Novels like The Saber Is Drawn
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- 1 My Years as a Soldier 我当兵的那些年 [Military life] [Day-to-day life in the armed forces] [Emotional resonance] [System appears later] I am Zhang Xiaolei, a brand-new recruit. Seriously, why are there so many rules in the military? Oh well. I'm here now, so I might as well make the best of it. 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 After Retirement, My Days in Dongguan! 退役后，我在东莞的往事！ After leaving the military, I worked as a security guard in Dongguan for several years, then spent a few years at a bathhouse. When the bathhouse business went downhill, I drove for a ride-hailing service for several years, and later worked as a resident instructor at a high school. From being an exemplary veteran, I couldn't resist temptation, gradually lost my way, and turned to crime. In the end, with help from my former commanding officer, I regained my confidence and fighting spirit and too 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Spicy Transmigration into a Book: My Military Camp Trials with Tang Xiaomi 穿书麻辣：我与汤小米的军营淬炼 Tang Jiulu: “There is still glory waiting on the other side. At the end of the dream, you are there, and I am no longer a lone goose.” Advisor Gu: “Yes, with you, I have a place to rest beneath the boundless glory you bring me.” Gu Yiye: Go boldly forward. The future of the country belongs to you. Mi Lan: Tang Xiaomi, don’t let me down. You make me proud. Lefty: Tang Jiulu, where is Tang Xiaomi? Tang Muyang: I can trust you to take care of Xiaomi. Lin Muzi: Xiaomi, Jiulu, this gadget of mine doe 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Didn't I Just Leave the Army? Why Am I Back in the Unit? 我不是刚退伍吗？怎么又回连队了 Lu Zheng is an honorable soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. Just as he is preparing to embark on the next stage of his military career as a senior noncommissioned officer, disaster strikes at home: his father is critically ill. Under immense pressure from his family, Lu Zheng has no choice but to leave the army and use his severance pay to cover his father’s treatment. It is still nowhere near enough, however, so he has to find a way to earn more. As it happens, a call from his former comm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Operation Stepping Stone 2026 垫脚石行动2026 In 2026, the situation in the eastern Mediterranean teeters on the brink of chaos. A small fortress nation that still flies the red cedar flag is caught between a powerful southern neighbor, a terrorist-controlled zone to the east, foreign peacekeeping forces, and pressure from the great powers. A military plan called Operation Stepping Stone is taking shape. The southern neighbor is preparing to advance into the border buffer zone, while another great power’s special operations forces launch co 581Reads—Score130Shelves
- 6 Days at the Fire Station 在消防队的日子里 [Military] [Passionate] [Ensemble Cast] [Slow Burn] This is a firefighting epic spanning three years, chronicling the growth and transformation of a group of young firefighters: from the friction and adjustment of recruit training to risking their lives together in the special operations squad; from their confusion and obsession over a father’s sacrifice to a profound understanding of the mission of firefighting; from estrangement and reconciliation within their families to unbreakable bonds bet 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 The Sharp Blade Company Commander and His Soldiers 尖刀连长尖刀兵 My new work is out! It’s a writing exercise from ten years ago. You’re welcome to read my work on Tomato Novel. If you enjoy it, please follow me. Your support is what keeps me writing. 13Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 Gu Yiye, Your Son Has Met Tang Xiaomi 顾一野你儿子与汤小米见面了 Gu Yiye, your son has met Tang Xiaomi. 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 Special Forces: Picking Up Attributes, I Change Shi Jin's Fate 特种兵：捡属性的我改变史今命运 [Special Forces]+ [Soldiers Sortie]+ [Wolf Warrior]+ [No Babysitting Xu Sanduo, Everything Goes My Way] In his previous life, Yang Qi grew up under the red flag. He died while trying to help someone in danger, then arrived in the world of Soldiers Sortie! But Yang Qi soon discovers that this world isn't just Soldiers Sortie. It's also a mash-up of films and TV dramas like Wolf Warrior, I Am a Special Forces Soldier, and Operation Red Sea. After an unexpected meeting with An Ran, their feelings g 862Reads5.5Score106Shelves
- 10 From Tsinghua to the Army: Squad Leader, I’m the One Calling the Shots! 清华入伍，班长我是话事人！ One year as a recruit, two years as a deputy company commander, three years as a deputy battalion commander! A top student from Tsinghua University, just eighteen years old, enlists in the army. With his high IQ and outstanding abilities, while his fellow recruits are still sneaking off to the stinking toilet to smoke cigarette butts, Su Ran strolls over with a cigarette between his lips and his chin held high: “Light this for me!” Years later, facing an army of thousands, Su Ran cries out: “How 84Reads6.5Score—Shelves
