Novels like War of Resistance: Rising from Guerrilla Squad Leader
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- 1 Bright Sword: Qi Tongwei Is Reborn, Zhao Gang Leads Li Yunlong to Victory 亮剑：祁同伟重生赵刚带飞李云龙 [War of Resistance + System (not overpowered) + ensemble cast + face-slapping + satisfying revenge] Given a second life, with the memories of both Qi Tongwei and Zhao Gang woven together, how will he break free from his predetermined fate? In this life, I won't just climb the ranks. I'll make people look up to me. Li Yunlong: Old Zhao, people used to say I never played by the rules. Now I'm the most rule-abiding man in the whole regiment. Zhao Gang: Old Li, from now on, you can handle all the 119Reads—Score11014d adds
- 2 From Little Beggar to Hero of the War Against Japan 从小叫花到抗日奇侠 A land aflame with war, a mysterious young man, love and hatred, resistance against the Japanese and the hunt for traitors... The Beggars' Sect, bandits, merchant caravans... collaborators, Japanese invaders, the Green Gang... searching for a master, suppressing bandits, resisting the Japanese... This is the remarkable story of a little beggar with a mysterious identity. A vivid tale of the Republican era and its unforgettable cast of characters, it is sure to keep you reading through the night. 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 War of Resistance: Max-Level Insight, From Foot Soldier to General 抗战：满级悟性，从小兵到将星 Zhou Chuan transmigrates to the era of the war against Japan and gains max-level comprehension. When he happens to come across a recruitment drive, he signs up without hesitation and joins the army as a new recruit! [You watch the captain handle a rifle and suddenly understand. You become a crack shot who never misses.] [You study gunpowder and suddenly understand. You develop smokeless powder!] [You watch the people grow crops and suddenly understand. You develop high-yield wheat, rice, and pot 2.1kReads6.4Score10614d adds
- 4 Dreaming Back to 1895 梦回一八九五 During a mission, special forces soldier Lin Feng unexpectedly returns to 1895 in a parallel universe. This world shares the same history as the one he came from, but with his arrival, a whole new chapter begins. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Holy King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天国的圣王 The warships and cannons of the Western powers blasted open the gates of the Qing dynasty, sounding the alarm across China. Faced with an upheaval unlike any in five thousand years, reform was the only way forward! Feng Yun, a librarian, transmigrates into Feng Yunshan, the Southern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Faced with internal strife, foreign aggression, and a decaying feudal system, he has no choice but to bring about change! 28Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 6 Traveling Between Two Worlds: From the Start, I Rule the Golden Triangle as a Tusi 两界互穿开局金三角当土司 At the end of the Shuiqing era, when you can transmigrate back and forth between parallel worlds, what would you do? Support the Qing and drive out the foreigners? Give me a break. I don’t want to wear a long queue braid. Raise an army against the Qing? What a hassle. People die in wars, you know. The right way to get started is to become an imperialist power yourself and join the great wave of colonization. First, take the Great Qing Empire for a spin, then wipe out the Japanese, and finally 130Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Transmigrating Back to Fight the Japanese Invaders 抗日之穿越回去打鬼子 I unexpectedly transmigrated back to the War of Resistance against Japan and ended up as a collaborator, working for the Japanese alongside my grandpa. The System crashed, so I had to rely on myself for now. First a collaborator, then a bandit, and finally I joined the regular army. Wherever I go, I fight. There's only one rule: kill the Japanese without mercy, and never take prisoners or leave anyone alive. Whatever else happens, fighting the Japanese is the reason we started, and we must never 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Loyal Souls of Green Mountain 青山忠魂 A story about an ordinary person like you or me, set during the tumultuous years of the War of Resistance Against Japan. With a little historical knowledge and some clever thinking, he takes on the Japanese invaders. No golden finger, no System, no advanced weapons technology. A satisfying story that stays realistic and logical. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Fighting the Japanese on Another Earth 我在另一个地球抗日 My new work is out! Please come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 I Asked You to Make a Fanservice Game, So Why Are the Players Crying Their Eyes Out? 让你做媚宅游戏，玩家怎么哭瞎了 —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 From the Start as a Merchant's Son, I Became a Warlord in a Time of Chaos 开局富商之子，终成乱世大军阀 In the seventh year of the Xinshun era, the land of Huaxia lay in ruins, and the people lived in great hardship. The Xinshun government nominally ruled the whole country, but in reality, warlords across the land commanded their own armies and refused to obey orders. They constantly fought one another over territory and power. Fang Ming, an overworked man who couldn't find a job, arrives from another time and space and climbs, step by step, to the pinnacle of power. (P.S. A little man's story of 3Reads6.1Score114d adds
