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- 1 I Became a Division Commander in the Republic of China 我在民国当师长 No System. An ordinary factory worker in peacetime is beaten to death after offending his supervisor, then transmigrates to the Republic of China. Before he knows it, he’s become a division commander and is taking part in the War of Resistance against Japan from beginning to end… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 Republican Era: Antique Tales from a Turbulent Age 民国：乱世古董风云 [No System + No Harem + Meticulous + Passionate + A Colorful Republican-Era Ensemble] The Republic of China was an age of deep divisions. It was rotten yet brilliant, dark yet bright. The warlords of the time squandered lives and preyed on the people, yet could also set out for battle with their coffins and die wrapped in their own battle robes; The professors of the time embodied the refined airs of cultured gentlemen, yet could also endure hardship and toil with grit and perseverance; The writ 11Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 3 War of Resistance: From Bright Sword and Huangpu to Changjin Lake 抗战：从亮剑黄埔，到抗美长津湖 Feng Wenbiao unexpectedly transmigrates to the world of Changjin Lake, where he becomes the head of a border-region arms factory. With weapons in short supply, he begins trading all kinds of supplies with the Russians. From RPGs to Tiger tanks, from Falcon fighter planes to Katyusha rocket launchers, after several months of arming up, the Huaxia army is stronger than ever. They figh 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Fighting the Japanese: Unlimited Building Materials from the Start 抗日之开局无限建筑材料 Liu Shan, a modern man, transmigrates to 1931. When he opens his eyes, he has become Liu San, a bandit's descendant, facing the threat of his stronghold being destroyed and himself killed. He gains an unlimited construction warehouse and sets about building on a grand scale, creating an impregnable fortress, wiping out bandits, killing Japanese invaders, and forging a great empire! 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Industrial Tycoon: Landing a Ten-Billion-Yuan High-Speed Rail Contract from the Start 工业大亨：开局拿下百亿高铁订单 Parallel world, Blue Star. Ren Zheng has earned his senior architect license. On a foreign website, he pretends to be an international megacorporation and sets up the “Red Rabbit Officially Unofficial Infrastructure Flagship Store.” To his surprise, Bear Country takes him at his word and places a ten-billion-dollar high-speed rail order. What's more, they promptly pay a one-million-dollar deposit. But when Ren Zheng is faced with an order from the real Bear Country government, he doesn't kno 5Reads6.1Score514d adds
- 6 1906: I Have a Portable Hospital 1906：我有一间随身医院 Zhao Feihong transmigrates to the Hualan Kingdom of 1906 with a space hospital. In this age of ceaseless warfare, just how much can a hospital, rather than a weapon, accomplish? Let us wait and see... 233Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 7 The Jianghu Emperor of the Republic of China Era 民国之江湖皇帝 The underworld isn't about fighting and killing. It's about human relationships and the ways of the world. But Lin Zhiyuan doesn't see it that way. He believes that fists are power! With his fists, what are the three tycoons Du Yuesheng, Huang Jinrong, and Zhang Xiaolin to him? With iron fists and a fish-killing knife, he carves out a fearsome reputation as the Emperor of the Underworld! It's just a fish-killing knife, yet it holds the underworld of Republican-era Shanghai in its grip for decade 70Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Get a Military Rank Promotion System 抗战：开局获得军衔晋升系统 Li Yifeng wakes up to find that he has transmigrated to the battlefield against the Japanese. With the enemy's relentless artillery fire raining down, barely anyone has survived at their position. At this critical moment, a phone call changes his fate: with all the officers dead, he is promoted on the spot to company commander! "Ding! Congratulations, Host, you've jumped three ranks!" "Reward: 50 MP18 submachine guns, 12 Type 82 mortars, 500 shells, and a German-equipped guard company!" From the 2kReads6.6Score10014d adds
