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- 1 I’m the Boss on Blue Star 我在蓝星当话事人 “Can I make it to the other side?” Zhu Zhen looked at the many officers behind him and drew his saber. “The fate of the empire rests with you all. For the empire, attack!” Zhu Zhen was an ordinary man who had been discharged from the military just two years ago. He downloaded a collection of triple-A games from a website, including Men of War, Gates of Hell: Ostfront, and Mount & Blade. Then, as he was playing games and singing, with plans to go eat hot pot later, Zhu Zhen somehow ended up in 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Transmigrated to the Southern Song to Fight Genghis Khan 穿越回南宋，对抗成吉思汗 Grounded in rigorous research of historical sources and faithful to the era, this story follows its protagonist as he transmigrates to the second year of the Kaixi era in the Southern Song dynasty (1206). He joins the Kaixi Northern Expedition, turns the tide of defeat, and defeats the Jin dynasty. In the end, he must also face Genghis Khan and wage war against the Mongols, changing the course of history. 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Soviet Flag, 1988 苏联旗帜1988 My new work is out! Please head over to Tomato Novel to read the prologue: In 1988, the world was in the final stages of the Cold War. Under the surface, tensions were building within the Soviet Union, and society was in turmoil. The protagonist, Zhang Gaoshan, is a young man from Lingnan, China, who, through a twist of fate, sets foot on this mysterious 114Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 A Mustached Man Took Pity on Me from the Start, and I Began a Legendary Life 开局被小胡子施舍，开启传奇人生 Li Changchun, a newly admitted university student majoring in history, transmigrates to Germany on September 10, 1919. On the 12th, he meets someone who gives him alms, setting him on a legendary path. 515Reads—Score100Shelves
- 5 Europa Universalis: Berlin, 1884 欧陆风云之柏林1884 The 1884 Berlin Conference was an important meeting hosted by the First German Empire to divide up spheres of influence. Bismarck and his rivals maneuvered and schemed as they vied for global dominance. Some of the story and characters are fictional creations and do not represent actual events. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 History Begins in 1979 历史从1979开始 A flight of fancy + traveling between worlds + realistic style. No mindless protagonist or convoluted scheming. It’s probably a story about an ordinary person who keeps growing after gaining a golden finger. First instance: China and the Soviet Union, 1979: Dragon and Bear (short arc) Second instance: Strange Tales of the Republican Era, a great tide begins to rise. The urban main storyline continues to unfold. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Steel Storm: The Pacific, 1945 钢铁风暴：1945太平洋 Chen Jian, commander of the modern Blood Wolf special forces, transmigrates into the body of John Miller, a U.S. Marine captain on the eve of the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. Armed with individual combat tactics, small-unit coordination principles, and brutal battlefield experience far beyond his time, he leads his company from the blood-soaked beaches of Iwo Jima to the muddy hell of Okinawa. This is a war epic written in steel, fire, and sheer will, a tale of combat in its purest form, showing —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Eyewitness to World War II: Bloodbath on the Eastern Front 二战亲历记之浴血东线 A down-on-his-luck modern man dies unexpectedly and transmigrates to the World War II battlefield between the Soviet Union and Germany, where the fighting rages without end. To survive and complete his mission, he goes through the major battles of the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War, eventually achieving his goal. He experiences every kind of emotion, from passion and brotherhood to coldness and numbness. There is no showing off or face-slapping, and no romantic entanglements. The story simpl 15Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 9 Transmigrated to the Soviet Union During the World War 穿越到世界大战的苏联 Written to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the world's victory over fascism. After transmigrating into the Soviet Army during World War II, the protagonist's story outline begins in Chapter 91. The main story follows an artilleryman. The newly established beautiful nation is immediately besieged by the Western world. The brave Red Army crushes their delusions, but now a newly