- 12 I Taught School on the Long March 我在长征当老师 A somewhat desolate little town, a shop that sticks out like a sore thumb, and an idle young man. Sheng Yifan makes a living serving ghosts. Though his income is handsome, he has no proper job or respectable identity. With a wad of cash in his hands, he can still do nothing but endure the same utterly dull routine day after day. One rainy night, a chance encounter and an unexpected kidnapping lead him into a mysterious world. “What! You want me to teach on the Long March?” 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 War of Resistance: A Communications Officer in Central Shandong 抗战：鲁中通讯员 In 1937, Li Shougen was a boy who tended cattle by the Wen River. The Japanese killed his father and threw his body into the river. Taking the brass cowbell his father had left behind, he became an underground courier for the Central Shandong Military Region. Over the next eight years, he traveled across all 72 hill forts of Central Shandong, wore through 17 pairs of cloth shoes, delivered more than 300 top-secret messages, and escorted over 100 officials and wounded soldiers to safety. He witne 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Zhao Gou's Bright Sword Journey 赵苟的亮剑旅程 Starting in Bright Sword, he builds his forces and grows stronger! Unlock Zhou Weiguo from Snow Leopard, giving him fewer regrets and more chances to strike back. Unlock Zei Jiu from Second Gunner, a sharpshooter who started out as a nobody. Give him a life with fewer clichés and more freedom to do as he pleases! Unlock the Cannon Fodder Regiment, so the heroes who fought bloodily can live a little less exhausting a life! I’m new to this, so I hope all you esteemed readers will offer more encour 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 From a County Town, I Contend for Hegemony and Tear Apart the Great Powers' Encirclement 从县城开始争霸，手撕列强包围网 [No System] [Powerhouse] [Warlords] [Foreign Powers] [Struggle for Hegemony] [Nation-Building] This is a novel about warlord infighting, competition among foreign powers, industrial development, and national reform. See how Chen Yu builds a rich and powerful nation under the foreign powers' siege. 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 16 War of Resistance: This Militia Is Absolutely Fearsome 抗战：这群民兵太猛啦 [Independent development + no System + large-scale warfare] Awakening from the shadow of the Jin-Sui Army's defeat, the soldier king Qin Zhonghua vows to rebuild China's backbone! His starting point? A mere dozen or so militia guards! His codename? The “Tigers”! The militia becomes a battalion, the battalion expands into a regiment, and the regiment grows into a brigade... In his hands, a heavily armed, American-equipped “Tigers” army group rises out of nowhere! It sweeps across northwestern Sha 11Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 17 I’m a Marshal of Three Armies, and You Call Me a War Criminal? 我都成三军元帅了，你叫我战犯？ Li Yunxiao transmigrates into the War of Resistance and becomes a police station captain in Jinshanwei! What? The Japanese have overwhelming firepower? Watch me teach them a lesson with modern tactics! What? Their tactics are brilliant? Sorry, I already predicted that you'd predict my move! From Jinshanwei to Jinling, then across the entire Chinese battlefield, Li Yunxiao leads his troops to victory after victory, driving the Japanese into retreat! He thinks he'll retire after completing his 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 War of Resistance: Starting with Snow Leopard, I Deal in Arms 抗战，从雪豹开始倒卖军火 The must-read power fantasy of 2026! [War of Resistance] + [System] + [Dual Transmigration] + [Overwhelming Firepower] + [Power Fantasy] After transmigrating into the world of the War of Resistance, Zhou Mingyuan binds himself to the [Arms System]. He brings industrial equipment from a later era into the past. While others are still worrying about running out of ammunition, he's already thinking about how to give a unit the firepower and logistical support it needs to fight continuously. He st 2kReads—Score14014d adds
- 19 From Zijin Mountain to Yan’an 从紫金山到延安 A War of Resistance story with no System! He is an ordinary soldier in the Central Training Corps, from the defense of Shanghai to Purple Mountain in Nanjing... This is an ordinary man’s story of resisting the Japanese. He firmly believes that the Chinese people’s backbone cannot be broken, because all around him are comrades like himself, willing to give their lives to drive out the invaders. Ambushes, bloody battles, hand-to-hand combat... They use every method of warfare and every possible st 36Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 20 Electrifying the Nation: I, the Marshal, Hold the Northeast and Refuse to Cross the Pass 通电全国：本帅坐镇东北拒不入关 A parallel world, a passionate rise to power, strengthening the nation through intelligence and defending it through force! Shen Yan, a graduate student in the history department at Beijiang Normal University, is in a game. Faced with a turbulent age, struggling lives, and threats on every border, he uses modern knowledge and vision to embark on a path to change fate. He reforms the military and forges an elite army; He builds industry and lays a solid foundation for a powerful nation; He secu 95Reads6.7Score2714d adds