- 9 Transmigration: The Warlord's Substitute Bride 穿越：督军替嫁新娘 [Period setting + transmigration + alternate history + substitute bride + pocket dimension] Luo Yan: Sigh, since I’ve transmigrated, your parents are my parents from now on, and your brothers are my brothers. And if possible, I wouldn’t mind taking your warlord husband too!!! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Anti-Japanese Espionage: Sorry, This Is for the Greater Good 抗日谍战：抱歉，这是为了大义 [Seems like a sly schemer + seems like a villain + spy thriller + body double + mystery + comedy + live-in son-in-law + comeback + futuristic fantasy = serious spy thriller (features a System, not a pure wish-fulfillment story, read with caution if that's not your thing)] A deep-cover agent for ten million years, working as a spy in the river of time. He transmigrates between multiple parallel timelines, but can never escape his fate as a spy and undercover agent. This time, he travels back and —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 11 Republic-Era Arms Industry: From Making Guns to Crushing the Great Powers 民国军工：从造枪开始横扫列强 [Republican-era warlords + high-tech System + unstoppable power fantasy] After waking up, Lu Xiao, a top military industry expert from the 21st century, finds himself the good-for-nothing son of Republican-era warlord Lu Yongxiang. In his previous life, he mastered firearms and military tactics. In this one, he’s forced to play the part of a spoiled young man just back from studying abroad. Then his private train is attacked, and the Civilization Arsenal System awakens amid the bloodshed 98k ri 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Transmigrate to Republican-Era China, Starting with My Expulsion from Military Academy 穿越民国，从被军校除名开始 [You’ve just transmigrated, and the military academy has already expelled you?] [You’ve barely set out for home when enemy warships ram and sink your ferry?] [The little Japanese devils have brought out their tanks?] [Where will you get the money to buy weapons and supplies? Your spatial storage is piled high with gold and silver!] He turns the wealth and supplies he accumulated in modern-day Daxia into wartime resources and sends them to Daxia in the modern era, strengthening the country’s defe 125Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 13 Republican Era: Ruling Shanghai and Slapping a Great Warlord 民国：横行上海滩，掌掴大军阀 “The bolder you are, the more the land yields.” “Once you’re in Shanghai, you’ve got to have guts!” Dressed in a sharp suit, Lu Yuesheng’s second uncle pointed toward the Shanghai Bund and continued: “This world is filled with gold in the streets and beautiful women everywhere. Whoever has the nerve to make a move can come out on top. Whoever can seize an opportunity can rise above the crowd.” “Now your opportunity has arrived: become a Chinese constable in the French Concession.” “Then you’ll b 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 1930: I Sat Up in My Coffin 1930，从棺材里坐起来 At thirty-five, I was paralyzed on one side and spent the rest of my life alone, wasting away online. Then one day I opened my eyes in Hanzhong, southern Shaanxi, in 1930. I had woken up in my own coffin, reborn as the Guo family's village idiot, mocked by everyone. My parents showered me with love, and the whole family cared for me. There was none of the coldness I had known in my previous life. A Level Four Civilization Material Conversion System awakened in my mind, letting me exchange points —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 Divine Beast Awakening System 圣兽觉醒系统 In his previous life, Lin Tian was merely a lowly underground boxer, manipulated by others until his death without ever learning the truth. Three years later, he was unexpectedly reborn. In this life, spiritual qi revival is underway, sacred beasts have returned, and humans and beasts are at war. Having been given a second chance at life, he is determined to take control of his own fate. If the road ahead is thorny, he will carve out a bloody path of his own. He will kill any man who stands in h 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Republican Era: With Heaven-Defying Comprehension, I Take the Young Marshal's Place 民国：悟性逆天，从截胡少帅开始 Transmigrate to Republican-era China and beat up a young Marshal of the Fengtian Army right from the start. After graduating from the Military Academy, he makes a name for himself across the land and becomes a key figure at the heart of the Fengtian Army! Revive the Northeast Army and sweep away the Beiyang warlords! Defy fate, and keep foreign invaders beyond the borders! 4Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn in 1935: National Hatred and Family Feud 重生1935国仇家恨 A foreign-language translator is reborn in Northeast China in 1935. After watching his entire family die at the hands of the Japanese, he sets out on a path of revenge. Of course, he has to have a cheat: a Sumeru space that grows alongside him. 91Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 18 Undercover in the Japanese Army, I Became the Supreme Commander 卧底日军，我成了最高指挥官 Li Zhiyuan, a rural college student, is hit by a car while delivering takeout and transmigrates. When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in the War of Resistance era, as a Japanese artillery captain, and a collateral member of the aristocratic Konoe family! An officer of an enemy nation? An artillery commander? No need to panic. The System awakens, and he steamrolls everything in his path! He secretly saves people and joins the Red Party, embarking on a roundabout path to save his country. He r 159Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Transmigrated to Republican-Era China to Be Du Yuesheng’s Bodyguard 穿越民国之给杜月笙当保镖 A food delivery guy transmigrates to Republican-era China and awakens the Sequence Warrior System. From the start, he saves Du Yuesheng, tramples gangsters, takes on the gangs, battles the foreign concessions, and outwits warlords. Fighting the Japanese invaders, he ultimately becomes the true underground emperor of Shanghai! 119Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Spy Games: No Time for Love, Only Killing Japanese Invaders to Save the Nation 谍战之无心恋爱，只想杀鬼子救国 Espionage + fleeing famine + System + transmigrate into a book + war + no CP + alternate Republican Era Lin Ye is a member of the Dark Night reconnaissance squad. She subdues a bomb-crazed attacker on a bus, but before she can defuse the bomb, it explodes. Then she transmigrates into a book and becomes the male lead’s former fiancée in Run, Military Doctor Yin! Commander Gu Is Chasing You Again. She transmigrates into a book and gets blown up again. Luckily, she survives this time. Thinking 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 I Become a Literary Giant in Republican-Era China 我在民国当文豪 Qi Wang, from the twenty-first century, transmigrates back to 1925 in another timeline. Just as he thinks he is the chosen one, destined to change the course of an entire era, he discovers what he really has to face: parents pressuring him into marriage, a depressed and timid cousin who is his fiancée, a willful and spoiled younger sister, a stepmother who tears the family apart, and a half-brother born out of wedlock... In the end: His parents, who had pressured him to marry: “Qi Wang is our ho 89Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Yun Xiaoxing's Second Book 云晓星的第2本书 My new work is out! You can 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! 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 The Iron-Blooded Young Marshal: Not an Inch of Chinese Land Shall Be Surrendered 铁血少帅：华夏山河寸土不让 My new work is out! You can 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! 39Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 24 Republican-Era Warlord: With a Poverty-Alleviation System, I Became a Great Power 民国，军阀扶贫系统，我成了列强 [Colonial Powers] + [System-Fueled Free Shopping] + [Land, Sea, and Air] + [Worldwide Delivery] + [Infrastructure Mania] Jiang Lan accidentally transmigrates to a parallel world, where he becomes a minor warlord under siege. Just as he is about to meet his end, he bonds with a poverty-relief System! Domestic semi-automatic rifles, light and heavy machine guns, sniper rifles, light and heavy tanks, main battle tanks, armored vehicles, rocket launchers, all kinds of daily necessities, and basic in 1Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 25 The Poisonous Espionage Master: From the Start, I Face the Honey Trap Head-On 谍战毒士，开局硬刚桃色陷阱 [No System] + [No Transmigration] + [Suspense] I won’t allow anyone in this world to be as handsome as me! Lin Feng, a Red agent, impersonates Japanese spy Major Araki and wipes out a group of Kuomintang agents sabotaging the War of Resistance. He wins the trust of the Kuomintang leadership and infiltrates the notorious 76th Office. As an agent of the 76th Office and a high-ranking Japanese military spy, he handles both identities with ease. Jiang Wanqiu, the Kuomintang’s rose: you take care of 191Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Fighting