Novels like Wandering with Cannon Fodder: I Became a Warlord by Roaming Around
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- 101 War of Resistance: With My Blade at the Ready, I Am General Gu 抗战：横刀立马，唯我顾大将军 After the military parade, military enthusiast Gu Chenzhou transmigrates to the Republican era in a parallel world. A student in the Chinese Department at National Yanjing University, he resolutely abandons literature for military service and heads to the Huaxia Military Academy for training. After graduating, he arrives in Beiping to take command of a German-equipped battalion. In this parallel world, fewer than six months remain before the Japanese invaders strike and China falls into their ha 2.9kReads—Score11814d adds
- 102 War of Resistance: Rising to General with a Bearish Female Officer 抗战：带毛熊女军官混成将军 Chen Feng transmigrates to the War of Resistance period and becomes a soldier in the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army, where he awakens the “Strongest Warrior on Earth System.” On the vast stage of World War II, he puts on a performance all his own. In 1940, as conditions grow increasingly harsh for the Anti-Japanese United Army and the Japanese tighten their blockade, the army is forced to retreat into Soviet territory. There, Chen Feng meets his “Renata.” Together, they leave behind a legen 946Reads6.9Score10714d adds
- 103 A Dream of the Republican Era: I Became a Warlord 梦回民国，我成了军阀 A first-year history student gives up on life, eats way too much corn, and accidentally transmigrates. He wakes up in the Beiyang Government era of the Republic of China. As the leader of a band of outlaws, watch me defy fate and rewrite my destiny. 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 104 War of Resistance: Every Last Soldier Under My Command 抗日：麾下一兵一卒 With the Blind Monk’s skills from League of Legends, he slays enemies on the front lines and sweeps away bandits behind enemy lines, earning honors from home and abroad and becoming invincible inside and out. He beheads countless Japanese invaders, then reaches level eighteen and faces the final choice of what comes next. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 War of Resistance: Bloodbath in 1937 抗战之血战1937 [Alternate-history fiction, no System, and no golden fingers.] If an ordinary person who knows nothing transmigrated to the 1937 Battle of Shanghai, could he survive against well-equipped, well-trained Japanese soldiers and their coordinated assaults by land, sea, and air? What did he go through as he went from thinking only of escape to fighting desperately in the bloodshed? This novel aims to stay close to history and be as realistic as possible. Please don't nitpick the locations or names. Th 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 I Level the Japanese Command Headquarters, Leaving the Great Powers Terrified 荡平倭寇司令部列强震怖 A different kind of War of Resistance! Those unresolved regrets: I’ll be the one to change them! China’s rise begins when Chu Zixuan wakes up strapped to an electric chair in a Japanese military headquarters’ dungeon! National hatred and family vengeance collide with high-voltage current, explosively creating a wondrous space in his mind! Though it is no bigger than a peanut, it is the starting point for turning everything around. Why...? It all begins with this tiny space. A hundred-thousand-me 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 The Green Camp Rises: Yuan Xiucheng’s Global War Chronicles 绿营崛起：袁秀成的全球战记 [War-themed power fantasy, System + mass recruitment + 19th century] In the empire’s final years, internal strife, natural disasters, and foreign enemies converge. Yuan Xiucheng, a teenager born into the Green Standard Army, unexpectedly awakens a War System. Using it to recruit elite soldiers and purchase advanced weapons, he quickly builds a powerful, loyal force. Amid the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising, revolts by ethnic minorities in the northwest, and upheaval caused by Nian rebel forces 25Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 108 Unify Latin America, Starting in 1775 从1775年开始，统一拉美 The year is 1775, the height of Emperor Qianlong’s reign. It is also the last golden age of agriculture in the Chinese Empire. As modern technology and industry begin to emerge, Britain is advancing with unstoppable force toward its greatest glory. That year, the North American colonies fire the first shot of resistance at Lexington, and a brand-new United States is about to step onto the world stage. At this crossroads in humanity’s fate, will the old empire cast the last rays of its setting su 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 I Became a Warlord Overseas 我在海外当军阀 He commands three armies: the army's lions, the air force's black falcons, and a third force no one has ever seen! With these three armies, he leads a small overseas nation out from under the oppression of great powers, steadily winning independence and taking its place on the world stage. “Ruerbang bows to no one. If they want us to submit, we'll answer with the thunder of our cannons!” 78Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 110 1860: I Rebuild the Ming Dynasty on the West Coast 1860我在西海岸重建大明 [Founding a country overseas + returning to reclaim the homeland + the great powers] In 1860, the Yuanmingyuan, built by squeezing the people dry, came crashing down amid the laughter of two thieves. The signing of the Treaties of Tianjin and Beijing also turned the leading civilization of East Asia into a plaything for the Western powers. Meanwhile, the country's ruler, the Pigskin Emperor, remained mired in his ancestral doctrine that the Han Chinese were a greater threat than foreigners. That 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 War of Resistance: Putting Down Roots in Qingya to Build an Ironclad Base 抗战：扎根青崖打造铁血根据地 [War of Resistance in the Republic of China] [Transmigrate and sign in] [Build an army and vie for supremacy] [No heroine] A modern military enthusiast transmigrates. With some knowledge of modern military tactics, his main goals are to grow stronger and wipe out the invading enemies. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 War of Resistance: Rising to Power with Zhou Weiguo! 抗战：从周卫国开始崛起！ After an accident, he transmigrated to another world and unexpectedly became Zhou Weiguo. With foreign forces invading and war raging everywhere, Zhou Weiguo threw himself into the fight without hesitation to defend his home and country. 5Reads8.7Score—14d adds
- 113 The Dragon Rises in Southeast Asia 龙起东南亚 Can you fight a war of resistance overseas? Can the Chinese communities in Southeast Asia rise up? Follow a humble noncommissioned officer as he transmigrates to a very different Southeast Asian battlefield. Our Southeast Asia, our story, is not the same. 1Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 114 Transmigrating to 1937 to Find the Resistance 穿越1937找组织 In 1937, the Battle of Shanghai fell apart as Japanese forces launched a surprise landing at Jinshanwei. Modern special forces soldiers Lei Zhan and his teammate Qin Zheng accidentally transmigrated to the front lines of a chaotic era while carrying out a mission. Drawing on the top-secret historical archives stored in their minds, the two immediately identified Cheng Ming, a Communist underground operative embedded in the Military Statistics Bureau. They brought modern special forces infiltrati 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Transmigrating to the Late Qing Dynasty to Build an Industrial Cthulhu 穿越晚清建立工业克鲁苏 [Transmigrating between past and present + decisive and ruthless + one heroine + no womanizing + technological development + farming] By a stroke of luck, the miserable Li Haiyang gained the ability to travel between the modern era and the Qing Dynasty. Seizing the opportunity, he began a time-traveling trade in modern goods, from everyday necessities like food, clothing, and shelter all the way up to aircraft and warships. He would take anything and everything! Empress Dowager Cixi? The Eight-N 3Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 116 The Black Gold Empire: From the Loess Plateau to a New Era for China 黑金帝国：从黄土高原到神州新天 A ring and a coal gasifier: in an age of chaos, they let him turn coal into oil. With both parents dead and his family fortune coveted, He Jingyan builds his life from nothing, rising from desperation. He makes his own guns and cannons, trains his own army, and carves out a domain from a county in northern Shaanxi. When the guns roar at Lugou Bridge, he leads his iron army east. This is more than a struggle for supremacy. It is a people’s road to vengeance, from the Loess Plateau all the way to 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 War of Resistance: My 1943 Player Army 抗战：1943我的玩家军团 "Slow-paced, not a conventional power fantasy, ensemble cast, somewhat realistic" When Lin Yan opened his eyes, he discovered he had become the second-in-command of a bandit stronghold in northern Hunan in 1943. His sworn elder brother had just died. Guo Mazi was making a play for power, and the Japanese were less than twenty li from the stronghold. A System had been implanted in his mind, allowing him to summon “players” from the future into this era. When the first batch of beta testers arrive 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Back to World War I: Dominating the Military Industry 重返一战：制霸军工时代 [Feel-good, passionate, military industry, technology] Bai Jiangshan obtains a key that lets him travel between two radically different eras! Polished digital machine tools, terrifying modern weapons, and miraculous medicine: this is 2023. War and fear are everywhere: this is 1914. Return to the past and use modern technology to create more “harmonious” weapons, bringing the family arms factory back to life! 7Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 119 I Transmigrated to the Late Qing Dynasty, and I’m Here to Beat the Great Powers! 穿越晚清，老子打的就是列强！ [Transmigration + court politics and schemes + no System + no heroine + farming] Liu Yu transmigrates to a parallel world during the Daoguang era and miraculously becomes Yikui, the emperor's eldest son. The Opium War is just eight years away. Armed with scientific knowledge from the 21st century, he prepares to make his mark. First, he will build up his own power and repel Britain's invasion. Then he will strike north against Russia, crush Japan to the east, and defeat and colonize the Western 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 120 The Storms of Lanfang 兰芳风云 In another, similar world, it is once again the tenth year of the Guangxu era. Yang Yun transmigrates into the body of Luo Xiangyun, the thirteenth-ranked young master of the Luo family, during the final glorious days of the Lan Fang Republic in Southeast Asia. He rises through internal family struggles and political games against the court's scheming officials, then takes up the unyielding fight against colonial rule. He leads the Chinese people in rebuilding their power, restoring Lan Mang to 830Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 121 Tiger of Beiyang: Dad, Let's Not Become Emperor 北洋之虎：爹！咱不当皇帝了 A new story is here! You can read my work 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! 164Reads5.7Score13814d adds
- 122 Blood and Mountains of Guizhou 黔血山河 They were the Guizhou Army, nicknamed the “straw-sandal soldiers.” They were considered an “irregular force” in the Nationalist government’s ranks, with shoddy equipment and scarce supplies. Yet at the most perilous moment in the history of the Chinese nation, they shouldered their rifles and marched out of the mountains of Guizhou. Told through the eyes of Chen Erwa, an ordinary soldier, this novel spans a series of major campaigns, including Shanghai, Xuzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, and the Yunnan-Bu 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 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
- 124 1910: Blood and Iron in Yunnan, Nearly Starved to Death from the Start 1910铁血滇云，开局差点饿死 [Warlords of the Republic of China + Building his own power + A military-industrial tycoon transmigrates + Yunnan Army] After waking up, military-industrial tycoon Tang Qi finds himself transmigrated to the early years of the Republic of China. Using the Yunnan Army as his foundation, he establishes a Southwestern United Government and develops at breakneck speed between the two great powers of the foreign nations and the Beiyang Government. A Republic-era warlord story unlike any other. 2.4kReads6.0Score11014d adds
- 125 Late Qing: I’ll Make the Great Powers Kneel and Sing ‘We Conquer’! 晚清：我让列强跪着唱征服！ No harem, no clichés, no invincibility, no System. Enter at your own risk. After transmigrating to a parallel world in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Haoran had hoped to live quietly as a landlord’s young master. Instead, he was forced to become the face of an industrial powerhouse! After overcoming one obstacle after another, he looked back on the road he had traveled and couldn’t help but marvel: “Turns out I’m the foreign power!” Empress Dowager Cixi (trembling): “This Liu Haoran... Is he plannin 12Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 126 Stop! Let That Young Lady Go! 住手！放开那个小娘子！ Reborn as the foolish son of a landlord, I even got saddled with the terribly embarrassing name Zhu Dazhuang. Should I lie flat and enjoy life, or work hard and stir things up? Hmm, it’s probably better to grow more crops, build more roads, have more children, and raise more pigs... What? Is life as a landlord’s son in ancient times really this plain and simple? Pah! Stop! Let that young lady go! I, Zhu Dazhuang, will show you what it means to bully men and women, tyrannize the neighborhood, com 52Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 127 Reborn in Huangpu: I'm the Real Lucky Star 重生黄埔，我才是福将 [The rating is low because the book just launched, but it’ll go up later. Give it a try!] Born in 1907, amid the final, turbulent years of the Qing dynasty, I came into the world with top-tier luck, my fortune stat maxed out! At three, I slipped and fell into the deep sea. Everyone thought I was done for, but a dolphin pushed me back to shore, earning me the nickname “the child blessed by the Sea God” around the neighborhood. At eight, I snuck into a casino and won so much that the house started 10.9kReads8.1Score19614d adds
- 128 On the Eve of Nation-Building, I Led an Army South into Southeast Asia 建国前夕，率兵团南下东南亚 Gu Yun transmigrates into a game world in 1949, becoming the commander of the Third Corps. Seizing the opportunity to find the corps a way out, he leads the Third Corps south into Southeast Asia; He drives out the French and British forces invading the region; With abundant resources and overwhelming military strength, he builds an overseas empire; 2.7kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 129 War of Resistance: With a Holographic Battle Map, I Lead the Sichuan Army to Victory 抗战：全息战图，我带川军杀疯了 [No female lead + cathartic resistance-war story + unbreakable brotherhood + victory against the odds + characters with brains] Peacekeeping soldier Gu Yan transmigrates to a battlefield in the War of Resistance against Japan and awakens a holographic battle map. As the Japanese launch their fifth assault, the company commander raises his gun and roars, “Sichuan-born soldiers die with their boots planted right here!” “Who says we can only sit here and wait to die?!” Once the holographic battle m 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Warlord: