Novels like 1910: Blood and Iron in Yunnan, Nearly Starved to Death from the Start
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- 101 Kill Enemies for Silver Dollars: Starting by Gunning Down the Japanese Ambassador 杀敌爆银元：开局毙了东洋大使 Chen Chuanzong transmigrates into another world as the son of a warlord, only to be beaten half to death by Japanese soldiers from the start. The moment he wakes, his killing intent ignites! Anyone who dares to humiliate my countrymen will pay in blood! When the Myriad Worlds Exchange System awakens, cannon fire lights up the night sky over the Magic City. His father stares in shock. “Son, I never knew you were this good. That was your first time commanding a battle, and you wiped out the entire 5kReads7.4Score38014d adds
- 102 Back to the Republic of China as a General 回到民国做将军 A delivery guy is in a traffic accident while making a delivery and transmigrates from the modern world to the chaotic Republic of China era, a time of raging wars, warring warlords, and bandits everywhere. From then on, he begins a life with cheat-like advantages! 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Bright Sword: I Somehow Went on a Rampage in Northwestern Shanxi 亮剑：我竟然在晋西北杀疯了 (Fast-paced power fantasy + satisfying revenge + building things up alone + play the pig to eat the tiger + System + War of Resistance + warlords) Reborn into the world of "Bright Sword" from the start, he discovers that he has become Zhang Dabiao and acquired the God of War System. “Ding! Host reward received: one Italian cannon and six shells. Please check your inventory.” “Second Battalion Commander, bring out your three thousand men! Don’t hold back those dozens of mountain guns. Hit them wi 1.1kReads7.3Score—14d adds
- 104 War of Resistance: Starting with a German-Equipped Company, I Strike Out on My Own 抗战：开局选择德械连，独自发展 [War of Resistance] + [System] + [Troop Generation] + [German Equipment] + [Making Up for Past Regrets] + [Large-Scale Army Operations] + [Slaughtering the Japanese] [Newly Rated] Chen Hansheng transmigrates to the War of Resistance era by accident and activates a choice System. Every choice comes with lavish rewards. From the start, he chooses to develop independently and receives a reward: an elite German-equipped battalion of nearly a thousand men. Later, he is rewarded with a regiment. Throu 217Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 105 Republican Era: The Jinan Massacre? No!! 民国：济南惨案？不！！ August 28, 1926: The Nanchang Uprising! October 10, 1926: Wuchang falls! January 3, 1927: The January 3 Hankou Incident! March 24, 1927: The March 24 Incident in Nanjing’s British Concession! May 3, 1928: The May 3 Jinan Incident in Shandong!! This time, not a single one will be missed!! 145Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 The Quantum Furnace: Rebooting 1902 量子熔炉：重启1902 In 2025, Tang Long was a down-and-out, forty-year-old deliveryman. After an accident, his soul traveled back in time and he was reborn in the body of a fifteen-year-old scavenger beside Suzhou Creek in Shanghai, at the end of the Qing dynasty in 1902. He also gained his own golden finger: a quantum intelligent technology space. At the time, Shanghai, and indeed all of China, was under the sway of foreign concessions and their self-governing authorities. Qing officials were corrupt and incompeten —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Republican Era: From Warlord to King of East Asia 民国：从军阀到东亚王 [System barracks] + [Rousing] + [Sweeping all before him] + [Slow burn] + [Building from the ground up] Long Cheng transmigrates into a turbulent, war-torn era. As a passionate young man from the future, watch him use his cheat to sweep across East Asia... 64Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 108 Anti-Japanese Warlord: A Great Wall Built of Flesh and Blood 抗日军阀：血肉铸就的长城 [No System, One Female Lead] This isn't a wish-fulfillment novel. It's a tribute to the veterans who truly fought with their blood on the battlefields of the War of Resistance Against Japan. I hope to transmigrate through time and, using knowledge from my past life and a more advanced understanding of the future, fight shoulder to shoulder with them, kill more Japanese invaders, and protect more Chinese civilians. Note: The Japanese soldiers in this book are highly capable, not stupid, and know 253Reads7.7Score—14d adds
