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- 1 Drawing Sword: I Go Undercover, Then Ride Across the Land of Cherry Blossoms 亮剑从卧底开始马踏樱花 [A fresh take on Drawing Sword + Undercover Intrigue + Espionage and Turmoil + The Iron Tide!] A thunderous boom rings through the sky, and Captain Jia makes his dazzling debut. After transmigrating into the world of Drawing Sword, he awakens an Undercover System and starts out as a low-level spy, becoming a blade planted behind enemy lines. Watch Captain Jia toy with the Japanese invaders and trample the cherry blossoms! 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 War of Resistance: Shadows of Spies, Crack of Guns 抗战:谍影枪声 Listen for thunder in the silence! Watch how I plan and command from the shadows, outmaneuvering my foes from a thousand miles away amid a fog thick with spies! 332Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 Sorrow Beneath the Clouds and Rain 云雨之殇 Faced with the atrocities committed by the Japanese, they will keep fighting, even if they have to stand alone. On his superior's orders, Shen Ran arrives in Jiangcheng by himself, carrying ten silver dollars, a Mauser pistol, and twenty bullets. Thus begins his “glorious” work behind enemy lines... 265Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 4 Espionage: This Undercover Agent Is Too Dependable 谍战:这个卧底太稳健了 He is Juntong's ace intelligence operative, a ghost to the Japanese: they know only his code name, never his true identity. When later generations ask him the secret to his success, he has only two words: play it safe. 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Reborn with a System to Fight the Japanese 重生之我带着系统抗日 After transmigrating to this world, Xiao Luo relied on the System to strengthen his weapons and improve his own abilities through its rewards. At last, he was able to fulfill his dream of going to the battlefield. 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 War of Resistance: The Peerless Warlord Who Rose from the Battle of Shanghai 抗战:从淞沪战场崛起的绝世兵王 Our great China will never let Japanese invaders trample its soil. Our iron-blooded sons will wage war across the land! Anyone who dares attack China, I’ll dig up your ancestors’ graves! I’ve transmigrated back to the War of Resistance. I will defend my homeland and protect my country! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Greatest Spy War: Lurking in the Shadows 最强谍战之仆伏 Set during the Republic of China period, this book tells the legendary story of Zeng Dazhi, one of our agents operating undercover in the East China Sea. Misunderstood, disavowed, and targeted by his own side, he remains true to his original convictions, risking his life to gather intelligence, blow up an enemy ammunition depot, help establish a radio station, transport medicine, and evacuate cultural figures. In the end, he returns to the liberated area, raises his right hand, and swears his al 42Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Bloody War of Resistance: Starting with the Battle of Shanghai 铁血抗战:从淞沪会战开始 On July 7, 1937, China began its full-scale War of Resistance. The Battle of Shanghai pitted a million Chinese and Japanese troops against each other in a fierce struggle for the city. The Chinese army fought a stronger enemy. Air force pilots shed their blood across the skies, while the navy fought to the last, meeting destruction on the waves. Local forces raced thousands of miles to Shanghai, joining the Central Training Corps and German-equipped divisions in a bloody battle. They held their 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 I Woke Up as Wen San. Panicking? What Should I Do? 一觉醒来成了文三,很慌?怎么办 A wage slave who works 996 suddenly wakes up one day to discover he has transmigrated into War of Resistance in Peking and become the protagonist, Wen San, also known as Master Wen. What should he do? He’s just an ordinary office worker, and after transmigrating he has neither a System nor a golden finger. How can he survive in this era torn apart by war? ... 207Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 10 War of Resistance: Raising Hell in Kyoto 抗战:从大闹京都开始 Japanese generals: “From now on, whenever you run into Gongsun Hao, keep your distance. He’s shameless.” Japanese military intelligence: “Why can’t we ever kill him? What is he made of?” The upper ranks of the Shancheng Army: “That slippery rascal’s causing trouble again. Who did he kill this time? What a menace.” The upper ranks of the Juntong: “Hurry and bring Gongsun Hao here. He’ll know what to do.” The world powers: “Gongsun Hao is nothing but a profiteer. He’s not someone you want to mess 17Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 11 Republic-Era Young Marshal: You're All Trash 民国少帅,在座的都是垃圾 [Republican Era]+ [Young Marshal]+ [Passionate]+ [Quest for Hegemony] During the Republican Era, the island nation launched a full-scale invasion. In more than a dozen major battles, the Huaxia Empire lost over two million soldiers. Marshal Xue Taishan was appointed in the empire's hour of need and led his army to wipe out 200,000 enemy troops. Yet he was executed by slicing, his mother hanged herself in despair, and her corpse was desecrated. Han Qianyu, betrothed to him since childhood, also b —Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 12 War of Resistance: The Iron-Blooded Agent 抗战之铁血特工 After surviving the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union, a courier for the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army is ordered to organize a small unit and return to northeast China to conduct reconnaissance. When contact with the Far East Military District is lost, he leads his newly formed unit in independent attacks against the Japanese invaders. Armed with PPSh submachine guns, G43 semi-automatic sniper rifles, and Bren light machine guns brought back from the Soviet-German battlefield, they 141Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 13 Espionage: I Have a Female Agent Squad 谍战:我有一支女子特工队 [Spy thriller + Building a power base + Minor System + Multiple heroines + Going it alone + Infiltrating enemy ranks] Top assassin Gu Changan’s soul travels to the Anti-Japanese War era, where he binds himself to a Retainer System and becomes a low-ranking patrolman in the French Concession. But by using his retainers and his own abilities, he rises step by step and dominates both the underworld and the legitimate world of Shanghai. He changes his appearance and infiltrates enemy ranks. With his 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Against the Tide of War: A Resistance Legend 烽火逆途:抗战传奇 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn: The Spy Among Spies of the Republic Era, Part Two 重生之民国谍中谍续 A spy, as the name suggests, secretly gathers military, political, and economic intelligence, then delivers it to superiors or relevant organizations. A recluse: The lesser recluse hides in the wilderness, the middling recluse in the city, and the greatest recluse at court. The lesser recluse dwells in the mountains and forests; the greatest among the bustle of the court. Only the most exceptional can conceal themselves within the imperial court. Though surrounded by the clamor of current affair 24Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 16 The Fox Spirit's War Behind Enemy Lines 鬼狐之敌后风云 Mei Wu transmigrates to the War of Resistance era. With the help of the System, he becomes a top-class agent. To recruit him as an asset, a female spy sleeps with Mei Wu. Their relationship seems romantic on the surface, but beneath it lies deadly danger. Mei Wu plays along for the time being, then strikes with a knife. Hunted by the Japanese and branded a traitor by the underground party, Mei Wu is reduced to wandering the streets. He decides he no longer cares what anyone thinks. Even if it me 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 The Pretender: A Max-Level Translator Reborn as a Shanghai Showgirl 伪装者之满级翻译穿成上海滩舞女 Lin Wan, an elite translator fluent in six languages, transmigrates in a dream and becomes Bailan, a dancer in 1939 Shanghai. In this deadly den of danger, she knows that great talent can be a curse, so she hides her astonishing abilities completely, showing herself only as a down-and-out young woman who speaks fluent English. Her low-key efforts to survive become the perfect disguise. The meticulous Wang puppet official Ming Lou notices her at once and personally sends her into the heart of the 60Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Espionage: Me and My Traitorous Family 谍战:我和我的汉奸之家 Chen Hui transmigrates into a mash-up world as a spoiled rich kid, the second generation of a powerful family. He thinks he’s come to live the good life, but it turns out his family has a complicated background: his father is the head of a local peace preservation association, his mother runs a brothel, his eldest brother is a senior interpreter for the Japanese, and his second brother is a puppet army battalion commander... At first, he plans to run away to save his own skin. But as time passes 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 Looting Corpses on the Battlefield, I Stole All the Enemy’s Technology 战场摸尸,我把敌军科技偷光了 [War in the snowfields, loot from kills, tactical hunting, building a strong