From Young Marshal to Regional Enforcer 军阀：从少帅开始鞭策一方 My new work is out! Head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 War of Resistance: Transmigrating to 1937, a Rout Soldier Awakens 抗战：穿越1937之溃兵觉醒 Jin dedicates this story to the 80th anniversary of victory in the War of Resistance, and to the people of this land who laid down their lives and shed their blood to repel foreign invaders and achieve the great rejuvenation of the nation... No System, no golden finger, a hellish start from the very beginning! Xiao Ran, a special tactics instructor from a military family, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of an ordinary trainee on the Songhu battlefield in a parallel world. Aside from tac 175Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 132 War of Resistance: The System Awakened from the Start? I'll Buy, Buy, Buy! 抗战：开局觉醒系统？我买买买！ [Pure Power Fantasy + Slightly Slow-Burning + Warlords + Fengtian Army + Ruthless Decisiveness + System + Nation-Building + Contest for Supremacy] After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Lin Heng, a Chinese special forces captain, made a shocking move. To his surprise, after dying, he transmigrated to a parallel world and became the most doted-on youngest son of a warlord. As a transmigrator, he naturally needed a golden finger. [War of Resistance System]: Anything of value can be exchang 193Reads—Score15514d adds
- 133 Rooting Out Traitors and Slaying Invaders 锄奸杀寇 Stage a whole series of performances, each one utterly convincing; lay a string of traps, each one meticulously planned; win over people from every walk of life, with every move hitting its mark. (Said by Destruction Sister) In Shanghai, root out traitors amid flashing blades; in northern Jiangxi, fight the Japanese in a stirring battle. Purge Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators, kill puppet troops and Japanese invaders. The espionage is heart-pounding, the battles are soul-stirring. Wash a 7Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 134 War of Resistance: Heroes of Unyielding Loyalty 抗战之烈骨忠魂 This story takes place in a parallel timeline and is not official history. Readers, please don’t take it as such. A patriotic young person from the 21st century transmigrates by accident, heading to the front lines and experiencing the major battles firsthand. Bugles ring out as the mountains and rivers blaze, With a heart full of fervor, I march to my country’s final sacrifice. A stirring, tragic song of the soldiers who fought on the front lines. 26Reads—Score13014d adds
- 135 Transmigrating to 1937 During the War of Resistance 穿越抗日1937 [True-to-life Republican-era setting. No System. Not a power fantasy.] In 2025, an ordinary office worker transmigrates to the chaotic Republican era of 1927 and is forced to become a starving foot soldier amid the warlord conflicts. Ten years later, he leads over a hundred thousand men out of Sichuan to fight the Japanese. This is a stirring, tragic expedition, and an iron-blooded legend written by an ordinary man at a time when his nation’s survival hangs in the balance! Note: This book has no 9.7kReads6.1Score39314d adds
- 136 From Fighting in Northwest Shanxi to the 38th Parallel 从晋西北杀到三八线 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.2kReads5.7Score45514d adds
- 137 War of Resistance: From Manchuria to the South Seas Expedition 抗战：从关东到远征南洋 [Independent development + storage space + System + expeditionary force] Du Zhongyi finds himself in the War of Resistance era. As the saying goes, the greater your abilities, the heavier your responsibilities. Unable to bear seeing his fellow countrymen reduced to second-class citizens, he takes up a position in the mountains, raises a banner, and starts recruiting troops… 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 From Western Hunan to Southeast Asia 从湘西到东南亚 The protagonist, whose soul comes from a later era, establishes himself in western Hunan and seizes the opportunity of World War I to build up his strength. He reforms and develops the region while preparing for war against Japan, resists the Japanese invasion, and later joins the Expeditionary Force. After World War II, he dominates Southeast Asia, then helps Chinese people expand their living space during the Cold War. 1kReads6.0Score—14d adds
- 139 The Expeditionary Force: Guerrilla Warfare in Burma 远征军之我在缅甸打游击 [Expeditionary Force]+ [Flying Tigers]: Zhan Youwei, company commander of the guard company in the 288th Regiment, 96th Division, 5th Army of the Expeditionary Force, and Gou Desheng, a veterinarian, are left behind in the Burmese jungle and forgotten. By chance, they rescue James, a Flying Tigers pilot who has parachuted down. Determined to rejoin the main force and return home as soon as possible, they wage a grueling guerrilla war against the Japanese in the Burmese jungle… 3.3kReads8.8Score25814d adds