- 109 Sanhe Young Master's 16th Book 三合大少第16本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support gives me the motivation to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 Half a System Takes on the World 半个系统闯人间 In troubled times, human lives are as worthless as grass; in peaceful times, people are as insignificant as ants. The protagonist, Lin Le, transmigrates to the Songhu battlefield and becomes a Nationalist soldier. He fights desperately to kill the enemy, but can't change the tide. He retreats all the way to Nanjing, then flees from place to place before being tricked into joining the Juntong secret service's Linli training class... 60Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 111 Republican China: I Rule Shanghai with a Weapons System 人在民国：靠军火系统称霸沪上 The moment Li Fei opens his eyes, he finds himself a degenerate gambler in 1915 Shanghai, with killers on his tail from the start! At the brink of death, he binds himself to the Ironblood Arsenal System, trading silver dollars for guns and cannons! With a Mauser pistol, he kills a gang boss. Grenades wipe out the Little Sword Society's main force, and within three days he takes Zhabei! Foreigners trying to extort him? Li Fei points his gun at them: “Rules? I am the rules!” Opium dens and gamblin 8.5kReads6.3Score48314d adds
- 112 War of Resistance: Flames of War Across Ten Thousand Miles 抗战之烽烟万里 [Transmigration] [Ruthless War Against Japan] Li Hong transmigrates to 1937 and becomes a company commander on the front lines. He fights his way through bloody battles against the invaders, building factories, promoting education, and pushing reforms to forge a powerful, battle-hardened army. Leading his forces east, he defeats one powerful enemy after another, sweeping all before him and annihilating countless foes. He helps his nation rise anew from the flames of war and makes the world look 149Reads6.8Score1714d adds
- 113 The Rise of the German Cat 汉斯猫的崛起 A young man from the modern era transmigrates back to the turbulent period of the World Wars, becoming a powerful figure of that age. But this time, things are different. Armed with an unprecedented System and his memories, he is determined to change the course of history at its roots and lead the world toward a completely different future of nuclear peace and prosperity. 58Reads—Score—14d adds
- 114 Late Qing: I’ll Make the Great Powers Kneel and Sing ‘We Conquer’! 晚清：我让列强跪着唱征服！ No harem, no clichés, no invincibility, no System. Enter at your own risk. After transmigrating to a parallel world in the late Qing Dynasty, Liu Haoran had hoped to live quietly as a landlord’s young master. Instead, he was forced to become the face of an industrial powerhouse! After overcoming one obstacle after another, he looked back on the road he had traveled and couldn’t help but marvel: “Turns out I’m the foreign power!” Empress Dowager Cixi (trembling): “This Liu Haoran... Is he plannin 12Reads5.6Score—14d adds
- 115 My Era as a Northeastern Warlord 我的东北军阀时代 Hong Fei is a migrant worker who came south to make a living. After a tumultuous storm, his head suddenly rang, and he found himself in unfamiliar Heilongjiang. Just as he was about to order takeout, he discovered that he had arrived in the post-World War I era with a golden finger. From then on, his life became a story of unstoppable success! 2Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 116 On the Eve of Nation-Building, I Led an Army South into Southeast Asia 建国前夕，率兵团南下东南亚 Gu Yun transmigrates into a game world in 1949, becoming the commander of the Third Corps. Seizing the opportunity to find the corps a way out, he leads the Third Corps south into Southeast Asia; He drives out the French and British forces invading the region; With abundant resources and overwhelming military strength, he builds an overseas empire; 2.7kReads5.5Score10014d adds
- 117 A Dream in Another World 异时空之一枕黄粱 There are too many power fantasies online! Transmigrators can easily slaughter their way to victory. Doesn't that show too little respect for the great sages of the past? This book won't be a power fantasy. I only want to extrapolate events as realistically and plausibly as possible, for my own amusement. That's all. This story follows a modern electronics expert who transmigrates into the son of a merchant in the late Qing dynasty. He gradually builds up his strength and consolidates resources 108Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 118 The Fox of the Far East 远东之狐 In 1884, amid the upheavals of the Sino-French War, Han Zikun is born in the Han family’s courtyard in Shanxia County, Jinghai Prefecture. A transmigrator, he brings modern marketing skills, mechanical engineering knowledge, and fluency in several languages, but has no System or golden finger. He can rely only on his ingenuity and determination to face the chaos of the late Qing. The family has had only one son for three generations. His grandfather, Han Shoushu, puts aside his scholar’s gown to 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 119 Grand Ambitions of the Mountains and Seas: A Young Qing-Dynasty Chieftain Trains Troops and Expands into the South Seas 山海宏图之清末少寨主练兵拓南洋 A burned-out office worker gets drunk and transmigrates to the late Qing dynasty, becoming the young master of a southern frontier stronghold. From the start, it’s hell mode: survive in a world plunged into chaos! He knows how fortunes rise and fall over the next century, and refuses to watch his homeland sink into ruin! He puts down roots in Lingnan, advances steadily, brings in modern industry, and builds a powerful military and economy; He heads south to Nanyang, expands across the peninsula, 2.1kReads—Score24614d adds