the Japanese: I'm the God of Medicine in the Republic of China 抗日：我在民国当药神 [War of Resistance + Jianghu + Political Intrigue + Passion] Medicine can save lives. Zhang Wei firmly believes that enough medicine can also save a country and a people. So after transmigrating, he sets out to save the country through medicine, while matching wits with street thugs, Japanese spies, the Wang Jingwei regime, and corrupt officials. Before he knows it, he has become the Republic of China’s Medicine God. 227Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Back to the Republic of China as a General 回到民国做将军 A delivery guy is in a traffic accident while making a delivery and transmigrates from the modern world to the chaotic Republic of China era, a time of raging wars, warring warlords, and bandits everywhere. From then on, he begins a life with cheat-like advantages! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 The Blade-Wielding Werewolf 刀客狼人 Born into a time of chaos, the boy watches his entire village fall to the Japanese invaders. He flees a thousand miles, determined to one day ride into battle with blade in hand, avenge his country and family, drive the Japanese pirates back beyond the seas, and cut down their commanders. 2.1kReads8.6Score20614d adds
- 29 The Rise of a Republican-Era Arms Dealer 民国军火商的崛起之路 1.6kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 30 Huo Yufeng: Reborn in Republican-Era China 霍御风之重生民国 Huo Qubing died of illness in the sixth year of the Yuanshou era, but transmigrated to the Republican era in 1932. During the January 28 Incident, the Central Army and Japanese forces fought a major battle at Miaohang. Huo Qubing’s soul entered the body of a company commander who had been severely wounded in the battle. The couple Chen Molin and his wife rescued him, and since he had transmigrated to the Republican era, where the name Huo Qubing was far too famous, he changed his name to Huo Yuf 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn in Republican-Era China: The Rise of a Financial Dynasty 重生民国：财阀立国传 Reborn in the Republican era. These were the best of times, and the worst of times. Sun Tong had a small heart. All he wanted was for himself and his family to live in peace. Beyond that, he would be happy to help Longguo, a country beset by disasters, whenever he was able. But when the tides of the times came crashing in, how could one man possibly hold them back? And as the power gathered under his command grew ever greater, with everyone constantly pushing him forward, how could he stand stil 11Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 32 Warlords: Winds Rise Along the Shu Road 军阀：风起蜀道 In the final years of the Qing dynasty, the natural order was turned upside down. The people lived in misery, bandits plundered at will, and warfare raged across the land. In a car accident, the soul of an ordinary modern college graduate who had just started his first job was carried into the mind of a baby about to be born. Favored by Heaven, he somehow missed the Meng Po Soup and began a new life with his memories intact. Born into the impoverished household of a failed scholar in the mounta 39Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 33 The Iron-Blooded System: My Invincible Army 铁血系统，我的无敌军团 [Transmigration + System + Military] From the start, he became the head of a security regiment, with three hundred ragtag soldiers whose rifle barrels were worn smooth. At the critical moment, the Iron-Blooded Salvation System bound itself to him. Earn points, redeem equipment, swap out troop types! Kill rogue soldiers, storm enemy strongholds, blow up enemy warships! From company to division, captured codebooks and looted enemy treasuries all earn points. He had all the men and artillery he 1.5kReads7.0Score10014d adds
