Novels like Flames of War: Raising a New Army Corps
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- 1 From Introductory Armor-Piercing Defense to Mastery of Integrated Firepower 从甲弹对抗入门到信火一体精通 All descriptions of weapons and equipment in this work are based on publicly available information, combined with some personal speculation. This work represents only the author's personal views and should not be cited as a source. It contains no leaked information. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
- 2 Yang Weiguo, the Soldier 军人杨卫国 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! 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Eagle Has Landed to Arrest the President, What Should I Do? 鹰酱空降逮捕总统，我该怎么办？ [Espionage + 21st-century Cold War + US-Soviet rivalry + Warsaw Pact and NATO + intelligence operations + regime change] Also known as The Red Covenant’s Overseas Intelligence Chief Doesn’t Believe in Tears, I’m Disguised as a Mercenary, So My Ex-Agent Girlfriend Won’t Find Me, and Trust Me, I Definitely Won’t Use Red Revolution Tactics to Overthrow the Government. After transmigrating to the 21st century, Roman, stationed overseas in an oil-producing country on behalf of the Red Covenant, faces 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Military Region Operations Department: Rotational Warfare in Southern Yunnan 军区作战部：滇南轮战 The Military Region Operations Department is a long-running novel series, and this is one of its volumes. The Military Region Operations Department receives orders to organize two divisions and deploy them to Yunnan for rotational duty. Through transport, defensive deployments, and field exercises, the troops train hard, build effective positions, and make the most of their strengths to successfully complete their rotation mission! 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Those Who Set Sail Again 再度启航的人们 Historical chronicle style & post-apocalyptic & alternate universe A war nearly wiped out humanity. But we must set sail once more. If you enjoy historical fiction or alternate-history stories, please give this one a try. I’m a new author, and my writing is very likely to leave a lot to be desired, so I’d appreciate any pointers. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Unit Nine: Judgment Day 九号部队，审判日 [War] + [Mercenaries] + [No Female Lead] + [Multiple Perspectives] “I once had a dream: to bring peace to this world. But I think I was wrong. One person alone can’t bring peace to the world. Looks like I’ll have to find another way.” John Assault This novel is still in its experimental stage, so the plot may be rather messy. I’ll revise it later. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 My World War II: From the Arctic to Berlin 我的二战，从北极打到柏林 [Hardcore World War II] [Eastern Front Perspective] [Lesser-Known Battlefields] Liu Ye wakes up to find himself sprawled in a trench above the Arctic Circle, with German submachine guns rattling nearby and a Russian major's uniform on his back. Yesterday, he was filling out reports in an office tower. Today, he has to lead a handful of shell-shocked recruits to plug a gap in the front line torn open by the German army. The good news is that he can see everyone's position. Enemies appear as red m 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 My Son Brings Me Fortune: His Father Rises Through the Ranks Thanks to Me 父凭子贵，老爹靠我步步高升 [Military + Special Forces + Comedy + Trickster + Hoping His Father Will Become a Great Man + Time Reversal + The Whole Army Follows My Lead] Chen Long is reborn and gains a golden finger that lets him turn back time. In his previous life, his father was a deputy division commander, and his mother was the director of a supply and marketing cooperative. Chen Long could have spent his whole life lying flat, living it up and indulging in every pleasure. Then war took both his parents, one after the 299Reads6.6Score—Shelves
- 9 Didn't I Just Leave the Army? Why Am I Back in the Unit? 我不是刚退伍吗？怎么又回连队了 Lu Zheng is an honorable soldier in the People’s Liberation Army. Just as he is preparing to embark on the next stage of his military career as a senior noncommissioned officer, disaster strikes at home: his father is critically ill. Under immense pressure from his family, Lu Zheng has no choice but to leave the army and use his severance pay to cover his father’s treatment. It is still nowhere near enough, however, so he has to find a way to earn more. As it happens, a call from his former comm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Military Science and Technology Primer: A Fascinating Look at Military Uniforms 军事科技知识普及丛书军服趣谈 This is a popular science book exploring military technology. 6Reads7.9Score—Shelves
