Novels like Overlord of Nanyang: Starting as a Routed Soldier
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- 151 The Rise of Dongzhou: The World Hegemon Dismembers the World! 东洲崛起:世界霸主肢解世界! Transmigrating into a parallel world + colonialism versus tributary rule + wars for supremacy + unification + battleships and heavy artillery. The Eastern Continent Empire is founded, and the great powers vie for supremacy! I arrived by accident in this similar parallel world, only to discover that everything was different from the history I remembered. Tributary system versus colonial system! Military, economic, and cultural forces collide. Who will have the last laugh? Soldiers, take up your g 1.7kReads9.1Score10214d adds
- 152 Transmigrate to 1945: Good Thing I Have Superpowers 穿越1945,还好我有超能力 (Period setting) (Transmigration) (Superpowers) (Industry) (Aid) (Founding a nation overseas) (Space development) I transmigrated to 1945. Japan surrendered, and I didn't want to get involved in the civil war. But the county magistrate is my great-grandfather. Now it's my older brother. So, under the county magistrate's protection, I develop and build a new countryside. Oh, most importantly, I've got a cheat. That's the real driving force behind development. In 1958, I went to Burma and seized t 3.9kReads8.1Score15514d adds
- 153 The War of Resistance: Maybe I Should Go It Alone 抗战,还是自己单干吧 Qin Xiang, an ordinary man from modern society, somehow transmigrates into the era of the War of Resistance! Watch as he rises from a conscript, step by step, amid the chaos of war! The protagonist unexpectedly awakens a space within his sea of consciousness. With this one golden finger, see how he gradually stockpiles supplies to survive! After the uprising, he temporarily joins the Nationalist government, but still makes a point of helping the Reds whenever he can! Going it alone doesn't mean 40.6kReads7.5Score2.9k14d adds
- 154 War of Resistance: The Nation’s Elite Force 抗战之国之劲旅 Li Zhenhua is a recent college graduate. After his internship ends, he plans to head home for a visit, but an accident on the way leaves him reborn in the Republican era. In his previous life, Li Zhenhua was a history buff. The staggering losses China suffered in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression were especially tragic and impossible to recount in full. He decides to use his knowledge of history to improve himself and do his part in fighting the Japanese invaders, showing those d 1.4kReads8.1Score10614d adds
- 155 Starting as a Regiment Commander: From Then On, the Road to Hegemony 开局当团长:从此踏上争霸路 Warlord + Ambition + War + Resistance Against the Great Powers + Foreign Campaigns Wang Quan transmigrates to another world. After unlocking the standard cheat every transmigrator gets, he can already tell that life is going to be exciting. “Congratulations, Host. You’ve received your starter reward: 3,000 rifles, 165 light and heavy machine guns, 50 field artillery pieces...” “Congratulations, Host. Your industrial equipment purchase is complete. You’ve also received the corresponding technical 15.5kReads8.0Score85514d adds
- 156 I'm Just Building a Country, Why Are the Americans Panicking? 建个国而已,鹰酱你慌啥 [Rebirth is common, but have you ever seen someone who knew they were going to be reborn, prepared thoroughly, and only then returned to the past?] After learning he’d been given the chance to live his life over, Zhou Fan made thorough preparations. He gathered financial and business information, future high technology… everything he could get his hands on. Back for another life, all he wanted was to make money with ease and enjoy the good life. He watched Gu Nanxi wear the beautiful wedding dr 10.7kReads8.9Score1k14d adds
- 157 Reborn in the Late Qing: Looking Down on the Great Powers 重生清末之傲视列强 Battleships and Big Guns + Industrial Technology + The Rise of the Far East After transmigrating to a parallel world, I was always one step ahead technologically, with one advanced weapon after another! See how Chu Chen turns the tide in the most desperate of times! 8.6kReads8.3Score43614d adds
- 158 War of Resistance: I Rise in Southeast Asia, Starting with the Expeditionary Force 抗战:从远征军开始在东南亚崛起 He transmigrates to 1942 and becomes a regimental commander in the expeditionary force. Step by step, he rises to become a figure who shapes the tides of world events. P.S. I'm not good at writing introductions. Please read the story itself. 13.1kReads8.3Score66914d adds
