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- 101 War Against Japan: I’m Slaughtering My Way Through the Front Lines 抗日：我在前线杀疯了 Becoming a general is hard. But staying one is even harder! After enduring countless hardships, how does Zhang Qingshan rise from an ordinary man to a general amid the flames and smoke of war? 1.2kReads—Score10114d adds
- 102 I Am the Star General: Starting from the Chishui River 我将星：从赤水河开始 The story of how I, a distinguished military researcher, transmigrated to 1934 and had to work my way up from the bottom. At first, I only wanted to survive. Later, I wanted a few more of my comrades by my side to survive, too. Before I knew it, from the vanguard of the Long March to a renowned general in the War of Resistance Against Japan, from the banners of liberation to the flames of war on the Korean Peninsula, my presence ran through every major chapter in our army’s history. I lost a gre 79Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 103 Republican-Era Cavalry 民国游骑 Eat when there's food, drink when there's drink. A young man who transmigrates has plenty of fun. Fire some guns, shoot some rounds, and send those ugly little devils back home. Ride a horse, drive a car, and make sure everyone praises me! Wow, Zhang Aiguo, you're full of rhymes. Are you trying to get into graduate school? No, I just want to be a good person and give the devils a proper burial... 2kReads8.5Score11714d adds
- 104 Code Name: The Super County Brigade 番号：超级县大队 [The Immortal Number + characters from the War of Resistance dramas + System + reclaiming lost territory + founding a country overseas] Though this is a power fantasy, it isn't mindless. The protagonist travels alone, and battlefield conditions are described according to the terrain. Troop movements take time; they won't all magically appear at once. Nor will planes, tanks, and other equipment simply be ready to use without a second thought. Pilots, tank crews, and artillerymen all need time to 111Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 105 Half a System Takes on the World 半个系统闯人间 In troubled times, human lives are as worthless as grass; in peaceful times, people are as insignificant as ants. The protagonist, Lin Le, transmigrates to the Songhu battlefield and becomes a Nationalist soldier. He fights desperately to kill the enemy, but can't change the tide. He retreats all the way to Nanjing, then flees from place to place before being tricked into joining the Juntong secret service's Linli training class... 60Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 106 War of Resistance: Yunlong, I'm Actually Greater Than Heaven's Emperor 抗战：云龙，我还真比天王老子大 He slowly stepped out of the mirror room and into the corridor's gentle glow. The air still carried a hint of ink and film mingling from an old movie projector, as if every step struck a key on time's piano, playing a melody that had never reached its end. 1.6kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 107 Rising to Power from Kunlun Pass 从昆仑关开始崛起 This is the story of a wealthy young man’s path to saving his country. With the land shattered and the nation in peril, every Chinese person with a conscience and courage will rise up to fight back, swearing to battle the invaders to the bitter end! A War of Resistance story with no System! 732Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 108 Springtime in Taiyuan: A Pledge of Loyalty to the President 太原之春：向总统阁下献上忠诚 [Military Coup from the Start] [Career-Focused] [Crush the Japanese and Dominate] [Not a Traditional Setting, Not Following Historical Events] He transmigrates to a world much like the Republic of China and becomes an officer under the Jin Army. But unlike in his own world, no great leader ever emerged here. To keep our people from suffering, and to bring the red tide back, the Spring of Taiyuan begins. Loyalty! We will once again stand at the pinnacle of the world's nations. 479Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 The Brothers-in-Arms of the Defeated Soldiers in the Flames of the War Against Japan 抗日烽火之溃兵兄弟情 In the 16th year of the Republic, Zhang Zongchang, the military governor of Shandong, fought a fierce battle against Feng Yuxiang’s Second Army Group in Lanfeng, Henan. The protagonist, a fourteen-year-old boy, is forcibly conscripted and separated from his parents and younger sister. This is the story of how he grows from a naive boy into a staunch anti-Japanese soldier, with a band of brothers who never abandon one another. 