- 11 The Foolish Thief of the Sixties: From Death Row to a Billionaire Fortune 六零憨贼：从死刑到亿万身家 In the famine-stricken 1960s, Zhou Dabao, an orphaned son of a fallen hero, steals rice and meat to survive, honing the skills to scale walls and leap across rooftops. After enlisting, he earns repeated distinction on the battlefield, but is framed by a military brat and sentenced to death. He escapes prison and flees to Hong Kong, rising from a street thug to a gang boss. Sensing an impending crackdown on organized crime, he escapes to Southeast Asia and becomes a business tycoon. See how this 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 The Night I Died on Duty, My White Moonlight Jumped from the 33rd Floor 殉职夜，白月光从33楼跳下 [Reborn in the military + high-stakes twists + nostalgic period setting + aircraft carrier and multiple heroines] Li Xiang, a naval aviation maintenance engineer, dies heroically while trying to save a domestically developed stealth aircraft. Fang Yan, a brilliant scientist who returned from overseas and Li Xiang’s beloved, is overcome with grief. She jumps to her death, following him… Time rewinds forty years. Li Xiang enlists, enters the Naval Aviation Academy, and becomes a cadet. Fang Yan 3Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 13 I Asked You to Write a Script, So Why Is Everyone Enlisting? 让你写剧本，怎么都来当兵了 [Alternate World + Transcribing Stories] Illness slowly drained away the last of his vitality. The machines in the hospital room fell quiet, and the medical staff by his side tried everything they could. Society offered its support. In the end, Lu Ping'an's life came to a close. When he opened his eyes again, he had left the cold hospital bed behind and arrived in a parallel world, similar to his own yet different. Here, the entertainment industry had been completely swept up by imported Korean 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Camouflage Years 迷彩年代 Through vivid prose, this book brings to life the camaraderie among servicemen, who care for one another like brothers, the vibrant energy of military life, the romance unique to soldiers, and their steadfast determination to fight society’s evildoers to the very end. It paints a stirring portrait of a tough, justice-minded soldier brimming with courage and striving ever upward, taking the story to one thrilling climax after another. 244Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Reborn in the Passionate Years: Defending Our Homeland's Airspace 重生激情岁月：捍卫祖国领空 Reborn in that passionate, fiery era, he fights to defend his motherland’s skies. 123Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 16 I Just Got Back from the Border, and You Already Took Down Wolf Fang? 刚从边境下来，你就干翻狼牙了？ Lin Feng transmigrates into the world of special forces and becomes a border guard, spending years fighting terrorists, drug traffickers, and others trying to cross the border. Then, by a twist of fate, his entire border patrol squad is wiped out. When the Wolf Fang team stationed nearby arrives, they find that Lin Feng has single-handedly taken out more than twenty armed men carrying heavy weapons, and all he has suffered is serious injuries. This catches Fan Tianlei's attention, and Lin Feng i 538Reads5.2Score—Shelves
- 17 Dragonflame Special Forces: Above All Nations 龙焱特种部队：万国之上 Every appearance is merely an empty shell. Every rule in motion hides unseen undercurrents; every calm facade conceals a web of tangled, secret checks and balances. Layers of overlapping circles nest within one another, hidden threads silently intertwine, and invisible channels stretch across territories and seep into every fiber, quietly plotting in places no one can see. Interests shift without a sound, desires pull in secret, and every outcome has long been quietly marked out in the shadow 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 Military Life: Beginning at the Strait 军旅，从海峡开始 Ye Xiu is struck by a “stroke of fortune” and sent to a parallel dimension. He discovers that although the country has a different name, the ancient and modern histories of his “Eastern University” are just like a two-sided pane of glass, mirroring the world he came from. Watch as the military doctrines of another world take root and flourish in the 702nd Regiment. 2.5kReads7.0Score382Shelves
- 19 Special Ops: Save the Last Bullet for Me 特战：最后一颗子弹留给我 Ye Xingchen is a complete weakling, written off as useless from the start. Then he awakens the God of War System, a new-recruit combat System with a smart assistant named Xiao Ai and a gentle female voice. It's an auxiliary golden finger, not an invincibility cheat, and it comes at a cost. Every temporary boost brings side effects: swollen knees, shaking hands, and trembling muscles. Its usefulness gradually fades in the middle and later stages, until it becomes completely useless in real combat 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 My Rebirth Begins as a Private 我的重生从列兵开始 [A solemn disclaimer before military academy] The first half of this book is all men, iron-blooded and scorching hot. Even the sows in the mess hall are male! Will there be sweet romance after military academy? Who knows, commanders (readers)? It all depends on fate. [Highlights] · Reborn + war god + System: high-octane action and thrills from start to finish! · No harem, no female lead, no characters losing brain cells. A realistic, passionate military life! · Will a romance begin after militar 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 Comrade, Please Wait! 