- 120 The Wolf Warriors March Across Southeast Asia 狼兵踏南洋 [A comeback from the brink in 1948! The Guangxi warlords' wolf troops carve their way through Southeast Asia] Nanjing is about to fall! Qin Shoucheng, a Guangxi warlord staff officer, slammed the table: “Better to head south to Annam and become kings than to be trapped and die by the Yangtze!” Bai Chongxi gave the order. American-equipped divisions would spearhead the advance, while a hundred thousand wolf troops swept across the Indochinese Peninsula! The French begged on their knees, and the m 14.8kReads7.1Score1k14d adds
- 121 Utopia 1928 理想国1928 An easy read for anyone looking for a classic apocalypse novel. The red moon rises, the zombie crisis erupts, and the characters fight their way through every battle. They don’t just have to survive; they have to live well and enjoy themselves. 5Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 122 War of Resistance: Starting in Western Hubei 抗战：从鄂西开始 [Battle of Zaoyi] + [Battle of Yichang] + [Aerial combat] + [Defense of Changsha] In 1940, smoke chokes the skies over the Battle of Zaoyi. The entire eastern Xiangyang front collapses, General Zhang Zizhong dies for his country, and the main Japanese force advances straight toward Yichang. Honghuatao, the western gateway to Hubei, is a vital route for the Japanese advance. The isolated 185th Division faces certain death, with no hope of reinforcements. The newly appointed division commander, Li 5.6kReads6.1Score23814d adds
- 123 Reborn in 1914: The Legendary Agent 重生1914之特工传奇 Agent Qin Haoran unexpectedly transmigrates to Sichuan in the Republic of China era in 1914. By securing the licensing rights to sulfa drugs through a public tender, he earns his first fortune in the United States. Operating in the gaps between America's great financial tycoons, he quietly establishes banks, builds cars, develops military industries... and invests in every part of the American industrial system. Under the guise of foreign investment, he helps build Sichuan's industries and drive 963Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 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
- 125 1640: I Began Colonizing the Americas 1640，我从美洲大陆开始殖民 Zhu Ming accidentally transmigrated to the American continent in the seventeenth century and became the servant of a white plantation owner. Just when he thought he was doomed to live out a miserable life, the System suddenly appeared from the heavens... 5Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 126 Warlord: The Young Marshal of Fengtian 军阀：奉天少帅 When Zhang Fan woke up, he found himself in another world. It was highly similar to the one he had lived in before, with the same historical course and cultural heritage. It also shared the same tragic, blood-soaked history. Watch as Zhang Fan, the warlord family's second son, defies fate and changes his destiny. 8Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 127 War of Resistance: I Emptied the Entire Third Reich 抗战：我搬空了整个第三帝国 [Parallel World, Passionate War of Resistance, Hardcore Military Industry] In 1937, the Battle of Shanghai began, and the meat grinder roared to life. Facing the invaders’ battleships and cannons, seven hundred thousand soldiers of Daxia fought for every inch of ground with their flesh and blood. Zhou Huai’an transmigrated into this world, and faced with this brutal battle for his nation’s survival, he refused to retreat. Using an elite German heavy-armored force brought back through a rift in t 47Reads7.9Score—14d adds
- 128 Transmigrated to Republican-Era China, I Live Off Women and Give Nothing Back 穿到民国硬饭软吃 Qin Que, who arrives in the late Qing and early Republican era, has no grand ambitions. He just wants to survive the chaos with his beautiful wife and beloved companions. But Yuan Shikai appoints him military governor of Shanghai. What can he do? This hot potato is impossible to refuse, and it isn't easy to lie flat in a place every military power is fighting to control. Thankfully, Qin Que doesn't give up. After taking office, he keeps trying to find a way toward the laid-back life he wants. Bu 6.2kReads5.9Score27014d adds
- 129 1865: Heaven's Grand Design 1865年，天佑雄图 [No System + political intrigue + conquest + ruthless killing + war + power fantasy] Hong Tianyou, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to 1865 and is reborn as Hong Xiuquan’s fifth son, Hong Tianyou. With the Heavenly Kingdom and his family on the verge of collapse, he and his loyal guards break through the encirclement and flee across the sea to Australia. First, he sets a modest goal: dominate Oceania, then build a new British Empire on which the sun never sets. 207Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 130 Republican Era: I Won’t Be a Warlord, I’ll Be the King of Arms Dealers 民国：我不做军阀，我做军火之王 [Saving the Nation Through Industry + Rise of the Military Industry + Decisive and Ruthless + No System] Back in 1910, he starts on nightmare difficulty: on the eve of the Shanghai rubber stock crash, his family has embezzled public funds, creditors are pounding on the door, and the whole clan is on the verge of starving to death! Looking at the madmen filling the city, Li Changqing gives a cold laugh. With the Great Power Industrial Library in hand, he turns around and shorts the market, making 13.3kReads6.3Score1k14d adds
