Novels like Operation Broken Arrow: Strange Illusions
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- 51 Climbing Mount Naroda 攀登纳罗达峰 [Military + political maneuvering + alternate history + tragic ensemble cast + micro perspective + fictional world] Summer, 1991 As the world celebrated the end of the Cold War, at another fork in history, a far more powerful Red Bear turned its confident gaze eastward. After achieving total victory in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union was at the height of its power. In the name of “liberation,” it launched a lightning assault aimed at annexing Hokkaido: Operation Climb Mount Narodnaya. For Japan, s 4.7kReads8.7Score67514d adds
- 52 Changbai in the Flames of War: The Lone Hunter 烽火长白：孤胆猎手 During the War of Resistance Against Japan, a small village sat beneath Changbai Mountain. Japanese troops swept through the foothills, attacking the mountain village where hunter Tian Dazhuang lived. His parents were brutally killed while protecting their neighbors and helping Dazhuang escape. Dazhuang witnessed the tragedy and was consumed by grief. At his parents’ graves, he swore an oath and set out alone on a path of revenge. 1.3kReads6.3Score11714d adds
- 53 You Call Us Thunderous Critics? Think Again: We’re the Fourth Calamity! 雷批？大胆！我们叫第四天灾！ (A true ensemble-style Fourth Disaster story. It features, among other things, War Thunder (mainly), full-spectrum jamming (mainly), Battlefield, COD, Eight-Treasure Porridge, Red Alert, and all sorts of other games. The whole book is packed with jokes, so stay tuned!) “What? Someone's bullying the weak? And they're picking on someone we know? Have they gotten too full of themselves? I'll send you flying for showing off!” “The Allied Forces? Who do they think they are? Just because they're the A 3.9kReads9.1Score35214d adds
- 54 Nuclear Ashes: The Dragon Crown 核烬：龙冕 A mysterious zombie virus swept through major port cities around the world in a matter of days. To contain the crisis, governments scrambled to respond, using overwhelming force to suppress the spreading virus. But this mysterious viral outbreak was only the beginning. The crises it triggered were rapidly pushing humanity toward the brink of war, while the mastermind behind it all lay in wait in the shadows, biding their time. 362Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 55 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
- 56 Military Life: A Flying Kick from the Sky Takes Out the Military Police 军旅，从天而降飞踹纠察 [Starting as a Major] [Airborne Forces] Quality guaranteed. The author also has a 1.4-million-word novel about the Army, where the protagonist reaches the very top. “First place, turn around... Second place, take your time, you’re almost there... Third place? Can’t you see? What’s that under your feet?! Are you showing off in midair or what?!” “Come find me when you land, and I’ll put you in for a promotion!” The moment Zhao Wen opened his eyes, he found himself fully armed, carrying a parachute 33.4kReads9.0Score2.7k14d adds
- 57 Arming the World and Reviving China: Campaigns Across Time and Space 全球布武重振华夏之异时空的征战 [Dual Transmigration] [Overwhelming the Enemy with Futuristic Weapons] [Passionate Revenge] [No System] [No Female Lead] [No Clichés] The time-space portal Lang Jianping built in the 1937 world is complete. He will lead a massive fleet to a new world, though he has little idea what challenges await him there. Still, with his powerful military at his disposal, he feels he has nothing to fear. This is an alternate-history novel. All countries, dynasties, people, and events are fictional and have 171Reads—Score—14d adds
- 58 Special Forces Reborn: From Rich Kid to King of Soldiers 特种兵重生：从富家少到兵王 My new work is here! You're welcome to 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! 4.5kReads7.0Score34014d adds
- 59 I Can Take My Country Into the Worlds of Film and TV 我能带国家进入影视世界 One day, Wang Fan somehow transmigrated to a parallel world. And to make matters worse, he’d physically transmigrated, leaving him without legal residency. To survive, Wang Fan was about to say, “Auntie, I don’t want to work hard anymore,” but there was always a way out. A golden finger might arrive late, but it would never be absent. Wang Fan acquired a movie-and-TV app that let him transmigrate into fictional worlds. But the very first world was a full-scale war zone. To complete his mission, 1.8kReads7.3Score13814d adds