同志请留步！ Lin Hao, a senior private who accidentally fell to his death while fleeing the military police in his previous life, returns to the day he was assigned to his company. Given another chance, he does something astonishing: he voluntarily joins the very military police unit that once terrified him. From then on, the barracks gain a hard-nosed cop, over 185 centimeters tall, who knows how to deal with anyone who refuses to follow orders. From earning glory for capturing the Blue Army’s deputy regim 253Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 I'm About to Leave the Army, and You Send Me Back to the Recruit Company? 马上退伍，你给我干回新兵连？ I'm about to finish my military service and go home, so how did I end up a new recruit again? And with a Prank System, too? Then I guess I'd better give my comrades a little “help”! I'll help the squad leader serve the food. Whether he actually gets to eat? Well, I'm only in charge of serving it. The squad leader calls an emergency assembly for one company, so I assemble a whole regiment for him. You ask why I'm so outstanding? Because I want to become an officer! Everyone: That's right, w 8Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 23 The Assault: Redemption 士兵突击之救赎 He ranked first by a landslide in the new recruit assessment, yet was sent to “the paradise of lousy soldiers,” Grassland Platoon Five? Defiant troublemaker Li Yi, with rebellion in his bones, takes on the old hands at a desolate training ground and turns a slack company into an iron fist. The call of Steel Seventh Company is just around the corner, while He Chenguang’s vicious schemes, Wu Liuyi’s climactic showdown, and Shi Jin’s life-and-death resolve follow one after another. A military-wide —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Reborn as a Soldier, but I Never Planned to Serve for Life! 重生当兵，我没想干一辈子啊！ [Coming-of-age + everyday life + comedy + traditional military life + if you prefer mindless fun, proceed with caution] I earned merit in the military, I got into fights in the military, and I saved people in the military. My name is in all twelve volumes of the military record. (My attempt to switch genres failed, so I've sheepishly come back to writing military stories, hehe~) 5.5kReads8.2Score366Shelves
- 25 I Had No Idea Our Family Was This Powerful 才知道我们家原来这么牛逼 Liu Yi always thought he was an ordinary person. His grandfather was quiet, and his parents were mysterious. After enlisting, he fought his way into the special forces on merit, only to notice that the senior officers were looking at him more and more strangely. Then one day, his grandfather called the theater command headquarters, and Liu Yi finally learned the truth: the old man had spent all these years telling him to “make it on his own” because he was training him to take over. And his fath 14.2kReads7.6Score1.4kShelves
- 26 Lurking in the Shadows 灰色潜伏 [Military realism, no golden finger, espionage, ensemble cast] Lin Zheng is twenty-seven, born in a coastal city in China and raised on a People’s Armed Police compound. His father was an officer in a PAP mobile division. Growing up surrounded by the military gave him an almost instinctive understanding of what it means to be a soldier. At university, he studied industrial design, also known as product design, in the arts department. He is exceptionally fit and later enlisted. During his servic 4.2kReads8.4Score585Shelves
- 27 The Unsigned Front Line 未署名的战线 [No System + no rebirth + modern espionage + overseas operations + military + special forces] Secret clashes between nations. Black ops that don't exist in any files. Starting with his first kill, a CIA agent in the Middle East, reconnaissance soldier Wen Hao steps into the gray world of intelligence. No unit designation, no medals, no way back. The truth he wants to uncover, and the people who never came back, are his only compass on this one-way road. Through a series of dangerous, deadly o 83Reads—Score132Shelves
- 28 The Journey Begins with The Ark of the Warriors 从士兵突击开始的征程 Transmigration + Super Brain System + "Soldiers Sortie" + "DA Division" + Special Forces Li Fei was once a fighter pilot. After dying in a joint military exercise, he transmigrated into a parallel world of "Soldiers Sortie". With the Super Brain System, he joined Steel Seventh Company and entered a military academy. After graduating, he joined an armored reconnaissance battalion and embarked on his military career. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Special Glory: My Years as a Rogue Soldier 特种荣耀：我当兵痞那些年 [This book has been published] Three muffled gunshots rang out from the bank lobby. Behind the railing, three bank employees collapsed in pools of blood. A few minutes later, the piercing wail of sirens, as the sun sank lower, shattered the quiet of Longyang City. 120Reads—Score—Shelves
