Novels like Bright Sword: Building an Iron Torrent Through Independent Development
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- 51 The Rise of a Great China During the War of Resistance 抗战之大中华崛起时代 Lu Ting, a military game streamer, transmigrates with a System and unexpectedly arrives in 1937, a time ravaged by war. The nation lies in ruins, families are torn apart, and the Japanese invaders burn, kill, and plunder. To keep our homeland from being mercilessly trampled and protect our homes and loved ones, I’ll show no mercy with the System’s help. My vow: take no prisoners. I’ll lead a million troops and fight all the way to Tokyo. 273Reads—Score—14d adds
- 52 Wolves in the Northeast: The Young Sharpshooter 东北狼烟：少年枪神 With the nation in peril and the land shattered, young Zhang Fan, the top student at his school, is forced to take up arms amid the chaos of war. With his exceptional intelligence, calm demeanor, and incredible ability to learn, he gradually becomes a sharpshooter feared across the battlefield. The puppet troops are acting cocky? He puts them in their place on the spot! The Japanese invaders are running rampant? One shot, one kill! The traitors are up to no good? He shows no mercy! From a frail 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 53 War of Resistance: This Kid Is a Little Chilly 抗战：这个小孩有点冷 Dual-world travel + resistance war + System + pocket dimension + power fantasy A mercenary is reborn as a child, then transmigrates to 1938. Armed with a System, he makes his way through those turbulent years… 2.6kReads7.9Score16114d adds
- 54 Bright Sword: Reborn as Xiuqin 亮剑：重生之我是秀芹 A modern overworked office worker and die-hard Bright Sword fan, Li Xiuqin, dies in a car accident and is reborn as Xiuqin, who is about to be captured by Yamamoto. With the entire “script” in her hands, she decides to use her knowledge (and her sarcastic commentary) to change every heartbreaking outcome. Her main mission is to protect Old Li's head and make sure everyone gets their happy ending! Bright Sword! The Sword of Rebirth! 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 55 Bright Sword: My System Specializes in Fighting Scammers 亮剑：我的系统专治被讹 After transmigrating into the world of Drawing Sword, Li Yunlong finds himself embroidering at a clothing factory and activates the “Hundredfold Compensation for Being Swindled” System from the start! From then on, everything changes. His comrades plead poverty? The brigade commander robs him? His superiors requisition his supplies? Li Yunlong looks heartbroken on the surface, but inside he is overjoyed: “Come on! Swindle me for more!” They swindle a box of grenades from him, and he gets a hundr 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Iron-Blooded Bright Sword: My Red Alert Road to a Powerful Nation 铁血亮剑：我的红警强国路 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 90Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 The War of Resistance: Maybe I Should Go It Alone 抗战，还是自己单干吧 Qin Xiang, an ordinary man from modern society, somehow transmigrates into the era of the War of Resistance! Watch as he rises from a conscript, step by step, amid the chaos of war! The protagonist unexpectedly awakens a space within his sea of consciousness. With this one golden finger, see how he gradually stockpiles supplies to survive! After the uprising, he temporarily joins the Nationalist government, but still makes a point of helping the Reds whenever he can! Going it alone doesn't mean 40.6kReads7.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 58 War of Resistance: The Military Court and I Are Both Coming for Each Other 抗战：我和军事法庭双向奔赴 [Aside from the Battle of Cangyun Ridge, there won’t be a single outright violation of military law. Even if we do break the rules, the commanders will have to praise us.] Let’s bring this war to an end, this war that has brought countless hardships to our people. If a regiment commander during the Long March hadn’t made so many mistakes, could he have risen further instead of being stuck at the modest rank of major general? Could he have personally taken part in the battle that founded the nati 6.8kReads8.1Score22514d adds
- 59 War of Resistance: Li Yunlong, You Call This a Regiment? 抗战：李云龙！你管这叫一个团？ [Troop Recruitment] [Large-Scale Battles] [Development] [Military Industry] [Power Fantasy] After transmigrating to the War of Resistance era, he becomes Li Yunlong and is appointed commander of the newly formed New First Regiment from the start. The Division Commander: Need equipment? Go ask your brigade commander. The Brigade Commander: No equipment for you. Get on with whatever you should be doing. I don't know anything, and don't bother me with this crap again. "My dear Brigade Commander, th 63.8kReads8.3Score3.7k14d adds