- 34 Running a Supermarket in Republican-Era China During the War of Resistance 抗战之我在民国开超市 Zhu Xiulin had yearned for military life ever since she was a child, inspired by her grandfather, a veteran of the war against Japan. After the country was liberated, he stayed home to recover from numerous injuries. Zhu Xiulin was the youngest in her family. Every day, her eighty-year-old grandfather told her stories about the Long March and fighting the Japanese invaders. Growing up under his influence, she decided she would join the military when she was older. But to her surprise, she someh 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 1943: Heading South from Guangdong 1943，从广东开始下南洋 This is the story of a male protagonist who transmigrates back to Guangdong in 1943 and builds an ideal nation in Borneo. No System, one heroine. A slow burn. The author is a longtime reader, now taking the first steps into writing. Please be kind! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn in the Young Marshal's Body: This Time, I'll Stand My Ground 魂穿少帅之这一世我一定要硬一回 This novel is for every reader who has grieved over the pain of September 18. It answers a question that has lingered in countless hearts: If we had resisted back then, what would the world be like today? 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 War of Resistance: From Snow Leopard to Bright Sword, I Am the Warlord King 抗战：从雪豹亮剑，我是军阀之王 [Drawing Sword + Warlords + Republican Era + Military Industry + Patriotism] Zhou Weiguo transmigrates to 1933 and becomes one of the Hunan warlords. He also obtains the Ultimate Enemy-Slaying System, which grants unlimited rewards for every enemy he kills! Ding-dong! Kill three thousand invaders, and receive ten thousand Barrett rifles! Ding-dong! Put down the unrest in Fengtian, and receive ten thousand rocket launchers! Zhou Weiguo continues killing invaders and restoring order. Weapons p 5Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 38 Slay the Invaders and Become a God 杀鬼子成神 A chef armed with a cleaver accidentally arrives in a parallel world: Shanghai, the Far East’s greatest city in the 1930s. It’s a dazzling world where a man can become a god or a demon, and in the end, he becomes a god who slaughters the Japanese invaders and Chinese collaborators. 9Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 39 Warlord of the Republic: From Shanghai's Gambling King to the Top 民国军阀：从十里洋场千王开始 [Republican-Era Conquest + Gambling King + Tycoon] Li Yun transmigrates to the Republican era, in the turbulent, cosmopolitan world of Shanghai's foreign concessions, and gets the [Republican-Era Conquest System] from the start. [Ultimate Gambling Skills] let Li Yun effortlessly earn the title of Gambling King of Shanghai's foreign concessions, winning over Long Si and the others. [Ultimate Combat Skills] earn the lifelong loyalty of Ma Yongzhen, Chen Zhen, and others. [Ultimate Medical Skills] 395Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 40 Republican Era: One Yuan to Instantly Conquer World War II 民国：一元秒杀平推二战 The series include Drawing Sword, The Head of the Regiment, The Disguiser, Peace Hotel, and The Lost City... Li Yan accidentally transmigrates into the Republican-era world of TV dramas and awakens a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System, which refreshes ten items for instant purchase every ten days. Today's instant purchase: 10,000 Mauser 98k rifles Today's instant purchase: 50 75mm Krupp field guns Today's instant purchase: 188 Type 59 main battle tanks... When weapons, food, supplies, and industri 1.6kReads7.2Score12414d adds
- 41 Rebuilding an Empire in Another World 异世界之重造帝国 In another world, the ancient Great Chu Empire, once powerful for a thousand years, has fallen apart. Warlords abound, conflict rages, the people are displaced, and human lives are worth less than grass. Beyond the empire, foreign tribes rise one after another, all eyeing the weakened Great Chu and eager to tear off a chunk for themselves. Special forces soldier Ling Feng transmigrates to Shu Province in Great Chu with the strongest System. From the start, he has a company of soldiers. For every 23Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 42 Empire: From Security Corps to an Iron Tide! 帝国：从保安团，到钢铁洪流！ [Republican Era] + [System] + [Power Fantasy] + [Not Mindless] Lin Ran transmigrates to an era resembling the Republican Era, where warlords clash, the people struggle to survive, and foreign powers watch hungrily from the sidelines... Luckily, he obtains the Ultimate War System. Every breath makes him stronger! The dark clouds filling the sky are actually a fleet of B-21 strategic bombers. The tide surging across the ground is a flood of Pershing tanks. Lin Ran: War is a dirty game, and I'm a d 290Reads6.3Score10414d adds