risen evil empire has pushed the Alliance to the brink of life and death. By the time we finally crush the NC Empire, 96Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 The Watchers at the Turning Point 惊变守望 [Nation-Centric + Not Overpowered + Not a Power Fantasy + Some Coming Out + Not Individual Heroism] In this era, humanity suffered an unprecedented catastrophe. The Free Nation lost two-thirds of its territory. Shenzhou lost one-third of its territory. Some weaker nations were wiped out entirely in the first catastrophe. This world is not the same as the one in our history. In this world, Shenzhou dominates the globe. Its territories include Tianzhu, the three African protectorates, and the Sout 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 Stalingrad: I Just Want to Slacken Off Until We Surrender 斯大林格勒，我只想摸鱼到投降 I transmigrated to Stalingrad during World War II and became a cannon-fodder corporal in the German Sixth Army. While everyone else shouts about dying for the Reich and charges into battle, I focus on slacking off and staying alive. I pretend to have a headache, twist my ankle, and can’t hear a thing, perfectly dodging every suicide mission. With the mindset of an internet programmer, I plan routes to avoid shelling, model risks to evade traps, and take on the SS scapegoaters. In the freezing, h 1.4kReads—Score—Shelves
- 12 I Transmigrated to World War II and Became the Most Cautious General in History 穿越二战，史上最苟将军 War is a play, and a path to riches. There's nothing you can't think of, only things you can't do. The Mad Soldier is here to tell you how it all really happened. Modern man Gou Bin transmigrates to a foreign World War II, where artillery fire rages across the land. On the battlefield, Gou Bin learns to be shameless and devious, always cutting corners. He does it all to keep himself alive. It wasn't easy for him to come into this world, so he might as well make it back alive and enjoy life, righ 1.7kReads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Iron Cross Will No Longer Bow Beneath the Swastika 铁十字不再屈服于万字之下 Imagine you are the prime minister of a European country that has lost the war. Once-thriving cities are now ruins, the roads have been completely destroyed and transport has ground to a halt. Hundreds of thousands have died of hunger and cold, five million able-bodied men have perished in the war, and more than twenty million people have been displaced. The country has been divided and occupied by the Allied forces, every industry is paralyzed, and the Russians want to take away all your indust 109Reads—Score103Shelves
- 14 Dreaming of the Late Qing: A Chronicle of Iron-Blooded Revival 梦会晚清：铁血复兴录 In the eighteenth year of the Guangxu reign, half a century had passed since the First Opium War. At the time, the great Eastern empire was still basking in the fading afterglow of its belief in itself as the Celestial Empire. The Self-Strengthening Movement led by Li Hongzhang and others had restored some of the Qing Dynasty's confidence from the prosperous reigns of Kangxi and Qianlong. Yet who could have imagined that the Beiyang Fleet, Asia's foremost navy, built with billions of taels of si —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn as a Soviet Hero 重生之苏联英雄 A novel about the Soviet-German War, with no mindless plotlines and no harem. It tells the story of a modern young man who, after an accident, transmigrates to the Eastern Front of World War II, inherits the spirit of a hero, and continues the fight. 58Reads—Score—Shelves
- 16 The Eastern Front's Stand-Down Unit 东线别动组 In the Soviet Union’s devastating Great Patriotic War, a Soviet captain serving as an intelligence officer, two Chinese officers from the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, and a band of penal troops form a special frontline operations unit. Through one daring mission after another, each puts their skills to use, repeatedly turning the tide against the odds and defeating the enemy with ingenious schemes, as they brilliantly carry out their mission to strike at the German fascist invaders... 51Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Reborn as a Warlord in the Late Ming 重生明末当军阀 The chaotic final years of the Ming dynasty. Chen Ke emerges out of nowhere, recruiting troops and reclaiming farmland, developing industry and commerce, building ships and casting cannons. He wages war across the north and south, ruling the seas in every direction. Is he a saint? He kills without batting an eye. Is he a demon? He also loves the people like his own children... Hong Taiji: Chen Ke, you villain! You slaughter my people and ruin my plans! Chen Ke: Huang Taiji, right back at you. Th 1.1kReads7.3Score100Shelves