- 60 Bright Sword: I Begin by Transmigrating as Zhao Gang 亮剑：从穿越赵刚开始 Xue Chen possessed the ability to enter people’s dreams and successfully transmigrated into the world of Bright Sword. The only thing that went wrong was that a mistake changed the target of his transmigration to Zhao Gang. Ever since Xue Chen took over “Zhao Gang’s” job, he’d completely changed the face of all Northwest Shanxi! Zhao Gang: Old Li, the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town is right under our noses, and you’re still not attacking? If we keep discussing it, we’ll miss our chance! Zhao G 2.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 61 The War of Resistance: Back to an Era We Must Never Forget 抗战之回到不能忘却的时代 An ordinary soldier working at a military museum gets the chance, through a twist of fate, to return to the War of Resistance against Japan. There, he fights in blood to protect his country and its people. There, he finds a band of brothers who will share life and death with him. There, he meets people he truly admires. The references to Drawing Sword are simply there to move the story along; they are not the main focus. 132Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 Espionage: Gravely Wounded from the Start, I Must Kill Japanese Soldiers to Stay Alive 谍战：开局重伤，必须杀鬼子续命 [Espionage + System + Schemer + All Villains + Ruthless] How long can an ordinary person survive after transmigrating to Beiping during the War of Resistance? Song Wenyuan has the answer from personal experience: Three days! He was nearly killed by bandits right after arriving, but luckily someone rescued him and brought him to Beiping. After begging for food for three days, the Japanese caught sight of him. As a gleaming bayonet pierced his chest, Song Wenyuan died with regrets! At the moment o 22.2kReads8.5Score1.8k14d adds
- 63 1935: Two Systems from the Start 1935开局双系统加我身 The protagonist travels to Shandong during the Republican era, in 1935, and gets married from the start. Congratulations, Host, on the birth of your child. The System rewards you with one million jin of flour. Congratulations, Host, for influencing the entire nation. The Red Alert System has been upgraded, and the barracks now reward you with 100 men every day. 158Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 64 One Body, Six Realms: Everyone Rises from the Bottom 六界同体：全员从底层崛起 I'm a low-level corporate drone and programmer in late 2026. No car, no home, no savings. Life has me struggling to catch my breath. After an accident, I stumble into a mysterious void and encounter five other versions of myself. My companion from prehistoric times is a primitive tribesman, eating raw meat and struggling to survive beneath the fangs of ferocious beasts. Liu Shan, a down-and-out prince of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms era, has nothing but a prince's title and is dismissed by 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 War of Resistance: A Hundredfold Return, Beating the Agent Squad from the Start 抗战：百倍返现：开局吊打特工队 Li Yunlong, a modern special forces soldier, dies and transmigrates into the world of "Drawing Sword"! He becomes Li Yunlong, commander of the Independent Regiment! Brigade Commander: “Li Yunlong, you’ve struck it rich again, you rascal!” Li Yunlong: “Brigade Commander, you know my Independent Regiment is so broke we can barely put food on the table!” Brigade Commander: “Cut the nonsense. You captured plenty of good stuff this time!” System: “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have awakened the Hu 6.9kReads8.7Score48914d adds
- 66 Thirty Thousand Rounds Per Magazine, and You Call This a Hanyang Rifle? 一个弹夹三万发，你管这叫汉阳造 This book was originally titled A Single Magazine Holds Thirty Thousand Rounds, and You Call This a Hanyang Rifle? When you're poor, fight with guerrilla tactics; when you're rich, carpet-bomb them with artillery! Zheng Kaixuan, a civilian inventor, transmigrates into the world of "Bright Sword" and awakens a Super Weapon Modification System. Every enemy he kills lets him modify weapons and equipment without limit. Li Yunlong: “A magazine holds thirty thousand rounds, and it fires fully automati 14.8kReads8.9Score1.9k14d adds
- 67 Bright Sword: What, Your Lieutenant Has So Many Ranks Below Him? 亮剑：什么，你连长下面这么多级 Li Yunlong: “Well, look at you. You really know how to play the fool while keeping your cards close.” The brigade commander: “You’re a company commander. Then what am I?” Wu Jing looked at the platoon leaders, squad leaders, team leaders, and captains under his command... 2kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 68 Republican Era Espionage: Code Name Crab 民国谍战之代号螃蟹 They endured a long, dark night, writing an indispensable page in China's War of Resistance with their blood. Some say your writing feels real, but who knows that the real world of espionage was even more brutal, too brutal to put into words. With this book, I pay tribute to all the heroes who gave their lives for their country on the intelligence front. 22.8kReads8.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 69 A Wuling Van from the Start: Transmigrating to the Bright Sword World 开局一辆五菱，穿越亮剑世界 Bright Sword + War of Resistance + System + Dual Transmigration Liu Qing was making deliveries in his Wuling van when one stomp on the accelerator sent him crashing into the battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japan? [Ding! Host has arrived at a special point in time. The Great Power Rising System is now activated!] Staring at the gaunt soldiers of the New First Regiment, Liu Qing was stunned! “Other people go to war short on guns and ammo, and you want me to deliver rice, flour, and oi 1kReads8.0Score10614d adds