- 159 The Warlord: Heed My Father’s Advice, Rise From Brigade Commander to Marshal 军阀:老爹听劝,从旅长杀成大帅 In 1929, in Henan, Liu Zhenting opened his eyes to find himself the son of a brigade commander in a patchwork army! A crack White Russian force? Absorbed! Not enough guns and cannons? He built his own arsenal, churning out rifles and artillery on assembly lines. His military buildup left his rivals in the dust! To achieve his goals as quickly as possible, he would force open the doors of the foreign powers and take their money! In a chaotic age, he would rise as a warlord, planning every step: s 155.2kReads9.0Score10.4k14d adds
- 160 Period: A Beijing Shopkeeper in 1943 年代:1943京城杂货商 Invincible + tons of supplies + ruthless and merciless + patriotic spirit + personal space This is a story that blends multiple eras, beginning in 1943. It tells the story of Wang Yusheng, the young master of the Wang family, and his general store in the capital. The story features resistance against the Japanese, espionage, patriotism, human relationships, and the harsh realities of life. In short, this is the story of Wang Yusheng’s own experiences. The story is tentatively set to in 9.5kReads8.0Score41914d adds
- 161 You Call Austria-Hungary a Great Power? 你说,奥匈是列强? To transmigrate and be born as Karl I, the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, a “second-generation royal,” is truly wonderful! But since I’ve enjoyed all this glory and honor, I’ll have to find a way to restore the empire’s splendor and save it from collapse, so I can avoid the miserable fate that awaits me! Though I may seem weak right now, my ending is destined to be magnificent! So Karl swore. 65.7kReads8.6Score4.7k14d adds
- 162 Starting Out with the Guangxi Clique, I’m Heading to Nanyang 开局桂系,我要下南洋 He woke up to find himself the young master of the Li family of the Guangxi clique. It was late 1948, and the tide of history was impossible to resist. As the red flag swept across the mainland, he had already established a base in the Red River Delta. He chose to forge a new path, leading a million soldiers and civilians south to build a new world. This time, in this fertile land where rice could be harvested three times a year, he would establish a vast domain of his own. 293.9kReads8.9Score26.3k14d adds
- 163 Reborn in South America, 1960 重生南美1960 My new work is out! You're welcome to read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 2.1kReads—Score—14d adds
- 164 1912: Sweep Through a Chaotic Era with My Arsenal 1912:我靠军火库横扫乱世 Late Qing dynasty, the third year of Xuantong, Rong County, Sichuan. Gunfire echoes across the land. A world in turmoil is coming, and the nation is on the brink of collapse. Chen Feng, a soldier in the Jiaolong Special Operations Assault Team, opens his eyes to find that he has transmigrated into this turbulent era, where human life is worth less than grass. Bandits run rampant within the country, and mutinous soldiers burn and slaughter. The Qing court is corrupt, while foreign powers circle l 19.7kReads6.7Score1.1k14d adds
- 165 Reborn: Bloodshed on the Eastern Front 重生之血战在东线 A second lieutenant is reborn on the Eastern Front of the Soviet-German War. Follow Valery as he fights through one bloody Eastern Front battle after another and forges a legendary story of his own. 18.7kReads9.1Score1.2k14d adds
- 166 Building an Invincible Fleet, Starting with a Battleship 从一艘战列舰开始打造无敌舰队 (Naval Warfare) + (Conquest) + (The System Only Provides Equipment and Technology, No Missions) + (Shipbuilding) + (No Female Lead) Chu Qing is reborn on a planet where oceans cover ninety percent of the surface, becoming the son of the garrison commander of the Taixi Islands in the Qian Cang Empire. He is ready to make his mark, but then the Eastern Sakura Empire suddenly launches a war... Driven from his home from the start, Chu Qing finally awakens his AI on the run! With a “found” battleship 3.5kReads9.0Score18714d adds
- 167 I Just Took a Part-Time Job, So Why Are You Offering a 15-Million Bounty on Me? 就兼个职,你通缉我一千五百万? A new work is out! Come read my stories on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 198Reads7.7Score10814d adds
