Novels like The Fallen Heroes Return Home
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- 151 Warriors of the Beacon Fires 烽火雄兵 A tribute to Xiao Zhixianxian, the foremost military novelist who made half of a legendary tale, Beacon Fire Heroes is a painstaking continuation of Beacon Fire Escape. The blade broken long ago is reforged today! As the smoke of history fades beneath the passing years, the man who once fled in disarray through a hail of bullets finally carves out a blood-soaked domain deep in the mountains. This time, he is no longer a desperate deserter, but a “Mountain King” who strikes fear into the Japanese 2.9kReads8.7Score22114d adds
- 152 1853: Measuring the Nation's Territory with Cannons 1853：用大炮去丈量国土面积 The protagonist accidentally transmigrates to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. See how he restores China during the late Qing Dynasty. Between the realm and the women he loves, he sees through all the ways of the world and enjoys a life of freedom. Then he strides boldly into the surging current of history. 1.2kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 153 The Old Grandmother of Yue Family Village 岳家庄的老祖母 [A grandmother builds a business + Yue Fei's family teachings + brotherhood] A mother's love makes her strong, and she becomes the soul of her clan. One mother's thirty-year flight lays the foundation for her family's six-hundred-year legacy. During the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, Yue Guangyong, the thirteenth-generation descendant of Yue Fei, dies young in Tangyin County, Henan Province, where his family has lived for generations. He leaves behind his widowed wife, Yue Yushi, and their tw 610Reads9.3Score10414d adds
- 154 The Passionate Legend of Shangqiao 商桥热血传 Qin Hui is killed, Zhao Gou is overthrown, and Jin Wuzhu is soundly defeated at the Yellow River crossing. Wanyan Wuzhu falls in love with Yang Jijiu! His hatred pierces his heart, while love makes his very bones go weak! Will he finally be able to drink his fill of victory? Stay tuned...! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 155 Digital Consciousness 数字意识体 In 2055, Earth's resources are nearly exhausted. Humanity has established a permanent base on the Moon, and its Mars colonization program has just begun. Then, the discovery of a “super-Earth” 3,000 light-years away ignites humanity's last hope. Lin Mo is a man who died thirty years ago. His consciousness was uploaded to a quantum server, making him one of the first “digital dead.” Thirty years later, he is awakened, only to find himself trapped in a cold metal box: no body, no sense of touch, o 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 156 War of Resistance: Fighting in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base Area 抗战，奋斗在晋察冀 When you're poor, use tactical maneuvers to outflank the enemy. When you're rich, blanket them with firepower. A retired soldier from more than eighty years in the future transmigrates into a composite world of anti-Japanese war dramas. That year, Li Yunlong was still a battalion commander in the 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade. That year, Li Daben was only just rejoining the ranks. That year, Zhou Weiguo had just arrived at Hutou Mountain. That year, Zhang Hao came here with a battered remn —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 157 The Sichuan Army Fights the Japanese, Slaying a Million Invaders to Forge an Unrivaled Army 川军抗日，屠百万鬼子铸傲世强军 In 1937, ghosts haunted the land of Huaxia. The country was shattered, smoke billowed from the battlefields, and rivers ran red with blood… Three and a half million Sichuan soldiers, wearing thin clothes and straw sandals, some barefoot, covered in blood and mud, carried old rifles and machetes as they left Sichuan to fight the Japanese… The Nationalist Army’s 800,000 troops fought the Battle of Shanghai and were routed for miles. The Sichuan Army knew death awaited them, yet vowed to fight to 5kReads8.7Score25114d adds
