Novels like War of Resistance: Starting with the Nanchang Uprising
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- 1 War Against Japan: The Marshal’s Tactics Are Brilliant 抗日：大帅的战术太好用了 Special forces ace Wang Huaimin accidentally transmigrates to Northeast China in 1931. In just a few months, a war that will shock the world will break out. The three provinces will fall, and countless lives will be lost. But at this point, he’s nothing more than a bandit who has taken to the hills. As a Northeastern Chinese man and a Chinese citizen, he absolutely refuses to watch the tragedy unfold. He stakes out a mountain stronghold, enters the county seat, seizes Japanese military supplies, 734Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 2 War of Resistance: Bright Sword: You're Just a Company Commander, Yet You Wipe Out an Entire Japanese Division 抗战亮剑：你一个连长，全歼鬼子师团 After transmigrating into the War of Resistance, I became Li Yunlong. Knowing the story of Li Yunlong inside out, I decided to change everyone’s fate. I set out to expand my own forces: recruiting soldiers, seizing people and equipment, creating weapons, and building the most formidable force in the War of Resistance. Kong Jie: “Get the weapons up here! We have to hold this city.” The next second, Li Yunlong came over carrying a new type of cannon and blew the Japanese troops to pieces with a s 10Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 3 The Number One Hot Pot Restaurant in the Cultivation World 修仙界第一火锅店 The Cultivation World’s Number One Hot Pot Restaurant —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 You Think You Can Walk All Over Me? Seven Ancestors Within Me Have Awakened 被踩脚下？我体内七个祖宗醒了 They Trample Me Underfoot? The Seven Ancestors Within Me Have Awakened 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Soul-Calming Bell: I Livestream the Restoration of National Treasures, Bringing the Whole Internet to Tears 镇魂钟：我直播修复国宝，全网泪崩 Soul-Calming Bell: I Livestream the Restoration of National Treasures, and the Whole Internet Is in Tears —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Horror Game NPC: From the Start, I Slay a God 恐怖游戏NPC，开局弑神 Horror Game NPC: Slay a God from the Start —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 I Just Reported to Brigade HQ, and Li Yunlong’s Made Another Fortune 刚上交旅部，他李云龙又发财了 This is Jinxi Bei in 1940, and it’s Wang Chengzhu’s showcase for his arsenal. The overworked Wang Zhongzhu transmigrates into Wang Chengzhu. No guns, no cannons? The System has him covered with “legitimate battlefield spoils”! From the mortars at Cangyunling to the first heavy artillery division in Jinxi Bei, armed to the teeth! Li Yunlong tells everyone he meets: “If I don’t have a few 105 mm howitzers on hand, I’m almost too embarrassed to say hello.” Staring at a warehouse full of supplies, h 1kReads—Score11214d adds
- 8 The Great Era: Marching Toward the Sun 大时代，迎着太阳前进 The protagonist is a craft enthusiast who often hand-makes silly toys. This time, he made an M1911 by hand, but it exploded during testing. When he woke up, he had transmigrated to a hillside outside Qianyang in 1927. From there, he enters this turbulent era, plunging into the surging currents of history to search for the sun in his heart. 12.6kReads—Score64514d adds
- 9 Victory Day in the War of Resistance 抗战胜利日 There are no heroes or geniuses here, only ordinary people trying to live in peace who are swept into a deadly struggle and lose their lives. In 2025, veteran of the War of Resistance Chen Yongning gave an interview to a reporter. He began with the day the war was won, then spoke of his brief romance with a Japanese nurse, which ended abruptly before it had a chance to develop. Chen Yongning’s account then turned to the eighty years after the war ended. During those years, he reunited with forme 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Li Yunlong: How Come He Became Deputy Regimental Commander Right After Surrendering? 李云龙：凭啥他刚投降就当副团长 [A carefully written story with no System, no score farming + fighting the Japanese invaders + grounded and relatable] After spending three months pedaling a sewing machine at the clothing factory, Li Yunlong finally gets the word from the commander: “Get your ass over to the Independent Regiment and take command!” Old Li rushes over, eager to give the whole regiment a show of force. But the brigade commander tells him, “They've assigned you a deputy regimental commander, a recent defector from 839Reads6.7Score10314d adds
