Novels like Blood-Red Ballad
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- 151 The Flames of War Burn Again 烽火再续 [Realistic | No System | No Golden Finger] This is a war novel about resistance behind enemy lines. In occupied territory under the tight control of Japanese and puppet forces, the Eighth Route Army struggles to fight and survive amid shortages of food and medicine and constant casualties. They rely not on grand speeches, but on discipline, mutual support, and faith. In the harshest conditions, they hold on to their principles, keep their ranks together, and preserve the people's chance to survi 754Reads—Score—Shelves
- 152 A Collection of Short Alternate-History Stories About the War of Resistance 短篇抗战历史架空脑洞合集 Looking at the one devastating battle after another throughout history, I seem to see the unwillingness in the hearts of countless soldiers. I, too, feel that same indignation. Their spirit deserves to live on, and so, through one fictional short story after another, I will pass it down. These stories won’t always be feel-good tales. Some may be tragic, heartbreaking, or filled with regret... If you have a good story, feel free to share it with me. I’ll draw out its spirit and turn it into a new 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 153 The Rear Base: The Sichuan Army Goes to War 大后方，出川抗战 282Reads—Score—Shelves
- 154 Let's Work Together to Kill the Japanese Invaders 我们一起努力杀鬼子 In the bitter winter of 1943, a gale howled through the snow over Harbin beneath the Japanese invaders' iron heel. A special operations column directly under Eighth Route Army headquarters was urgently dispatched, its will as sharp as steel as it struck at the enemy's heart: 1. The Heavenly Secrets Command Center directs the Sharp Eye intelligence network, weaving a vast web throughout enemy territory. 2. Lin Yutang, commander of the Startling Sparrow Division, leads psychological warfare expert 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 155 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 730Reads6.3Score105Shelves
- 156 Fighting the Japanese: Starting with the Local Militia 抗日：从民团开始 [Parallel Timeline + No System] Tang Ping, an upstanding young man from a later era, transmigrates by a twist of fate on the eve of the War of Resistance, taking the place of Tang Weiguo, the son of a landlord family at the foot of the Taihang Mountains. When the Japanese invaders come, Tang Ping raises a force in his hometown and establishes an anti-Japanese base, using knowledge from the future to fight the invaders to the death. “Commander, we’ve spotted Japanese troops ahead.” “Blow them up! 3.2kReads7.0Score138Shelves
- 157 Transmigrated to Live Through the War: The Great Victory at Wanjialing 穿越，亲历抗战之万家岭大捷 Xijiang, a modern-day writer, transmigrates by accident to Nanchang in 1938. He not only experiences firsthand the brilliant victory at Wanjialing, where Chinese forces encircle and annihilate the Japanese Army’s 106th Division, but also tries to use his knowledge and perspective from the future to decipher Japanese intelligence. In the lulls between this brutal yet glorious battle, he records the valor of the soldiers fighting Japan, the cruelty of war, and the preciousness of peace. He is a pa —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 158 Bright Sword: Li Yunlong Made Me an Adviser in the Independent Regiment 亮剑：李云龙让我在独立团当参谋 [Drawing Sword + No System + War of Resistance + Republic of China + Warring Factions + Strategic Planning] Zhou Minyuan transmigrates into the world of Drawing Sword. He has no System and no portable dimension. All he has is a broken phone and a hazy memory of the TV series’ plot. On the Cangyun Ridge battlefield, he saves Wang Chengzhu, but in doing so, he also becomes a dangerous figure of unknown identity in Li Yunlong’s eyes. To prove himself, he starts out as a temporary clerk, counting cl 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 159 War of Resistance: Huo Yufeng's Iron-Blooded Military Spirit 抗日：霍御风之铁血军魂 This book tells the story of Huo Yufeng, a Nationalist Army officer fighting the Japanese on the front lines. He begins as a battalion commander in a German-equipped division on the Shanghai battlefield and fights all the way to victory in the War of Resistance. Though the protagonist has a special aura around him, he is still an ordinary man, gradually growing from a Nationalist Army battalion commander into a battle-hardened general who dominates North China. All readers are welcome to check i 1.7kReads6.5Score101Shelves