- 18 Strange Tales of the Five Dynasties 五代异闻録 [Transmigration] + [No System] + [Conquest] + [Taoist Arts] + [Powerful Minister] + [Warlord Rule] Raised in secret for over a decade, the naive young Taoist Qingzhu, armed with a mastery of Taoist arts, is thrust by his master into the chaotic Five Dynasties era. Amid a treacherous court and a blood-soaked frontier, he is forced to navigate one faction after another. He vanquishes evil spirits, subdues monsters, exterminates demons, fights on the battlefield, and conquers far and wide, earning 96Reads7.1Score101Shelves
- 19 Transmigrating to 1905: Reshaping Europe's Map 穿越1905，重塑欧洲版图 In 1905, Germany was a nation in turmoil. A modern man’s soul transmigrated into the body of Karl Stern, a Social Democratic Party member, and the gears of fate began to turn in a new direction. Armed with his knowledge of history, he maneuvered his way to the post of Imperial Chancellor. He was determined to establish a state-owned oil company, break the monopoly of foreign capital, and advance labor legislation, hoping to bring about peaceful social change within the framework of the old empir 850Reads—Score107Shelves
- 20 Transmigrating to 1887 穿越1887 From the Arctic wasteland to the Burning Domain, our trains thunder onward. From the Great Eastern Ocean to the Burning Ocean, our warships race across the waves. This is the story of a nation that rose to prominence in 1887. This is a story set on Blue Star. Please don't try to match it up with Earth. Any similarities are purely coincidental. 1.4kReads—Score114Shelves
- 21 The Rise of a Russian Student in World War II 俄罗斯留子二战崛起史 Yashan Society, a mysterious overseas Chinese patriotic organization. A thorn in the side of Japan, a major arms supplier to resistance forces in East and South Asia, and a competitor that has America grinding its teeth in rage. The Hydra, a terrorist organization that wants nothing more than to sow chaos across the world. With its secret hand guiding events, the world war escalates to a whole new level of intensity, from the Little Orphans of Fog City to The Coming of Winter, from the Raging Se 85Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 22 Why Didn't the Steel Melt? 钢铁为什么没有融化 On October 18, 1990, the first snow fell early in Moscow. Andrei, a physics student, woke in his unheated dormitory to find that the memories of a transmigrator had become his heaviest burden. He knew when this giant would fall, but not how to catch the people tumbling with it. While his classmate Sergei spoke fluent English about “growing pains and rebirth,” trading gold-embossed invitations for tickets to the new world, Andrei gripped a cold wrench. He started by repairing the first burst hea 92Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Battle for the Pacific 鏖战太平洋 A low-ranking soldier from the twenty-first century who never wanted to join the army is accidentally transmigrated to the Pacific theater of World War II... The Guadalcanal Campaign... Who said American GIs got to eat Spam every day? New Britain... Is there anywhere in the world less fit for human habitation than this? The Battle of Peleliu... Who said the Japanese only knew how to charge with bayonets? It takes more than eighty bullets to take down a single Japanese soldier, okay...? The Battl 20Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 24 The Greater Austrian Empire 大奥地利帝国 A modern young man is killed by a drone while traveling in a certain country, and ends up in Vienna, the heart of Europe. A modern young man, killed by a drone while traveling in a certain country, transmigrates to nineteenth-century Europe and becomes Franz Joseph I, the emperor who ruled for nearly seventy years. Faced with the empire's glory and its crises, court intrigue, the rising tide of nationalism, and the Balkan powder keg, every step could change the course of history. Franz subdues 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 A Game That Returns to World War II 游戏重回二战 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. The story centers on the weapons, equipment, military forces, and figures of World War II. I’m only a casual enthusiast of weapons and equipment, so if I get any technical terms wrong, I’m open to criticism. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Reborn in 1939: Starting with the Winter War 重生1939：从苏芬战争开始 Slow Burn + Eyes of Death (A Little Advantage Doesn't Count as Cheating) In 1939, Walter, a modern young man, transmigrates to the Finnish front, where the Soviet-Finnish War begins on nightmare difficulty. To survive the Red Army's unstoppable advance, he becomes the “Butcher of the Snowy Night” and fights alongside the legendary sniper Simo Häyhä. From the icy forests of Karelia to a revenge offensive launched with German support, and even into the inferno of the Eastern Front, deep within the 96Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 27 Reborn in 1941: The Iron Curtain 重生1941：钢铁壁垒 When modern military historian Ivan woke up, he discovered he'd become a Soviet Red Army battalion commander in early 1941: Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov. Less than two months remained before the most brutal war in human history would engulf the world, and his unit was stationed right on the front line, where the German steel tide would crush all in its path. 525Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 28 I'm Crazy: The Skull Division's Ace Tiger 我有神经病：髑髅师的王牌精英虎 I was drunk. I tried to push open the bathroom door, but it wouldn’t budge. I pushed again and somehow went right through. Turns out the door wasn’t broken. I’d been wrestling with the window. The female lead isn’t a saintly pushover. That’s important, and she gets things done. I fell on the floor. I’m so tired, I’ll just sleep. The whole thing is mainly about passion. I woke up. Why am I in a psychiatric hospital? Am I crazy? —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Steel, Order, and Faith 钢铁，秩序与信仰 The clouds of war hang over the world Nerves are taut as bowstrings Explosions fall as thick as raindrops Whether at sunrise or sunset They set the stage, and the gods put on the show Ordering us to open fire in every direction Against gods and comrades alike Deploy, hold the line, charge forward Victory or defeat makes no difference Come, for yourself, and earn the pay you deserve Come, for your brothers, and honor your comrades Come, for your loved ones, and let us live well Come, for the Alli 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 1453, but Rome Did Not Fall 1453，但罗马没有灭亡 In 1453, Constantinople fell, and the Byzantine Empire perished. The 2,206-year history of Rome came to an end at that moment. What if Constantine XI, who had ability and ambition but no opportunity, had become Despot of Morea earlier, had won the defense of the Hexamilion Wall, or had helped Hunyadi and Skanderbeg win the Second Battle of Kosovo? How might Rome’s fate have changed? This story explores that possibility. 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Back to World War I: Dominating the Military Industry 重返一战：制霸军工时代 [Feel-good, passionate, military industry, technology] Bai Jiangshan obtains a key that lets him travel between two radically different eras! Polished digital machine tools, terrifying modern weapons, and miraculous medicine: this is 2023. War and fear are everywhere: this is 1914. Return to the past and use modern technology to create more “harmonious” weapons, bringing the family arms factory back to life! 7Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 32 War of Resistance: Combining Military Branches, I, Chu Yunfei, Go It Alone! 抗战：兵种合成，我楚云飞单干！ After transmigrating into the body of Chu Yunfei, he awakens a troop-fusion System. [Decisive and ruthless, with plenty of satisfying action] Fusing three low-level soldiers into one high-level soldier is a shortcut to strength, but it also forces him to face a cruel reality: human lives are as worthless as weeds! Unlike the Eighth Route Army, he isn't bound by countless rules and restrictions. As long as it brings victory and doesn't harm his fellow countrymen, he will use any means necessary. 110Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 33 A Paradox Player: I Bluffed Stalin from the Start P社玩家，开局忽悠斯大林 [Rising Star General]+ [Political Intrigue]+ [Germany Wins World War I]+ [Brotherhood with Pavel] Veteran Paradox gamer Li De wakes up as a Red Army private in the Russian Civil War, thrown straight into the hellish Siege of Tsaritsyn. As if that weren’t bad enough, Germany won the Great War in this world, and German armored grenadiers in Prussian helmets are helping the White Army storm Tsaritsyn! From the start, Comrade Joseph is about to launch a full-scale assault! I look down at the surrend 431Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 A Girl's Journey Through Another World as a German Communist 少女的异世界德国共党之旅 [World War