- 140 Fighting the War of Resistance with the Principal by My Side 抗战带着校长去闯荡 Fang Qingshan, a young man from a later era, transmigrates back to that dark period with a System. Let's see how he wages war across the land with the System's help. From then on, history's scales gain another weight! The fate of his country lies before him, while a hidden nemesis within the System lurks behind him! With the Red Alert core in his hands, can Fang Qingshan control this power before it runs wild? 75Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 141 Bright Sword: The Ultimate Quartermaster 亮剑之最强军需官 Wang Defa transmigrates into the world of Bright Sword and awakens a System that rewards him with Soviet weapons for killing Japanese soldiers. PPSh submachine guns, DP light machine guns, T-34 tanks, Katyusha rocket launchers: I can get them all. Wang Defa: Old Li, this is an infantry company reequipped with Soviet weapons. What do you think of its combat strength? Li Yunlong: Quartermaster Wang, you're incredible! One company has more firepower than my entire regiment. If you gave me an inf 2kReads6.7Score15314d adds
- 142 Rise of a Great Empire 崛起：伟大帝国 Transmigration + System + World War II + warlords + competition for supremacy Li Yunfei unexpectedly transmigrates to another world on the eve of World War II. With the System’s help, he starts out in the northwest. Watch as he makes a decaying empire great again. 174Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 143 Huangpu: Who Put an Ally in My Unit? 黄埔：这是谁把友军放我部队里的 [From the start of the Central Plains War] + [War of Resistance] + [A native of Fenghua] On the eve of the Central Plains War, Chen Hanwen starts as a company commander and builds an ironclad army. He fights from start to finish, defending his homeland and serving his duty with unwavering loyalty! The synopsis doesn’t do it justice. Read the story itself! 43.4kReads6.7Score2.6k14d adds
- 144 War of Resistance: Bloodshed in the Taihang Mountains 抗战之浴血太行山 Zhou Zhengguo arrives on the southeastern Shanxi battlefield with no System, no golden finger, and only a death-defying order from his superiors. Stop the enemy reinforcements at all costs! From the start, his entire regiment has lost two-thirds of its men, and he has fewer than eight hundred soldiers. How can he accomplish the mission he’s been given? No guns? Take them from the Japanese. No food? Take it from the Japanese. Not enough men? Recruit puppet troops and bandits. The brigade commande 11.7kReads7.9Score62314d adds
- 145 The Sichuan Army's War of Resistance: From a Civilian Militia to a Hundred-Thousand-Man Army 川军抗战：从民间武装到十万军团 A rundown mountain stronghold from the start, and all your gear comes from fighting! Meng Jing'an transmigrated into the body of a bandit chief in 1938, but he had only a few dozen men, none of whom could even get enough to eat. But there was no need to worry. He awakened the Defend the Homeland System: kill enemies to earn points, then trade them for guns, cannons, and equipment! From northern Sichuan to southern Shanxi, from the Taihang Mountains to Shandong, he struck fear into the Japanese a 8kReads7.1Score91214d adds
- 146 Rising Through the War of Resistance as a Quartermaster 抗战从军需官开始崛起 A parallel world. Hard times are just around the corner. Sun Bai, whose soul has transmigrated into the body of a quartermaster major with the same name, must figure out how to thrive in these difficult times. There are no modern heavy mechanized brigades to sweep the Japanese invaders away. Relying on his golden finger, Sun Bai builds a heavy-firepower force suited to the era. 44Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 147 This Ragtag Crew Is Surprisingly Fierce 这伙草台班子有点猛 220Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 148 War of Resistance: Sign-In for a Million-Man Army, Becoming a Warlord of the Republic 抗战：签到百万雄兵成民国大军阀 In 1925, during the Beiyang era of the Republic of China, the nation had already weathered countless heads of government! Warlord factions were entrenched across the country, each refusing to yield to the others. Zhao Mingyi, reborn, joins Marshal Zhang’s ranks and saves the nation from the brink of collapse. Faced with the Japanese aggressors running amok, he has just one word for them: fight! Just fight! Zhang Xueliang won’t resist? What? You dare not resist? Want me to beat you to death? You 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 Anti-Japanese War: A Dimensional Strike 抗日之降维打击 After the victory in the book’s War of Resistance against Japan arc, the story mainly follows the big shot’s laid-back daily life. It’s mostly a modern urban farming story, grounded in everyday life, about the ordinary growth of Zhang Hanliang, a big shot with an invincible identity and abilities. He likes to play the pig to eat the tiger, so there’s never a shortage of satisfying moments. His love life is pretty eventful, too. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The War of Resistance: Blood and Tears of Haitang 抗战之海棠血泪 This great war was about far more than military hardware from the very beginning. It reached into medicine, agriculture, people’s livelihoods, education, the industrial base, military industry, geopolitics, and the shaping of the whole world... The mission and means of the Chinese people have always been to break through the vast net their adversaries wove from 1640 to 1940 to bind this Eastern dragon, repaying them in kind and bringing all under the rule of the great way. Come and see how Lu Ru 13Reads—Score—14d adds
