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- 1 War of Resistance: I Became the Vice Principal of Whampoa 抗战：我成了黄埔副校长 A parallel world, not real history, so please don't compare it to actual events. [No System] [Transmigration to the Republic of China] [Knowledge of Future History] [Industrial Military Expansion] [Saving the Nation Through Industry] [Military and Arms Industry] [Large-Scale Army Operations] Liu Yan, a genius young man from the new century, transmigrates to the Republic of China. Armed with knowledge of history and the advantages of transmigration, he carefully plots his development amid a turbu 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Bright Sword: Qi Tongwei Is Reborn, Zhao Gang Leads Li Yunlong to Victory 亮剑：祁同伟重生赵刚带飞李云龙 [War of Resistance + System (not overpowered) + ensemble cast + face-slapping + satisfying revenge] Given a second life, with the memories of both Qi Tongwei and Zhao Gang woven together, how will he break free from his predetermined fate? In this life, I won't just climb the ranks. I'll make people look up to me. Li Yunlong: Old Zhao, people used to say I never played by the rules. Now I'm the most rule-abiding man in the whole regiment. Zhao Gang: Old Li, from now on, you can handle all the 119Reads—Score11014d adds
- 3 From Little Beggar to Hero of the War Against Japan 从小叫花到抗日奇侠 A land aflame with war, a mysterious young man, love and hatred, resistance against the Japanese and the hunt for traitors... The Beggars' Sect, bandits, merchant caravans... collaborators, Japanese invaders, the Green Gang... searching for a master, suppressing bandits, resisting the Japanese... This is the remarkable story of a little beggar with a mysterious identity. A vivid tale of the Republican era and its unforgettable cast of characters, it is sure to keep you reading through the night. 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Dreaming Back to 1895 梦回一八九五 During a mission, special forces soldier Lin Feng unexpectedly returns to 1895 in a parallel universe. This world shares the same history as the one he came from, but with his arrival, a whole new chapter begins. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Ruling the World with the Nian Army in the Late Qing 清末带着捻军称霸天下 "After waking up, Zhang Zongyu finds himself in the body of Zhang Zongyu, the Nian Army's 'Little Yama,' on the eve of the Nian Army's alliance. History has shown that this is a dead end. But this soul from the 21st century is determined to find a chance for China to survive, even if it means opposing the decaying Qing court, the covetous foreign powers, and the relentless course of history itself. With internal strife raging and Qing forces closing in, he uses his forward-looking knowledge to 479Reads—Score10114d adds
- 6 Traveling Between Two Worlds: From the Start, I Rule the Golden Triangle as a Tusi 两界互穿开局金三角当土司 At the end of the Shuiqing era, when you can transmigrate back and forth between parallel worlds, what would you do? Support the Qing and drive out the foreigners? Give me a break. I don’t want to wear a long queue braid. Raise an army against the Qing? What a hassle. People die in wars, you know. The right way to get started is to become an imperialist power yourself and join the great wave of colonization. First, take the Great Qing Empire for a spin, then wipe out the Japanese, and finally 120Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Loyal Souls of Green Mountain 青山忠魂 A story about an ordinary person like you or me, set during the tumultuous years of the War of Resistance Against Japan. With a little historical knowledge and some clever thinking, he takes on the Japanese invaders. No golden finger, no System, no advanced weapons technology. A satisfying story that stays realistic and logical. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 A New Family Line Begins: Carving Out a Domain in Myanmar 族谱单开，从缅甸开始拓土开疆 No System + Not Reborn + Satisfying Power Fantasy + No Female Lead After leaving the army, I had no practical skills, so my only option was to travel long distances as a truck driver. On a trip to Yunnan to deliver cargo, I was kidnapped and taken to Myanmar, and my life veered onto a completely different path. Packages hidden in sugarcane fields, great deeds arising from little ditches: see how an ordinary person, backed by a wealthy benefactor, can set the world in turmoil. 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Fighting the Japanese on Another Earth 我在另一个地球抗日 My new work is out! Please come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Asked You to Make a Fanservice Game, So Why Are the Players Crying Their Eyes Out? 