- 160 Northeastern Tales: The Bandit Suppression in Hegang 东北往事：鹤岗剿匪记 October 1945, Hegang, Northeast China. The Japanese collaborators left behind are scrambling for their own gain. The Kuomintang is ruthless and treacherous. Bandit gangs lurk in the shadows, watching for an opportunity. And the first Communist Party director of the Mining Bureau, appointed just two days ago, has disappeared without a trace... Called to take charge in a crisis! Call them demons and monsters, or ghosts and ghouls, this is the people's city, this is the people's land! I, Zhang Xiao 160Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 161 War of Resistance: Starting at the Sihang Warehouse 抗战：从四行仓库开始 Ye Luo, a young veteran, transmigrates to a parallel world and takes on the Japanese invaders with the Company of Heroes System. The Japanese emperor: “How did this butcher Ye get so powerful? He's about to fight his way into the palace! Baka yarou, you're all useless!” Come September 8 next year, we'll ride our horses into Tokyo and admire the cherry blossoms. 17Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 162 War of Resistance: The Legend of an Ordinary Soldier 抗战，一个普通战士的传奇故事 A legendary tale of an ordinary soldier fighting in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, adapted from a true story. He is a portrait of an ordinary Chinese person from that era. They had no grand declarations, only a deep and fervent love for their country, their hometown, their people, their comrades, and their loved ones. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 163 Starting in the Republic of China, I Apply to the First Whampoa Class, and I'm from Fenghua 民国开局报考黄埔一期我是奉化的 Republican-era setting + Whampoa Military Academy + conventional front lines + no System. Surname: Liu. Given name: Xin. Courtesy name: Huaqiang. Native of Xikou, Fenghua. A modern military enthusiast and expert has been reborn. Of course he has to make up for history's regrets! Charge! 20.9kReads—Score2.1kShelves
- 164 The Chinese Expeditionary Force 中国远征军 The “History Must Never Be Forgotten” series is a collection of themed books published by China Democratic and Legal Publishing House, specially tailored for young readers. It aims to give young people a comprehensive understanding of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and inspire their patriotism. This volume recounts the expeditionary force’s entry into Burma, Dai Anlan’s troops fighting fiercely at Toungoo, the 38th Division’s great victory at Yenangyaung, the surprise attack o 4Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 165 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—Score548Shelves
- 166 Fourteen Years of War: From Cook to Army Commander 抗战十四年，我从伙夫升军长 This novel is undoubtedly the most realistic anti-Japanese war story on the entire web. The author writes from a perspective that respects history. On September 18, 1931, Japan attacked Shenyang, and the September 18 Incident broke out. I was a cook in the 703rd Regiment of the Northeast Army's Seventh Division. Because the Northeast Army followed a policy of nonresistance, the entire Northeast fell within a few short months. I followed the army to Chengde, the provincial capital of Rehe, but as 254Reads—Score138Shelves
- 167 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. 1.9kReads7.2Score102Shelves
- 168 The Strongest God of War in the Resistance Against Japan 抗战之最强军神 The strongest soldier, Su Yang, finds himself in the body of a man on the anti-Japanese battlefield. Japanese invaders are ravaging the land, the nation has fallen, and the country is on the brink of ruin. How could Su Yang just stand by and do nothing? 110Reads8.0Score—Shelves
- 169 1938: I Break Through the Encirclement with My Bangdi as a Blade 1938，我用梆笛为刃突出重围 [Strong Female Lead + Spy Thriller + Siblings Fighting to Survive + Love of Country and Family] March 1938, on the eve of the great search of Fengtian City. Three days before Su Wanqing’s sixteenth birthday, her mother presses a bangdi flute into her hands, while her father pushes her and her younger brother onto a mule cart headed out of the city. When a puppet policeman’s red nose presses against the cart curtain and a Japanese military policeman’s saber cleaves through the snow, the girl from 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 170 Reborn into the War Against Japan: Flames of War, 1931 重生抗日：烽火1931 [War of Resistance Against Japan + Resistance War + Rousing + Satisfying Read + Story] This novel has no System. It is an original work set against the backdrop of the real battlefields and historical period of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Modern special forces soldier Ma Yunfeng is reborn in 1931. Determined to kill Japanese invaders, he enlists to fight and serve his country. With the land shattered and old national and family grudges to avenge, he answers blood with blood. Returned to 12Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 171 Three Thousand