- 11 The Number One Collaborator? I Use an Abacus to Keep the Japanese a Ledger of Death 第一汉奸？我用算盘给鬼子记阎王账 The Number One Collaborator? I Use an Abacus to Keep the Devils' Ledger of the Dead 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Rising to Fame After Graduating from the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University 抗战之从抗大毕业开始崛起 Brigade Commander: “You’ll be the regiment commander. I like fresh recruits like you, full of energy!” Zhang Jiashu: “I like bold superiors like you, too!” Brigade Commander: “But you’ll only have three hundred men, and I won’t give you any supplies. I’ll even take a portion of whatever you capture!” Zhang Jiashu: “Brigade Commander, that’s downright rigged!” Yoshio Shinozuka: “For the Imperial Army to be defeated like this is to lose every last shred of ‘martial fortune’! Look at those commande —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Iron-Blooded General 铁血战将 A graduate student at the National University of Defense Technology is sent by an accident back to an era torn apart by war. Starting as a Red Army squad leader, he makes a name for himself in the Battle of the Xiang River, endures the Long March, resists foreign invaders, and ultimately becomes a renowned general. 2Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 14 War of Resistance: This Chu Yunfei Really Shows Up When Trouble Hits 抗战：这个楚云飞有事他真上 He transmigrates into "Bright Sword" as Chu Yunfei, commander of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army. From the start, he finds himself in the Battle of Cangyun Ridge and activates the Choice System! Choice One: Sit back and watch from across the river, reward: a pair of reading glasses! Choice Two: Provide artillery support to the New First Regiment, reward: five tons of shells! Choice Three: Surround and wipe out the Sakamoto Regiment, reward: ten thousand taels of gold! Chu Yunfei: Only kid 4Reads8.0Score314d adds
- 15 The Anti-Japanese War's Main Front: A Complete Oral History by Kuomintang Soldiers 抗日正面战场：国民党参战将士口述全纪录 As a vital part of the global war against fascism, China’s War of Resistance against Japan tied down two-thirds of the Japanese Army and destroyed more than 1.5 million Japanese troops, around 70 percent of Japan’s total casualties in World War II. The War of Resistance on the Main Front: A Complete Oral Record from Nationalist Chinese Forces selects the accounts of Nationalist Chinese generals and officers who personally fought Japan on the main front, recording what they did, what they witness 32Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 16 Starting with the War of Resistance, the Game I Played Became Reality 从抗战开始，我玩的游戏成了现实 [Infinite Flow] [Multiple Worlds] After transmigrating to another world, Zhang Yue is a young man suffering from a terminal illness. One day, a game suddenly appears on his computer screen. The screen shows the Four-Row Warehouse shrouded in smoke and gunfire. Seeing the desperate defenders inside, he discovers that he can use money to change everything. From the start, he launches a single Dongfeng missile, leaving everyone dumbfounded... When he changes the tide of battle in the game, Zhang Yu 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Bloodbath in the Taihang Mountains: Anti-Japanese Special Forces 浴血太行之抗日特种兵 A special operations instructor at a military academy on a manor estate transmigrates to a household deep in the Taihang Mountains in the 1930s after saving a boy from drowning. He then joins the War of Resistance... 1.3kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 18 The Last Western Route Army 最后的西路军 This book offers a comprehensive, detailed, and vivid account of how, on the evening of March 14, 1937, the 3,000 remaining troops of the Red West Route Army split into three detachments on the snowbound Shiwoshan Mountain. Guided by unwavering revolutionary faith, unbreakable revolutionary resolve, and a spirit of mutual aid, they fought the savage Ma bandit army, the brutal and perilous natural environment, and the hunger and illness that beset them one after another, composing a tragic heroic 3.8kReads7.3Score32514d adds