- 11 Ghost Recon: The Shepherd's Legend 幽灵行动之牧羊人传奇 The middle-aged homebody Mu Yangren unexpectedly transmigrates into a game world one day and becomes the commander of the Phantom Squad, a top-secret special forces unit in Country M. Leading three elite soldiers on various classified missions, he finds himself in a “game world” where he can pick up weapons and pilot fighter jets... But is it really just a virtual game...? 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 From the Heart of Darkness Emerges an Unrivaled Hero 一片黑暗中，走出一个盖世英雄 On the chessboard, the pieces have no control over their own moves. In the darkness, one conspiracy after another comes to light. War rages and lives are laid waste, as one nation after another becomes a casualty of the conspiracy. In the pitch-black darkness, just as the entire Holy Phil Empire on the planet Raul in the Fairy Plane is about to fall under the rule of sinister forces, he brings light and hope! He is the ultimate hero, the savior of the Holy Phil Empire: Asenna Yilei! 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 After Retirement, My Days in Dongguan! 退役后，我在东莞的往事！ After leaving the military, I worked as a security guard in Dongguan for several years, then spent a few years at a bathhouse. When the bathhouse business went downhill, I drove for a ride-hailing service for several years, and later worked as a resident instructor at a high school. From being an exemplary veteran, I couldn't resist temptation, gradually lost my way, and turned to crime. In the end, with help from my former commanding officer, I regained my confidence and fighting spirit and too 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 Total Confrontation: The Storm Is Brewing 全面对抗之山雨欲来 I gave this book the wrong title. It should have been called "Total Confrontation: Modern Joint Command Operations". But never mind, maybe I can change it later. This book has no System, no golden finger, and no overpowered hero. It’s a realistic, hard-edged military novel. I’m aiming to depict a full-spectrum confrontation across land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace under near-future conditions. The characters mainly serve the development of the situation, so they’re not especially deeply deve 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 Wings of the Empire: A Deck Leading to Your World 帝国之翼：通往你世界的甲板 One street separates two worlds. She is a prodigy at the Imperial University. At sixteen, she stepped into the cockpit of an aviation battleship, with a steel sky and boundless sea of clouds stretching before her. She carries the future of the Empire on her shoulders. He is an orphan struggling to survive in the Rust District. At eighteen, he squeezes into the infantry academy, a place like a “concentration camp for scum,” with his feet sunk deep in a land of mud and blood. He is merely the most 18Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 16 Attention, the Three Armies Are About to Throw Down! 注意，前方三军约架！ [Military + force-on-force warfare + aerial combat + army aviation + special forces + no female lead + no System] 1. Military buffs interested in modern warfare, information warfare, and military equipment systems; 2. Readers who enjoy technically grounded stories with a brisk pace and realistic details; 3. Readers hoping to learn about the real historical process of major powers' militaries shifting from mechanization to informationization. I hope you'll point out anything that could be improve 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Military Life: Beginning at the Strait 军旅，从海峡开始 Ye Xiu is struck by a “stroke of fortune” and sent to a parallel dimension. He discovers that although the country has a different name, the ancient and modern histories of his “Eastern University” are just like a two-sided pane of glass, mirroring the world he came from. Watch as the military doctrines of another world take root and flourish in the 702nd Regiment. 2.5kReads7.0Score382Shelves
- 18 Special Forces: I’m Longya, and I’ll Never Admit Defeat 特种兵：我龙牙，永不言败 [Special Forces] [Military Life] [Passionate] [Power Fantasy] [Scheming] [System] [Genius] [Transmigration] Wherever the eye falls, there is the August First emblem; wherever five stars shine, there is faith. No one joins the army just to suffer, but every soldier must be able to endure hardship. We give our youth to the military and our clothes to camouflage. Youth takes many forms, and we are fortunate that ours took the form of a uniform. If you choose the military, you must be willing to ser 75Reads—Score—Shelves