- 168 Get on Board! It's Time to Overthrow the Qing and Restore the Ming 快上船,反清复明啦 Standing before you is Zhu Zaiming, His Majesty the Emperor of the Second Ming Empire: lord of Australia, savior of the Yin people, leader of the Americas, pioneer of the ironclad battleship, nightmare of Europe, dear friend of Napoleon, supreme leader of Eastern civilization, and father of the world… The story of the Second Ming’s rise begins with a group of Han people stranded in Australia… 187Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 169 Transmigrating to World War II, Starting with Taking Control of the Middle East 穿越二战,从掌控中东开始 [World War II + power fantasy + troop-spawning + System + lawless + no female lead] Lin Yutang transmigrates to a small Middle Eastern country in 1937. Starting with a single infantry company, he seizes control of the Middle East, expands his military, mines gold, drills for oil, and builds aircraft carriers. He leads his army across the Indian Ocean to the East Asian battlefield for a lightning strike against Japan, then sends troops north to crush the enemy beneath an iron tide... 14Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 170 Reborn in 1955 重生一九五五 After completing the first phase of the lunar base in 2049, the protagonist set out to find the regret that had haunted his grandmother her entire life, prevent the persecution of Chinese people across Southeast Asia after World War II, and give the descendants of Yan and Huang more room to survive on Blue Star and greater influence across the planet. With help from the world's only autonomous artificial intelligence, his soul traveled back to 1955. In the end, he dismantled the "White Eagle," w 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 171 1918: The Red Star Shines over Germany 1918:红星闪耀德意志 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it! Your support is what motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 49.3kReads8.9Score3.4k14d adds
- 172 1890: Starting the Great Voyage by Climbing the Tech Tree 1890从爬科技树开始大航海 [Slow burn, national industry, rural development, great-power rivalry, hard-hitting naval warfare] Tang Xiaoyi found himself in a parallel world where the Age of Discovery had reached the late nineteenth century. The technology, wealth, and rivalries accumulated by every nation were on the verge of a final tipping point, ready to erupt. “The introduction of steam engines as ship propulsion ushered in a new revolution in navigation.” “Shipping grew faster and faster. It took just dozens of hours 157Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 173 North America: I Can Raise Infinite Troops, From Cannon Fodder to American Emperor 北美:我无限爆兵,从炮灰到美帝 [High martial arts + urban setting + North America + an endless army of loyal soldiers + political intrigue + high-octane thrills + building a faction + growth and development] After transmigrating to North America during the spiritual qi revival, Lin Xiangyang has his family fortune stolen and is thrown into a barracks to die. Then his golden finger awakens, allowing him to summon loyal soldiers. [Recruit → company commander → battalion commander → regimental commander → governor... → president —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 174 Financial Freedom: Starting with Ten Thousand Bitcoins 财富自由:从一万枚比特币开始 In a parallel world in 2010, Lin Fan buys ten thousand Bitcoins and heads south to Gusu for work. He happens to hear that Bitcoin's price has soared, so he goes to America, mingles with the homeless, and founds T. After becoming a trillionaire, he returns to China, then heads south across the seas. Daring to outdo Sheng and Guang, surpassing Cao and Liu in ambition, he raises his three-foot blade to carve out a vast frontier. Should he not pass it on to his descendants? 21.1kReads7.0Score1.3k14d adds
- 175 War Thunder: A Guerrilla in Myanmar, I Found My Own Nation 战雷:人在缅甸游击,我独立建国 [Burma Expeditionary Force]+ [War Thunder System]+ [Pocket Dimension]+ [Building an Independent Faction]+ [Tank Corps]+ [Fighting Japan Alone] From World War II to the Cold War. After more than 500 chapters of fighting the Japanese, the story has now reached the founding of a nation in the South Seas and will continue into the Cold War. Zhang Chi transmigrates by accident to the Burmese battlefield in 1942 with the War Thunder System, becoming one of the retreating soldiers in the Expeditionar 34.7kReads8.9Score1.7k14d adds