15.5kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 110 The Red Star Shines Over Mexico 红星照耀墨西哥 Sun Yi never imagined he would transmigrate into the body of a strange old man: Leon Trotsky. Since that's how things are, he decides to set the grasslands of the Americas ablaze. He will completely abandon the policy of nonintervention and make the red star shine over Mexico! This time, he will show the world that glory belongs to Mexico. Are you ready to welcome the revenge of the founder of the Red Army? 228Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 I Built a Tourist Attraction in Republican-Era China 我在民国建景区 In the final years of the Guangxu era, outside Wuchang, Shen Yi takes over his family's estate and puts up a sign: “Eternal Scenic Realm.” Outsiders scoff. It's just a retro-style park built on land claimed by a rich young master who does whatever he wants. Only Shen Yi knows that the remains of a China lost to history for a thousand years are being summoned into this park. Qin crossbowmen practice their aim in the morning light, grumbling that the damp weather has made their bowstrings stiff —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Republican Era: Ten Silver Dollars a Day, One Man, and the Rise of Nanhua 民国：一人一天十大洋，南华崛起 [The Ultimate Path of Chinese Martial Arts] [Decisive and Ruthless] [Army-Building Tycoon] Lu Chen transmigrates to Jinmen, a city torn apart by warlords and overrun by evil spirits. He inherits a shabby martial arts school on the verge of going bankrupt, with pockets even emptier than his face. In this brutal world where books are for the poor and martial arts are for the rich, just one dose of medicinal training broth costs five silver dollars. Without money to practice martial arts, you're as 182Reads5.9Score24714d adds
- 113 Warlords: Winds Rise Along the Shu Road 军阀：风起蜀道 In the final years of the Qing dynasty, the natural order was turned upside down. The people lived in misery, bandits plundered at will, and warfare raged across the land. In a car accident, the soul of an ordinary modern college graduate who had just started his first job was carried into the mind of a baby about to be born. Favored by Heaven, he somehow missed the Meng Po Soup and began a new life with his memories intact. Born into the impoverished household of a failed scholar in the mounta 39Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 114 Bright Sword: The Second Battalion's Armored Group Has Arrived 亮剑：二营长的装甲集团来了 Qin Xiaojiu transmigrates into the War of Resistance and becomes the commander of the 3rd Company, 2nd Battalion, Independent Regiment under Li Yunlong. He is bound to a System called God of War Training. Just as the Independent Regiment arrives in Yang Village, it is ambushed by Yamamoto Ichiki's special forces and suffers a crushing 0-to-200 defeat. The commander-in-chief curses them as a useless regiment, and Kong Jie, the former head of the Independent Regiment, is relieved of his post. The 23.9kReads7.6Score1.8k14d adds
- 115 War of Resistance: I Outplayed the Enemy Across the Whole Map 抗战：全图敌军走位被我秀烂了 In 2025, delivery rider Wang Lin’s soul travels back to the bloody Xiang River campaign of 1934, where he becomes a battalion commander among the remnants of the Rearguard Division, doomed to fight to the death. In the depths of despair, he awakens the [God’s-Eye View of the Battlefield], revealing the entire map and every enemy and ally. When his superiors order him to break through at any cost, he instead saves the captured division commander and outsmarts the enemy at Dao County, turning a de 124Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 116 I Transmigrated into the Republic of China Era as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Training Corps 魂穿民国成为教导总队中校参谋 Lin Wei died from drinking too much at a party, only to transmigrate to the 20th year of the Republic of China and become a lieutenant colonel staff officer with the Central Army Officers' Training Corps. (Disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional and takes place in an alternate-history parallel world.) 1.3kReads6.9Score53714d adds
- 117 War of Resistance: The Storm of Reviving China 抗战之振兴中华风云 Reborn in China during the War of Resistance Against Japan With a System that's practically useless Transmigrated to the front lines of the war between the Nationalists and Communists He becomes a hero to both sides In this life, he will live up to his lofty ambitions Watch as he tramples the cherry blossoms beneath his horse Watch as he reclaims every inch of lost territory Watch as he tends sheep in the North Sea Watch as he revitalizes China in this life Watch as he comes to rule the world An 71Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 118 Eternity 永恒 During a military exercise, airborne company commander Tang Siqiang is ordered to carry out a reconnaissance mission. But the reconnaissance plane encounters intense electromagnetic hail and crashes. After parachuting out, Tang Siqiang and Zhong Zhenguo discover they've returned to the War of Resistance era in 1937. Guided by their duty as Chinese soldiers, the two resolve to fight the enemy. With the advantages they bring from the 21st century, they hope to change the course of the war and spar 739Reads8.6Score10114d adds