- 19 Battlefield Vanguard: I Became an Instructor in Bright Sword 战地尖兵之我在亮剑当教官 Battlefield Vanguard: I’m an Instructor in Liangjian Chen Yan wakes up during the Battle of Cangyun Ridge as a routed soldier from the Central Army. As the comrades around him fall one after another, his special forces instincts help him evade the storm of bullets. While crawling forward, he suddenly grabs the platoon leader by the ankle. “Don’t move! There’s an impact point at your three o’clock!” The platoon leader is still looking doubtful when a shell lands exactly where Chen predicted. Thro 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Bright Sword: Why Do I Have Even More Soldiers Now? 亮剑之我的兵怎么又多了 What? Li Ping'an's unit already has three battalions? Good grief, is he the regiment commander or am I? In the world of Bright Sword, Li Ping'an takes to the battlefield and unlocks the Merit System. From then on, he uses merit to recruit soldiers and acquire guns and ammunition, expanding his force from a handful of men into a platoon, company, battalion, regiment, and division. Many have fallen along the way. 3.2kReads5.7Score18114d adds
- 21 1928: Listen, That’s the Sound of Gunfire 1928：听，那是枪声 It all began one morning in April 1928... 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 22 Bright Sword: From the Start, I'm a Bandit Leading My Brothers to Fight the Japanese 亮剑：开局土匪，我带弟兄打鬼子 Yang Zirong transmigrates into the world of Drawing Sword and becomes a bandit! Bandits fight the Japanese too, but what do you do when the Japanese surround your mountain from the start? What? I've awakened an anti-Japanese System! Well then, sorry, you little devils! Take a bullet from your grandpa Yang! Ambush supply lines, blow up arms depots, raid an inspection delegation, and establish a base area. From then on, the Japanese army has a new name for him: Yang, the King of Hell... 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 1925: The Brightest Future 1925：最美好的前途 World War II is an opportunity for the Red Flag to spread across the globe. As a Paradox war criminal, Li Letian is fortunate enough to become the leader of the Northern Alliance. Can he seize this opportunity and realize the ideal countless people have fought for? 140Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 24 The Iron-Blooded Resistance War 抗战之铁血无双 Xue Jianqiang is blasted back to the War of Resistance era by a 160 mm mortar shell! The wind cuts to the bone, and the padded coat he strips from an enemy corpse leaves him speechless: this damn thing is way too short!!! 106Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 25 Climbing Snowy Mountains, Crossing Grasslands, and Holding Shares in the War of Resistance 爬雪山，过草地，手握抗战原始股 Overnight, Gu Changsheng transmigrates into the world of the War of Resistance Against Japan. He becomes the commander of the 8th Regiment and leads his soldiers over snow-covered mountains and across grasslands. Along the way, he activates the Ruling Territory System, heads to the far northwest, and establishes a second territory! He develops agriculture and industry, improves the economy and people’s livelihoods, and founds a military academy in the northwest. From then on, Gu Changsheng rises 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 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
- 27 The 24th Book by a 985 Graduate 985本硕第24本书 A new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 20Reads—Score10014d adds
- 28 From Rank-and-File Soldier to Nation Builder! 开局大头兵的我，参加建国了！ [No System + no glorification of war + realistic + passionate growth + comrades forged in battle] When he was called Gouwa, all he wanted was to escape his mountain village. By the time he was called Chen Song, he was carrying the fate of his entire squad on his shoulders! Inspired by Battalion Commander Zhao, Chen Song resolutely said goodbye to his family and embarked on the revolutionary path. He grew from a naive recruit into a capable soldier, maturing quickly through the pain of losing his 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 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
- 30 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
- 31 The Great Anti-Bandit Campaign in the Southeast 东南大剿匪 On the morning of November 15, 1950, County Magistrate Wang Shengsan gave the following instructions: “The remains of martyr Xiao Guobao were carried from Zhongba to Changzhai on the 14th. It has been decided that the Construction Section will be responsible for building a monument to the martyrs who liberated Changshun in front of the County People’s Auditorium, and for completing Martyr Xiao Guobao’s tomb.” 36Reads9.4Score1014d adds
- 32 Reborn: Back to 1937 重生：回到1937 Lin Feng, a genius at Qingbei University fluent in eight languages, accidentally transmigrates to 1937 while exploring a Tibetan ruin with his teacher. The tides of history cannot be stopped. This is an era filled with blood and the stench of gunpowder. Wars that once existed only in books are now right before his eyes. P.S. This novel is set in a parallel world called Blue Star. Please don’t compare it to real history. Thank you! 1Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 33 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