- 176 Book One by Liangban Hudou 凉拌胡豆的第1本书 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your follows are what motivate me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 549Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 177 Urban: From the Start, I Was Emperor 都市:开局当皇帝 Zhu Zirui: My mom says that when I was little, a fortune-teller said I was destined to be emperor. But what was with that panicked look on her face? Surely she doesn’t believe that nonsense. After the Jingnan Campaign, the Jianwen Emperor of the Ming dynasty fled overseas. He eventually established a new country on an island in the South Seas, where his dynasty lasted nearly six hundred years. By sheer coincidence, Zhu Zirui, who received nine years of compulsory education, inherits this somewha 4kReads8.4Score18814d adds
- 178 Ming Dynasty: My Giant Warships and Cannons 明朝:我的巨舰大炮 This novel follows the protagonist as he transmigrates to the late Ming dynasty aboard an ironclad coast guard ship equipped with modern weapons. Armed with advanced weapons and knowledge, he vies for control of the empire, ushers in a new dynasty, resists foreign invaders, wipes out the Japanese pirates, dominates the seas, and wages war across the globe. Strategy + ironclad warships + cannons + no System. 9.7kReads9.0Score94714d adds
- 179 Becoming King of the World Starts with Acquiring Task Force 141 世界之王从获得141特遣队开始 (Partly set in the Call of Duty universe, combined with various films and TV franchises. Later, the protagonist will transmigrate to other worlds and fight for supremacy.) By a twist of fate, Bai Yu transmigrates to Blue Star, a world very much like Earth. He also unexpectedly acquires a golden finger, and from the start, the 141st Task Force pledges its loyalty to him. Bai Yu will gradually build a power that is invincible across the world. 9.9kReads8.5Score66614d adds
- 180 Sailing an 022, I Return to the Spice Islands to Become a Pirate 开着022,回到香料群岛当海盗 [Parallel world + battleships and big guns + no System + industrial research] A modified Type 022 patrol boat accidentally transmigrates to the pinnacle of a parallel world’s Age of Sail! Lin Wenlong and eight comrades bring modern cutting-edge technology to these unfamiliar waters and embark on a journey to defy fate! Colonial cargo ships? Seize them! Brutal pirates? Take them down! Oppressed slaves? Set them free! Indigenous islanders? Help them! You’ve got 120-millimeter guns behind armored 76Reads7.1Score1714d adds
- 181 A Heavy Armored Brigade from the Start: The Japanese Invaders Were Beaten to Tears 开局一个重装旅,小鬼子被打哭了 [Republic of China era, transmigration, military industry and a powerful army, financial supremacy, World War I backdrop, crushing the great powers, a passionate rise, political maneuvering] War is the theme of this book. Alongside the shooting wars, financial warfare will enter the story in its middle and later stages. Lu Chen: If the great powers are determined to destroy us, then I'll make sure they die first. Japanese invaders: Lu Chen, why do you keep coming after us? Britain: Please, stop 207Reads5.3Score1814d adds
- 182 Nanjing Photo Studio: I Won't Take This Kind of Crap 南京照相馆:劳资不受窝囊气 [System Conquest] [Alternate World War II] [Founding a Nation Overseas] = [An Emperor Unifies the World] On the eve of World War II, Su Lie transmigrates and activates the War Replication System! Copy skills, armies, weapons, and industry! While everyone else fights tooth and nail in World War II, he quietly establishes a nation overseas and crowns himself emperor! He stays out of the chaos and reaps the rewards! With the System's power, he sweeps aside all opposition, subdues the great powers, 564Reads7.2Score3914d adds
- 183 King of the Middle East 中东之王 A niche subject: modern warfare. The hard-hitting life of a war profiteer, Lu Mahdi, who rises from Aleppo by raising troops from the start. He rebuilds the world's rules. 23.4kReads8.6Score1.7k14d adds
- 184 War of Resistance: Building a Heavy Combined-Arms Brigade for the Decisive Battle of Songhu 抗战:打造重装合成旅,决战淞沪 My new work is out! You can read it on Fanqie Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 7.9kReads8.2Score48214d adds