让你做媚宅游戏，玩家怎么哭瞎了 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 War of Resistance: A Communications Officer in Central Shandong 抗战：鲁中通讯员 In 1937, Li Shougen was a boy who tended cattle by the Wen River. The Japanese killed his father and threw his body into the river. Taking the brass cowbell his father had left behind, he became an underground courier for the Central Shandong Military Region. Over the next eight years, he traveled across all 72 hill forts of Central Shandong, wore through 17 pairs of cloth shoes, delivered more than 300 top-secret messages, and escorted over 100 officials and wounded soldiers to safety. He witne 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 48 Hours in Shanghai 上海48小时 Soldiers, reporters, nurses, and other members of a complicated little group, each with their own thoughts, stumble into the bloody battlefield of the Battle of Shanghai. In the first 48 hours after the war breaks out, they experience the immense shift from peace to war and catch a hazy glimpse of how it will all end. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 The Fengtian Army's War of Resistance in 1928 1928奉军抗战 Parallel-Timeline Blue Star Lugou Bridge Beidaying Songhu and Nanjing The great powers bully our Huaxia? The Old Marshal won't stand for it! The Easterners bully our people? The Fengtian Army won't stand for it! Wipe away our shame and fight to the end! 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 The Empire's Conquest Begins with a German-Equipped Company 帝国争霸从徳械连开始 An ordinary person transmigrates to a parallel world in the Republican era. Faced with provocations from powerful warlords and an invasion by a foreign enemy, what will he choose to do? Will he accept the humiliation, or rise up and fight back? 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 War of Resistance: Starting with Snow Leopard, I Deal in Arms 抗战，从雪豹开始倒卖军火 The must-read power fantasy of 2026! [War of Resistance] + [System] + [Dual Transmigration] + [Overwhelming Firepower] + [Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into the world of the War of Resistance, Zhou Mingyuan binds himself to the [Arms System]. He brings industrial equipment from a later era into the past. While others are still worrying about running out of ammunition, he's already thinking about how to give a unit the firepower and logistical support it needs to fight continuously. He st 2.2kReads—Score15314d adds
- 16 From Zijin Mountain to Yan’an 从紫金山到延安 A War of Resistance story with no System! He is an ordinary soldier in the Central Training Corps, from the defense of Shanghai to Purple Mountain in Nanjing... This is an ordinary man’s story of resisting the Japanese. He firmly believes that the Chinese people’s backbone cannot be broken, because all around him are comrades like himself, willing to give their lives to drive out the invaders. Ambushes, bloody battles, hand-to-hand combat... They use every method of warfare and every possible st 36Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 17 World War II Gamer: Attacking Tokyo from the Start 二战玩家开局打东京 We were born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze. Those of us who live in a peaceful, prosperous country rarely get to experience the unique aesthetics of war. Want to try out all kinds of guns? Imagine gripping a light machine gun and letting it rip, feeling the weapon vibrate in sync with your body. How thrilling would that be! Want to race a tank across a vast plain? Go all out and experience the exhilaration of unleashing its full firepower. Want to find out what an extra-larg 80Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 18 War of Resistance: This Militia Is Absolutely Fearsome 抗战：这群民兵太猛啦 [Independent development + no System + large-scale warfare] Awakening from the shadow of the Jin-Sui Army's defeat, the soldier king Qin Zhonghua vows to rebuild China's backbone! His starting point? A mere dozen or so militia guards! His codename? The “Tigers”! The militia becomes a battalion, the battalion expands into a regiment, and the regiment grows into a brigade... In his hands, a heavily armed, American-equipped “Tigers” army group rises out of nowhere! It sweeps across northwestern Sha 11Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 19 The War of Resistance Begins in Hebei in the Year of Rising Up 抗战从河北崛起年开始 6.4kReads7.3Score36314d adds
- 20 War of Resistance: A Military Academy Graduate with an Impeccable Resume! 抗战：军校留学生，资历拉满！ Lin Yaozu transmigrates to the War of Resistance era, having previously served as a company commander in the Nationalist Army. Climbing snowy mountains and crossing grasslands, he has original shares on both sides. The person standing before you now is... An outstanding graduate of the fourth class of Whampoa! An outstanding international student at the Berlin Military Academy! An outstanding graduate of the third class of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University! The sharpest sword o 23.7kReads6.2Score73514d adds
