Novels like The Cangshan Mountains Run Red
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- 1 Missing My Sister-in-Law 怀念嫂子 Missing My Sister-in-Law —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Loss of My Mother 痛失母亲 Lost Her Mother 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 My Former Mother-in-Law 前婆婆 Former Mother-in-Law —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 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, 4kReads8.5Score26114d adds
- 5 War of Resistance: Flames Across the Snowy Plains 抗战之雪原烽火 After experiencing a massive earthquake and a stock market crash, modern-day Lin Haisheng couldn't take it anymore. He leapt from the 66th floor of a high-rise, only to unexpectedly have his soul transported to Guandong in 1931. What? His parents were killed by bandits? Then should he avenge his family? What? The Japanese have already occupied Guandong? Those damn “little sunshines”! Just watch me deal with you. Open chapter one and see how Lin Haisheng fights his way up from nothing: killing Ja 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Our 1937 我们的1937 The nation is on the brink of ruin, and a battle for the survival of the people is about to begin! A group of elite Nationalist soldiers, trained in the German style, take part in a series of utterly horrific battles. Time and again, they escape death, only to return to the front lines. They are always at the heart of the fighting. Even if the German-equipped division has officially been wiped out, as long as a single soldier is still alive, the division has not fallen! With vivid depictions of 51Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Transmigrated to Live Through the War: The Great Victory at Wanjialing 穿越，亲历抗战之万家岭大捷 Xijiang, a modern-day writer, transmigrates by accident to Nanchang in 1938. He not only experiences firsthand the brilliant victory at Wanjialing, where Chinese forces encircle and annihilate the Japanese Army’s 106th Division, but also tries to use his knowledge and perspective from the future to decipher Japanese intelligence. In the lulls between this brutal yet glorious battle, he records the valor of the soldiers fighting Japan, the cruelty of war, and the preciousness of peace. He is a pa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Is the County Party Secretary Sick? 县委书记得病？ The County Party Secretary Is Sick? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Expeditionary Force: Guerrilla Warfare in Burma 远征军之我在缅甸打游击 [Expeditionary Force]+ [Flying Tigers]: Zhan Youwei, company commander of the guard company in the 288th Regiment, 96th Division, 5th Army of the Expeditionary Force, and Gou Desheng, a veterinarian, are left behind in the Burmese jungle and forgotten. By chance, they rescue James, a Flying Tigers pilot who has parachuted down. Determined to rejoin the main force and return home as soon as possible, they wage a grueling guerrilla war against the Japanese in the Burmese jungle… 3.4kReads8.8Score26414d adds
- 10 Smoke Over Daughter's Village 女儿寨烽烟 In 1938, the Japanese Army’s Cherry Blossom Task Force infiltrates the Wuling Mountains, coveting a secret map of the southwest’s defenses. The isolated Daughter’s Stockade is plunged overnight into a deadly world of espionage. The thousand-year-old stockade, guarded entirely by women, is suddenly breached by a young man carrying the secret map. Military Intelligence agents lie in wait, while a traitor within the stockade secretly colludes with the enemy. Poisonous fog, assassination, sowing dis 10.9kReads6.6Score1.1k14d adds
- 11 The War of Resistance: Starting by Wiping Out an Entire Japanese Battalion 抗战，从全歼鬼子大队开始 No System, no golden finger, no brainless wish fulfillment!!! On the snowbound Xuefeng Mountain in western Hunan, flames of war rage and shrapnel tears through the sky. Xiao Weiguo, a young man from modern times, transmigrates through time and becomes a second lieutenant platoon leader in the 74th Army. Leading a remnant force, he holds the last pass against the Japanese invaders. “When the bullets run out, fight with bayonets! When the bayonets break, bite them with your teeth!” On a battlefiel 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 War Against Japan: Flames of 1933 抗日峰火1933 In the first month of 1933, Japanese invaders suddenly attacked Rehe Province. The three Niu brothers from Niujia Yu in Rehe heroically resisted the invaders, setting off a series of events. The story portrays both the darkness of society at the time and the bonds between brothers. Through the circumstances of one small family and the lives of ordinary people, it reflects the desperate struggles of the common folk in those exceedingly difficult times. 2.8kReads7.0Score20914d adds
