [You killed a colonel and received ten Humvees.] [You killed a major general and received fifty Chinook transport helicopters.] Watch how Lu Yang makes his mark in this chaotic world and carves out a realm of his own. 159Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 47 Republican Era: I, Maiqi Tusi, Order the Yanks to Die 民国：我！麦琪土司，请鹰酱赴死 571Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 Three Hundred Thousand Northern Troops, Reporting to the Northern Commander 三十万北军，参见北帅 After transmigrating to Chiyan, Zhang Dingbei became the son of the Northern Frontier's overlord by a twist of fate, rising in a single leap to become the youngest warlord in Chiyan, with power to shake the heavens! In this life, gazing upon Chiyan's devastated landscape, Zhang Dingbei silently vowed to drive out every last wolf and put an end to the chaos! 7Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 49 The Black Flag Army of the Republican Era 民国黑旗军 September 1912, Qinzhou, Guangxi. Tian Mengxue says to Liu Yongfu, “Mr. Di hopes to build an army and recover the lands the Qing lost in the north: Outer Northeast, Outer Northwest, and Taiwan. Its banner will be a black flag. He wants the world to know that the Black Flag Army has not perished and will once again reclaim its former glory!” Di Xiong, a modern man, transmigrates to Beijing in 1912. Using modern knowledge, he goes into business, builds factories, and organizes an armed force. His 3Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 50 A County Magistrate in the Republican Era: Have I Become a Foreign Power? 人在民国当县长：我成了列强？ [System + Conquest + No Female Lead] (The rating is low because it was only added recently.) After transmigrating, Lu Feng becomes the new county magistrate of Jinshan County, Songhu City. At first, Lu Feng is relieved to have transmigrated to the Republican era. But after fully absorbing his memories, he discovers that this Republican era is not the one he knows. It is still a time of warlord conflict and suffering for the people, but it is also an era full of opportunity. Just as Lu Feng is at 1Reads6.4Score—Shelves