- 158 A Reborn Veteran's Iron Great Wall 重生老兵的钢铁长城 [Reborn veteran] [Hardcore, with a System] [Passionate patriotism] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fight against the apocalypse] After ten years of bloody war, the flame of human civilization was extinguished in Iceland. Vanguard Lin Nan bled to his last and died defending the nation's borders. When he opened his eyes again, cicadas were shrilling in the summer air. He had returned to the summer after his seventeenth-year college entrance exams, an enlistment notice still clutched in his hand. Only thr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Zhu Cilang: I Refuse to Be the Crown Prince of a Fallen Dynasty! 朱慈烺：我不做亡国太子！ Lighthearted + political intrigue + war + passionate action + no System + no brainless decisions! See how he manipulates the levers of power and wins people’s hearts, outwits civil officials and military officers, and crushes every rival faction! See how he develops the economy and technology, trains his troops into a powerful army, conquers the world, and builds a Ming Empire on which the sun never sets! If they go to war, then their nations will be destroyed and their people wiped out! 4.8kReads8.7Score37114d adds
- 160 A Qing Dynasty Veteran: The System Arrived Forty Years Late 清朝老兵，开局系统迟到了四十年 [Feel-Good] [War of Resistance] [No Female Lead] [Comes with a System Space] [Bright Sword Fan Fiction] The protagonist, Jiang Cai, transmigrates from the future into the body of a battle-hardened veteran. He has only one conviction: to save China. [Author is a Level 4 newbie, but has already completed a 1.5-million-character novel. Read with confidence, and thank you for your support!] 12.5kReads8.4Score60914d adds
- 161 Restoring the Tang with Loyalty 归义复唐 (The numbers were too poor, so it was discontinued.) [No transmigration, no System, no superhuman strength.] The chaotic late Tang era is in turmoil: regional warlords carve up the realm, the Central Plains are in upheaval, and the Western Regions are cut off and isolated. In 907, Zhu Wen usurps the Tang, the Tang banners fall in Chang’an, and the chaos of the Five Dynasties engulfs the Central Plains. Yet in Shazhou on the western frontier, the Guiyi Army still raises its battered Han banner, h 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 162 The New Cold War: Invasion from Another World 新冷战：异界入侵 [A slightly alternate human world + no System + no golden finger + no one reborn] The Cold War has made the human world increasingly violent. Against a backdrop of nuclear fervor and universal militarization, Earth and a new world are about to intersect. Creatures from an unknown world appear amid the Antarctic Cold War, while a mountaintop passage leads to a whole new world humanity has never known. What happens when a Cold War world connects to a World War II world gone astray? What happens wh 151Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 163 Fist in Hand, Roaming the World: Part One 倚拳闯天涯上 I was a miserable wage slave, rushing to deliver a package, when suddenly a car knocked me down. My head struck a gravestone, and everyone thought I was dead. But I felt an invisible force burrowing into my head. I had learned martial arts. 316Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Armored Fury: Crushing Japan in the War of Resistance 抗战杀敌爆装甲，铁甲忠魂碾东瀛 A new work is out! You can read my novel 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! 11Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 165 The Devil's Brigade 魔鬼部队 During a live-fire exercise, a special forces unit of the People's Liberation Army suddenly transmigrated to the battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, setting off a series of rousing tales of resistance. 6kReads8.5Score53114d adds
- 166 War of Resistance: Oh No! Sichuan Dad Is Here! 抗战之：不好！川爹来啦！ With the nation in peril and the Japanese invaders showing their fangs, every man is responsible for the rise and fall of his country. I wished to enlist, but I was too old. Fortunately, I have a son, and he has volunteered. I give him this banner to carry at all times: wipe away blood with it when wounded, and be wrapped in it when he dies. March ever forward, and never forget your duty. The Death Banner 1.3kReads6.6Score—14d adds
- 167 A Clash of Wolves 狼性的较量 The author enjoys putting stories told by the elderly into clear, accessible prose, turning spoken words into black and white on the page for readers to see, hear, and feel with their hearts. It is a way to experience the brutal years of Japan's invasion of China, and all those painful memories that can never be revisited... 1.7kReads9.2Score23914d adds