- 13 Through the Smoke of War, the Wolf Soldiers March North 战火硝烟狼兵北上 The Wolf Soldiers of the Guangxi Army: A Journey of Blood and Iron In 1937, as Japan launched its full-scale invasion of China, brave soldiers from Guangxi stepped forward and resolutely headed north. The Wolf Soldiers never backed down. With fearless courage and unyielding determination, they fought the enemy to the death, defending their homeland’s dignity with their blood and lives and making an indelible contribution to the War of Resistance Against Japan. Seen through the eyes of a group o 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 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
- 15 Bloodbath at Taojiaba 血战陶家坝 “If you, Chairman Chiang, continue fighting the War of Resistance to the end, then I, Wang Jinjai, swear I will never become a traitor.” He hung his portrait beside Chiang Kai-shek’s in his office, with those two oaths displayed on either side. Chiang Kai-shek hated him, yet still awarded him a medal. The commander of the 128th Division was a constant headache for Chiang Kai-shek; the division’s fortifications repeatedly defeated the Japanese army; and its strict regulations cost countless peopl 742Reads7.2Score10014d adds
- 16 My Grandfather’s Extraordinary Life 我姥爷不平凡的一生 Ordinary people can create extraordinary lives! "San'er, get up and get to work!" "Third Brother, let's go!" "The strongest combat squad is here!" the terrified enemy cried. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Spy War, 1942 谍战，1942 In 1942, Shanghai gasps for breath beneath the Japanese army's iron heel. Ace agent Lin Manli, codenamed "Celadon," is trapped in the infamous Japanese-run Bureau 76 and subjected to torture. With no way out, she not only uses her life as bait to set a daring rescue in motion, but also reveals a secret that tears the enemy apart: the wife of Matsumoto, head of the Japanese military's Special Services Agency, is a deep-cover agent codenamed "Lone Lamp." After escaping, the badly wounded "Celadon" 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Rooting Out Traitors and Slaying Invaders 锄奸杀寇 Stage a whole series of performances, each one utterly convincing; lay a string of traps, each one meticulously planned; win over people from every walk of life, with every move hitting its mark. (Said by Destruction Sister) In Shanghai, root out traitors amid flashing blades; in northern Jiangxi, fight the Japanese in a stirring battle. Purge Japanese spies and Chinese collaborators, kill puppet troops and Japanese invaders. The espionage is heart-pounding, the battles are soul-stirring. Wash a 7Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 19 The Beacon-Fire Plains 烽火平原 The twenty-sixth year of the Republic, by the Yong'an River in eastern Henan. A time of chaos is coming. Japanese invaders draw ever closer, the country lies in ruins, and the people in the countryside struggle to survive from one day to the next. Sixteen-year-old Chen Zhe is an ordinary village boy who tends sheep by the river. But when the nightmare of war arrives, he watches his homeland trampled and his neighbors abused. Every man has a duty, and even a commoner dares to take up a blade. Wit 1.5kReads6.9Score12914d adds
- 20 Shanhe Column 山河纵队 I transmigrated to the rout at Shanghai in 1937 and became a second lieutenant staff officer in the 88th Division, with death seeming inevitable. Japanese bayonets were at my back, and panicked, scattered soldiers fled all around me. No one knew I was an undercover Communist Party member, let alone that my mind held the entire history of World War II and The Art of War. While everyone else fled, I struck back! I led thirty battered survivors into Wolf Valley. In our first battle, we wiped out a 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 The Snow Wolf After the War 战后的雪狼 This book is the postwar sequel to Snow Wolf’s War of Resistance. It follows Cao Zhengyang and the Snow Wolf Detachment as they root out the remaining die-hard Japanese forces after the victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan, then take part in the War of Liberation and major bandit-suppression campaigns, ultimately securing victory... 