- 119 War Against Japan: I Start with a Katyusha and Build an Army of One Hundred Thousand 抗日：从抽到喀秋莎开始拥兵十万 [Bright Sword] + [My Chief and My Regiment] + [Snow Leopard] + [German weapons] + [Soviet weapons] + [Overpowered weapons] + [Loads of money] As a local man, Wang Shitou served as a battalion commander in the Northeast Army during the early days of the War of Resistance. He began fighting the Japanese invaders at Beidaying. Killing enemies earned him rewards, and killing Japanese soldiers could also yield single-skill experience books. As long as he kept killing, he could get unlimited money and 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Anti-Japanese Traitor-Elimination Squad Is Fierce: The Bearded Uncle's War of Resistance 抗日锄奸队凶凶：胡子大叔的抗战 Soviet agent + leader of the Anti-Collaborator Squad + protector of the nation's mother, Song + Kuomintang Blue Sky and White Sun Medal + fleet commander + U.S. military relief medal + who cares about the details, funny is what matters! This resistance hero is downright ridiculous: he cracks jokes and stirs up trouble, playing the Japanese like monkeys. The Anti-Collaborator Squad's leader is a fierce fellow called Xiong Xiong, also known as Hummer. He's got a greasy-looking beard you could scra 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Most Reliable Red Army Commander in the War of Resistance 抗战之我是红军最稳战将 Amid the flames of the War of Resistance, countless heroes gave their lives and shed their blood for the independence and dignity of their nation. Unwilling to see his people bullied, Zhang Songxi resolutely joined the military. After attending the first class at Huangpu Military Academy, he went on to establish the Longnan Base, serve as commander of the Eighth Route Army's Henan Central Corps and commander of the Henan Central Field Army, and do everything in his power to fight the Japanese in 103Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 122 War of Resistance: I'm the Boldest in Beiyang, and My Father Is the Northeast King 抗战：北洋我最狂，家父东北王 Ye Tianci transmigrates to 1928 and becomes the foremost of the Republic of China’s Four Young Masters. To fight off the invaders, he volunteers for military service, develops industry in the Northeast, and builds a modern system! He also seizes Chiang Kai-shek’s fortune and becomes the president of the Whampoa Military Academy! He taps the Daqing oil field, producing more oil than anyone could use! He 371Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 War of Resistance: Flames Across the River 抗战：烽火焠川 Flames of War, 1932: My Industrial Base for the War of Resistance Liu Yishou, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates to Sichuan in 1932 and becomes a member of a local family. China is in turmoil and foreign threats are looming, yet Sichuan remains mired in internal strife and hardship. Faced with a nation in peril, Liu Yishou resolves to do his part in the struggle for national survival that may lie ahead. Drawing on his foresight and steadfast convictions, he starts in a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 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 646Reads6.6Score10214d adds
- 125 War of Resistance: Defending Greater Guangdong 抗战之保卫大广东 The year is 1932 by the Western calendar. The land of China struggles to survive under the Japanese invaders from across the sea. Hope has become the most precious thing in this world, while progressive ideas are gradually fading from the lands of the Northern Expedition, like shadows from days gone by. Then the soul of someone from another world comes to inhabit a body. From that moment on, the rising sun becomes night, and the long night begins to break. 30kReads8.8Score2.6k14d adds
- 126 War of Resistance: I Transmigrate to a Parallel World and Live It Up 抗战：穿越平行时空我爽翻了 [No dragging things out + no System + no cheats + no fanfiction] Take a trip through a different kind of war against Japan. Ye Rongguang, a discharged special forces soldier, transmigrated to the War of Resistance period in a parallel universe. A warlord takes a dislike to me and launches an attack? Don’t make me bring my troops to your doorstep! An old man tries to set me up by planting spies? I’ll shoot them dead in a flash! Commander Chen treats me like a brother! Commander Li treats me like 189Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 127 The Wolf Troops Strike 狼兵出击 This is a tragic and stirring story! Wei Shanhu was a simple mountain villager from the Zhuang region of Guangxi. He lived a humble but peaceful life, farming in season and hunting in his spare time. But when the Japanese invaders ravaged the land and the Chinese nation faced the threat of annihilation, he and tens of thousands of comrades resolutely left the mountains and headed for the Battle of Shanghai, a veritable meat grinder. Wearing straw sandals and armed with nothing more than rifles a 8kReads—Score54814d adds
- 128 War of Resistance: Rising from Being a Japanese Translator 抗战：从鬼子翻译官开始崛起 Chu Feng transmigrates to 1937, during the War of Resistance, and becomes a Japanese interpreter in An County. But he has several secrets no one knows. First, he's an intelligence agent sent by the First Military Subdistrict of the Eighth Route Army's Jin-Cha-Ji Base Area to infiltrate An County. Second, his predecessor in this body died of an illness, and he himself is a transmigrator. Third, he has a System that rewards him whenever he completes a mission. Chu Feng had originally planned to le 33Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 129 War Thunder: The Entire Band Makes the Coalition Forces Respond 战雷：全频带让联军做出回答 (This book includes elements from War Thunder, Squad, Eight-Treasure Congee, Battlefield, and more.) What? Our own people are getting bullied? Then we have to hit back hard and make the Coalition Forces feel what it means to be haunted by nightmares. We're all fighting to live, so the Coalition's tanks can go talk to the depleted-uranium penetrators of my Type 99A. (I'll explain things for readers who aren't War Thunder fans.) 834Reads6.4Score10614d adds