- 30 I Am Cannon King: The Hot-Blooded Sharp Shooter 我叫炮王之热血尖兵 Dear readers, there’s no System, no harem, and only one heroine. The protagonist isn’t an idiot, and there’ll still be plenty of satisfying moments. If that’s not your thing, please don’t read. Thanks. They say you’ll regret serving in the military for two years, but regret not serving for the rest of your life! At a turning point in his life, a passionate young man with a dream chose to join the military. He did it for no other reason than his pure love for China. As an only child, Li Cheng put 238Reads—Score—Shelves
- 31 Apostle on the Run 使徒狂飙 A tale of urban gangland intrigue. The protagonist joins the Dark Arrow organization, leaving behind a distinguished career as a reserve military officer to go underground and eliminate the country’s criminal forces. Then he is ordered to infiltrate the island nation of R-ben and begins a bloody rampage. You’ll have to read the rest yourselves. And after you do, don’t forget to leave a rating. 9Reads—Score—Shelves
- 32 Glory in the Blood: Youth Without Regrets 热血荣光之青春无悔 Thank you for your support! Qin Yu is a country boy from rural Jiangbei. With lofty ambitions and a strong work ethic, he studies hard and earns a place at a military academy. Pure friendship, tentative first love, and the vitality of youth: relive an unforgettable journey through the best years of life. Starting from humble beginnings, he presses forward with passion, forges a fearless military spirit, and writes a glorious military legend. 14Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 After Enlisting Three Times, I Just Want to Leave the Army and Get a Government Job 三次入伍，我只想退伍进体制 “Sir! I was just bragging!” A soldier who only wants to leave the army is forced into becoming the toughest fighter in the entire brigade. Li Hu, twenty-five years old, senior private, enlisting for the third time. Other people join the army for a future. He joined to get discharged: serve out eight years in peace, get his resettlement papers, go home, and land a secure government job. The Special Operations Forces come looking for recruits? Not interested. The special operations chief of staff 103.6kReads9.3Score10.9kShelves
- 34 You're a Disabled Veteran, So How Did You Become a Devil Instructor? 你一伤残老兵，咋成魔鬼教官了 [Special Forces + Fire Phoenix + Transmigration + System + Spin-off] Xiao Bing transmigrates to a parallel world and resolutely gives up his pen to join the military and serve his country! Through sheer perseverance, he becomes a proud member of the special forces. But along with all the honors come countless wounds, and his body is on the verge of collapse. His former superior pleads with him, and his comrades can’t bear to see him go. Yet a soldier’s pride and dignity lead Xiao Bing to choose 4.4kReads6.6Score546Shelves
- 35 Special Forces Reborn: From Rich Kid to King of Soldiers 特种兵重生：从富家少到兵王 My new work is here! You're welcome to 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! 4.3kReads7.0Score337Shelves
- 36 You Joined the Army for Two Years, So How Did You Become a General! 让你当兵两年，你咋成将军了！ Original female lead + light System + power fantasy + action-packed + patriotic + special forces Zhang Beichen had a few regrets from his previous life. He never became the world's strongest soldier, but then he transmigrated into the world of special forces. His father only wanted him to serve two years as a conscript to toughen him up. But when his father saw the insignia on his son Zhang Beichen's shoulder again three years later, he was stunned! 116Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I Returned from Cultivation and Just Want to Be a Soldier. Is That So Hard? 修仙回来我只想当个兵就这么难吗 Give it a little time, it gets even better later! [Returned from cultivating immortality] + [military life] + [special agent] + [everyday life] + [single heroine] + [decisive and ruthless] Zhou Xiao returns from the Immortal Realm to Blue Star, but gets swept through a temporal rift and transmigrates back to 2007. He lands on Blue Star with his powers sealed by the Heavenly Dao. This year, Zhou Xiao is only eighteen. Hoping to make up for the regrets of his previous life, he joins the military. 48kReads8.3Score7kShelves
- 38 They Canceled Our Unit Designation? I'll Build the First Special Forces Team 取消番号？我建立第一支特种部队 At the end of the last century, a once-heroic unit was on the verge of having its designation revoked. Watch as the protagonist, Ye Yu, steps in and turns the tide. 323Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Reborn: Just Joined the Military Academy, and the System Arrives 重生：刚入军校，系统来了 Shi Yan is reborn, returning to the day before the college entrance exams. In his previous life, just to be with his terrible girlfriend, he deliberately held back on the exams and gave up his chance to apply to a military academy. After entering college, he worked part-time every day to fund her spending. He even missed his graduation exams because of overtime at a construction site, forcing him to repeat a year and delay graduation. But what did he get in return? On his girlfriend’s graduation 59.8kReads7.5Score6.1kShelves