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Certain Secret 密某 - Lin Man (Lin Chuyao), heroine: A popular singer at the Paramount Ballroom who passes intelligence during performances and secretly rescues captured comrades. - Gu Yu, hero: A senior executive at HSBC who uses financial dealings as cover for assassination missions for the Military Statistics Bureau. - The spark that ignites the conflict: Japanese officer Sato is assassinated, an underground Communist Party meeting place is exposed, and both of them are suspected of leaking secrets. - Gu Yu is o 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Pillars of the Water Town 水乡脊梁 The Backbone of the Water Country tells the story of Chen Hai, from his growth as a fisherman to becoming a New Fourth Army soldier and commander. It depicts the distinctive waterside scenery and atmosphere of resistance in the Hongze Lake region, and brings to life a cast of brave and resourceful heroes who fought against the Japanese. The novel portrays the Chinese people’s spirit of standing together against a common enemy and being forged stronger through adversity. It is a stirring tribute 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 War-Torn 1925 烽火1925 The protagonist unexpectedly transmigrates to the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, where he witnesses a shattered nation and people living in desperate poverty. Resolving to save his country and its people, he enters the Whampoa Military Academy, determined to turn the tide amid the flames of war with his modern military knowledge and burning passion! 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Reborn as Black Fox: From the Start, I Draw My Sword Against the Japanese! 重生黑狐：开局向小日子亮剑！ [Resistance War espionage + no System + power fantasy + passionate action + all the classic battles] After waking from a deep sleep, military PhD Fang Tianyi finds himself transmigrated into the world of Black Fox as its male lead. The date is September 19, 1931, the day after the September 18 Incident! Faced with an offer from Dai Li, is he supposed to be the reckless, hot-blooded young man from the original story? No! In this life, I, Fang Tianyi, am the king of special forces from the 21st ce 407Reads6.1Score10114d adds
- 26 The Soul of Sichuan, Blood Soaking the Land 川魂血沃山河 River Soul is an iron-blooded epic of resistance, built on the foundation of real battle history and brought to life by the spirit of soldiers. It does not glorify heroism. Instead, it calmly records how the remnants of a Sichuan army, reduced from 1,700 men to 200, were forged into the Eighth Route Army's sharpest blade in the Taihang Mountains. Every battle has a casualty list, and every sacrifice has a name on record. With the most restrained prose, the author writes of the most searing blood 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Veterans’ Oral History of the War of Resistance (Complete in Three Volumes) 老兵口述抗战史 （全三册） Over more than a decade, the author Li Yaosha sought out and interviewed veterans and survivors who had taken part in the Suizao, Hundred Regiments, and Shanggao campaigns. The first book vividly recreates the scenes of these three major battles and reveals many truths that have rarely been told. The second book covers several influential defensive battles on the main front, including the Battle of Shizhu, the Defense of Changde, the Defense of Hengyang, and the Defense of Guilin. Though all wer 55Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 28 Diao Bing Mantun 刁兵满囤 He crawled out of a cesspit, and nothing could kill him. The Japanese invaders’ lives were less durable than his manure fork. A farmer, an iron fork, and a blood-soaked path. No transmigration, no cheat powers. The Japanese killed his whole family, so he’ll make sure their line dies out. 212Reads—Score12414d adds
- 29 War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 抗战：我只想活下去 No System, not reborn. This is not the legend of a hero, but the story of someone who only wants to survive, making it through the flames and blood of World War II. The War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 115Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 30 The Hidden Frontline III: The Strange Mysteries of Jinling 隐蔽战线三：金陵诡谲 After the August 15 victory, the Kuomintang launched frenzied attacks and plundered the revolutionary bases in an attempt to spark a civil war and seize the fruits of victory. It recruited large numbers of Japanese collaborators to serve its cause. Ye Yunsheng, a member of our Party who had infiltrated the Japanese Bamboo Agency's Special Higher Police, was among those targeted for recruitment. Both the Investigation and Statistics Bureau and the Military Statistics Bureau admired Ye Yunsheng's 587Reads9.5Score10714d adds