Miles of Steel: A Machine Gunner’s Wartime Years 铁流三千里：机枪手的烽火岁月 In 1936, the Japanese captured him. In 1949, he picked up a machine gun and fought the enemy. In 1950, he crossed the Yalu River and used a machine gun to take on tanks. In 1997, leaning on a cane, he stood outside the county government offices for five days. In 2020, he brought Made in China to the world and crushed a century-old American company. Jin Yonghao's collar tabs, Li Xiangyang's glasses, Chen Shitou's certificate of merit: he took them all to his grave. Then he woke up and discovered 5Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 172 From the Start, My Exchange System Gets Me a Million-Man Army 开局置换系统，我换出百万大军 Alternate universe + System After transmigrating to one of the darkest periods in history, Qin Ye awakened a trading System that could exchange for planes, artillery, and more. From then on, the army had another commander who firmly believed that firepower always came first. This synopsis doesn’t do the story justice. Please go straight to the main text. 14.6kReads8.5Score804Shelves
- 173 The War of Resistance Begins in Hebei in the Year of Rising Up 抗战从河北崛起年开始 6.4kReads7.3Score363Shelves
- 174 The Shadow Suicide Squad of the War of Resistance 抗战之影子敢死队 Xiao Fei is a Special Forces sniper. He dies during a mission and transmigrates to 1941, when the war against Japan is at its most desperate. Japanese invaders have imposed their “cage” and “three alls” policies across northern China, and resistance morale is at its lowest. Xiao Fei organizes a suicide squad to fight back in a series of heart-pounding battles against the Japanese invaders. Anyone who invades China must die! 113Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 175 Bright Sword: My Super Arms Stockpile Can Be Redeemed for Cash! 亮剑：我的超级军火能提现！ Li Yunlong, tell me: since I, Li Fei, joined the Independent Regiment, have you ever gone without anything? Type 92 machine guns, Czech rifles, heavy machine guns, little cannons. Japanese weapons for everyone! Kang Ya, Shunliu, Zhou Weiguo. A gathering of the best! What else do you want?! Bazookas, Katyusha rocket launchers, Tiger tanks, Mustang fighters, aircraft carriers... We've got it all! Stick with your big brother Fei, and you'll eat your fill for nine meals after every battle! I can't g 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 176 The Iron-Blooded Northeast Army: The Soul of Resistance on the Black Soil 铁血东北军黑土抗战魂 3kReads6.9Score166Shelves
- 177 An Invincible General 战将无敌 Chen Fan transmigrated by accident while carrying out a mission. The fiery battlefield tempered the soldiers and forged a battle-hardened commander! 16Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 178 Flames of War over the Taihang Mountains 烽火太行 My new story is here! You can 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! 45Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 179 The Battle of Shanghai: How Did Defending Baoshan Turn Me into a General? 淞沪会战：守宝山，咋就成了将军 (A story filled with passion and one that has long gone untold. It honors history and those who came before us.) (From Songhu to Nanjing, the bloody battle at Kunmou Pass, and the four campaigns in Changsha: one legendary battle after another comes vividly to life.) Five hundred warriors died for their country. China has far more heroes than Tian Heng. This is a little-known story of tragic heroism, buried in the long river of history. Heroes fear nothing, and go to their graves wrapped in their 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 180 The Decisive Battle in the Northeast 决战东北 China’s revolutionary wars form an epic of revolutionary heroism that stirs the soul. Drawing on a wide range of historical documents, this book extensively quotes wartime correspondence and letters exchanged between the Party Central Committee, the Northeast Bureau, the Northeast Democratic United Army, and various combat units, as well as memoirs by senior commanders from both sides. It reconstructs the true history of the decisive Kuomintang-Communist battles in Northeast China, a history tha —Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 181 War Against Japan: A Bloody Fight for the Homeland 抗日之血战河山 A sniper elite transmigrates to the era of resistance against Japan, determined to fight alongside the veterans of the time and contribute to China’s cause. But his contribution goes far beyond that. Every time he fires, the Japanese tremble in fear. He is nothing less than a Japanese officer reaper. 76Reads—Score—Shelves