military industry] A headshot from 800 meters! Just after sniping an enemy artillery spotter, the [Blue: Artillery Coordinate Calculation] trait appeared in his mind! History major and academic underachiever Tan Qiming transmigrates to the brutal snowfield battlefield. From the start, he watches his company commander die a heroic death saving him, then unexpectedly awakens the [Trait Extraction System]. He discovers th 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 Blood Sacrifice at the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, 1938 1938血祭黄帝陵 Behind the known history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression lie the blood and youth of countless Chinese sons and daughters. The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, burial place of the ancestor who founded Chinese civilization, bestows blessings upon our land and rivers, protects our homeland, and safeguards China through the ages. At the start of the war, the land around the Yellow Emperor’s Mausoleum became China’s most dangerous arena for espionage. Agents from the Chinese Comm 91Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 A Landlord in the Bright Sword World 亮剑世界当地主 “They’ve all left. Why aren’t you going with them?” “I’m staying with Boss.” “This is a grand game of chess. We don’t even count as pieces. Taking a few pieces won’t really affect the situation.” “Boss, take as many as you want.” “Other people plan three moves ahead with every move, but your Boss can’t even see one move ahead. He’s a terrible chess player.” “Boss is amazing.” “So I thought, since we’re no good at chess, why play at all? We might as well smash the whole board!” “Boss, let me do i 1.4kReads6.5Score100Shelves
- 22 The War of Resistance: I Transmigrated into My Own Grandpa 抗日之我穿越成我大爷 I never met my great-grandfather. The only stories I know about him are the ones I heard from the village elders when I was little. All I know is that he apparently left to join the army and never came back. In those years of war, smoke rose everywhere and corpses littered the ground. Maybe he changed his name, maybe he was buried far from home. Maybe, just maybe. In an age when human life was worth less than grass, some chose to resist, some to cling to life, some became heroes, and some became —Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 23 Time-Traveling Agent: The Turmoil of Republican-Era China 时空特工:民国风云 I was tricked into becoming an employee of a space development company. Now I have to use time-space transfer technology to complete assignments across various timelines in the Republican era. The work is pretty easy, but in his spare time, Zhang Hao wants to stir things up. Green Gang thugs? Warlords carving up the country? With my hands in my pockets, what can you do to me? Imperialist powers? Japanese invaders? I'll turn everything upside down, all on my own! A passionate tale set in the Repu —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 War of Resistance: I'm an Assassin, Why Do You Want Me to Be Kind? 抗战:我一个杀手,你让我善良? Top assassin Cao Xuan. He transmigrated into a world where the war dramas Er Pao Shou, Xue Bao, Liang Jian, and others had merged. Faced with a brazen Japanese sniper, Cao Xuan sneered and pulled out a new-model sniper grenade launcher. “Come on, let’s see you take on me in a sniper duel!” 4Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 25 Through Blood and Rain at Yuhuatai: A Wild Infantry Company in the War Against Japan 浴血雨花台:抗日之狂野步兵连 With artillery fire raging all around, a battered unit launches a desperate counterattack! They shed their blood for their country and never waver in their loyalty. Using their intelligence, talent, and fighting spirit, modern special forces officers write a new story of resistance in a large-scale military simulation game! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The World of Spies 间谍的世界 After the protagonist transmigrates, a mysterious department invites them to take part in the beta test of a spy-world game. Once inside, they discover that the game’s storylines are based on TV shows and movies they’ve seen before. It all starts with Sparrow. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 Agent: I'm Really Not an Accountant 特工:我真不是会计 What I studied wasn’t accounting, but mathematics: a means for humanity to rigorously describe and derive the abstract structures and patterns of things. Meng Jingsi 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 King of Espionage: I Have a System That Automatically Completes Missions 谍战之王:我有任务自动完成系统 “I’m sorry, I really can’t take it anymore!” Xia Yiyang transmigrated to the Republican era with the ambition of becoming the king of espionage. But a day later, he broke down. His comrade was blown to pieces right beside him, leaving only a length of intestine draped over his shoulder. Bullets whizzed past his ears, leaving him deaf in both ears. Only then did he realize that he was nothing but a big talker. Before transmigrating, he was one, and after transmigrating, he still was. He was absol 71Reads5.9Score—Shelves