- 70 The Sequel to I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me, Part Four 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》续四 The Wife Suspects I'm Cheating, Part Four 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 Snow Leopard: Steel Storm 雪豹之钢铁风暴 The flames of war have died down, but the heroes are not old. The legendary story of Snow Leopard continues in a new chapter. The dawn of victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan brought no lasting peace. Xu Hu, Shuisheng, Zhuzi, and the other members of the Snow Leopard special forces, led by Zhou Weiguo and Liu Yuan, barely had time to wash the dust of battle from their uniforms before throwing themselves into the mighty tide of liberation. From the East China battlefield, they rode to 282Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 War of Resistance: My Portable Space 抗战之随身空间 (This is a slow-burn story. The first hundred-plus chapters may not seem like much, but it gets more and more exciting later, especially once the battlefield shifts to South Asia and a nation is founded there. Readers who stick with it will be glad they did.) After taking part in a military trial, special forces captain Sun Yicheng inexplicably transmigrates back to Jinan in 1938. Using the pocket dimension created by the quantum chip in his brain, he harvests vast quantities of supplies, claimi 10.8kReads8.5Score71714d adds
- 73 Bright Sword: This Time, I, Chu Yunfei, Will Fight for Ping’an Gela! 亮剑：这次的平安格勒我楚云飞打 Resistance War + System + Building a Base + Making Planes and Cannons + Feel-Good Overseas Nation-Building (The rating is low because readers disliked a plot point earlier on. It’s been fixed now! Thanks for your support!) Transported into the body of Chu Yunfei. Defeat the enemy? No, from the start, join forces with Li Yunlong to wipe out the Sakata Regiment. Chu Yunfei: “In Shanxi, no one can have more firepower than me. Actually, make that anywhere in the world!” 31Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 74 War God of Two Worlds 双界战神 One day, a white lotus flower suddenly descended upon the Sacred Ancestor Mountain of Gangwu Star. A baby boy was wrapped inside it. A year later, demonic cultivators from beyond the stars invaded Gangwu Star and their armies advanced, destroying Sacred Ancestor Mountain. The five elders fought to the death to protect the baby, but they were outnumbered and perished. Before dying, they sent him away. But the boy was frail, and the astral winds of the teleportation crushed his body, leaving behin 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 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
- 76 Bright Sword: I, Li Yunlong, Will Live to Be a Hundred 亮剑：我李云龙要活到一百岁 A corporate drone from a cutthroat company that glorifies working 996 transmigrates into the world of "Bright Sword". No System, no golden finger! But he can't accept all the regrets in the original story: Wei the Monk, killed by bandits; the tearjerker heroine Xiuqin; revolutionary idealist Zhao Gang; the fierce and valiant cavalry company commander Sun Desheng, and so many more. Even Li Yunlong himself dies young because of his blunt nature and fiery temper! So this Li Yunlong secretly swears 74.9kReads8.5Score5.2k14d adds
- 77 War of Resistance: Breaking Through the Xiang River 抗战：从湘江突围开始 Fuya, you have to stay alive! Even if only one person remains, the souls of the Red 18th Regiment will live on. How do you choose between a family vendetta and the hatred of a nation? The blood-soaked debt owed to hundreds of millions of people must be repaid. You Japanese devils, Grandpa’s coming for you. 7.5kReads8.8Score32014d adds
- 78 Reborn as Li Yunlong: From the Start, I Led an Army on an Expedition to Lake Changjin 重生李云龙，开局率军远征长津湖 Reborn as Li Yunlong, he leads his army to the Changjin Lake battlefield from the start. And he immediately runs into the enemy’s elite troops? The Polar Bear Regiment? The First Marine Division? Li Yunlong: “Elite troops? I make a living beating elite troops!” 10.4kReads8.2Score67314d adds