- 182 War of Resistance: I Broadcast to the Nation as the Feng Army Enters the Pass 抗战：通电全国，我奉军入关 [Warlords. Territorial expansion. War of Resistance. Overwhelming victories] Zhang Yao transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a mere bandit. In this perilous era, he fearlessly leads his brothers in building up their strength and rising to power amid the chaos. He has just one goal: to make sure the tragedy never happens again. 163Reads—Score—Shelves
- 183 War Against Japan: Infinite Ammo, Revenge in 1937 抗日：无限子弹，复仇1937 [War of Resistance] [Leveling Up] [Revenge] [Wish-Fulfillment] [Killing Japanese Soldiers] Chen Feng, a 21st-century young man who had chosen to lie flat, unexpectedly transmigrates to Nanjing in 1937. After killing a Japanese soldier, he unexpectedly awakens the [Slaughter System]. I remember now?! I remember everything. I'm not some useless wage slave. I'm a successor to socialism. 5.8kReads7.3Score421Shelves
- 184 War of Resistance: A Major General by the Age of Twenty 抗战，我弱冠之年，少将师长 The story begins in 1932, the twenty-first year of the Republic of China. When the First Battle of Shanghai broke out and the nation was in grave danger, Xiao Yiwen resolutely put down his pen, took up arms, and applied to the Whampoa Military Academy. He met Zhou Weiguo and went to Germany to study. After the full-scale War of Resistance broke out, he was ordered to return to China and serve as chief of staff of the 521st Regiment and commander of its First Battalion, a German-equipped unit, he 8.1kReads6.0Score268Shelves
- 185 Prison Awakening: I Lead the Red Seventh Corps North to Fight the Japanese 监狱觉醒：我率红七军团北上抗日 PS: The rating has just come out and is pretty low. It’ll go up later. [War of Resistance] + [System] + [Mass Troop Recruitment] + [Building a Base] My name is Xu Zhiyuan. I transmigrated seven years ago and became the commander of the 59th Regiment of the Red 20th Division. Not long ago, I was thrown in jail. But that’s all right. As a tactical instructor back in the Jinggangshan days, I have students throughout the military and government. Surely someone will get me out. I’m guessing they wo 40.2kReads7.5Score4.1kShelves
- 186 Reborn Before Liberation as a Two-Year-Old Child 重生解放前成两岁娃娃 A new story is here! The male lead is reborn in a parallel timeline, so please don’t scrutinize the history. Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. This story is dedicated to the memory of my father, who passed away recently, and carries the wishes of his children for him. Though he has left this world, I hope he finds another chance to be reborn... And please, history buffs, don’t flame me. Some dates and events have been adjusted to fit the story. 643Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 187 Urban: The System Takes Me to the War of Resistance 都市：系统带我去抗战 A story about transmigrating to a world at war. Forty-year-old Huang Sanyi is down on his luck and has achieved nothing in life, when a mysterious System suddenly appears, allowing him to transmigrate to a world at war! From the start, he decisively uses a box of sulfa drugs worth their weight in gold to buy two badly wounded little Japanese soldiers and begins his monster-grinding spree. Then, ding! Reward: Mechanical Manufacturing Proficiency +1. Mechanical Manufacturing upgraded to Advanced. 7.6kReads8.3Score699Shelves
- 188 War of Resistance: I Started as a Division Commander and Became the Strongest Warlord 抗战：开局师长，我成最强军阀 Chen Wen transmigrates to a world equipped with World War I-era technology and becomes a division commander from the start, awakening a Warlord System! Faced with the threat of the “Sato” Empire, he summons elite forces of every kind: World War II infantry divisions, modern army air assault divisions, heavy combined-arms brigades, strategic missile forces, and more. With his technological advantage, he crushes every enemy in his path! He trounces the little “Sato,” conquers the world, and become 402Reads—Score—Shelves
- 189 I Transmigrated to Shanxi During the War Against Japan 我穿越到山西抗日 War rages across the Taihang Mountains, where a lone hero stands his ground. Modern special forces soldier Fu Shuiheng’s soul transmigrates into the blazing anti-Japanese battlefield of Shanxi, taking over the body of a fallen Eighth Route Army soldier who shared his name. With the “Enemy Kill Points System” awakening within him, he rallies scattered troops in a desperate situation and outsmarts the enemy at Heisonggang, wiping out a Japanese patrol of more than twenty men with just over twenty 31Reads—Score—Shelves
- 190 War of Resistance: I Have a Perfect Accuracy Skill 抗战之我有百发百中技能 (Multiple female leads) If that bothers you, don't read. The story strives to portray the resistance behind enemy lines as it really was, including the customs and culture of that era. College student Wang Shouren goes on a trip to Ranzhuang and accidentally finds himself in that turbulent era. He saves himself, and many others as well. A serious disclaimer: There are no ridiculous scenes where someone hits a person with a single shot from 800 meters away. 680Reads7.1Score109Shelves