- 185 Rejected After Confessing to the Campus Beauty, I Became an Arms Dealer 表白校花被拒后,我成了军火大商 Ten years ago, Yang Shuya, the campus belle whom Chu Ran had pursued since childhood, rejected him because he was too poor. After he was reborn, the same thing happened all over again. But this time, I, Chu Ran, am going to live for myself, and for the person I love. Sorry, campus belle, but I choose my own beloved Fang Xihe! At the same time, Chu Ran stumbled upon an arms-trading forum and awakened the Super Arms System. From the start, he sold five million dollars’ worth of weapons. Soon, all 283Reads7.4Score13314d adds
- 186 The 1949 Southern Campaign in Southeast Asia: Founding a Nation Overseas 1949南征东南亚,海外建国 [Guangxi Clique] [Transmigration] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Cold War] [Nanyang] [Feudal Enfeoffment] Li Chongwen transmigrates into the body of a Guangxi Clique general. On the eve of crossing the Yangtze, he leads a hundred thousand Guangxi troops south and seizes French Indochina. That is, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Milk the United States for all it is worth, snatch colonies from Britain and France, and found a nation in Nanyang. Redistribute land taken from local landlords, relocate the 98.2kReads8.3Score5.4k14d adds
- 187 War of Resistance: I Have a Transmigrator 抗战:我有穿越机 Luo Yun transmigrates to a parallel world and can use gold to buy civilian supplies from every shopping platform on Blue Star. Blue Star's industrial Cthulhu flexes its muscles, sending a steady stream of civilian supplies to this world. "Where did that bomb come from?!" "Why is this thing chasing me and exploding?!" "Ah! Mom, I want to go home!" "Just how many good things does the Dragon Kingdom have?" "You don't mess with the people of the Dragon Kingdom!" "I want to marry someone from the Dra 200Reads6.7Score18414d adds
- 188 I’m the Emperor, What Do I Have to Fear? 我是皇帝我怕谁? He woke up to find that he had transmigrated into the body of the empire's last crown prince. When his useless father abandoned the country and fled, Lin Feng led his subordinates in a fierce counterattack. Many years later, as the empire rose once more from the ruins of defeat, his subordinates draped the imperial robes over his shoulders. Lin Feng could not help but exclaim, “You people have really made a mess of things for me!” 252.1kReads9.1Score17.5k14d adds
- 189 War of Resistance: I Have an Arsenal 抗战:我有个军火库 A food-delivery rider transmigrates back to the War of Resistance era with the Bandit-Hunting System. The Japanese are his enemies, but also a source of points: kill them to earn weapons, then use those weapons to kill more of them. And so begins a vicious cycle that leaves the Japanese in endless misery. 9.9kReads8.4Score83314d adds
- 190 The Late Qing in Turmoil: I Conquered the World with an Escape Pod 清末乱世,我靠逃生舱称霸 [The best title turned out to be The Red Dragon's Rampage of 1900, so now I have two titles. They're both mine. It's fine if you let the chapters build up, but remember to come back and read them! ♪٩(´ω`)و♪] A group of aliens accidentally swept Yuan Cheng into a temporal rift while completing their survey of Blue Star. They managed to rescue him in a frantic scramble, but then stuffed him straight into an escape pod and sent him back to Blue Star. It was only after he landed that Yuan Cheng disc 37Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 191 I’m Conquering the Middle East 我在中东打天下 [Just got rated, don't let it scare you off! The score will rise later.] This is the Middle East, This is where my younger brother is. He is the blade, and his brothers are the edge. Wherever the blade points, none can stand against it. Seize territory, protect the oil, and charge ahead in triumph. Recruit talent, build drones, missiles, radar, satellites, and more. Punch the Squid, kick Eagle Sauce, and bring the neighboring small nations to heel. He carves out a place for himself in the Middle 13.6kReads8.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 192 Warlord: I’m from Fenghua, So What If I Become President? 军阀:我奉化人,当个总统怎么了 In the nineteenth year of the Republic, Li Xuewen, county magistrate in Fujian Province, was forced to flee overseas to Nanyang after offending the Song family. He led eight hundred elite members of his security corps across the sea to Borneo, planning to restore the Lan Fang Republic and establish a nation abroad. President Li says, “No one understands nation-building better than I do.” Is nation-building difficult in its early stages? No matter. There will naturally be fools eager to come to t 298.7kReads9.0Score32.2k14d adds