- 43 Republican China: From the Start, I Have a Model Battalion Armed with American Weapons 民国之开局美械模范营 Wu Taiheng, who somehow transmigrated to the Republican era, received two pieces of news: The good news: He's Wu Junsheng's son, the famous Wu with the thick tongue, and he has a System! The bad news: The System vanished before it could explain anything. He spent thirteen years living like an idiot, and it wasn't until the second year of the Republic that the System finally awakened! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 A Republican-Era Private 民国大头兵 These events all truly happened in history, and now they are replaying before your eyes. Pick up your weapon and fight like a true soldier. Everything you do comes from the most instinctive call within you. The protagonist, Ma Chenggong, transmigrates to the Republic of China era as a common soldier and fights the Japanese. 107Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 45 Reborn in 1930, I Use My Blade to Kill the Japanese 魂穿1930年小爷用刀杀鬼子 I bear the name Meng De, so I must also have Meng De’s ambition. One day, my soul travels back to 1930. The nation is in turmoil, the Japanese are eyeing us hungrily, and chaos is looming. I head to the Northeast alone, with no interest in scheming for power. I carry only a sharp blade as I roam the land. Wherever the Japanese boots trample, they burn, kill, and loot, leaving the people in misery. So I make my blade my weapon and swear an oath in blood. I ambush lone Japanese soldiers in the cou 72Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 46 Starting as a Warlord's Young Marshal, I Build an Army to Conquer the World 军阀少帅开局，爆兵争霸世界 Warlord of Chuzhou: “What? Zhang Bao'an's army is attacking! Quick, I surrender!” A powerful warlord: “What? Zhang Bao'an has unified Chuzhou? Quick, invite him to join our faction.” The world powers: “What? Zhang Bao'an has unified the Great Chen Republic? Quick, prepare for war. He won't be easy to defeat.” Zhang Bao'an looked at the map and sneered. “What are you afraid of? You're not my opponents. My sights have always been set on the stars and the sea!” The Great Chen Republic was divid 528Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 47 I Transmigrated to the Beiyang Era and Rose to Become the Strongest Warlord 穿越北洋，晋升最强军阀 A spacetime-travel System + character summoning + weapon exchange + travel between two eras. Wang Qingyun accidentally transmigrates to Shanghai in 1920, during the Republic of China era. With the System’s help, he recruits underlings. At first, all he wants is to survive and become rich, but circumstances force him to build up his power and conquer the land. See how the protagonist takes on the gangs and reclaims the foreign concessions... 2kReads6.4Score10314d adds
- 48 War of Resistance: One Hundred Days of Huangpu Sign-In, and I Became a Warlord of the Republic 抗战：黄埔签到百天，成民国军阀 [Republican-era Warlords + Building an Army Alone + Special Forces + Characters from Drawing Sword + Shanghai Bund] Xu Tianming transmigrates to the warlord-torn Republic of China and becomes a senior commander in the Fengtian Clique. The people are in grave danger and the nation’s territory is steadily falling, yet these useless commanders refuse to resist and let enemy forces run rampant across the Northeast. Furious, Xu Tianming builds his forces alone, leading his troops to fight the invader 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 The Rise of a Warlord in Republican China 民国之枭雄崛起 Three years after graduation, good-for-nothing Chen Dong accidentally steps on a land mine and transmigrates to the early Republican era. After months of wandering from place to place, he decides to gather some brothers and become a bandit. He takes over a town, marches into the county seat, and raises a banner to crown himself king. Then he discovers the wonders of having God's-eye perspective and sets off a movement across the Republican era by starting a newspaper and opening a bathhouse. He 3Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 50 Warlord: Starting in Another World as a Republican-Era Army with German Equipment 军阀：异界民国从奖励德械连开始 Waking up in a pile of corpses, Fang Ji'an discovers that his beer belly is gone and he's more than a decade younger. Among the corpses is a man who looks a lot like he did in his youth. While he's panicking, he awakens the Nation-Building and Conquest System and changes his name to Fang Ji'an. Using the dead young Fang Ji'an's identification papers and appointment letter, he begins his struggle for supremacy in an alternate world's early Republican era. P.S. The novel's title can't be change 972Reads5.9Score—14d adds