- 79 War of Resistance: Truth Lies Only Within the Range of My Cannons 抗战：真理只在我大炮射程之内 [War of Resistance + Independent Development + Warlords + Ruthless Combat + Dark Themes + Military Industry + Patriotism + Alternate History] [Note: The protagonist is in another world. This is an alternate-history series with no connection to actual history, so please do not draw any parallels!] Xia Tian, a member of the special forces, is accidentally transmigrated to a parallel timeline and receives a System while carrying out a mission to stop foreign forces from entering the country. Once t 3.6kReads7.6Score24414d adds
- 80 The Making of a Top Assassin 顶级杀手的成长历程 Northeast China, 1933. Snow dyes the world a ghastly white, and the icy wind can gnaw the flesh from your bones. A young man in a thin shirt, skinny as a stick and shivering uncontrollably, stumbles into an earthen temple. He nearly trips over something at his feet: a corpse that is still warm. Beside the body, a spot of golden light flickers faintly, like a star buried in the snow. He reaches for it with trembling hands. The instant his fingertip touches it, a cold voice suddenly rings out in h 402Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 81 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
- 82 War of Resistance: From the Start, Armed with a Fortress Gun and Awakened Powers 抗战：开局就是要塞炮，力量觉醒 [Transmigration, System, fortress guns, anti-aircraft towers, bases] As a special forces soldier, Xiao Dingfang transmigrates to a parallel world during the War of Resistance. After awakening a System, he gets his hands on a 105 mm cannon right away. A sniper rifle? Heh, my artillery has a range of 20 kilometers! A positional battle? No, I fight battles of annihilation! An artillery regiment? No, mine’s a heavily armed combined-arms regiment! 167Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 83 Transmigrating to 1940: Titled the Ghost King 穿越40，称号鬼王 Wang Dong’s soul transmigrates, bringing him to 1940, where he becomes a four- or five-year-old boy in Wangjia Village. But due to the System, his body develops some problems, so he’ll kill Japanese soldiers while recuperating. He is the Ghost King in his enemies’ hearts, and he is the real Ghost King. The protagonist is a lone wolf who belongs to no organization, and is overwhelmingly powerful. 2.3kReads6.9Score10014d adds
- 84 The Brave Expeditionary Army 奋勇远征军 Liu Yi transmigrated and became Liu Yi, commander of the 598th Regiment of the 200th Division of the Expeditionary Force. From the retreat from Toungoo, Burma, to his encounter with Long Wenzhang. He’ll make sure cannon fodder are cannon fodder no more, and his comrades will no longer shed blood and tears. 152Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 85 Reborn in 1979: It Begins with a Spirit Spring Space 重生1979从灵泉空间开始 He’s dancing in a bar when he opens his eyes and realizes he’s transmigrated to 1979, a time of material scarcity. Luckily, he has a spiritual spring space and all the memories from his previous life. This time, he definitely won’t live such a pathetic life again! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Revenge and Retribution on the Shanghai Bund 快意恩仇上海滩 Li Tianhu, a nationally certified master fitter, gets drunk at a business dinner and ends up in 1930s Shanghai in a parallel world. He becomes an ordinary blacksmith from the lower classes and, with the help of his System and golden finger, grows stronger step by step as he pursues his own brand of justice across Shanghai. 186Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 War of Resistance: A Katyusha from the Start, and You Call That Food Delivery? 抗战：开局喀秋莎，这叫送外卖？ [Farming]+ [Troop Building]+ [Fast-Paced] (Already expanded to 300,000 words, so feel free to jump in) Qin Yue transmigrates to a parallel world during the War of Resistance and finds himself in the Battle of Cangyun Ridge. At a critical moment, the System activates. Complete missions to earn rewards. “Choice One: Provide Li Yunlong with artillery support. Reward: Multiple rocket launcher!” “Choice Two: Turn and run. Reward: Cowardly Deserter title!” And so, all of northwest Shanxi is thrown int 6.7kReads8.6Score37514d adds
- 88 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Wipe Out an Entire Japanese Infantry Battalion 抗战：开局灭掉鬼子步兵大队 Transmigrated to 1937, just as the War of Resistance against Japan breaks out, Chu Feng is the young master of Chu Family Fort. At that moment, a Japanese army battalion is rapidly closing in, just thirty li from the fort. At this critical moment, Chu Feng awakens the God-Tier Nation-Defending System. All he has to do is kill enemies to earn rewards. “Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host, your beginner's gift pack is open. You have three rewards to choose from.” “Option One: A new Japanese-equipped 69Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 89 Reborn in 1988: The Road to a Comeback 重生1988之逆袭之路 The protagonist, Su Tianci, is an online writer. After finally collecting 30,000 yuan in royalties, he heads to Hong Langman for a massage and some relaxation. But who could have guessed? He inexplicably transmigrates to 1988, when he is 17 years old. 