- 21 World War II Gamer: Attacking Tokyo from the Start 二战玩家开局打东京 We were born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze. Those of us who live in a peaceful, prosperous country rarely get to experience the unique aesthetics of war. Want to try out all kinds of guns? Imagine gripping a light machine gun and letting it rip, feeling the weapon vibrate in sync with your body. How thrilling would that be! Want to race a tank across a vast plain? Go all out and experience the exhilaration of unleashing its full firepower. Want to find out what an extra-larg 84Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 22 The War of Resistance Begins in Hebei in the Year of Rising Up 抗战从河北崛起年开始 6kReads7.3Score33514d adds
- 23 Transmigrating Into the War of Resistance, Starting in the Northeast 穿越抗日从东北开始 A skiing accident sends him back in body and soul to Northeast China during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Fortunately, he has an all-powerful System. Starting out in a bandit lair, he builds himself into a warlord who gives the entire Japanese army a headache! 6Reads7.3Score10014d adds
- 24 War of Resistance: A Military Academy Graduate with an Impeccable Resume! 抗战：军校留学生，资历拉满！ Lin Yaozu transmigrates to the War of Resistance era, having previously served as a company commander in the Nationalist Army. Climbing snowy mountains and crossing grasslands, he has original shares on both sides. The person standing before you now is... An outstanding graduate of the fourth class of Whampoa! An outstanding international student at the Berlin Military Academy! An outstanding graduate of the third class of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University! The sharpest sword o 24.5kReads6.2Score84714d adds
- 25 War of Resistance: Seven Columns, Ready to Take on the Whole World! 抗战：七个纵队，包打天下的！ Lu Chaoge transmigrates and becomes the commander of a special battalion under a brigade commander. After crossing snowy mountains and trudging through grasslands, they finally reach northwestern Shanxi, where the brigade commander sends Lu Chaoge to establish an anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines. At this point, Lu Chaoge awakens the Enemy-Slaying Troop-Building System. As long as he takes on the Japanese, killing enemies will earn him personnel and equipment. From the start, he has just one 80Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 26 War of Resistance: Advancing from Northern Sichuan 抗战：从川北开始前进 The flames of war sweep across China. With the nation in peril, every ordinary man has a duty to defend his home and country. When the Sichuan Army heard the call, the whole province rallied behind them. Carrying banners marked with the word “death,” they resolutely marched out of Sichuan. But what awaited them was a division with barely a thousand old rifles and just a dozen light and heavy machine guns. They were scorned, disbanded, and reorganized. After less than a hundred days of training a 701Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 War of Resistance: I’m the All-Around Principal 抗战之我是全能校长 After transmigrating into the world of a television drama, Zhang Lingfeng becomes a young villager in a remote mountain settlement. He discovers two remarkable abilities in his mind. The first is Talent Copy, which lets him copy the talents of anyone whose affinity with him is high enough. The higher their affinity, the faster he can copy their talents. The other is a skill that grows stronger over time: Teaching Benefits Both Teacher and Student. It boosts the experience of those he teaches, pr 83Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Republic of China: Transmigrating Between Two Worlds to Become a King 民国之两界穿越当大王 An ordinary modern man unexpectedly transmigrates into the world of an online novel he had been reading, and gains the ability to return to modern-day Earth. Li Mo is on top of the world. He takes antiques from the Republican era to Earth to sell, and brings counterfeit money from Earth back to the Republican era to spend. 107Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 Warlord: You Dumped Me for Being Poor. Why Are You Crying Now? 军阀：嫌我穷，分手后你哭什么？ Synopsis: [Warlords + tycoon protagonist + decisive and ruthless + passionate + sweet romance + one female lead + Republican-era setting + devoted husband + doting dad + brotherhood + wish fulfillment] The affairs of the world follow a cycle: after long division comes unity, and after long unity comes division! The ways of the underworld aren't just about fighting and killing. They're about human relationships and worldly dealings! In his previous life, Zhao Yun was hit by a car and killed while 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Republican Era: The Rise of the Warlords 民国风云之，军阀崛起 My new work is out! You’re welcome to 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! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 War of Resistance: Bloodbath at the Guandong Pass 抗日之血色关东 A mercenary, a woman, a magic carpet that can be copied infinitely, and a beautiful Lotus Mountain. Together, they create a dazzling epic of resistance against Japan. This story is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 Qing Shaoran's Beacon Fires: The Rise of the Great Revolution 清少燃烽火：大革命之崛起 Set during the Great Revolution, this is the story of a young master from the Qing dynasty whose fate is utterly transformed by the tides of the times. Foreign powers covet his family’s mines, bringing the family to ruin. Sent to a landlord’s home, the young master is bullied at every turn, with only the kind-hearted eldest daughter there to protect him. After an accident sends him tumbling into a well, he somehow finds himself in a secret anti-Qing army, setting out on a turbulent and extraordi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 A First-Rate Man in Republican-Era China 民国高质量男性 Li Yuanbao, who has always dreamed of becoming a martial hero, transmigrates after an accident. With his ambitions still unfulfilled, he had hoped to make his mark in this world as a wandering hero. Instead, fate gives him the identity of a wealthy young man who wants for nothing. In an age when the martial world is in decline, will he persist in being a Chinese Don Quixote, or become a rich landowner? 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The New Jiazi Chronicle 新编甲子 Zhang Xingguang goes from being a history student to returning to 1852, where he becomes the top scholar in the imperial examinations. He then takes a different path from the Xiang Army, defeats countless domestic and foreign rivals, and ultimately sets right one historical regret after another before embarking on a journey to the stars and seas. —Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 35 War of Resistance: I Transmigrate to a Parallel World and Live It Up 抗战：穿越平行时空我爽翻了 [No dragging things out + no System + no cheats + no fanfiction] Take a trip through a different kind of war against Japan. Ye Rongguang, a discharged special forces soldier, transmigrated to the War of Resistance period in a parallel universe. A warlord takes a dislike to me and launches an attack? Don’t make me bring my troops to your doorstep! An old man tries to set me up by planting spies? I’ll shoot them dead in a flash! Commander Chen treats me like a brother! Commander Li treats me like 179Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 36 I Asked You to Lead the Militia, Not Turn It Into a Special Forces Team! 让你带民兵队，你带成特战队？ The fires of war rage, cannons thunder, and drums of battle roar. Transmigrating into another era, he witnesses its cruelty, the resilience of civilization, and the brilliance of humanity’s greatest minds... He witnesses the end of one age and the birth of an entirely new one. Snow Leopard, Sea Leopard, Alpha, Cobra, SAS, Xiangjian, Delta Force, the Eastern Divine Sword... In this era, human lives are as small as specks of dust, yet its heroes shine as brilliantly as the stars... “This is where 2Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 37 My Commander Used Me as Cannon Fodder, So I Joined the Eighth Route Army 长官拿我当炮灰，直接加入八路军 [War of Resistance + No Heroine + No System] He transmigrated to the War of Resistance era and was treated as cannon fodder from the start! Zhang Tianyi: “If you show me no mercy, don't expect any from me.” The moment he decided to join the Communist Party, the world seemed to open up before him. Zhang Tianyi joined the Eighth Route Army, leading elite troops to fight the Japanese and build up a base area. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Whampoa Campaign 黄埔征程 Cheng Yuanzhi, the son of a wealthy merchant, refused to accept the marriage his family had arranged for him. He stole the family's treasured copy of The Art of War and ran away from home, heading south to apply to Huangpu Military Academy and begin his military career! 72Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 39 I Killed a Tycoon from the Start, and the Red Army Recruited Me for Logistics 开局杀土豪，我被红军拉去搞后勤 [Logistics] [Farming] [War of Resistance] [Slow Burn] [No System] Chen Ping'an has transmigrated. Before transmigrating, he was a prospective civil servant in the 21st century who scored 82 on the exam. He choked to death while drinking water and became the lowest-ranking soul in the underworld. After transmigrating, he is the poorest tenant farmer at the foot of Jinggang Mountain in 1927, with a younger brother and sister to care for and barely a scrap of food in his belly. Other people transmi 421Reads6.3Score13514d adds