II] [Modern] [Third Reich] [Female Army Colonel] [German Democratic Republic] [Antiwar] Lingzi and Xuexu, from Blue Archive, are traveling through various worlds when, for unknown reasons, they both fall into the same world and lose some of their memories. They begin searching for their past amid the war... This is the fourth novel in the series, following Girls und Panzer: When a German Tank Commander Comes to Oarai, Girls und Panzer: My Otherworldly Journey, and Blue Archive: Daily 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 1945: The British Empire's Ledger 1945：大英帝国账本 London, 1945 The salutes celebrating the end of World War II had barely faded when the British Empire found itself standing on the edge of a precipice. The treasury was empty, foreign debts had piled up like mountains, workers lived on black bread mixed with sawdust, and strikes had snuffed out the last blast furnace in the mines. Lin Bai, a graduate student in history, transmigrated here during a thunderstorm and became the “scapegoat prime minister” pushed into the spotlight by competing facti 141Reads6.3Score136Shelves
- 36 A Crumbling Empire 摇摇欲坠的帝国 This story is very close to reality, portraying the brutal and merciless nature of war. Soldiers struggle along muddy roads, while both sides' war machines slaughter the enemy swiftly and without mercy. Millions clash in a single battle, and the events throughout are grounded firmly in the realities of combat. If you want to get straight to the fighting, you can start at Chapter 4 without missing anything. 29Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Rise of the Soviet Union 苏维埃之崛起 Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov: that is the name he has in this world. An ordinary college student, filled with ideals and conviction, transmigrates a hundred years into the past after an accident. Starting out as the commander of a small independent armored brigade on the front lines, he meets renowned generals such as Vasilevsky, Zhukov, Rokossovsky, and Chuikov, and fights alongside them to resist the invaders. A year later, Katukov is promoted to major general. Six months after that, his outstan 16Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 38 Rise of a Great Empire 崛起：伟大帝国 Transmigration + System + World War II + warlords + competition for supremacy Li Yunfei unexpectedly transmigrates to another world on the eve of World War II. With the System’s help, he starts out in the northwest. Watch as he makes a decaying empire great again. 171Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 39 The Sichuan Army: Every Inch of Land Is Stained with Blood 川军：一寸山河一寸血 If you had no System or aristocratic family background, and were reborn in 1937, what would you choose? Would you go with the flow, or rise up and fight back? In nine out of ten households, there are no sons left. Every family wears mourning white. Some say: “If war breaks out, it makes no difference whether you are north or south, young or old. We must resist to the end!” Others say: “The nation faces calamity, and the Japanese invaders are savage. The fate of the nation concerns every citizen. 44Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 40 A Teacher Sent to the Countryside from the Start, I Flatten Northern Myanmar with a Hundred Thousand Troops 开局支教老师，十万军队荡平缅北 (By Chapter 30 or so, this story has already left the teaching path behind. Everyone, leave your brains with me and don't let them wander off.) As a teacher sent to a remote area, and a System owner to boot, all I originally had to do was educate students and help them succeed to earn rewards. I thought this was all it would take for me to reach the pinnacle of life and marry a rich, beautiful woman. “Your student scored 100 on the exam. Congratulations, Host, you've earned 100,000 yuan.” “Your 2Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 41 I'm Just a JK, How Could I Save the Empire? 明明是个JK拯救帝国做不到啊 This is a tale set beyond the main universe, on a planet of girls. Every country on the continent is governed by an eternal national will: a seventeen-year-old girl. Our protagonist transmigrates to such a planet. The Kingdom of Victoria and the Third Alice Empire have become absolute powers on the continent, united as one country. The Kingdom of Erica, isolated in the continent’s northwest, grew strong through the Seven Years’ War and the Thirty Years’ War. On the outskirts, the Tsardom of Yeka 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Resurrection: A Commissar of the Fighting Nation 复活之战斗民族政委 A shut-in who reigned supreme in a military virtual-reality game transmigrates by accident into the body of a Soviet political officer on the Khalkhin Gol battlefield in 1939. Looking at the bright red political officer’s insignia on his uniform, then at the Japanese soldiers charging toward him with cries of “Banzai,” Zhou Yilong instinctively squeezed the trigger. “Urrah!” That felt great... A legendary era has begun. 1.2kReads9.1Score114Shelves