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 90 War of Resistance: Rising to Power on the Shanghai Battlefield 抗战，从淞沪战场开始崛起 During the Battle of Shanghai, 700,000 Chinese marched fearlessly into battle, fighting the Japanese invaders, who had planes and artillery, to the death. In October of that same year, the Gu family’s castoff walked out the door. After transmigrating, Gu Changfeng, a modern soul, resolved to join the War of Resistance. But fate had other plans: he was dismissed from the army once again. Gu Changfeng thought, Perfect. The Shanghai battlefield, here I come... He gathered scattered soldiers and for 3.3kReads7.9Score22414d adds
- 91 Bright Sword: I Help Li Yunlong Build an Enhanced Regiment 亮剑：我替李云龙拉起一支加强团 Li Yunlong leads a force of 500 men. He turns to Xu Ke and says, "Brother Xu, what do you think of my men?" "Not bad. What do you think of these 5,000?" "Why are there so many?!" "Old Li, I brought you a force." Watch Xu Ke, who keeps signing in, join forces with Li Yunlong to turn the tide. 20Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 92 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 3 《怀疑妻子对我不忠3》 My Wife Might Be Cheating on Me 3 32Reads—Score214d adds
- 93 Bright Sword: From the Northwest Shanxi Front to Lake Changjin 亮剑：从晋西北打到长津湖 After an accident, Zhou Wu transmigrated back to a time when war raged across the land, becoming a soldier in the Eighth Route Army. Facing brutal invaders, he used the military knowledge and foresight he had gained in his previous life to build up the armed forces, fighting bandits, eliminating collaborators, and wiping out the Japanese... Every inch of our land is drenched in blood; ten million young men take up arms! Zhou Wu firmly believed that truth lay only within the range of artillery, a 20.1kReads6.1Score1.3k14d adds
- 94 Bright Sword: I Became Li Yunlong's Former Regiment Commander 亮剑：我成了李云龙的老团长 Cannons are used to measure the size of a nation's territory. Dignity lies at the tip of a sword, and truth exists only within the range of a cannon. Chen Hao transmigrates into the world of "Drawing Sword" and takes on the Japanese invaders! 94Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 95 Reborn in High School with 100 Million in Cash 带着一亿现金重生高中年代 The protagonist is Su Tianci. He wakes up one day and is shocked to discover that he has transmigrated back to his high school days, when gold was everywhere. He also has a pocket dimension and a hundred million in cash. … 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 96 A Bloody War of Resistance: From the Start of Bright Sword to China’s Rise 铁血抗战：从亮剑开局到华夏腾飞 A modern veteran transmigrates into the body of a patriotic young man from the South Seas, armed with an overpowered System, and sets out to build the most lavishly equipped Eighth Route Army! There’s no supply he can’t buy, only attacks the Japanese never see coming. He becomes sworn brothers with Li Yunlong, joining him in a legendary tale of blood and fire against the Japanese. The iron and blood of the Jinxi-Beiping battlefield come alive once more. With the System’s help, technology saves 42.7kReads7.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 97 Espionage: Rising from Cannon Fodder 谍战：从炮灰开始崛起 The previous book is about to conclude, and an audiobook narrated by a real person is now available. Readers who enjoy audiobooks are welcome to check it out. [War of Resistance Espionage + System-Powered Wish Fulfillment + Multiple Paths of Development + Military Statistics Bureau in the Early Story + Army in the Later Story + Beating the Japanese to a Pulp] Son 32.7kReads7.6Score3.6k14d adds
- 98 Transmigrated into the War of Resistance: The Phoenix Rises from the Flames 穿越抗战之浴火凤凰 Fang Mengqi, a modern female special forces soldier, is forced off a cliff by foreign mercenaries while covering her comrades. When she wakes, she discovers that she has transmigrated into the body of a woman with the same name during the War of Resistance... “[Ding... Detecting that Chinese women in this era are suffering under the Japanese invaders. Give the women of this era a chance to stand tall...]” “[Ding... A warrior rose, a phoenix reborn in fire! Fight for women’s survival in this era! 375Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 99 Bright Sword: The Civilian Supplier 亮剑民用供应商 Seamless steel pipes can be used to build water mains or pipelines for coal gas and natural gas. Li Yunlong: Oh, I see. So they’re cannon barrels and gun barrels, right? Fertilizer can be used to increase crop yields. Li Yunlong: Oh, so you’re not supposed to mix it with sugar, right? Got it! 5.8kReads8.4Score37214d adds
- 100 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