- 21 War of Resistance: I’m the All-Around Principal 抗战之我是全能校长 After transmigrating into the world of a television drama, Zhang Lingfeng becomes a young villager in a remote mountain settlement. He discovers two remarkable abilities in his mind. The first is Talent Copy, which lets him copy the talents of anyone whose affinity with him is high enough. The higher their affinity, the faster he can copy their talents. The other is a skill that grows stronger over time: Teaching Benefits Both Teacher and Student. It boosts the experience of those he teaches, pr 80Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Republic of China: Transmigrating Between Two Worlds to Become a King 民国之两界穿越当大王 An ordinary modern man unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of an online novel he had been reading, and gains the ability to return to modern-day Earth. Li Mo is on top of the world. He takes antiques from the Republican era to Earth to sell, and brings counterfeit money from Earth back to the Republican era to spend. 115Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 From the Start in 1949, I Choose to Fight Across Southeast Asia 开局1949，我选择征战东南亚 [No System + modern era + founding a country overseas] In 1949, the Nationalist government’s fortunes began to take a sharp turn for the worse. Li Zewen, a modern university student, accidentally transmigrated into the body of a senior Guangxi Clique general. Knowing defeat was inevitable, he chose to lead his troops south to Annam, using it as a base before eventually unifying Southeast Asia. 124Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Qing-Dynasty Crossover: Divine Weapons Descend! I Fight the Foreigners and Overthrow the Qing 综清穿：神兵天降！我灭洋反清 Lin Wen unexpectedly transmigrates to the late Qing Dynasty, and activates an invincible System from the start. At a time when the country is growing ever weaker, he has only one thing on his mind: kill! Kill the invaders, and kill every rotten soul! From that day on, he becomes a terrifying God of War. One astonishing machine and piece of equipment after another makes its debut, leaving the world stunned... 9.7kReads7.0Score1.2k14d adds
- 25 Reborn as a Pioneer in the War of Resistance 重生之抗战先锋 [War of resistance, System, sensible protagonist, no female lead, patriotic fervor, scheming] “Ding! The date is July 7, 1937. Commander, you must build a force amid the shattered nation and change history.” When unemployed young man Lin Huaichuan opened his eyes after being hit by a truck, he saw not a phone screen, but the endless yellow sands of the North China Plain. “Did you drive over me like I was a speed bump?” “Take it up with my insurance.” “We're all doing our best to keep on living.” —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Warlord: Reclaiming Lost Territory and Watering My Horses in the Khanate 军阀：收复失地，饮马翰海 Li Wei, a modern-day angry young man, woke up in a parallel world that was familiar yet strange. He had become the son of a minor warlord in Yizhou. With foreign powers invading and the land shattered, Li Wei resolutely joined the tide of resistance, determined to drive out the invaders and reclaim lost territory. When the fighting finally ceased and he looked back, the lands once seized by foreign powers had all been reclaimed. 6Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 27 A New Dawn for the Huaming Longhan 重起华明龙汉 See how Zhang Kaiping, a young man from the modern era, rises to the very top after returning to a world where people prey on one another. Discover how he uses his memories and abilities to rebuild Longhan, and how a new-generation youth clashes with people from the old society to spark fresh ideas. Are new ways of thinking better, or is change itself the answer? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Zhao Gou's Bright Sword Journey 赵苟的亮剑旅程 Starting in Bright Sword, he builds his forces and grows stronger! Unlock Zhou Weiguo from Snow Leopard, giving him fewer regrets and more chances to strike back. Unlock Zei Jiu from Second Gunner, a sharpshooter who started out as a nobody. Give him a life with fewer clichés and more freedom to do as he pleases! Unlock the Cannon Fodder Regiment, so the heroes who fought bloodily can live a little less exhausting a life! I’m new to this, so I hope all you esteemed readers will offer more encour 71Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 My Commander Used Me as Cannon Fodder, So I Joined the Eighth Route Army 长官拿我当炮灰，直接加入八路军 [War of Resistance + No Heroine + No System] He transmigrated to the War of Resistance era and was treated as cannon fodder from the start! Zhang Tianyi: “If you show me no mercy, don't expect any from me.” The moment he decided to join the Communist Party, the world seemed to open up before him. Zhang Tianyi joined the Eighth Route Army, leading elite troops to fight the Japanese and build up a base area. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 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 1.1kReads6.6Score10914d adds
- 31 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