- 29 War of Resistance: Bloodbath in Yunnan and Burma 抗战之浴血滇缅 At the end of 1941, as the Japanese army swept across East Asia and the western Pacific, Cai Xiuyong, far away in Burma, began making his own preparations. Having lived two lives, he did everything in his power to protect this vital artery for China, waiting for the expeditionary force to enter Burma... 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 Espionage: Finding Life in Desperate Straits 谍战之绝处逢生 Against the enemy, he is a sharp sword. To destroy them, he must endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens. He longs to live beneath the "sunlight," but his duty confines him to the "shadows." This story is dedicated to the unsung heroes who gave everything for their country! 82Reads7.4Score114Shelves
- 31 Starting with Kite: A Legend in the World of Espionage 从风筝开始:我在谍战世界的传说 Walk through the world of espionage, following in the footsteps of those who came before to experience that weighty chapter of history firsthand. I came. I witnessed. I am Yuan Chang'an... P.S. Kite and The Wind have wrapped up. I'm now dancing on the edge of a cliff. 5Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 32 A Barber's Diary in Times of Chaos 乱世的理发师日记 The story begins in a seaside city known as the Paris of the East. Gunshots and screams rang out from the Red Rose Hair Salon, which was supposed to serve the public. Moments later, people saw the owner and apprentices fleeing in panic, covered in blood...! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Espionage: The Fog 谍战之雾蒙蒙 The sudden withdrawal of Shen Junfei, a senior Communist agent deeply embedded in the enemy's ranks, leaves behind an immature “young swallow.” And so it is cast into the vast, perilous world of espionage... 402Reads8.7Score101Shelves
- 34 Espionage: Lost in the Dust 谍战:隐入尘埃 [Republican Era, Realism, Spy Thriller] That winter, the volunteer army’s spy network in Mudanjiang is hit by a major purge carried out by the Japanese. The organization is almost completely destroyed, and agent Chen Hui, codenamed “Dust,” who is embedded in the Mudanjiang Police Bureau, faces a momentous decision: stay or leave. 702Reads7.4Score100Shelves
- 35 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. 301Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 36 The Iron-Blooded Sniper of the War of Resistance 抗战之铁血狙击手 The protagonist is a legendary sniper from the 21st century. He travels to the Battle of Nanjing, where every shot lands... 525Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 Lone Boat in a Sea of Espionage 谍海孤舟 Xiang Yi is reborn in 1939 in the body of a Juntong agent who shares his name. But as soon as Xiang Yi is reborn, he discovers that his predecessor had already defected to the Japanese and their puppet regime, and had also given up a list of Juntong personnel in Beiping, dealing the organization a devastating blow there. It seems there’s no going back to Juntong. Unwilling to become a traitor, Xiang Yi decides to join the Communist Party. But when he searches his predecessor’s memories, he disco 26Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 38 The Invincible Soldier in the War of Resistance 抗战之无敌战兵 Sun Weihua, a special forces commander, transmigrates into the anti-Japanese battlefield as a guerrilla fighter and happens upon a Headshot System. “Congratulations, Host, on successfully activating the Headshot System. Your reward is a G43 sniper rifle.” “Congratulations, Host, on killing a sergeant with a headshot. Your reward is a Mauser pistol.” Watch Sun Weihua kill Japanese invaders, wipe out traitors, bring glory to his country, and strike fear into the enemy on the battlefield. 880Reads7.0Score103Shelves
- 39 Blood and Iron: My War of Resistance in 1937 铁血山河:1937我的抗战 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 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—Shelves