- 31 I Am the Star General: Starting from the Chishui River 我将星：从赤水河开始 The story of how I, a distinguished military researcher, transmigrated to 1934 and had to work my way up from the bottom. At first, I only wanted to survive. Later, I wanted a few more of my comrades by my side to survive, too. Before I knew it, from the vanguard of the Long March to a renowned general in the War of Resistance Against Japan, from the banners of liberation to the flames of war on the Korean Peninsula, my presence ran through every major chapter in our army’s history. I lost a gre 79Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 32 Bright Sword: Special Operations Vanguard 亮剑之特战先锋 Modern scout Cao Xiao transmigrates into "Drawing Sword". He has no System or cheats, only his elite special-operations skills. With infiltration, sniping, raids, and tactical command, he helps Li Yunlong avoid costly detours and reduces casualties in the Independent Regiment. No over-the-top drama, no exaggeration: using modern special-operations thinking, he carves out a sharp force in northwestern Shanxi that makes the Japanese invaders tremble! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Bright Sword: Li Yunlong Enters the First Class at Whampoa at Fourteen 亮剑：李云龙十四岁入黄埔一期 [Drawing Sword + Whampoa Military Academy + No System + Warlord Conflicts + World War II + Hands-On Crafting + Chief of Staff Chu] Li Youbin, a student at the National University of Defense Technology, transmigrates into Li Yunlong in 1924. From the start, he's expected to become a live-in son-in-law. No way! He'll join the first class at Whampoa and become classmates with the donkey chief. From Whampoa's first class to splitting up the forces, crossing the grasslands, fighting the Japanese, and 70kReads7.7Score5.2k14d adds
- 34 War of Resistance: The Chairman Asks Me for Tips on Micro-Management 抗战：委员长向我请教微操之术 Keyboard warrior Lin Yifeng is a master of battlefield micromanagement in Hearts of Iron. One day, he transmigrates to the blood-soaked Battle of Shanghai and finds himself a notorious playboy battalion commander in the Tax Police Corps. Against the Japanese army’s iron tide, the Battlefield Micromanagement System that awakens within him is his only source of support. He leads a small squad in ghostlike infiltrations behind enemy lines, striking the enemy where it hurts most: artillery positions 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 A Nation's Shame and a Family's Feud: I Became Grandpa's Guard 国仇家恨：我当爷爷警卫员 [Patriotic spirit + war of resistance without a System + transmigration + spycraft + political career + face-slapping] Heroes have never vanished. They have simply chosen to stand beyond the light, hidden deep in history. Looking back at these stories, we see the immortal secret of a nation that grows stronger through every tribulation. Writing these stories, every stroke of the pen traces the spiritual totem of a nation that endures through the ages. When the motherland calls, they write their 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 1940: The Thin Line Between Life and Death in the War 1940：抗战生死线 In 1940, the flames of war engulf the land, and the smoke from the Hundred Regiments Offensive has yet to clear. Liu San has only seven bullets, while Ma Dazhuang keeps thinking about the half a flatbread tucked against his chest. In Zaolin County, right under the Japanese army’s nose, surviving until tomorrow is a victory. But what about the day after? This is no charge on the front lines. It is the harshest fight for survival behind enemy lines: every step requires calculation, and every mouth 730Reads6.3Score10514d adds
- 37 Deep-Sea Ghost: The Deep Blue Blade 深海幽灵：深蓝利刃 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! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 The Wolf Troops Strike 狼兵出击 This is a tragic and stirring story! Wei Shanhu was a simple mountain villager from the Zhuang region of Guangxi. He lived a humble but peaceful life, farming in season and hunting in his spare time. But when the Japanese invaders ravaged the land and the Chinese nation faced the threat of annihilation, he and tens of thousands of comrades resolutely left the mountains and headed for the Battle of Shanghai, a veritable meat grinder. Wearing straw sandals and armed with nothing more than rifles a 8kReads—Score54814d adds
- 39 The Let's Work Together to Kill the Japanese Series 我们一起努力杀鬼子系列 We’ll Work Together to Kill the Japanese. Synopsis. In the autumn of 1934, on the eve of the Central Red Army’s Long March, Fu Biyuan, a son of western Fujian, is ordered to lead his troops in holding off the pursuing Kuomintang forces at Songmaoling. These Red Army commanders, who rose through the ranks during peasant uprisings, form an iron triangle with Fu Shuncai, a former bookkeeper, and Fu Bijin, a dockworker. They fight for seven days and nights, buying precious time for the main force to 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Let’s Work Together to Kill the Japanese: The Shanxi Story 我们一起努力杀鬼子系列之山西篇 My new work is out! Feel free to head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 From Fighting in Northwest Shanxi to the 38th Parallel 从晋西北杀到三八线 My new work is here! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 10.2kReads5.7Score45514d adds