- 32 War of Resistance: The Fengtian Clique’s Most Defiant Man 抗战，奉系头号反骨人 [System Name: Powerful Fire Support System] [Core Function One: Strategic-Grade Supplies Support] [Function Details:] 1. Daily Random Rewards: At midnight each day, the System will assess the current state of the war and the Host's potential needs. It will randomly award several tons of combat or logistical supplies. These may include, but are not limited to, weapons and ammunition, medicine, food, clothing, engineering equipment, and more. 2. Guaranteed Monthly Grand Prize: At midnight on the f 957Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 The Battle of Changsha: Xue Yue's Elite Battalion Sweeps Away 100,000 Japanese Troops 长沙会战薛岳虎贲营横扫十万日军 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 97Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Rise of the Late Qing: The Mightiest Imperialist Power 清末崛起之最强列强 When the Maxim gun appears, the great powers are afraid. When the battleship appears, they’re afraid again! When the planes arrive, they’re even more afraid! Then, at the moment the atomic bomb explodes, the whole world falls silent. Eagle Nation: “How is this possible? How can they have weapons this powerful?” The Sun Never Sets Empire: “Could they have gotten their technology from aliens?” The Dwarf Nation: “Father, I’ll use every man in my country to conquer new territory for you.” 2.2kReads6.1Score17414d adds
- 35 Fighting My Way Out of 1937, I Became an Unknown Name on a Memorial 从1937杀出，终成无名碑 The Battle of Xinkou + the Taihang Mountains Campaign + the Hundred Regiments Offensive + battles of all sizes + the lives of ordinary people + no System: During the Battle of Xinkou, Qi Hang transmigrates into a new recruit in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, thrown into a sea of corpses from the start! No System, no romance. Relying only on hazy memories of the future and his knowledge of terrain and guerrilla warfare, he finds a way through. He experiences real battles, from ambushes large and small 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Grandpa's Military Uniform 外公的军装 A hundred-year-old Sichuan Army veteran has passed away. In a wooden trunk, an old uniform reveals two stories from the fires of war. At twenty, he was seized for military service. Wearing straw sandals, he left Sichuan and fought in the War of Resistance. Before the smoke had cleared, he was sent to Korea. Everyone called him a fearless hero. Only Grandpa admitted that on the battlefield, he was scared out of his wits. Knowing fear to the bone, why did he still risk his life and press forward? 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 War of Resistance: A Lone Piece on the Mountains and Rivers 抗日：谪落山河一子旗 [Back in the palace! No System, relying entirely on his own abilities to develop the country, building industry before going to war] When the spirit of modern civilization falls into a frail body in the Guangxu era, Chen Sitong sees one familiar figure after another from history books, people who had only ever existed on their pages. From then on, he walks a quiet and profound path. He sees opportunities for a powerful nation amid the flames of war in Europe and forges divine weapons deep in the 65Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 38 1945: I Refuse to Be Cannon Fodder, So I Head South to Found a Nation 1945：拒绝炮灰，我南下建国 [Warlord power struggles] + [Decisive and ruthless] + [No System] + [Geopolitical wish fulfillment] August 1945. The Japanese invaders surrender, and the shadow of civil war looms. An order forces 60,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers north to Shandong, to fill a death trap called Laiwu. Given a second life, Li Yici looks at the appointment letter on his desk and draws his Browning instead. “Going to Shandong means cannon fodder. Going to the South Seas means being treated like an ancestor!” “Who agrees? 726Reads5.6Score10214d adds
- 39 War of Resistance: Combining Military Branches, I, Chu Yunfei, Go It Alone! 抗战：兵种合成，我楚云飞单干！ After transmigrating into the body of Chu Yunfei, he awakens a troop-fusion System. [Decisive and ruthless, with plenty of satisfying action] Fusing three low-level soldiers into one high-level soldier is a shortcut to strength, but it also forces him to face a cruel reality: human lives are as worthless as weeds! Unlike the Eighth Route Army, he isn't bound by countless rules and restrictions. As long as it brings victory and doesn't harm his fellow countrymen, he will use any means necessary. 104Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 40 Bright Sword: Why Do I Have Even More Soldiers Now? 亮剑之我的兵怎么又多了 What? Li Ping'an's unit already has three battalions? Good grief, is he the regiment commander or am I? In the world of Bright Sword, Li Ping'an takes to the battlefield and unlocks the Merit System. From then on, he uses merit to recruit soldiers and acquire guns and ammunition, expanding his force from a handful of men into a platoon, company, battalion, regiment, and division. Many have fallen along the way. 3.2kReads5.7Score18114d adds