- 191 The Battle on the Ridge 岭上战事 In 1931, Japanese invaders attacked the Northeast, seizing vast swathes of its land, brutalizing its people, and plundering its resources! The people of the Northeast rose up in resistance, composing a song of praise for their heroes and making great sacrifices! 8.2kReads9.1Score598Shelves
- 192 Blood and Gunpowder 烈血硝烟 Chu Fei of the Longyan Special Forces accidentally transmigrates to 1937. A hero rises to meet the times, and he builds an elite force of hardened fighters, mercilessly crushing the Japanese invaders and ultimately becoming a legendary God of War. A true man’s heart burns with passion. He should fight for his country and his people! 667Reads8.9Score103Shelves
- 193 The Hunter's War of Resistance: After the War 猎人的抗战【战后篇】 In early September 1945, Japan announced its surrender. Some remnant forces were still conspiring with the reactionary Kuomintang on Chinese soil, relying on puppet troops and bandits to stir up trouble. Yan'an sent a telegram ordering Cao Xingguo, then commander-in-chief of the Northeast Allied Army, to lead his troops out once more and sweep away the remaining enemy forces... 40Reads—Score—Shelves
- 194 War of Resistance: Starting with the Nanchang Uprising 抗战：从南昌起义开始 [No System, the Long March, Republican era] Zhu Weiguo transmigrates into the Nanchang Uprising. He takes part in every historical event that follows, from the Nanchang Uprising all the way to northern Shaanxi, growing from an ordinary soldier into a formidable military commander. 9.4kReads5.4Score272Shelves
- 195 Blood of the Land: Code of the Flames of War 山河血：烽火密码 In 1945, a Japanese military aircraft carrying a top-secret cipher machine crashes in the mountains of northern China. Liu Jiangong, a guerrilla commander; Shangguan Yufei, a female special envoy; and Lei Zifeng, a bandit chief, are three people with nothing in common, yet fate binds them together over a “black box.” They fight to seize, protect, and crack the secrets, going from distrust to fighting side by side, from a mountain stronghold to Tuancheng, and from a fake wedding to life-and-death 55Reads—Score—Shelves
- 196 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—Shelves
- 197 War of Resistance: Rising from Guerrilla Squad Leader 抗战：从游击队长开始崛起 [War of Resistance] + [System] + [No Equipment Beyond Its Era] + [The Right Side of History] Zhang Zekun unexpectedly transmigrates into the Republic of China era. As a young man, he recruits local militia and forms the Red Guard. Over the following years, he fights countless battles, large and small. He survives the Long March and crosses the grasslands. When the full-scale War of Resistance breaks out, Zhang Zekun volunteers to establish a guerrilla base behind enemy lines, and his System awak 1.1kReads6.6Score109Shelves
- 198 The Invincible Shop System: Slaughtering Japanese Soldiers in the War of Resistance 无敌商店系统之抗战屠杀鬼子兵 When did we begin fighting the Japanese? [Tactics and Strategy] [Endless Thrills] [Historical Main Plot] [Independent Development] [Romance with the Female Lead] [I Have 99 Lives] In the bloody Battle of Shanghai, the soldiers of the 18th Army fought to the death and refused to retreat. From the start, I transmigrated to Luodian, Shanghai, a battlefield known as the meat grinder. Every minute and every second, countless Nationalist soldiers die. I have 99 lives, but what about those soldiers...? 345Reads—Score140Shelves
- 199 The Soul of Sichuan, Blood Soaking the Land 川魂血沃山河 River Soul is an iron-blooded epic of resistance, built on the foundation of real battle history and brought to life by the spirit of soldiers. It does not glorify heroism. Instead, it calmly records how the remnants of a Sichuan army, reduced from 1,700 men to 200, were forged into the Eighth Route Army's sharpest blade in the Taihang Mountains. Every battle has a casualty list, and every sacrifice has a name on record. With the most restrained prose, the author writes of the most searing blood 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 200 Reborn into the War Against Japan: I'm Fat, So Being a Pilot Suits Me, Right? 重生抗日我胖当个飞行员挺合适吧 A bird’s-eye view of the full War of Resistance, with an emphasis on a vivid, immersive sense of realism. Like a sweeping Republican-era panorama, long as a flowing river and studded with stars. No System, no golden finger: reborn into an era of smoke and gunfire, he pilots classic World War II aircraft from southern Guangdong to the Great Wall, from Shanghai to Burma, and from the mountains of the southwest to the Pacific island chains. The scope is vast, the plot intricate and brain-teasing: f 2Reads8.1Score—Shelves