- 41 Is This My System? 这是我的系统? Faced with a wounded nation weeping blood, Jin Nan was enraged. He moved among the many factions, including the Special Higher Police, No. 76, the Military Statistics Bureau, the Wang Jingwei puppet government, the Chongqing government, gangs, and warlords. He gathered a wealth of intelligence, eliminated countless brutal Japanese agents and traitorous bullies, and did everything he could to help his beleaguered nation. Years later, he had become the strongest agent, yet no one had ever seen his 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 I Joined Bright Sword Many Years Early 早入亮剑许多年 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! A warehouse manager transmigrates as the young master of the Ye family, with an unlimited warehouse full of supplies at his disposal. He plans to train troops, defeat the Japanese, and find an organization. Only then does he discover that the outfit he's actually running is a local defense corps. Li Yunlong grits his teeth and says, 11Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 43 Espionage: I Always Have Another Identity in Reserve! 谍战:我永远都有下一层身份! Lin Ye transmigrated to the Republican era and awakened a golden finger that lets him assume an unlimited number of identities. Wang Jingwei's puppet regime: Teacher, you are the person I respect most! Japan: Your Highness, the Emperor is counting on you to save the day! The United States: Lin, you are America's pride. Please lead America to greatness once again! None of them knew that Lin Ye's heart was red. In truth, he was just a humble transmigrator in a treacherous world of espionage, doing 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Undercover in Military Intelligence, Yet You Become the Demon Den's God of Wealth 卧底军统,你竟成魔窟财神爷 Lin De transmigrates into a world combining spy dramas such as The Rebel, Kite, and The Disguiser, becoming the “God of Wealth of the Devil's Den,” a man with four separate identities. From then on, as an undercover agent with the codenames “Dark Sparrow” and “Lone Wolf,” Lin De commands the tides of power in Shendu. Zheng Yaoxian: “For all my careful calculations, I never imagined that Mr. Lin De would have four identities at once.” Ming Lou: “His alertness and adaptability fooled even me. The 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 Joining the Nationalist Army! I Made a Fortune 加入国军序列!我赚的盆满钵满 [War of Resistance + power fantasy + warlords + expansion + independence overseas] Gu Qing transmigrates to a parallel world and becomes an artilleryman in the Nationalist Army. “When the cannons roar, gold pours in!” After being forcibly bound to the “Fortune Overflowing” System, he takes his cannons with him on campaigns across the country. First, one shell blows up a Japanese prince, then another sends a Japanese brigade commander flying. Gu Qing’s artillery strikes terror into the Japanese. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Book 19 by Wo Bu Chi Niu Wa 我不吃牛蛙第19本书 My new work is here! 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—Shelves
- 47 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 5Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 48 Me! The Number One Foolish Traitor, Actually the Ultimate Undercover Agent 我!头号蠢汉奸,实则潜伏天花板 [Resistance-war espionage + play the pig to eat the tiger + misunderstandings + double-agent infiltration + deep-cover spy + no abuse of the protagonist + long-form] The whole city curses Cao Liwen as a greedy, stupid traitor, yet the Japanese and the KMT’s secret service compete to promote and recruit him! Everyone laughs at him for being a brainless time-server. Little do they know that he has spent decades playing the fool while undercover, operating from Jiangcheng to the isolated island. He 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Spy Games: A Fight to the Death 谍战,生死较量 I transmigrated to Jiangcheng in 1936, on the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance, and became an action team member of the Lixingshe. At this critical moment, when the nation’s very survival was at stake, I couldn’t change the course of history. But I would still do everything in my power, using my talents to shed my blood for our country’s victory in the war against Japan. 98Reads6.4Score—Shelves
- 50 War of Resistance: Building a Nation from Black Cloud Stronghold 抗战:从黑云寨开始建国 Xie Hao, a mercenary on an overseas mission, is unexpectedly reborn in the War of Resistance Against Japan. Using Black Cloud Stronghold as his base, he establishes a stronghold, recruits soldiers, and builds his forces independently. What happens when bandits get heavy weapons, build an arms factory, and develop a solid industrial base? This time, when it comes to fighting the Japanese, I, Xie Hao, am definitely getting in on the action. Li Yunlong: “Damn it, who took out that old bastard Sak 657Reads6.6Score102Shelves

















