- 34 Reborn as a Medical Student in the War of Resistance 抗战重生我是一名医学生 No System, no cheats. In my previous life, I was a doctor who saved lives. In this life, I’m still a doctor. I would give my youth to protect China in this prosperous age. As the saying goes: If you’re having a hard time, think of the Red Army’s 25,000-mile Long March. If you’re tired, think of the revolutionary veterans! Medical student Zhou fights his way through the war, leveling up along the way. He climbs snow-capped mountains and crosses grasslands, experiencing the harshest hardships and 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 After Soul Transmigration, He Becomes Comrades with a Hero-Class Warrior 魂穿后，他和特级英雄做战友 This is a story about two generations defending their country. Back then, his mother was old, his wife was frail, and his children were young. But to defend his country, Zhou Yunfeng resolutely “abandoned his wife and children,” joining the Chinese People's Volunteers to fight in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. He rode into battle alongside his comrades, creating countless stirring tales of heroism. After he died a hero's death, his wife, Liu Yumei, raised their three children th 375Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 36 War of Resistance: I Get an American-Equipped Regiment from the Start and Sweep Away the Japanese Invaders 抗战：开局获得美械团，横扫日寇 [Warlord: Expand Your Territory] [Kill Enemies to Grow Stronger System] Zhang Yang transmigrates to Chahar in a parallel world in 1938, inhabiting the body of a beleaguered regiment commander. His three thousand men are ill-clothed and out of ammunition and food. Just as all hope seems lost, the strongest Kill Enemies to Grow Stronger System awakens! Kill the enemy and earn equipment... 681Reads7.3Score10714d adds
- 37 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… 3.3kReads8.8Score25814d adds
- 38 In the War of Resistance, Serving One's Country Is a Blessing 抗战，丈夫许国实为幸事 On a rainy night in Nanjing in 1931, Lu Chengzhou grips a rusted pocket watch tightly. In the twenty-first century, he took apart countless bridge blueprints. Now he must personally drive this city into the pivotal points of history. Steel piles for a cascade hydropower station lie beneath the Yangtze’s hidden channels. Scrap metal from the Hanyang Arsenal is tempered in molds into rifling. Even the ruts left by rickshaws conceal the coordinates of wartime railways. Some laugh and call him mad, 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 War of Resistance: Conquering Northwest Shanxi with the Iron Triangle 抗战：跟着铁三角纵横晋西北 Modern soldier Li Yunfei transmigrates to 1936 while trying to save someone. He meets Li Yunlong, who has been made the scapegoat, and saves hundreds of Red Army soldiers with a single big cooking pot. No System, no pocket dimension. With nothing but burning patriotic passion, he kills the Japanese invaders and eliminates traitors. 8.2kReads7.1Score33114d adds
- 40 War of Resistance: A Major General by the Age of Twenty 抗战，我弱冠之年，少将师长 The story begins in 1932, the twenty-first year of the Republic of China. When the First Battle of Shanghai broke out and the nation was in grave danger, Xiao Yiwen resolutely put down his pen, took up arms, and applied to the Whampoa Military Academy. He met Zhou Weiguo and went to Germany to study. After the full-scale War of Resistance broke out, he was ordered to return to China and serve as chief of staff of the 521st Regiment and commander of its First Battalion, a German-equipped unit, he 8.1kReads6.0Score26814d adds
- 41 I Transmigrate to 1934 and Handcraft Weapons and Equipment 穿越1934年我手搓武器装备 The story begins when Lin Feng, a professor at a mechanical engineering college, transmigrates into the body of a highly educated man with the same name during the Red Army's Long March. Along the way, he rallies scattered troops. From the start, he leads Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ding Wei out of the grasslands, demonstrating outstanding leadership and winning everyone over. He gathers university students to establish an ordnance factory for his own army and prepare for the War of Resistance. Li 3.2kReads6.2Score21714d adds