- 41 War of Resistance: I Serve as a Commander in the Regiment 抗战：我在团长当指挥官 Su Chen transmigrates through time and space and becomes a battlefield commander. Once the artillery is done, the infantry charges. Once the infantry is done, the artillery fires! What, you’re scared of those crooked-bipod machine guns? Scared of infantry guns, too? No problem. Your commander has something better! 441Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 42 The Nameless Blood Stele 无名血碑 The landing at Hangzhou Bay has cut off the retreat route of an army 300,000 strong. The high command is still dreaming, issuing and revoking retreat orders at a moment's notice. Amid the flood of a great rout, the last order Liu Yankai receives is to lead a remnant force and bring up the rear for the entire army. Behind him is the most elite regiment of the Central China Expeditionary Army. Before him lie a crumbling front line and endless streams of fleeing soldiers. At his side, only nin 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 The Greatest Landlord of the Late Qing Dynasty 清末之最强大地主 My future does not lie among the stars, but across vast expanses of land. There is no problem that cannot be solved by staking out a plot of land. If one plot is not enough, stake out another. “I stake out land, and I’m happy.” These are the musings of a transmigrator from an agrarian civilization about planets and the earth. 408Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Bright Sword: From the Start, I'm a Bandit Leading My Brothers to Fight the Japanese 亮剑：开局土匪，我带弟兄打鬼子 Yang Zirong transmigrates into the world of Drawing Sword and becomes a bandit! Bandits fight the Japanese too, but what do you do when the Japanese surround your mountain from the start? What? I've awakened an anti-Japanese System! Well then, sorry, you little devils! Take a bullet from your grandpa Yang! Ambush supply lines, blow up arms depots, raid an inspection delegation, and establish a base area. From then on, the Japanese army has a new name for him: Yang, the King of Hell... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 War of Resistance: I Lead a Special Forces Team to Save the Nation 抗战：我带一个特种队抗战救国 (No System, fictional Bright Sword setting, special operations, realistic and gritty) Qin Feng, commander of the modern Huaguo special forces unit “Longyan,” is leading his team on a mission when they encounter an electromagnetic storm. They are transmigrated, along with their gear, into the timeline of the book Bright Sword: the anti-Japanese battlefield in northwest Shanxi in 1941. Faced with the brutal Japanese invaders and scarce resources, they accept Commander Li Yunlong's invitation to jo 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 I Wield a Gun for the Ming Dynasty in Another World 我在异世为大明扛枪 [Not a wish-fulfillment story, patriotism, passionate Ming Dynasty, no golden finger, slow burn] This is the Ming Dynasty, but even more tumultuous and grand! Chen Ting transmigrates into a parallel world and becomes a soldier in the Ming Empire, fighting with all his might for the empire and its people. The crown prince, Zhu Yougui, is the most exalted man under Heaven, yet he must face troubles at home and abroad, along with open attacks and hidden schemes! As they journey onward, the two meet 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 War of Resistance: From a First-Year at Huangpu to Gongdelin 抗战：从黄浦一期生到功德林 In 1924, Li Yuxuan, who had traveled here from a later era, slapped his thigh. "A military academy fueled by patriotic fervor? Piece of cake!" But as things heated up, he somehow ended up sent to Gongdelin for further study. 946Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 48 From Cannon Fodder to General 炮灰逆袭成将军 Programmer Li Ang transmigrates into the hell of Shanghai in 1937, where he becomes Zhao Tiezhu, a low-ranking cannon fodder soldier who could die at any moment. With an old Hanyang rifle in hand, he fights across thousands of miles of smoke and fire. He breaks out of Nanjing, holds the line in northern Jiangsu, battles with bayonets at Taierzhuang, and raids the enemy in the mountains of southern Henan. As his brothers fall one by one before his eyes, he claws his way out of a sea of corpses an 3.2kReads—Score14814d adds
- 49 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
- 50 Northeastern Warlord: Slaughtering Japanese Invaders from the Start 东北军阀，开局就乱杀倭寇 [War of Resistance]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Late Qing and Republican eras]+ [If they won’t yield, fight them. Kill, kill, kill!] Zhao Zhenhua transmigrated to a parallel version of Northeast China, where his very first battle ended with the extermination of the bandits who had attacked a village. “Ding! Fourteen enemies eliminated. Reward: 140 million!” With a wave of his hand, he brought a “factory producing ten thousand rifles” up to full capacity, building the strongest iron-blooded force 11Reads5.4Score—14d adds