- 131 The War of Resistance Begins in Hebei in the Year of Rising Up 抗战从河北崛起年开始 6.3kReads7.3Score34614d adds
- 132 War of Resistance: Starting with the Battle of Shanghai 抗战之从淞沪会战开始 “I'm going to Songhu?” Xu Zhixing somehow ends up in Songhu. He demonstrates his “abilities” in front of Alexander von Falkenhausen, thinking he'll rise to success. Instead, success sends him straight to Songhu. He wanted to be a staff officer, but they drag him off to the front lines. 25Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 133 My Sister Is a Warlord’s Concubine 我姐姐是军阀姨太太 Reborn in a parallel version of the Beiyang era, my elder sister is the beloved Fourth Concubine of Marshal Lu, the King of the Northwest. As a transmigrator, Ye Shiguan enters the marshal’s residence thanks to his sister. He then unexpectedly awakens a Military System, bringing him artillery, rocket forces, special forces, aircraft carriers, and stealth fighters one after another... In this life, he is determined to revitalize Yan Hua and bring an end to the age of chaos! From the countryside t 16Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 134 Rising to Power, Starting in 1900 崛起，从1900开始 In 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, the Industrial Revolution, the Self-Strengthening Movement, the Hundred Days’ Reform, and the farcical Boxer uprising… Beset by internal strife and foreign threats, a vast ancient nation in the East teeters on the brink of collapse, its fate hanging by a thread. That year, a strange young man from Jiangnan, carrying modern knowledge and skills, plunges headlong into the whirlpool of a world in turmoil. 6.5kReads7.7Score27914d adds
- 135 Rise! Starting in the Northeast 崛起！从东北开始 In Northeast China during the Republican era, warlords carved up the land while foreign powers circled like vultures. The protagonist, Feng Yong, has no System and no supernatural abilities. He can only rely on his wits to change his fate. It's so hard! How on earth can he break this deadlock… 36Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 136 Republican Era: From the Son of a 1911 Revolution Warlord to a Peerless Statesman 民国：从辛亥督军之子到国士无双 [Republican era + war + warlords + industrial development + nation-building] Lei Mingyuan wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated to 1911 and become the son of Lei Zhenchun, a general in the Beiyang New Army. In the turmoil of the late Qing and early Republic, he knows he must control an army to ensure his own safety. Starting by training a new army, he gradually gains control of the troops, then uses his informational advantage to lead his men from a small town and rise into a major 1.1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 137 From the Start, the Axe Gang Attacked, and My AKM Swept the Field 开局斧头帮来袭，AKM扫射全场 [No bleeding-heart hero, decisive and ruthless, no romance, exhilarating action, alternate history] The Axe Gang attacks from the start, and an AKM mows down the whole place He Tian has just transmigrated and become the boss of the Broadsword Gang. But his former self stole the Axe Gang boss's woman, and now over a hundred Axe Gang members have surrounded the Broadsword Gang's headquarters with axes in hand. What is he supposed to do? Just as He Tian is fretting, [Ding! Congratulations, Host. Yo 5Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 138 Tiger of Beiyang: Dad, Let's Not Become Emperor 北洋之虎：爹！咱不当皇帝了 A new story is here! You can read my work 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! 164Reads5.7Score13814d adds
- 139 Espionage: I’m Going to Be an Official from the Start! 谍战：开局我要当官！ One man can shoulder a hundred pounds; one official can move ten thousand mountains! To save the nation, you must first become an official! When other people return to the 24th year of the Republic, they get all kinds of Systems that let them exchange points for weapons, or earn equipment and points by killing enemies. Xu Shaoyi also returns to the bustling Shanghai of that year, but his System gives him just one message: it has everything the other Systems have, and even things they don't. But 686Reads7.5Score10514d adds