- 40 War of Resistance: Starting Out in Northwest Shanxi 抗战：从晋西北开始 Zhu Yunfei, from a later era, is reborn on the war-torn battlefields of North China. Japanese pirates run rampant, killing our people and invading our land. As sons of China, we must resist to the death, drive out the invaders, and reclaim our homeland. 4Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 41 Wandering with Cannon Fodder: I Became a Warlord by Roaming Around 带着炮灰流浪：浪成大军阀 Transmigration, no System, a regiment commander, "Bright Sword", war, brotherhood, strategy, and a thrilling tale. He gathers a huge number of scattered troops, training them in combat, fitness, and tactics, and stirs things up with ideas far ahead of his time. He wanders from place to place, gathering men along the way. By the time he returns, he has become a super warlord. 4kReads7.3Score16214d adds
- 42 Beacon Fires in Shuidong: Starting as a County Party Secretary 水东烽火，从县委书记开始 Shuidong, a place name you won’t find on a map, was nevertheless an important strategic location during the War of Resistance and the Liberation. In 1938, the dike at Huayuankou on the Yellow River was blown up. The river burst through and flowed south into the Huai River, creating a vast floodplain where Henan, Anhui, and Jiangsu meet. The new course of the Yellow River split eastern Henan into two parts. Transmigrated into the role of a county Party secretary in the floodplain, how can he buil 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 War of Resistance: The Fengtian Clique’s Most Defiant Man 抗战，奉系头号反骨人 [System Name: Powerful Fire Support System] [Core Function One: Strategic-Grade Supplies Support] [Function Details:] 1. Daily Random Rewards: At midnight each day, the System will assess the current state of the war and the Host's potential needs. It will randomly award several tons of combat or logistical supplies. These may include, but are not limited to, weapons and ammunition, medicine, food, clothing, engineering equipment, and more. 2. Guaranteed Monthly Grand Prize: At midnight on the f 943Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 I Was Born in the Republic of China 我出生在民国 I’m a transmigrator born into a fairly well-off family in the Republic of China era, and I have a golden finger. Thanks to what I learned in my previous life, I showed unusual intelligence from a very young age. On top of that, this body has the talent of perfect recall. After I was born, I unlocked my golden finger. It lets me receive supplies through a sign-in system and provides storage space. It also gives me knowledge and experience to help me grow in whatever direction I choose to work tow 87Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 45 Urban: The System Takes Me to the War of Resistance 都市：系统带我去抗战 A story about transmigrating to a world at war. Forty-year-old Huang Sanyi is down on his luck and has achieved nothing in life, when a mysterious System suddenly appears, allowing him to transmigrate to a world at war! From the start, he decisively uses a box of sulfa drugs worth their weight in gold to buy two badly wounded little Japanese soldiers and begins his monster-grinding spree. Then, ding! Reward: Mechanical Manufacturing Proficiency +1. Mechanical Manufacturing upgraded to Advanced. 7.2kReads8.3Score66214d adds
- 46 War of Resistance: Steal Xiao Liu's Fortune and Become a Beiyang Warlord 抗战：抢小六气运，成北洋大军阀 [Warlord-Era Republic of China] [Building His Own Power] [Characters from Drawing Sword] [Artillery God Yang Zhihua] [Snow Leopard’s Zhou Weiguo] After transmigrating to year 21 of the New Calendar, he became the marshal’s adopted son. Xiao Liu seized power, yet wouldn’t fire a single shot. In a fit of rage, Li Yunfei stole Xiao Liu’s fortune and set out to build his own power… 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Ironblood Years of the War of Resistance 抗战之铁血岁月 It was a time of hardship, an era stained with the blood and tears of the Chinese people. The land of China was awash in bloodshed, and the Chinese nation stood at its most perilous hour. In the Taihang Mountains of southeastern Shanxi, a group of Chinese people who refused to become slaves in their own country continued their unyielding resistance. We have no guns or cannons? The enemy will provide them. We have no food or clothes? The enemy will supply those too. Facing a well-equipped enemy, 3.9kReads8.5Score24914d adds
- 48 The Battle of Changsha: Xue Yue's Elite Battalion Sweeps Away 100,000 Japanese Troops 长沙会战薛岳虎贲营横扫十万日军 A new work is out! You can read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 98Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 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
- 50 Against the Tide, 1915 逆潮1915 In 1915, the tide of imperial restoration swept over China, and the ghosts of the old era haunted the land of the Yan and Huang emperors. That same year, Li Yizhi, a military-industrial engineering PhD, awoke after a bizarre laboratory accident to find himself the son of a minor warlord in Fucheng, southern Hunan (Chenzhou): Li Zhenhua, courtesy name Yizhi. At home, relatives fought for power. Abroad, powerful neighbors stood ready to pounce. Most deadly of all was the well-equipped Beiyang Mixe 1.6kReads6.1Score10914d adds
