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- 51 Stirring Up Trouble Starting in 1845 从1845年开始搞事情 In 1845, the weather is fair and the harvests are good. But an unexpected visitor from a later age gradually begins to shatter the peace... 7.8kReads8.2Score47114d adds
- 52 The World War Era of Sailing Ships 世界大战之风帆战舰大时代 Chen Fan transmigrates to 1821 in a parallel world and builds a power base. With rewards from the System, he establishes a sailing fleet and fights the world's great naval powers, forging an immortal legacy. This novel features numerous scenes of warfare between sailing ships. 178Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 Transmigrating to 1900, I Turn the World Upside Down by Selling Arms 穿越1900我靠卖军火掀翻世界 Chen Feng builds an arms base in Hainan and forges alliances. He grows into the greatest arms dealer in the world. His motto is: “If others dare to sell it, I’ll sell it! If they don’t dare to sell it, I’ll sell that too! Leave saving the world to you lot. I’m only interested in that vile thing called money!” Wilhelm II: “My dear Chen, I want several Elizabeth-class battleships!” George: “I’m richer than the Germans! Sell them to me!” Sakura: “Esteemed Mr. Chen Feng, the Empire accepts Kyushu’s 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 54 The Late Qing: An Upheaval Unseen in Three Thousand Years 晚清，三千年未有之变局 We can hardly bear to turn the pages of late Qing history. Its sorrow and bloodshed make it too painful to read. A few random shots from the Western barbarians’ cannons were enough to shatter five thousand years of splendor, while the ancient dragon of the East still lay in opium smoke, dreaming of ascending to immortality. Late Qing, you are the heaviest crease in the history books, the most glaring ink stain on the long scroll of civilization. What strokes could possibly mend the scars coverin 199Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 55 Another Possibility for Germany 德意志的另一种可能 205Reads6.6Score30614d adds
- 56 My Battleship Is Stronger Than Yours 我的战舰比你强 Having transmigrated, I find myself in such a wondrous world: A world of naval warfare. Just look at those pathetic ships of yours. Let me show you the appeal of battleships and big guns. Beautiful women make me drool. Warships make me drool too. And I can have both. What a wonderful life. 422Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 57 Iron Curtain Fusion 铁幕聚变 After unrestricted nuclear and biological warfare erupted, the world collapsed and order vanished. There was only one goal: survive, survive. Survive!!! (I’m a newcomer, currently in my final year of high school in Canada. Updates will come whenever I can manage them. This is my first time writing a book. I started purely as a hobby and never thought I’d stick with it. Feel free to share any feedback, and I’ll do my best to revise.) 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Flowers by the Grave 坟墓边的花朵 (Ah, this book borrows a little from other stories, so some parts may seem familiar.) (Ensemble cast. No marrying, no yuri for Emilia. The viewpoint shifts, possibly from the Soviet side to the German side, with “…” marking the changes. A quick note: most of the characters are either crazy or completely unhinged. A few are more normal, but don't treat most of them as normal people. The story mainly follows four transmigrators and two locals. Lao Ai is half a transmigrator, with some memories of 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 The Late Qing Dynasty: Let This Great Qing Fall, for All I Care 清末，这大清不保也罢 A baby's cry rang through the skies at the Li residence in 1854. Twenty-seven-year-old Li Hongzhang said excitedly, “I have a child!” He named him Li Jingxiao. Who could have known the child was a transmigrator from 21st-century Earth? At five years old, he acquired a Talent System. After years of scheming, he seized power from his own father, Li Hongzhang. Li Jingxiao said, “Father, you're old. You can't protect this Qing Empire. Look at your subordinates: they're all my people. Hand over your 26Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 60 Give Me Thirty Years, and I'll Give You a Balkan Federation 给我三十年，还你一个巴尔干联邦 [From 1885 to 1935] (European history / World War I / Serbia) The man standing before you is: The Assassin of Pirot; The Conqueror of Bulgaria; The Regent of Belgrade; The Architect of the Balkan System; The Father of the Republic: Lovrivich Aleksandrovich Hrabriich One day in the 21st century, a young man with a fondness for history suddenly dies at home. In Pirot in 1885, a young man named Lovin decides to assassinate the Bulgarian prince. Perhaps this time, the peoples of the Balkan Penin 453Reads—Score19414d adds