- 19 A Spicy Transmigration into a Book: My Military Camp Trials with Tang Xiaomi 穿书麻辣：我与汤小米的军营淬炼 Tang Jiulu: “There is still glory waiting on the other side. At the end of the dream, you are there, and I am no longer a lone goose.” Advisor Gu: “Yes, with you, I have a place to rest beneath the boundless glory you bring me.” Gu Yiye: Go boldly forward. The future of the country belongs to you. Mi Lan: Tang Xiaomi, don’t let me down. You make me proud. Lefty: Tang Jiulu, where is Tang Xiaomi? Tang Muyang: I can trust you to take care of Xiaomi. Lin Muzi: Xiaomi, Jiulu, this gadget of mine doe 37Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 A Bloody Battle in the Southeastern Mountains 血战东南山 The biting sea wind swept past the window of the J-16D. Chang Tian looked ahead at the white glint on the wings of the Weilon 013. Their sole mission was to destroy the air defenses on the southeastern island and clear a path for the airborne troops behind them. At the same time, Yue Tongyi, a veteran tank commander, climbed aboard a Type 99A main battle tank with the new recruits Li Jianwei and Gao Haoyu. The tank rolled into the rear cargo bay of a Y-20… 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 21 AGSAA Amid the smoke and fire of the Battle of Guderian Heights, young Second Lieutenant Wolfgang Arndt experiences the shock of his first battle and the loss of his comrades. In the spring of 1940, he is ordered to rebuild his crew and welcomes a new team: Max, a levelheaded Bavarian driver; Karl, a precise and cold-blooded gunner; Hans, a practical and meticulous loader; and Erich, a spirited young Berliner serving as their radio operator. These five Wehrmacht soldiers from different walks of life a 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 22 The Foolish Thief of the Sixties: From Death Row to a Billionaire Fortune 六零憨贼：从死刑到亿万身家 In the famine-stricken 1960s, Zhou Dabao, an orphaned son of a fallen hero, steals rice and meat to survive, honing the skills to scale walls and leap across rooftops. After enlisting, he earns repeated distinction on the battlefield, but is framed by a military brat and sentenced to death. He escapes prison and flees to Hong Kong, rising from a street thug to a gang boss. Sensing an impending crackdown on organized crime, he escapes to Southeast Asia and becomes a business tycoon. See how this 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Red Tide: The Lion Rises 赤潮之雄狮崛起 The story takes place on the parallel-world planet Apocalypse. The Strait of Shattered Stars is a turbulent place. The rising Yan Kingdom and the old-established Federation Alliance face off here. Secessionist moves, incited by foreign powers, are like thorns driven into the bloodline of their own people. This is no fictional battlefield: it is the front line in the struggle between the old order and the new. In this book, you'll see border guards in the Karakoram Mountains defend boundary marke —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Stop Asking for Updates, or I'll Really Disappear 别催更了，再催人真没了 (Realistic, slow-paced, not a power fantasy. Please don’t read if that’s not for you.) Web novelist Lin Mo was dragged into the world of his own unfinished war novel, Broken Arrow. This was a “dungeon hell” born from readers’ resentment, and he had become a cannon-fodder recruit. He must personally endure every blood-soaked battlefield he had written, and experience everything he once put on the page! If he wants to return to reality alive, he must finish the stories left “on hiatus” in every du 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Saber Is Drawn 军刀出鞘 The concept of armed reconnaissance originated with special operations personnel deployed by the navies, armies, and air forces of the world’s major military powers on forward reconnaissance missions. Its roots can be traced back to the prelude to the Normandy landings in World War II. We are the first to reach the battlefield, and if necessary, we will be the last to leave. More often, we arrive quietly and depart in silence. But believe this: wherever we set our sights, the fire of vengeance w 143Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 Comrade, Please Wait! 同志请留步！ Lin Hao, a senior private who accidentally fell to his death while fleeing the military police in his previous life, returns to the day he was assigned to his company. Given another chance, he does something astonishing: he voluntarily joins the very military police unit that once terrified him. From then on, the barracks gain a hard-nosed cop, over 185 centimeters tall, who knows how to deal with anyone who refuses to follow orders. From earning glory for capturing the Blue Army’s deputy regim 253Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 The Bell Tolls at the End of War 战终钟鸣 The War Ends, the Bells Ring 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 The Pacific War 4: Darkest Hour 太平洋战争4：艰难时刻 The Pacific War series offers a sweeping account of the Pacific War, fought from 1941 to 1945 across the Pacific and Indian Oceans and East Asia between Japan, a principal Axis power, and the Allied nations, including the United States and Britain. It presents the full story of the rise and fall of Japanese militarism, explores the causes and consequences of the Pacific War in depth, and examines the military, political, diplomatic, and economic struggles between the Axis and Allied powers from 158Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 29 The Unsigned Front Line 未署名的战线 [No System + no rebirth + modern espionage + overseas operations + military + special forces] Secret clashes between nations. Black ops that don't exist in any files. Starting with his first kill, a CIA agent in the Middle East, reconnaissance soldier Wen Hao steps into the gray world of intelligence. No unit designation, no medals, no way back. The truth he wants to uncover, and the people who never came back, are his only compass on this one-way road. Through a series of dangerous, deadly o 83Reads—Score132Shelves
- 30 Reborn as a Soldier, but I Never Planned to Serve for Life! 重生当兵，我没想干一辈子啊！ [Coming-of-age + everyday life + comedy + traditional military life + if you prefer mindless fun, proceed with caution] I earned merit in the military, I got into fights in the military, and I saved people in the military. My name is in all twelve volumes of the military record. (My attempt to switch genres failed, so I've sheepishly come back to writing military stories, hehe~) 5.5kReads8.2Score366Shelves
- 31 Hell’s Crucible: The Battle of Okinawa 地狱的熔炉：冲绳岛战役 On April 1, 1945, the Battle of Okinawa officially began. Eighty-three days later, on June 22, the Japanese defenders ceased all organized resistance, and the battle was declared over. Nearly 50,000 American troops and more than 100,000 Japanese troops were killed or wounded. Another 125,000 Okinawan civilians died in the fighting. One veteran struggled to explain everything he had witnessed, calling the battle “a crucible of hell.” Beyond Okinawa, the world had also changed irreversibly in less 277Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 32 A Survival Guide to Nuclear War on Campus 校园核战生存手册 Introduction Congratulations, classmate. Or perhaps I should say, my condolences. If you’ve opened this handbook, then you’ve already realized that this is no ordinary school. This is First High School, a place where “survival of the fittest” is the only school motto. Here, knowledge is not only power, but also a weapon, a shield, and sometimes the fuse that sets off a mutually assured destruction. This handbook has been published in the name of the Academic Affairs Office, but its contents were 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 My Shadow Looms Behind the Actions of Every Nation 世界各国行动都有我的影子 Entebbe’s “Operation Hercules,” the SAS “Operation Nimrod” in 1980, the 1994 F Airlines hijacking... The cold voice of a machine tears through Zhong Mu’s ordinary life, as the System inserts him into the scenes of some of the most devastating military operations of the modern era. He is no longer a bystander to history, but flesh and blood beneath the barrage of fire. Caught in the vortex of rescuing others and being rescued, he experiences war in its most primal form, leaving scars that can nev 95Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 Gu Yiye, Your Son Has Met Tang Xiaomi 顾一野你儿子与汤小米见面了 Gu Yiye, your son has met Tang Xiaomi. 46Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 Parasitic Catastrophe: Hunting the Deep-Space Broodmother 寄生浩劫，逐猎深空母兽 A parasitic catastrophe descends from the heavens. Jun Ling pilots a mech, slaughtering mutated beasts and impostors. Humanity has a comprehensive air defense system, a century of aerospace achievements, and military resources for global warfare. It has a full 128-day advance warning window. But geopolitical conflicts drain the firepower of the war zones, and humanity’s infighting ultimately breaks through civilization’s defenses. Once the spores hit the ground, only the cruelest, most unsparing 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 Arknights: Visitors from the West 明日方舟：西方来客 [Hardcore] [Military] [Arknights] This book uses a style similar to documentary military literature to depict young soldiers taking part in modern warfare on the continent of Terra. A few words from the author beforehand, in plain language. You may find yourself deeply immersed as you read. However, because of my personal writing philosophy, the story may not have an obvious hook at the beginning to keep you reading. You may find it difficult to empathize with the characters. That's normal. This 270Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 I Asked You to Write a Script, So Why Is Everyone Enlisting? 让你写剧本，怎么都来当兵了 [Alternate World + Transcribing Stories] Illness slowly drained away the last of his vitality. The machines in the hospital room fell quiet, and the medical staff by his side tried everything they could. Society offered its support. In the end, Lu Ping'an's life came to a close. When he opened his eyes again, he had left the cold hospital bed behind and arrived in a parallel world, similar to his own yet different. Here, the entertainment industry had been completely swept up by imported Korean 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 The Myanmar Warlord's Thug 缅北军痞 Conceal. Endure. Strike hard. A military hardliner in northern Myanmar, shouldering heaven's mandate and winning the people's hearts. Brothers turn against one another as they vie to become king. The tides are treacherous, and souls wander the road through Cancong. Zhou Huang's uncanny fortune sweeps away his sorrows. A major training exercise, just a taste of what's to come. A grand contest, showing their sharp edge. A massive raid, the sword drawn from its sheath. A great advance, a race for t 140Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 You Like the Northern Expedition? Then Go Preach Your Fire-and-Unification Theory! 喜欢北伐？跟我信火一体说去吧！ [No female lead + Transmigrate into a book + No System] (It’s normal for the rating to be low at first.) “War is a matter of vital importance to the state, a domain of life and death, a path to survival or ruin. It is imperative that it be studied.”, The Art of War, “Laying Plans” In 2025, on Blue Star in a parallel novel world, a global military competition for high school students is in full swing. At this time, two brothers from Earth, Zhu Yue and Zhu Xiuyuan, unexpectedly transmigrate to thi 244Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 The Shield of Anatolia 安纳托利亚之盾 #Hardcore Military #Alternate History #Cold War Hot Conflict #Ensemble Cast In August 1994, on the Anatolian Plateau, only two things came cheap: basalt cracked by the blazing sun, and lives churned up by tank treads. There are no satellite-guided weapons here, no heroic action-show protagonists, and no saviors. Only blind exchanges of fire between Soviet 125 mm smoothbore cannons and American 105 mm rifled guns. As an iron tide from the north surges across the border, a college student who only 291Reads—Score—Shelves
- 41 Red Cocoon Apocalypse: I Summon a Million Liberation Army Soldiers 红茧末世我召唤百万解放军 On the first day Chen Yan woke up, the world told him: ninety percent of the population was infected. The Red Cocoon Virus had brought about the end of the world, and the cities were hunting grounds for red corpses. All he had was a battered rooftop, a military uniform, and the “National Defense Mobilization System” in his head. The System said: kill red corpses, earn merit, summon the People's Liberation Army. An infantry squad, eight people, eight guns. Clear buildings, rescue people, estab 7Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 The Push for Fulda, 1994 冲击富尔达1994 [Alternate history] [Cold war and hot war] [NATO vs. Warsaw Pact] [Fulda Gap] [Steel tide] [Ensemble war story] [No System] 1994. The Cold War never ended. The Soviet Union still exists. The Warsaw Pact still exists. The Berlin Wall still exists. NATO launches its annual REFORGER-94 reinforcement exercise, sending US heavy armor back to West Germany. In March, the Warsaw Pact announces Exercise Spring Thunder-94, and the Soviet Western Group of Forces begins moving forward. Both sides insist it’ 2.4kReads—Score370Shelves