- 193 War of Resistance: Starting in Songhu, I Fight in Every Battle 抗战:从淞沪开始打满全场 In 1937, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China. Though I, Little Commander Li, came from humble beginnings, the most distinguished thing in my family was that my grandfather had once worked as a clerk at the Chiang family’s salt shop in Xikou Town, Fenghua. And though I started out with no high rank, I was merely a battalion commander in the army’s first mechanized unit, the Armored Corps. But through my own efforts, I made a brief appearance on the Songhu battlefield and caught t 4.4kReads8.8Score18614d adds
- 194 Bright Sword: From the Start, Ding Blows Up the Bridge and Brews Sweet Potato Liquor 亮剑:开局丁炸桥,自酿地瓜烧 [Bright Sword + System + Soviet Weapons + Liberation + War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea + Mercenaries + Founding a Nation Overseas] After unexpectedly transmigrating into Ding Wei, commander of the 28th Regiment, who is heading to Yan'an to study, he takes over Li Yunlong's New First Regiment and gains unexpected abilities. First, ammunition bonuses for defensive battles: whenever his troops fight a delaying action, they immediately receive ammunition equal to their standard combat load 14.9kReads8.9Score76514d adds
- 195 Starting with a Laugh at Siheyuan 从爆笑四合院开始 There’s no pent-up resentment here. Since the protagonist suppresses the entire courtyard from the start, no resentment can build up. The story has now reached the point where he leads the courtyard residents overseas to found a country, and has already turned it into a military, economic, and technological powerhouse that ranks among the top three, or perhaps even number one. (Absurdist comedy: it’s all nonsense and surprises. One person spouts wild claims, and gradually leads the whole courtya 25.2kReads7.2Score91014d adds
- 196 The Last Loyal Minister of Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty 大明崇祯最后的忠臣 [Late Ming Dynasty + transmigrate + no System + passionate + lighthearted comedy] In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the empire is on the brink of collapse. Though I, Li Shi, hold a lowly position, that does nothing to diminish my wholehearted devotion to my country. I still love Emperor Chongzhen, even though many people say he is arrogant and self-willed, suspicious and distrustful, hot-tempered, and cold-hearted... But this very “foolish ruler” you all talk about made me, Li Shi, G 5.9kReads8.9Score29514d adds
- 197 The Ten Thousand Mountains: 1840 十万大山:1840 A logistics park transmigrates as a group to parallel-world Blue Star in the late Qing era, where they lie low and build strength in the mountains. They fight pirates, battle foreign devils, and establish a naval base in Nanyang. Step by step, they grow stronger, taking root like a fierce tiger and emerging with the force of a soaring dragon. 1.1kReads7.6Score14214d adds
- 198 Will the Emperor Fall? 帝落否 What winding tales will take root in the boundless reaches of a desolate star system? What unknown journeys await across endless ages? Explore the deepest mysteries of existence and sail through limitless starfields… —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 199 Qu Fans 曲粉 Song dust drifts through the air, composing an epic canvas. The journey across it spreads without aim, enveloping everything as it carries us through the vast, boundless rivers of stars. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 200 1870: From Coolie to Underworld Emperor 1870:从猪仔到地下皇帝 The Gold Mountain of Jinshan, the Nine of Chen Jiu. Cast into exile overseas from the start, with nothing but the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled, how can he carve out a path to survival amid the anti-Chinese tide? Chinese tong factions fighting among themselves, Irish gangs closing in, officials signing discriminatory laws... Beneath this immigrant city flows a river of gold that devours all who enter it. The anti-Chinese tide is rising ever higher. Chen Jiu's six thousand disciples 13.8kReads9.3Score1.9k14d adds

















