- 130 The Resistance War: Marching Out of Yimeng 抗战之兵出沂蒙 When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in an unfamiliar mountain god temple. When he closes them, a torrent of powerful consciousness floods his mind. Zhang Long has arrived in the Yimeng Mountains during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Since he's here, he'll make the best of it. What man could refuse the iron and blood of fighting the Japanese invaders? And so, another guerrilla force fighting the Japanese appears in the Yimeng Mountains, slipping in and out like ghosts… 13kReads8.3Score88414d adds
- 131 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
- 132 The Whampoa Campaign 黄埔征程 Cheng Yuanzhi, the son of a wealthy merchant, refused to accept the marriage his family had arranged for him. He stole the family's treasured copy of The Art of War and ran away from home, heading south to apply to Huangpu Military Academy and begin his military career! 72Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 133 I Became a Super Warlord 我成了超级军阀 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Hu Ping and Xia Baimeng transmigrated to Daxia, a feudal monarchy that never existed in history! At home, there are no wise ministers to advise the ruler; abroad, hostile nations threaten their borders. The people are starving, the land is strewn with corpses, and foreign powers watch hungrily from every direction. A legend in an alternate world is about to begin. These are years of passion and fervor. An age of war and heroes. And a collection of heartwarming yet 7Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 134 The Northwest General in the War of Resistance 抗战之西北上将 Those puny Japanese pirates dare think they can destroy China with the strength of their three islands. We Chinese youth must rise up and fight them. The protagonist is outraged by the invasion of modern Chinese ideas from a later era! Reborn in 1935, he establishes a base in northwest China to fight the Japanese pirates and battle for China's prosperity and strength! 11Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 135 The Black Soil Kingpin 黑土枭雄 In the chaotic final years of the Qing dynasty, foreign powers circle hungrily as gunfire and smoke engulf the Black Soil region. A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into a time when his own ancestor is still a bandit. He plans to keep his head down and survive, only to discover that this ancestor is a bandit chief who soon gets recruited into the government as a security corps captain. In this troubled age, a band of outlaws becomes the starting point of his rise to power 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Fighting the War of Resistance Alongside the Iron Triangle 抗战之我和铁三角是战友 Su Yang was a soldier stationed at the border. He dies by accident in a border clash and transmigrates into the body of a regimental commander in the early days of Bright Sword. He is also a comrade-in-arms of the Iron Triangle. See how he fights the foreign invaders and defends his homeland. 1.9kReads7.2Score10214d adds
- 137 The Traitor Called Blind Dog 汉奸瞎狗子 (No System, No Wish Fulfillment) (No Transmigration, No Invincibility) (Light Situational Comedy) Gouzi was found by the villagers. Raised in a haystack and fed by the whole village, he couldn't tell red from green, so the other children called him Blind Dog. When the Japanese invaders arrived in the countryside, they demanded that someone from the village become its headman. It was a thankless job that would make enemies on both sides, and one wrong move could cost a man his head. At the crucia 1.1kReads9.3Score10914d adds
- 138 1940: The Thin Line Between Life and Death in the War 1940：抗战生死线 In 1940, the flames of war engulf the land, and the smoke from the Hundred Regiments Offensive has yet to clear. Liu San has only seven bullets, while Ma Dazhuang keeps thinking about the half a flatbread tucked against his chest. In Zaolin County, right under the Japanese army’s nose, surviving until tomorrow is a victory. But what about the day after? This is no charge on the front lines. It is the harshest fight for survival behind enemy lines: every step requires calculation, and every mouth 730Reads6.3Score10514d adds
- 139 The War God Rises in the War Against Japan 抗日之战神崛起 Amid the flames of war, smoke rises on every side, and the Chinese nation stands on the brink of ruin. Yuan Zhiwen, newly returned from his studies in Germany, is driven by a desire to serve his country. With a heart full of fervor, he fights the enemy and drives out the Japanese, eventually becoming a legendary god of war! 1.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 140 War of Resistance: The Nanjing Photo Studio Spawns a Horde of Players 抗战：南京照相馆爆出大批玩家 [Fourth Calamity + Ensemble Cast + War of Resistance] Su Liuchang also transmigrates, arriving on the afternoon of December 12, 1937. Faced with Japanese soldiers swarming toward them, the players are thrilled. “We don’t need to eat. We’re here to eat bullets.” 201Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 141 My Name Is Yan of Sanjin, and the Great Powers Are Finished 我姓三晋阎，列强全玩完 Warlords and a locust invasion: Yan Wang gains the Gear-Up System and an elite template. He leads his troops straight into battle against an elite division, earns a massive haul of land and air gear, then uses his super equipment to sweep through the enemy with blitzkrieg tactics. 23Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 142 Bright Sword: Building an Arsenal, This Firepower Is a Bit Much 亮剑：打造兵工厂，这火力有点猛 He transmigrates into the war-torn era of the world of "Drawing Sword", becoming Li Yunlong’s direct superior. As the full-scale war breaks out, the land of China enters its darkest hour. With the arrival of his golden finger, a formidable force descends like soldiers from heaven. The weapons and equipment they produce are unlike anything anyone has ever seen... 32Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 143 The Silver Swallow of the Dnieper 第聂伯河银燕 In 1989, the Soviet Union returned home in triumph after winning a total victory in Afghanistan. But beneath the veneer of victory lay wounds inflicted by half a century of military rivalry. Once the Soviet leadership understood the true purpose of “quiet diplomacy” and realized that no agreement with the Western bloc was ever possible, it faced a national economy on the brink of collapse and resolved to liberate Europe before all was lost. The future ace pilot Yeremy Shevastianovich Mir would a 414Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country 抗战之：我的远征我的国 The “Nine Vajras” of South Asia appeared before the president together and made a speech about the world situation that would astonish future generations: “At this moment of crisis lies an opportunity for us to rise. Not one inch of our homeland can be surrendered. This is our chance to build a powerful Han dynasty and a flourishing Tang dynasty! Look at the world today: Soviet Russia is already in decline, and Britain is being pushed over like a wall. America is bound to become a hegemon. Befor 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 A New Life in 1927 新生一九二七 Some say that the decade from the establishment of the Nationalist Government in 1927 to the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance in 1937 was China's golden opportunity to restore its fortunes. Sadly, the country was exhausted by civil war and missed its best chance. So, if you could return to 1927, could you turn the tide and claim victory against all odds? Yang Jiefang, whose grandfather fought in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and whose father fought in the self-defense 11Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 146 Transmigrating Across the Xiang River 穿越湘江 Two classmates transmigrated together to the Xiangjiang battlefield in a parallel world. From then on, the Red Army had an additional commander and quartermaster, and the Long March and the War of Resistance took a different course. 22Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 147 War of Resistance: A Beiyang Warlord Takes Xiao Liu's Place as Marshal 抗战：北洋军阀，顶替小六当大帅 [Republican-era warlords + building an independent force + special forces + characters from Drawing Sword + Shanghai Bund] Xu Zhihong transmigrates to the warlord-ravaged Republic of China and becomes the son of a powerful Beiyang warlord. The country is in turmoil, the people are in peril, and the nation's territory is steadily falling into enemy hands. Yet these useless warlords squabble over power and let the enemy run rampant across China. Xiao Liuzi even retreats without a fight, ceding ter 1.3kReads5.3Score—14d adds
- 148 A Tycoon? I Want to Be a Warlord 首富？我要当军阀 Li Haoran was reborn in a parallel world as the son of Huaxia’s richest man. But this was an era of warlords and foreign powers running rampant. Without enough ability, even great wealth would make him no more than someone else’s wallet, and he would be nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Li Haoran became the one holding the knife. 349Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 149 War of Resistance: The Merchant of a Great Nation 抗战：大国商人 Fang Xueming transmigrates to the years of the War of Resistance and becomes a warehouse clerk in the Eighth Route Army's logistics department. Seeing how pitifully little stock the warehouse holds, Fang Xueming decisively starts doing business in wartime supplies with the Osaka Division, and soon makes a fortune. When the troops below come to collect their supplies, they are all left dumbfounded. A district squad leader: “I came for a few hundred pounds of coarse grain. Why are you giving me a 2.2kReads7.4Score10514d adds
- 150 Republican Era: One Appointment Letter Made Me the Strongest Warlord 民国：一张委任状，成就最强军阀 [Republican Era] [Beiyang warlords] [War of Resistance] [Passionate youth] After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a graduate of the Baocheng Military Academy in the early Republican Era. With the times in turmoil and warlords carving out their own territories, Zhang Ye arrives in Jingshan County with nothing but an appointment letter and sets out to build his own power. Just then, the Lord System awakens. The larger his territory and the higher his popularity, the more his troop 23Reads6.5Score—14d adds