- 43 Xiao Po's Survival Journal: Irises in the Ashes 小珀生存日记：灰烬中的鸢尾 [This book is dedicated to portraying war and survival with uncompromising grit and realism] [#Gritty #Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland #Survival #Female Lead #War #Human Nature #Realism #Detailed Infantry Tactics] [This is a story about blood, iron, and how to breathe between the two.] A world built by the tip of a pen fiction and reality, rust, blood, and the end of the road. At the edge of the wasteland hangs an amber stone, corroded with rust; in the war zone, she blooms into a silent flower. Surv 352Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Reborn: Just Joined the Military Academy, and the System Arrives 重生：刚入军校，系统来了 Shi Yan is reborn, returning to the day before the college entrance exams. In his previous life, just to be with his terrible girlfriend, he deliberately held back on the exams and gave up his chance to apply to a military academy. After entering college, he worked part-time every day to fund her spending. He even missed his graduation exams because of overtime at a construction site, forcing him to repeat a year and delay graduation. But what did he get in return? On his girlfriend’s graduation 59.8kReads7.5Score6.1kShelves
- 45 Operation Northern Frontier 北界行动 Special forces operative Hummingbird and a state security partner venture deep into the frozen lands of the far north, crossing borders to rescue a genetic scientist kidnapped by foreign forces. Betrayed by an insider and surrounded by mercenaries, they fight to the death in the frozen wilderness. Every breakout is a brush with death; every counterattack comes at a terrible cost. This deadly contest across the far northern border is nowhere near its end. This book is a companion to "Border Actio 80Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 Codename: Tiger 代号猛虎 A glimpse into real military life and the inner journey of a rescue team. It tells the story of how the spirit of a heroic unit is passed down, how a local young man transforms into a true soldier, and how a rookie grows into an all-around expert. 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 Battlefield Showdown: The Turning Point of World War II 战场对决：第二次世界大战的转折 Drawing on the latest research from China and abroad, as well as recently declassified materials, this book was written under the guidance of relevant departments and experts. Using the course of World War II as its thread, it covers the war's major historical periods, principal theaters and battles, and leading military and political figures, presenting a sweeping panorama of the conflict. Its contents include military history, battlefields, campaigns, commanders, and wartime affairs. Spanning 43Reads9.4Score—Shelves
- 48 Blood and Iron in the Southern Frontier: From Recruit to General 铁血南疆：从新兵到将星 Modern special forces soldier Lin Feng is reborn as Lin Feng, a new recruit in 1979. Facing primitive equipment and a brutal battlefield, he keeps his abilities hidden and sharpens his edge, starting with innovations in squad and platoon tactics. In the bloody Sino-Vietnamese War, he leads his comrades to victory at the lowest possible cost, transforming from a new recruit into an iron-blooded commander. When modern military thinking collides with the tides of history, can he change his comrades 39Reads6.0Score—Shelves
- 49 I'm Really Just a Raw Recruit, Not a Sharpshooter 我真是新兵蛋子，不是枪王 Lin Xiu transmigrated into the world of Special Forces 2. His life had been carefree, until the notorious Scorpion destroyed everything. Bent on revenge, Lin Xiu resolutely joined the army. He awakened the God of War System and became invincible. The Red-Blue confrontation wants to steal my spotlight? Wipe them all out! Gao Shiwei: “This soldier is impressive. The Wolf Fang unit has to recruit him...” 7Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 50 Dragonflame Special Forces: Above All Nations 龙焱特种部队：万国之上 Every appearance is merely an empty shell. Every rule in motion hides unseen undercurrents; every calm facade conceals a web of tangled, secret checks and balances. Layers of overlapping circles nest within one another, hidden threads silently intertwine, and invisible channels stretch across territories and seep into every fiber, quietly plotting in places no one can see. Interests shift without a sound, desires pull in secret, and every outcome has long been quietly marked out in the shadow 5Reads—Score—Shelves