- 168 From the Long March to Lake Changjin, I’m a Tiger Who Sweeps Across the Land 从长征到长津湖，我气吞万里如虎 His soul transmigrates to 1934, and from the start he finds himself a rear guard trapped in a desperate encirclement. Short on food and clothes? He has the skills of a wilderness survival encyclopedia. The enemy’s firepower is overwhelming? He knows the tactics and formations of every modern war. From snow-capped mountains and grasslands, he fights his way all the way to Lake Changjin. 138.6kReads8.1Score11.9k14d adds
- 169 The Veteran Never Falls 老兵不陨 A military historical novel based on real history, with no transmigration and no wish fulfillment. This is the story of a Chinese soldier's personal growth! It also vividly portrays the rise and expansion of the People's Army and the great Chinese nation reclaiming its former glory. Centered on the brothers Zhao Sheng and Zhao Yu, the novel follows several young people from northern Jiangsu whose lives take very different paths. The story begins in the turbulent years of the War of Resistance 741Reads—Score—14d adds
- 170 Homeland 家园 During the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, a young boy from Shanggu in Hebei fled conscription and entered the vast grasslands. There he adopted a silver wolf, which the grassland tribes regarded as a sacred beast. He met Han Chinese people on the plains and learned archery, military strategy, and more from people from the Central Plains who had been stranded there. After offending the nobility, he returned to the Central Plains and joined the campaign against Goguryeo, where he won recognition! 2.5kReads9.2Score36714d adds
- 171 The New Shun, 1644 新顺1644 [Peasant Rebel Army Perspective + Research-Oriented + No Golden Finger, No System] (Late Ming Dynasty, research-oriented, a people's history perspective, no System, and a somewhat slow start.) You can think of it as a prequel fanfic to New Shun 1730, or perhaps a sort of tribute. 3kReads8.3Score25614d adds
- 172 Springtime in a Shell Casing 弹壳里的春天 This is a stirring anthem of a people forged in the flames of war, and a tender love story blossoming beneath the smoke of battle. Set against the backdrop of the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japan from 1931 to 1945 and the subsequent War of Liberation, the story weaves a sweeping historical tapestry through the intertwined fates of Zhang Ai, a farmer’s son from the Northeast known as Goudan, and Qi Shuyun, a young student from Beiping. Spring in the Bullet Casings, originally titled Songs 248Reads—Score—14d adds
- 173 War Against Japan: Warriors of the Flames 抗日：烽火战将 May the morning sun always shine upon our land. Never forget the blood that stained the pages of history. This is a resistance-war story with no System, one that respects history. In the eyes of special forces soldier Su Wu, the Japanese invaders are not unbeatable. With extraordinary tactical skill and strategic insight, he trains a truly elite force. Like a sharp sword on the enemy’s rear lines, they strike straight at the invaders’ heart and drive away the clouds hanging over four hundred mil 9.5kReads8.9Score48814d adds
- 174 Thieves and Seduction in the Realm 江山贼色 The late Tang is in chaos, with warlords running rampant. Never underestimate a young man. Give me three thousand troops at my side, and I dare seize any of the empire's four hundred prefectures. Though the city may be filled with the bones of nobles, I can bring prosperity to every corner of the realm. The land is a painting, and armies thunder across it. Armored cavalry rides forth, while lovely women lend their charm. 302Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 175 Iron-Blooded Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to 1933 to Fight the Japanese 铁血特种兵穿越抗日1933 When the soul of a former special forces soldier from Huaxia crashes into Shanhaiguan in January 1933. The Northeast has already fallen, Xiao Zhang has abandoned his homeland and retreated west, and the Japanese invaders' iron hooves are poised to trample the pass beneath the cold stars. He is a man from Hebei, from the future. With the edge of modern tactical thinking in his grasp, he stands shoulder to shoulder with the national heroes beneath the Great Wall, taking up rusted rifles with them. 1.2kReads6.3Score10514d adds
- 176 Fighting the Japanese: Father and Son Take Up Arms 抗日之父子上阵 Li Yang was an eight-year veteran. On the night he was discharged, he drank too much because he couldn't bear to leave the army. To his surprise, he transmigrated into the body of a soldier in a company of the Eighth Route Army's 386th Brigade in 1937. And that soldier was an idiot. But Li Yang soon displayed his extraordinary military expertise: he could snipe Japanese soldiers from three hundred meters away with a single shot, and take down three of them by himself in a bayonet fight. When the 1.7kReads8.9Score12814d adds