- 140 Young Marshal Warlord: Sweeping the Great Powers from Fengtian 少帅军阀：从奉天开始横扫列强 [System] + [Passionate] + [Superpower Empire] + [Crushing the Great Powers] With warlords locked in battle, the people plunged into misery, crises at home and abroad, and powerful enemies on every side, Li Xuesen transmigrated into a living hell. After activating the System, he immediately set about building a superpower empire, rapidly taking the lead in industry, agriculture, military strength, and technology, and easily crushing every enemy. 9Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 141 The Gunshots of the Republic of China 民国的枪声 The gunfire that rang out across the three towns of Wuhan in October 1911 tolled the death knell of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Hu, from the Dragon Nation of a later age, grips the rifle in his hands. What will he choose? To remain an obscure nobody, or to ride the crest of a great era? Reclaim our lands and restore the golden age of the Han and Tang dynasties? 52.9kReads7.2Score4.2k14d adds
- 142 Stop! Let That Young Lady Go! 住手！放开那个小娘子！ Reborn as the foolish son of a landlord, I even got saddled with the terribly embarrassing name Zhu Dazhuang. Should I lie flat and enjoy life, or work hard and stir things up? Hmm, it’s probably better to grow more crops, build more roads, have more children, and raise more pigs... What? Is life as a landlord’s son in ancient times really this plain and simple? Pah! Stop! Let that young lady go! I, Zhu Dazhuang, will show you what it means to bully men and women, tyrannize the neighborhood, com 52Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 143 Big Guns and Battleships: Building a Shipyard to Conquer the Qing and Expel the West 大舰巨炮：伐清灭洋从造船厂开始 [Entirely handmade, no AI] [Shipbuilding System] + [battleships] + [aircraft carriers] + [submarines] + [naval warfare] + [overseas development] + [shaping world events] + [overthrowing the Qing and driving out foreign powers] Yang Yifeng is reborn in an alternate 1900 in South America and inherits a shipyard. With the Boxer Crisis unfolding and a shipbuilding System at his disposal, he resolves to rewrite his people’s tragic history and make the wolves pay! He wants his descendants to proudly s 59.8kReads8.5Score7.2k14d adds
- 144 The Storms of Lanfang 兰芳风云 In another, similar world, it is once again the tenth year of the Guangxu era. Yang Yun transmigrates into the body of Luo Xiangyun, the thirteenth-ranked young master of the Luo family, during the final glorious days of the Lan Fang Republic in Southeast Asia. He rises through internal family struggles and political games against the court's scheming officials, then takes up the unyielding fight against colonial rule. He leads the Chinese people in rebuilding their power, restoring Lan Mang to 830Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 145 Fighting the Japanese: A Fearsome General Who Leaves the Invaders Shaking in Their Boots 抗日：战将威武！日寇魂飞魄散 I do not ask you to serve me dutifully at my side. I ask only that you be loyal to your people. With the nation in peril and the Japanese invaders running rampant, every man has a part to play in the fate of the country. I wanted to enlist, but I was past the age. Thankfully, I have a son who has volunteered. I give you this flag to carry with you at all times. Wipe your blood from your wounds with it, and let it shroud you in death. Go forward bravely, and never forget your duty!, The Sichuan A 5.8kReads7.3Score42814d adds
- 146 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. 4.2kReads7.3Score17814d adds
- 147 The Bloody Battle of Taierzhuang 血战台儿庄 He unexpectedly returns to an era that is both despairing and full of promise. Chen Deliang foresees history, and takes part in shaping it. He strives to adapt to this age, both to survive and to bear witness. 1.3kReads7.4Score—14d adds
- 148 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
- 149 Red Alert: Sweeping the Great Powers, Starting with the Fall of the Qing Dynasty 红警之横扫列强从推翻大清开始 Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge. Traditional Red Alert base-building, no drastic changes to canon, a focus on mass-producing troops, no stifling development, no heroine, pure wish fulfillment, invincible all the way. No alien civilizations will get involved, and the story won't venture into space. Jiang Zhongyuan transmigrates to an alternate history, not the real late Qing and early Republic era. Please don't compare the weapons development or the characters and events in this story to real history 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 War of Resistance: Building the Ultimate Japanese-Killing Legion 抗战：打造最强诛倭军团 [War of Resistance] + [Fighting for the nation] + [Nation-building] Five thousand years of history and eight thousand li of splendid land have been seized by invading bandits! How could four hundred million Chinese people and millions of steel-hearted soldiers bow their heads and become slaves? Nan Beichen transmigrates to the War of Resistance era. With the Loyalty System, he fights across the battlefields, carrying the unfulfilled wishes of his predecessors and the hopes of future generations. 373Reads6.8Score10414d adds