- 42 Blood and Mountains of Guizhou 黔血山河 They were the Guizhou Army, nicknamed the “straw-sandal soldiers.” They were considered an “irregular force” in the Nationalist government’s ranks, with shoddy equipment and scarce supplies. Yet at the most perilous moment in the history of the Chinese nation, they shouldered their rifles and marched out of the mountains of Guizhou. Told through the eyes of Chen Erwa, an ordinary soldier, this novel spans a series of major campaigns, including Shanghai, Xuzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, and the Yunnan-Bu 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 War of Resistance: Ballistics Leave No Trace 抗战：弹道无痕 Resistance War: The Invisible Bullet A lone rifle and a talking donkey write an immortal legend behind enemy lines. Synopsis: Li Gousheng, an international shooting champion, accidentally transmigrates to the Taihang Mountains in 1938. There, he discovers that he has the memories of a modern sniper and a mysterious Enemy-Hunting System. Dressed in camouflage and armed with a Kar98k sniper rifle, he becomes the “Ghost Gunner” feared by the Japanese army. His companion is Qingyun, a gray donkey wh 441Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 44 The Great Bandit of Guandong Mountain 关东山大匪 (Not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a wish-fulfillment novel, not a wish-fulfillment novel. No System, no transmigration, no superpowers.) We were originally a family of tenant farmers. During a famine, we joined the crowds heading east to seek a new life. My kindhearted mother even took in an orphan along the way, who later became my big sister. At last, after enduring natural disasters and man-made calamities, our boatload of fellow villagers reached this land of forests and mountains, where we 402Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 45 Reforging the Sichuan Spirit: Chronicles of the War Against Japan 川魂重铸抗日风云录 This is a work of online fiction by the author. It does not correspond to or oppose any historical event, nor does it rewrite history. Readers, please do not assume it refers to you or read this story as an accurate account of history. The author simply wants to make up for the regret of “dying before his great mission was complete, leaving heroes to weep with their robes soaked in tears.” Imagine if, in those days, Liu Xiang had been reborn and resolutely led three million Sichuan soldiers in a 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 The Special Forces Immortal King 特种仙王 Lin Yu, an elite soldier known by the codename “Dragon King,” transmigrates into a world of immortal cultivation, where he finds himself an ordinary mortal. The sect is bullying me? I’ll teach you a lesson with modern tactics! Monsters are running rampant? Just watch me turn you into a wilderness survival exercise. As he tempers his Dao heart with an iron will and uses a special forces soldier’s mind to devise cultivation techniques, the entire cultivation world begins to change beyond recogniti —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 I Transmigrated into the Republic of China Era as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Training Corps 魂穿民国成为教导总队中校参谋 Lin Wei died from drinking too much at a party, only to transmigrate to the 20th year of the Republic of China and become a lieutenant colonel staff officer with the Central Army Officers' Training Corps. (Disclaimer: This story is entirely fictional and takes place in an alternate-history parallel world.) 1.3kReads6.9Score53714d adds
- 48 The Flames of War Burn Again 烽火再续 [Realistic | No System | No Golden Finger] This is a war novel about resistance behind enemy lines. In occupied territory under the tight control of Japanese and puppet forces, the Eighth Route Army struggles to fight and survive amid shortages of food and medicine and constant casualties. They rely not on grand speeches, but on discipline, mutual support, and faith. In the harshest conditions, they hold on to their principles, keep their ranks together, and preserve the people's chance to survi 754Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 Hidden Dragon 1942: My Special Forces in the War of Resistance 潜龙1942：我的抗战特种部队 My new work is here! Feel free to head over to Tomato Novel to read it. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Blood-Red Ballad 血色长歌 Transmigration changes nothing and overturns nothing. Set against the thirteen major battles in which the Sichuan Army took part, this novel stays true to history. Vivid battle scenes and characters based on real historical figures bring readers up close to the brutality of war and the courage of Sichuan’s soldiers. “When the nation faces peril and the Japanese invaders bare their fangs, the fate of the country rests on every man. I wished to enlist, but I am past the age. Fortunately, I have a 2.6kReads8.9Score23814d adds