- 177 The Saga of Hot-Blooded Great Tang Continues: The Endgame 再继热血大唐，棋局终焉 [No System + Hard-Nosed Political Intrigue + Farming and Infrastructure + Epic Wars + Epic Ensemble Cast] [Three Generations · A Century of History · Reforging China's Backbone] He transmigrates into the heir to the northern borderlands of the Great Xi, and finds himself in hell mode from the start? His father, Li Huiming, is afflicted with demonic poison and may not live to see another day; His aunt, Wu Xinghuang, ascends the throne as emperor and regards the Li family as a thorn in her side; 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 A Blood-Oath Journey 血誓征程 This book follows the protagonist Yang Yi as he grows through combat during the Red Army's campaigns, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation. It unfolds like a magnificent panorama, as stirring as a grand anthem. In those years of raging flames and bloody battles, countless outstanding sons and daughters of China gave their lives with honor for national liberation, and for the peace and security of their country. They fearlessly fought the despicable enemy, defending the 9.7kReads9.1Score77814d adds
- 179 In Southern Ming, Beating the Qing Emperor Kangxi 人在南明，搓打康麻子 At the end of the Southern Ming, the last dynasty of Han Chinese rule, the Yongli Emperor fled west to Burma. The dynasty was doomed from the start. After transmigrating as a member of the imperial clan, the protagonist forms marriage alliances with warlords, outwits powerful ministers, schemes and deceives, seizes military command, and trains his troops to the limit. In the final showdown between the Ming and Qing, he turns the tide, slaughters Wu Sangui, drives the Shunzhi Emperor to his death 1.6kReads8.1Score10014d adds
- 180 A Commoner Holds the Imperial Seal, So Let Me Be Rude 草民执玺，庶我无礼 [Alternate history + political intrigue + factional strife + succession struggle + war] No System, no invincibility, no treasures, no special bloodline, no golden finger… nothing at all! From the start, all He Yan can say is “Ah!” He’s the unlucky soul who transmigrates into a book as a lowly slave on the frontier. Mired in the dirt, he’s caught in a time of chaos, with a life as cheap as an ant’s. When even a bowl of porridge and a meal of rice are no longer guaranteed, should he accept his fat 143Reads—Score—14d adds
- 181 Snow Leopard: Building the Strongest Elite Regiment Through Robbery 雪豹：靠着抢劫打造最强精锐团 I transmigrated into the world of Snow Leopard and became Zhou Weiguo. When the Berlin Military Academy invited him, he refused. “Why waste time on that when I could kill a few more Japanese devils?” There were so many traitors and lackeys. Wouldn’t killing a few and taking their money be better than going over there? As for Takeshita Shun... Takeshita Shun formed a squad. They admired each other, and assimilation was better than extermination. If he refused, Zhou would kill his whole family fi 11.2kReads8.3Score85314d adds
- 182 The Fox of Hengyang 衡阳之狐 Zhang Wenyuan, a hitman in his previous life, was betrayed by his handler. Ambushed while on a mission, he somehow found himself transported back to the battlefield of the 1944 Defense of Hengyang. 289Reads6.6Score10814d adds
- 183 Resistance Against Japan in 2037 2037年的抗日 [War of Resistance espionage + film and television + transmigration + science fiction + wild imagination] Tang Jingyi, a sharp-tongued film-review blogger, is tricked into a fake transmigration from 2037 to 1937, arriving in Hejiang just as the nationwide War of Resistance breaks out. The land of the Northeast has already been ravaged into despair... But take note: this isn't actually a transmigration story, nor is it a real anti-Japanese battlefield. It's a film studio overrun by robots. This i 121Reads—Score—14d adds
- 184 The End of the Age of Dinosaurs 终结恐龙时代 His uncle is rebelling, and his nephew joins him in growing crops with technology! What's most important for technological development? Talent? No, no, no! Knowledge can transmigrate, but the key is: how do you get the raw materials? What, you have a System? How is that any different from being a lazy nobody? From saltpeter, green vitriol, and salicylic acid to gunpowder, ether, and aspirin; from black powder and picric acid to flintlock rifles, breech-loading cannons, and fixed ammunition; the 199Reads—Score—14d adds