- 43 Back to 1941: The Burning Eastern Front 重返1941：燃烧的东线 After transmigrating to the Western Front on June 22, 1941, Li Bing becomes a Red Army supply depot chief. Faced with the German steel tide and a front line on the verge of collapse, he knows that his chaotic warehouse and the reinforcements who have just arrived may be the last hope of holding the line. He has no tanks, no reinforcements, and not even much knowledge of history. But an order from headquarters leaves him at a loss: "Reinforce the frontline fortress! Me?" Li Bing points at himself 10.4kReads8.9Score802Shelves
- 44 Commander of the Lexington Fleet 列克星敦号舰队指挥官 On one particular timeline, as the Pacific War began, nearly the entire U.S. Navy's fleet of capital ships was wiped out. Richard, a descendant of legendary naval commander George Dewey, was entrusted with command of a carrier task force in the midst of the crisis… 506Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 45 Rifts in Time and Space: Before Berlin Awoke 时空裂隙：柏林尚未苏醒之时 Arthur is born into an era when the Nazis rule the world. To save all of humanity, he has no choice but to transmigrate back to 1918 and find a way to defeat the Nazis! Watch as Arthur leads Britain through the Roaring Twenties, builds an Imperial Federation, and makes Britain great again! 61Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Reborn: Starting with the British Expeditionary Force 重生之从英国远征军开始 Li Bing is reborn in Britain in 1936, as German troops move into the demilitarized Rhineland. On Churchill's recommendation, he joins the British Expeditionary Force. When World War II breaks out, the cabinet sends the force to support France in its fight against Germany! Follow Li Bing as he writes a glorious military saga at Dunkirk, El Alamein, Stalingrad, and beyond! This story is partly fictionalized! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 What? I Transmigrated to World War II and Became a Dog 啥？穿越到二战成了一条狗 A human soul transmigrates into a Soviet military dog during World War II, trapped in a dog's body and forced to confront the extreme divide between human dignity and canine instinct amid war: a sense of smell and hearing far beyond human ability, uncontrollable bodily urges, the frustration of having no way to express himself, and a gradually fading sense of identity. Through a dog's eyes and body, he accompanies his comrades through the smoke of battle, warning them by instinct and staying by 1.4kReads8.5Score218Shelves
- 48 Make Czechoslovakia the Pride of Europe! 让捷克斯洛伐克成为欧洲之光！ [Transmigration + System + Farming + War + Development] Transmigrated into a World War II setting from Hearts of Iron. Lin Yuwen is a history student at Jianghai University with a keen interest in World War II. He never expected to wake up in a parallel world's Europe, lying in a luxurious bedroom, only for the System to tell him, “You are in Slovakia. You are the Führer.” “The Führer?” Lin Yuwen was astonished. Had he really become the Führer? With his knowledge of history, he knew Slovakia was 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 1915: I Build the Strongest Germany from the Start 开局1915，我打造最强德意志 In 1915, as the fighting reached its fiercest, a soul from the future arrived. With war raging on, famine at home, and the United States watching hungrily from the sidelines, this ancient empire seemed doomed to sink into the abyss. But this soul from the future made one decision after another, gradually pulling the empire back from the brink. From then on, it became the world’s leading power. 326Reads6.2Score183Shelves
- 50 Late Qing: Deceiving the Emperor and Rebelling to Save China 晚清：欺君造反救华夏 Set in the second year of Xianfeng, during the Taiping Rebellion. The protagonist, born a bandit, impersonates a county magistrate and takes up the post, planning to make a quick buck and run. But life is a drama, and somehow he just keeps climbing the official ranks… I eat the Qing’s food and wear the Qing’s clothes, yet I’m also going to rebel against the Qing. Watch me drive out the Tartars and rebuild China! 268Reads6.9Score—Shelves