- 42 Livestreaming the War of Resistance: The Entire Internet in Tears as I Deliver Ten Thousand Tons of Supplies 直播抗战：全网泪崩，刷万吨物资 [War of Resistance] [Livestream] [System] [Supply Flow] [Passionate] Lu Feng was livestreaming from a history museum when he unexpectedly connected with the year 1937. As the camera swept over the battered city walls and a veteran with a broken leg who refused to retreat, the livestream chat exploded! “No medicine? Whether it’s penicillin or hemostats, we’ll provide as much as you need!” “No guns? Even if I have to sell everything I own, I’ll get our forebears enough equipment to form an armored 1.3kReads—Score—14d adds
- 43 You Were Supposed to Go Undercover, So Why Did You Become Sworn Brothers with Sixth Brother of the Military Statistics Bureau? 让你当卧底，你跟军统六哥拜把子 After transmigrating to 1932, Liang Chengjin becomes the “toughest man” of the Whampoa Military Academy's Ninth Class. His skills are beyond compare. Some say he can dodge bullets, but no one has ever seen it. He is the sharpest blade in the Military Statistics Bureau, the ninth member of the “Nine Star Officials,” whose very name terrifies the Japanese and their puppet forces, and the most trusted loyalist of Boss Dai. But no one knows he is a Red Army mole, codenamed “Candlelight.” When a purg 9.6kReads6.4Score76614d adds
- 44 A Heart Tempered by War 烽火淬心 The Red Army's Western Route Army endured a difficult and tragic campaign. The contributions of its soldiers were irreplaceable and indelible. This force grew from a tiny spark in the Dabie Mountains into a prairie fire in the Daba Mountains, before staining the sands of the Hexi Corridor with blood. Those young soldiers cast off the entanglements of love and hate, weathered the flames of war, and matured into revolutionaries steadfast in their faith. 523Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 War of Resistance: Dreaming Back to 1937 抗战：梦回1937 Li Biao was born in 1990 and graduated from a military academy. He volunteered to join a border defense force in the northwest. During his service, foreign troops repeatedly provoked them, and the two sides clashed in a river valley. Tragically, Li Biao fell in battle. He thought his life had ended there, but when he opened his eyes again, he was back in Taiyuan in 1937... 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 46 Fighting My Way Out of 1937, I Became an Unknown Name on a Memorial 从1937杀出，终成无名碑 The Battle of Xinkou + the Taihang Mountains Campaign + the Hundred Regiments Offensive + battles of all sizes + the lives of ordinary people + no System: During the Battle of Xinkou, Qi Hang transmigrates into a new recruit in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, thrown into a sea of corpses from the start! No System, no romance. Relying only on hazy memories of the future and his knowledge of terrain and guerrilla warfare, he finds a way through. He experiences real battles, from ambushes large and small 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 War of Resistance: My 1943 Player Army 抗战：1943我的玩家军团 "Slow-paced, not a conventional power fantasy, ensemble cast, somewhat realistic" When Lin Yan opened his eyes, he discovered he had become the second-in-command of a bandit stronghold in northern Hunan in 1943. His sworn elder brother had just died. Guo Mazi was making a play for power, and the Japanese were less than twenty li from the stronghold. A System had been implanted in his mind, allowing him to summon “players” from the future into this era. When the first batch of beta testers arrive 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 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
- 49 Bright Sword! Daily Intelligence Helps Yunlong Become a Top General 亮剑！每日情报，带云龙晋升大将 From the start, he’s embroidering at a clothing factory, and somehow binds a Daily Intelligence System! Five pieces of battlefield intelligence every day. [Tonight, Gou Lian, the puppet army cavalry battalion commander, is taking his third concubine. The banquet is at the Yuelai Restaurant on the east end of Wanjia Town, and all cavalry battalion officers of platoon leader rank and above will attend.] [The brigade commander is in a great mood today. He’ll call around noon to congratulate you on 419Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 50 War of Resistance: From the Passionate Northeast to Red Stars Shining Across China 抗战：从热血东北到红星照耀中国 Synopsis: We ride into battle on horseback, cracking our whips across the plains. We swing our blades to slay the invaders and win glory for our army. We are an unbreakable Great Wall of steel... Zhao Zhenfei, a modern military commander serving in a peacekeeping force, transmigrates after an accident to the smoke-filled battlefields of the War of Resistance in Northeast China. There, he pits his wits against the Japanese invaders in the Northeast and across China, as well as the Nationalist tro 6Reads—Score—14d adds