- 185 My Korean War 我的抗美援朝 It was a war no one could ever forget, a war that founded a nation! 2.9kReads8.2Score18914d adds
- 186 300 Days of Survival Against the Odds 绝境求生300天 During the fifth campaign of the Korean War, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army’s 180th Division is trapped with no way out. Liang Baoqing, an operations officer on a regiment’s staff, leads a small breakout squad and cleverly escapes behind enemy lines. There, they attack enemy supply convoys and arm themselves with captured weapons. They blow up trains and bridges, fight desperately against an elite American special operations unit, and battle the enemy in the freezing snow, struggling to sur 70.1kReads8.8Score3.4k14d adds
- 187 The All-Powerful Soldier King Crushes the Japanese Army 全能兵王之碾压日军 Wang Xiaowei, a modern all-around soldier king, transmigrates to the 1937 Battle of Jinshanwei. Watch as this invincible modern warrior crushes the Japanese army through the battles of Jinshanwei, Kunshan, and Nanjing, the Taierzhuang Campaign, the battles of Wuhan and Changsha, and the Burma Campaign, all the way to victory in the War of Resistance. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 188 She Followed Her Husband to the Battlefield and Became a Sharpshooter 陪郎上战场，童养媳成了神枪手 Chen Dani, a child bride, has one greatest wish: to farm the two fine acres handed down through her husband Zhou Tieshuan’s family and live a happy life together, with him farming and her weaving. But with tyrannical landlords running rampant, Japanese invaders wreaking havoc, and the reactionaries ruling in darkness, she has no choice but to take up arms and go to war alongside her husband. She fights the tyrants, battles the Japanese, joins the War of Liberation, and finally goes to resist Ame 12.9kReads8.7Score1.3k14d adds
- 189 Pang Biti’s Japanese-Killing System 胖鼻涕的打鬼子系统 + + . Superweapons + superpowers: this latest double-System novel will give you a reading experience like no other! In Sandbox World No. 1, Jiang Zhonglang relies on the Sacred Realm System and leads his comrades in the Tornado Anti-Japanese Alliance from the Shanghai battlefield onward, fighting bravely and winning every battle! But what challenges will they face when the enemy gets its hands on the Dark Pool System? That’ 496Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 190 Water Margin: Restoring the Realm 水浒：重整山河 After transmigrating, he gathers one Water Margin hero after another, fights monsters and levels up, and eventually becomes a regional overlord. He battles the Jin forces and leads his cavalry to avenge the humiliation of the Jingkang Incident, marching across the grasslands around Zhongdu and pushing west with his troops... A low-cost way to build a cavalry: sell horses to fund the wars. The ridiculous antics are genuinely hilarious, hahaha, I can't stop laughing. Let's look forward to it toge 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 191 The New Boss of Thirteen Provinces 十三省新掌包 Zhang Wenyuan, a graduate of the National University of Defense Technology’s Pontoon Bridge Command Department, had just been assigned to his unit when a once-in-a-century flood struck. He met with an accident while taking part in flood relief operations, only to transmigrate to Northeast China in 1935... 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 192 Guerrilla Warfare in the Yimeng Mountains During the War Against Japan 抗日之我在沂蒙山区打游击 Chen Feng is an auxiliary instructor with the country's Yanlong Unit. While carrying out a solo mission in northern Myanmar, he falls into a trap, and the villa complex where he is stationed is blown to pieces. By chance, he transmigrates back to his hometown in Shandong in 1937. As the autumn wind blows, he knows the Japanese will arrive in just a few months. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He gathers a group of brothers and prepares for the enemy's arrival. He has to do 5.3kReads8.9Score34014d adds