- 61 Reborn in the Young Marshal's Body: This Time, I'll Stand My Ground 魂穿少帅之这一世我一定要硬一回 This novel is for every reader who has grieved over the pain of September 18. It answers a question that has lingered in countless hearts: If we had resisted back then, what would the world be like today? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Skeletons Fear No Death 骷髅不惧怕死亡 This novel is set on the Eastern Front in the final days of the war, and some events are inspired by historical figures and events. This is my first time writing about this subject, so I hope you'll support and follow the story. This novel contains no System or transmigration elements. 6.9kReads—Score1k14d adds
- 63 A Great Nation's Navy, Starting with the Beiyang Fleet 大国海军，从北洋水师开始 Naval warfare + the First Sino-Japanese War + the Beiyang Fleet + overthrowing the Qing and defeating Japan + climbing the tech tree, When you arrive in the Beiyang Fleet of 1890, what will you do? Reform the fleet and defy fate? Reclaim the realm and make your way to the imperial court? Or look after yourself alone? This time, I, Li He, choose to get involved. I would regret nothing, even if I died nine times over! P.S. The author's new book, The Rise of a Naval Power: An Era Born from Dreams, 4.8kReads8.0Score32214d adds
- 64 KR: An Empire from the Start KR：开局一个帝国 [Military] [Naval Warfare] [Struggle for Supremacy] [No System] [Alternate History] [Kaiserreich-like] [War] Liu Zhihuai transmigrates into a world resembling Kaiserreich. Here, the German Empire won the World War, completely rewriting the world’s fate. The Farrensteel International is established, the Moscow Accord is shrouded in darkness, and the world is trapped in an endless cycle of madness and obsession. Liu Zhihuai discovers that he has a wife, a battleship from twenty years in the future 272Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 65 One Tank Held Off a German Armored Division for 24 Hours, Based on a True Story 一辆坦克挡住一个德军装甲师，长达24小时，真实改编 A single tank held off a German armored division for a full 24 hours. Based on a true story. 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 A Steel-Strong Russia, and You Call It Flabby? 铁打的俄国，你说是虚胖？ I am the legitimate son of one of the Russian Empire’s most powerful aristocratic families. In my previous life, I watched the First World War erupt, the Romanov dynasty fall, and my homeland collapse, until I met a tragic end. Fortune gave me another chance before the war. Armed with memories of the future, I cut through the corruption and chaos at court, reformed the country’s ills, and put the army in order. I plan carefully at every turn, doing everything I can to avert disaster, save Rus 22Reads—Score11814d adds
- 67 The Beiyang Tycoon: Gambling and Drugs Are My Mortal Enemies 北洋神豪：我与赌毒不共戴天 Being made a marquis was never my aim; all I wish is for the seas to be calm. My name is Zhang Pinghai! Now that I’ve come to this world, I have only one thing to do: fight drugs, fight drugs, and fight the damn drugs!! I have no interest in money. Besides, none of them are richer than me! What, you say I should kill the Japanese too? If it can walk, that doesn’t make it a drug? That’s even more poisonous, okay! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ The author’s new book. Things move a little slowly at first, but it get 3kReads7.2Score14114d adds
- 68 An Alternate World War II: The Night Watcher 架空二战：守夜人 (World War II + no System + alternate world + history + a touch of angst) (Told in a documentary style, so it may be a slow burn) Also known as: Bloodshed: Fighting Through World War II What would happen if the world’s technology developed along a different path, and the global situation changed dramatically, even though everything still took place during the same war? Suppose America were divided into North and South, Britain changed its political system and led the world, its colonies became c 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Navy: Starting Out as a Hawkish Warship Designer 海军：从鹰派军舰设计师开始 Reborn in the 1970s, he becomes a freshman at a naval academy. The future belongs to the oceans: a sweeping era of steel fleets and combined land, sea, and air forces. The ocean will mean everything! He will usher in a new era of warfare and make those foreign wolves feel true terror. Let the war begin! 399Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 70 The Iron Coffin 钢铁棺材 [World War II + military + German perspective + tank crewman + anti-war + tragedy + humanity] Klaus Schumann once dreamed of becoming an armored knight charging across the battlefield, serving his homeland and its Führer. In 1939, his dream came true: he became one of the Third Reich's armored legions. His vehicles, from the nimble Panzer III to the fearsome Panther, were both mobile fortresses they depended on for survival and steel coffins that could reduce the crew to ashes at any moment. Ins 41Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 A Bismarck Battleship from the Start: The Great Ming Empire's Sun Never Sets 开局俾斯麦战列舰，大明永不落日 1644, the fall of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Cilang, the eldest son of the Chongzhen Emperor, is taken away by a palace eunuch and travels west by ship. Who could have guessed that someone aboard would discover his identity midway through the voyage and try to take him back to the Qing court to claim a reward? Just as Zhu Cilang thinks he's about to bite the dust, he suddenly awakens the [Take What You Want System]. Every day, he can randomly obtain technology, armies, people, food, and other things. 7Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 72 A Survival Guide to Nuclear War on Campus 校园核战生存手册 Introduction Congratulations, classmate. Or perhaps I should say, my condolences. If you’ve opened this handbook, then you’ve already realized that this is no ordinary school. This is First High School, a place where “survival of the fittest” is the only school motto. Here, knowledge is not only power, but also a weapon, a shield, and sometimes the fuse that sets off a mutually assured destruction. This handbook has been published in the name of the Academic Affairs Office, but its contents were 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 73 Republican Era: Building a New World from 1900 民国：从1900打造新世界 Chen Wanchuan woke up to find himself in a parallel world in the year 1900. Looking at the hellscape of starving corpses and foreign powers running rampant, he laughed. The imperial court? The great powers? All worthless! This rotten dynasty must be overthrown! This chaotic, broken age must be smashed! He would shatter this old world that devoured its people and build a new one where everyone had food to eat, clothes to wear, and dignity. 28Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 74 The Great Ryukyu Naval Battle: A Landlocked Sea 以陆引海之琉球大海战 The Great Ryukyu Naval Battle, with Lu Yin Leading the Fleet 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 The Empire's Last Days: I Lead the Beiyang Fleet in Rebellion 帝国终末：我率领北洋舰队造反 [History + War + System + Power Fantasy] The navy's youngest admiral, Qin Mu, accidentally transmigrates just moments before a naval battle and also obtains the “Strongest Empire System.” After a fierce battle, Qin Mu turns the tide and defeats the enemy fleet, but he still can't escape his fate. Qin Mu: “Brothers! The pressure from foreign enemies grows ever worse, and the situation on the peninsula is even more dire. We defeated the enemy at sea, yet now we're forced to cower in port and let t 33Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 76 The Pacific War: The Rise of a Soldier 血战太平洋之大兵崛起 Reborn on the Pacific battlefield, with the System backing me, my first battle is the unprecedentedly brutal fight for Guadalcanal. I grow stronger by killing the Japanese. Told from the American perspective, with an overpowered protagonist. World War II's most advanced weapons make their debut one by one: rocket launchers, flamethrowers, aircraft carriers, submarines, carrier-based aircraft, strategic bombers, and even late-war atomic bombs. 7.7kReads8.4Score43314d adds
- 77 Apocalypse: A Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicle from the Start 末世，开局一辆山猫步兵战车 [An apocalypse troop-building and conquest story, hard-core military action, all kinds of weapons and equipment, cutting-edge technology, nuclear strikes, and large-scale military conflicts. No superpowers, no cultivation, no harem.] In the apocalypse, people are impossible to read. A lot happens in the world every day, but it all boils down to five words: “Eat people” and “be eaten.” The apocalypse has plenty of rules, but in the end it comes down to this: “Whose bones are harder, and whose gun 270Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 78 The Battle of Jutland: The Ultimate Clash of Big-Gun Battleships 日德兰海战——大炮巨舰主义终极之战 In late June 1950, a PLA unit captured four islands off eastern Zhejiang. But with the naval forces of the two sides so unequal, the unit was frequently attacked by Nationalist warships and forced to withdraw. In November 1952, seeking to strengthen the outer defenses of both Dachen Islands, the Nationalists sent their “Anti-Communist Guerrilla Army” to occupy the four islands. Working in coordination with enemy forces on Nanlu and Pishan, they controlled the north-south sea lanes and blockaded —Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 79 U42: The Silent Hoffmann U42沉默的霍夫曼 [Soul Transmigration] [Submarines] [First-Person Perspective] [World War II] [Germany] The choking sensation of icy river water had barely faded when Karl Hoffmann opened his eyes to the ghostly green instrument panel inside the U-42's conning tower: February 16, 1939. The soul of a submarine fanatic from his previous life had been crammed into the body of a German superman, captain of the Third Reich's brand-new Type IXA U-boat. Worse still, he remembered history with perfect clarity: four mont 322Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 80 A German Regimental Commander's System-Fueled Comeback in 1945 1945德军团长的系统逆袭 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! 18Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 81 Late Qing: I’ll Make the Great Powers Kneel and Sing ‘We Conquer’! 晚清：我让列强跪着唱征服！ No harem, no clichés, no invincibility, no System. Enter at your own risk. After transmigrating to a parallel world in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Haoran had hoped to live quietly as a landlord’s young master. Instead, he was forced to become the face of an industrial powerhouse! After overcoming one obstacle after another, he looked back on the road he had traveled and couldn’t help but marvel: “Turns out I’m the foreign power!” Empress Dowager Cixi (trembling): “This Liu Haoran... Is he plannin 12Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 82 The Lone Beiyang Warship, 1894 北洋孤舰1894 A modern soul plunges into the smoke and fire raging across the Yellow Sea; a solitary ironclad breaks free of a fate that seemed certain death. We will not repeat the familiar joys and sorrows, rises and falls of that land. We will sail for the vast blue ocean and rewrite the course of civilization along sea lanes no one has ever traveled. This is no more dirge of humiliation, but a roar of steel and will. Look at what has been kindled on Phosphorus Island: not only the blazing furnaces, but t 13Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 83 The Patent War God Joins the Fight Just to Buy a Small Island 专利战神参战只为买个小岛 A handsome man transmigrates to a parallel world during the Pacific War of World War II. Using a large-capacity phone loaded with notes on World War II weapons and equipment that he had collected for making a game, he patents improved designs for aircraft, warships, torpedoes, and bombs, then sells them for a handsome profit. With his exceptional problem-solving skills, he moves among British and American politicians and senior military officers, making friends everywhere! After the war, he buys 177Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 84 Fallen Falcon: The Rescue of an F-15E Pilot, Based on a True Story 猎鹰坠落之营救F15E飞行员·真实改编 Falcon Down: The Rescue of an F-15E Pilot, Based on a True Story 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 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—14d adds
- 86 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Rule the Pacific with a Battleship 抗战：开局战列舰，纵横太平洋 Truth lies only within the range of cannon fire, and dignity only at the edge of a sword. He transmigrates to 1941 and gets a battleship from the start, conveniently appearing just outside Pearl Harbor. Yu Zhiqian then leads his fleet into the war that will decide the fate of the Pacific. Thus begins his legend, ranging across all four oceans. The iron-rich continent? Mine! The soybeans? Mine! Mine, mine, it's all mine! 19.6kReads8.2Score1.2k14d adds
- 87 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 10.6kReads8.9Score84014d adds
- 88 Transmigrate to Shanghai: From Street Punk to Beiyang Warlord 穿越上海滩：从小混混到北洋军阀 From a small-time thug at the Shiliupu docks to a warlord commanding a hundred thousand troops; from a hunted stray dog on the run to a provincial strongman who can stand toe to toe with the Beiyang magnates! Standing atop the walls of Xuzhou, gazing at the steel-armored torrent beneath his command, he finally understands: In this life, he is no longer an office drone at the mercy of others. He is a warlord who will rewrite the history of the Republic of China! 592Reads—Score10614d adds
- 89 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. 522Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 90 The Push for Fulda, 1994 冲击富尔达1994 [Alternate history] [Cold war and hot war] [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact] [Fulda Gap] [Steel tide] [Ensemble war story] [No System] 1994. The Cold War never ended. The Soviet Union still exists. The Warsaw Pact still exists. The Berlin Wall still exists. NATO launches its annual REFORGER-94 reinforcement exercise, sending US heavy armor back to West Germany. In March, the Warsaw Pact announces Exercise Spring Thunder-94, and the Soviet Western Group of Forces begins moving forward. Both sides insist it’ 2.4kReads—Score38314d adds
- 91 Savior of Soviet Russia 苏俄拯救者 An S-rank agent on a mission in the Golden Triangle is blown to pieces on his way home after completing the undercover assignment given to him by his superiors! His soul possesses the body of a KGB second-generation heir in 1953. His powerful patron, KGB Chairman Beria, is now facing the prospect of being overthrown! 38Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 92 The Southeast Asian Federation 东南亚联邦 Transmigrating to the Republican era, with no System or pocket dimension, he builds a nation overseas. He leads soldiers and civilians in reclaiming wasteland and growing crops. He oversees industrial development and creates antibiotics, Katyusha rockets, and three-wheeled aircraft. He joins World War II, crushing Japan and liberating Oceania and West Asia. He leads the people of Southeast Asia to independence and liberation, founding the Southeast Asian Federation. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 Republican Era: Reborn as a Patrol Officer, with a Ton of Underlings 民国：重生巡警，手下小弟亿点多 Reborn in 1919, Qin Lan becomes a patrol officer in Jilin City. He gains the More Hands, More Power System. The more underlings he has, the greater the rewards he receives. And so, Qin Lan begins building his reputation and recruiting more underlings. The Japanese run rampant across Chinese territory? Send them back where they came from! Warlords carve up the country, leaving the people in misery? Raise an army, unify the nation, and end the chaos! The foreign powers want to destroy our country? 6Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 94 Warlord: The Young Marshal of Fengtian 军阀：奉天少帅 When Zhang Fan woke up, he found himself in another world. It was highly similar to the one he had lived in before, with the same historical course and cultural heritage. It also shared the same tragic, blood-soaked history. Watch as Zhang Fan, the warlord family's second son, defies fate and changes his destiny. 8Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 95 War of Resistance: I Emptied the Entire Third Reich 抗战：我搬空了整个第三帝国 [Parallel World, Passionate War of Resistance, Hardcore Military Industry] In 1937, the Battle of Shanghai began, and the meat grinder roared to life. Facing the invaders’ battleships and cannons, seven hundred thousand soldiers of Daxia fought for every inch of ground with their flesh and blood. Zhou Huai’an transmigrated into this world, and faced with this brutal battle for his nation’s survival, he refused to retreat. Using an elite German heavy-armored force brought back through a rift in t 47Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 96 The Rise of an Empire in Another World: From the Start, I Ruled the World 异世帝国崛起，开局君临天下 [Brainless power fantasy + Ruthless action + Strategic bombing + Battleships and heavy guns + Carrier showdowns + Steel-clad legions + Overwhelming firepower + All-around development + Industrial Cthulhu...] Qin Heng unexpectedly transmigrated to a strange world and somehow became the thirty-fourth emperor of the Divine Flame Empire. He also unexpectedly obtained the Empire's Rise System, which gave him an absurdly lavish starter pack from the start. [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have receiv 20.9kReads7.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 97 The Iron Whale's Breath 铁鲸的呼吸 Beneath the waves of the North Atlantic, steel behemoths prowl through the darkness. This was the most unusual naval battlefield in human history: a six-year campaign of hunting and counter-hunting beneath the sea. In these frigid waters, the German submarine force’s “wolf pack” tactics once brought Allied shipping to the brink of collapse, but the submarines ultimately met their end beneath the waves. Of the 75,000 submariners, 45,000 never returned. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 The First Sino-Japanese War at the End of the Qing: I Ride the Wind and Break the Waves 清末甲午，我乘风破浪而来 Ding Youting transmigrates to the late Qing dynasty, during the First Sino-Japanese War. After the Battle of Liugong Island, he faces the twin burdens of national humiliation and personal hatred. Through painstaking planning and careful moves, he saves several Beiyang Fleet warships and continues to battle the Japanese invaders. After enduring one ordeal after another, he finally turns the tide and reclaims China’s maritime territory. See how he takes on Empress Dowager Cixi and the great powers 7kReads6.0Score70214d adds
- 99 Transmigrated to 1923: I Lead a Fleet South to Save the Nation 魂穿1923，我率舰队南下救国 Transmigration + soul transmigration + Republic of China navy + War of Resistance + Northern Expedition + resisting Japan to save the nation + military industry + industrialization + hybrid rice + tomb raiding The rating has only just come in. It will rise later. I'm Chen Shaokuan, and I'm in a real panic. I've transmigrated. It's April 9, 1923 (the 12th year of the Republic of China). Yesterday, the Beiyang Navy's Shanghai office joined forces with its Shanghai-based fleet to break away from th 167Reads6.9Score10914d adds
- 100 War of Resistance in Jinling: A Tiger Tank from the Start 金陵抗战，开局一辆虎式坦克 [Newly rated, so the score is low] [System-driven] [Fighting the Japanese invaders head-on] [Independent development] [Hardcore] [No female lead] After an accident, Chen Shi becomes bound to a future war base and transmigrates to a parallel world much like Blue Star. Here, Zijin Mountain is ablaze, and Nanjing’s defenses have fallen. Determined to rescue as many of his compatriots as possible from this hell on earth, Chen Shi resolutely takes the Tiger tank the base gave him for free and heads t 399Reads7.2Score—14d adds