- 40 Codename: Tiger 代号猛虎 A glimpse into real military life and the inner journey of a rescue team. It tells the story of how the spirit of a heroic unit is passed down, how a local young man transforms into a true soldier, and how a rookie grows into an all-around expert. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Battlefield Showdown: The Turning Point of World War II 战场对决：第二次世界大战的转折 Drawing on the latest research from China and abroad, as well as recently declassified materials, this book was written under the guidance of relevant departments and experts. Using the course of World War II as its thread, it covers the war's major historical periods, principal theaters and battles, and leading military and political figures, presenting a sweeping panorama of the conflict. Its contents include military history, battlefields, campaigns, commanders, and wartime affairs. Spanning 43Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 42 The Invisible Front 无形战线 A fresh graduate with a two-year college degree, unsure of what the future holds and urged on by his parents, I joined the army in a haze of uncertainty. From then on, my life took a very different path. 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 43 My Days in the Military 我在部队那些事 Life in the army has its hardships and its joys. Looking back, the hardships have gradually faded from memory, while the good times remain vivid. Now and then, I feel inspired to write them down, hoping to bring readers a laugh. If anything here is inaccurate or incomplete, I hope readers will forgive me. 173Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 I, Night Tiger's Deputy Company Commander, Was Forced to Become a Marshal 我，夜老虎副连长，被迫成为元帅 When Zhong Ji, a modern-era officer from Earth, arrives in a parallel-world China, the wheels of history begin to turn. Starting with the Night Tiger Reconnaissance Company, Zhong Ji builds his way up step by step, establishing combined-arms units, driving military transformation and reform, and forging a powerful information-age army. From the border jungles to the vast Pacific, his legend spreads far and wide. Many years later, now a marshal, he declares: “Our journey is to the stars and the 2.2kReads7.0Score102Shelves
- 45 Special Operations: Project Cold Edge 特战：寒芒计划 To meet the increasingly serious international situation, the Huaxia military established the “Cold Edge Project” on a highly secretive island, bringing in outstanding combat personnel from special operations units and military academies for specialized training. Xie Xun was the strongest soldier among them! In all kinds of harsh environments, the Cold Edge Squad faced tests involving ice and snow, deserts, swamps, and island landings. They went on to complete one arduous mission after another, 369Reads7.4Score103Shelves
- 46 From Frail Recruit to Borderland Blade 从病弱新兵到边境利刃 Lu Feng was sickly and frail from childhood, gasping after just a few steps. Everyone in the village said he wouldn’t live to grow up. The year he failed the college entrance exam, he refused to accept his fate. Armed with the breathing exercises and standing meditation taught to him by an old Taoist, and a stubborn refusal to bow his head, he boarded the train to enlist. From the weakest, least promising country boy in recruit training to enduring fitness drills, inspections, formations, and on 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Ballistic Genes 弹道基因 [No System + A competent protagonist + Based on the author’s real experiences + A story focused on the Rocket Force] Born into a military family, he grows up a rebellious teenager: Skipping class to hang out at internet cafes, becoming a gaming legend, and being branded a problem student by the whole school. Then his taciturn father suddenly retires from the military and comes home. His strict discipline brings father and son to the brink of a clash. No one knows that deep down, this “good-for-n 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 48 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—Shelves
- 49 Class Monitor, I Really Just Want to Raise Pigs 班长，我真的就想去养猪 This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. “Squad leader, he’s just a private. What could he possibly know?” The veteran squad leader from the sixth batch chuckled. “I was a private once, too. What do you think he knows?” (My first novel, so I’m doing my best…) 7.8kReads8.4Score443Shelves
- 50 Hidden Dragon in Raging Seas 怒海潜龙 Your battlefield is the vast land. Mine is the boundless sea. Your enemies are infantry, armored vehicles, and tanks. Mine are sea beasts, submarines, and warships! Tang Wei, a young man born into a family of pearl divers with exceptional underwater combat skills, joins Sea God, an elite underwater mercenary group. From the depths of the ocean to the icy waters of Antarctica, from volcanic lakes to rainforest swamps, he makes covert underwater assaults, salvages nuclear bombs, and tracks sea mon 335Reads7.0Score—Shelves