- 193 War of Resistance: A Native of Fenghua Joins the First Whampoa Class from the Start 抗战：我奉化人开局加入黄埔一期 Front-line combat + no System + Fenghua native + leader of the first Whampoa class There are too many regrets in the history of modern China. Shanghai? Nanjing? The road through the War of Resistance against Japan is full of regrets. I, Chen Dong, swear to do everything in my power to make up for them. I’m taking on the Japanese, and nobody can stop me. That’s final! P.S. The first 50 chapters cover Whampoa through the Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition. If you want to jump straight to t 92.5kReads—Score8.8k14d adds
- 194 1890: Starting the Great Voyage by Climbing the Tech Tree 1890从爬科技树开始大航海 [Slow burn, national industry, rural development, great-power rivalry, hard-hitting naval warfare] Tang Xiaoyi found himself in a parallel world where the Age of Discovery had reached the late nineteenth century. The technology, wealth, and rivalries accumulated by every nation were on the verge of a final tipping point, ready to erupt. “The introduction of steam engines as ship propulsion ushered in a new revolution in navigation.” “Shipping grew faster and faster. It took just dozens of hours 157Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 195 The Tale of Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后演义 This book offers a detailed account of Cixi’s life, from her birth and entry into the imperial palace to her rule from behind the curtain, her decades wielding power over the Qing dynasty, and her death. It is not only literary and highly readable, but also of some value as a reference for historical research. 10Reads9.4Score114d adds
- 196 Where the Smoke of War Ends 烽烟尽处 Everything that happened in the past, right or wrong, has become history. It cannot be changed, and must not be changed. Everyone who lived in the past, wise or foolish, has passed away. There is no need to embellish their stories, and they cannot be rewritten. History is simply the record left behind by the past. Whether future generations like it or not, it will remain. Like fossils from the Cretaceous Period, it stays vivid and lifelike despite hundreds of thousands of years of change. I dedi 8.8kReads9.3Score73114d adds
- 197 Tactical Game 战术游戏 What’s the most important concept in close-quarters battle when clearing a room? The fatal funnel, of course. How do you zero an 85 sniper rifle before using it? So you have to pull back the hammer on an anti-tank rocket launcher before firing it… The Mi-17’s power cart has broken down. How are we supposed to take off? In the Sicilian Campaign, how did Bradley, a lifelong good guy, screw over his allies? Though, to be fair, there was a good reason. Who was the real hero of the Jingkang humiliati 182Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 War of Resistance: A Special Forces Soldier Transmigrates to Hunt Japanese Soldiers from the Start 抗战：特种兵开局穿越赶山打鬼子 This book is also known as The Anti-Japanese War: Transmigrating to the 1930s to Fight the Japanese / The Resistance: From Transmigrating into a Book to Hunting in the Mountains and Fighting the Japanese / The Era: A Guerrilla Force Behind Enemy Lines in Shandong Province [Resistance and spy warfare + Anti-Japanese War + opening arc + special forces + transmigration + period setting + transmigrating into a book + countryside + mountain hunting + genius] Special forces soldier Zhang Qi transmigra 609Reads8.4Score10214d adds
- 199 Starting with Bright Sword, I Lead My Nation in Conquering the Myriad Worlds 从亮剑开始，带领国家攻略诸天 Xu Ze unexpectedly obtains a System that lets him conquer worlds across the heavens. Once he develops a world he has transmigrated to by 60%, he can unlock the next one. Yet the first world he transmigrates to turns out to be The Battle of Changsha! Faced with this brutal historical world of blood and fire, Xu Ze decisively reveals himself to the country and asks for help, proposing that they work together to develop the worlds across the heavens and bring their talent and resources back to the 771Reads7.2Score10214d adds
- 200 War of Resistance: From the Start, My Special Forces Battalion Would Eventually Rule the World 抗战：开局特战营最后傲视全球 [Group Transmigration + Building Up Alone + Special Forces + System + Fighting the Japanese + A Different Take on "The Kite", "Drawing Sword", and "Snow Leopard"] During a military exercise, all eight hundred-plus members of the Longyan Special Forces Battalion accidentally transmigrate to a parallel world. They discover that Japan is invading Huaxia, and they’ve landed in the middle of the Battle of Shanghai. Equipped with modern gear and backed by a War God System, the battalion decides on t 111Reads9.2Score—14d adds