- 60 Dragon Ship: Greetings from the Great Ming 龙船，来自大明的问候 A hyperdimensional experiment suddenly spirals out of control and blasts through reality! The fully equipped T5 Azure Dragon battleship, packed with cutting-edge tech from the Allies, the Soviets, and the Empire of the Rising Sun, crashes into the eve of the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991. Dongfang Zixian wields enough firepower to crush the entire era. (P.S. China has electricity, China has electricity, it has electricity… Japan, your real daddy has arrived.) 43Reads—Score614d adds
- 61 The Pacific War: The Rise of a Soldier 血战太平洋之大兵崛起 Reborn on the Pacific battlefield, with the System backing me, my first battle is the unprecedentedly brutal fight for Guadalcanal. I grow stronger by killing the Japanese. Told from the American perspective, with an overpowered protagonist. World War II's most advanced weapons make their debut one by one: rocket launchers, flamethrowers, aircraft carriers, submarines, carrier-based aircraft, strategic bombers, and even late-war atomic bombs. 7.7kReads8.4Score43314d adds
- 62 The New Cold War: Invasion from Another World 新冷战：异界入侵 [A slightly alternate human world + no System + no golden finger + no one reborn] The Cold War has made the human world increasingly violent. Against a backdrop of nuclear fervor and universal militarization, Earth and a new world are about to intersect. Creatures from an unknown world appear amid the Antarctic Cold War, while a mountaintop passage leads to a whole new world humanity has never known. What happens when a Cold War world connects to a World War II world gone astray? What happens wh 151Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 63 Transmigrate to a Parallel World and Become the Commander 穿越平行世界成为统帅 An alternate history, with no System: a military and strategy novel. The protagonist, Li Ye, transmigrates to a parallel world and inexplicably becomes the commander of a warlord faction with an army of over two hundred thousand. He leads his army to end the turmoil and overthrow the imperial court, then establishes a powerful nation and develops its strength to stand against the world powers, turning the Great Han into a global powerhouse. This book is entirely fictional and does not involve an 1.2kReads—Score—14d adds
- 64 A Shattered Paradise 破碎的天堂 [War + military + tragic ensemble cast + anti-war + serious tone + no System + no transmigration + alternate history] On the shores of the Baltic Sea lies the Grand Duchy of Orillia, hailed as “paradise on earth,” where sunshine, wealth, and peace have always reigned. But across the border, the ironclad nation of Regos has forged its hatred and will to survive into a blade, poised against this prosperous land. This is not a story about a hero. It is a shattered mirror, reflecting the image of ev 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 My Germany Could Never Be This Adorable 我的D国不可能这么萌 [Parallel World] [Another World] [Industrial Development] [Tech Progression] [Hardcore, Slow-Paced] [Farming] [Historical Leanings] William transmigrates to Germany 500 years in the past, ready to make his mark, only to discover that this world is not quite like the one he came from. It is a world both familiar and strange, seemingly parallel yet different. This is not a story about magic and swords, or at least, not entirely. Replace magic with steel, fervor with discipline, and use skills that 292Reads—Score1714d adds
- 66 Wasteland Inferno: The Commander Ignites the Apocalypse 末世首长，让废土烈焰升腾 (The rating just came in and will rise) Infinite troop deployment + Anton Star-style military industry + TFR: Blazing Inferno + epic battles + Blood Cross + slaughtering Blackwatch + GOC + Z-com. Shen Luo arrived at the high-speed rail station just as a once-in-a-million-years Blood Cross virus outbreak erupted. Surrounded by a mob of killers, he was forced to flee into the nursing room. The System arrived late, but it arrived. At the critical moment, the Xiangjian Special Forces squad fought it 2.5kReads7.9Score7614d adds
- 67 Clouds Over the Sea: Campaigns of a Mobile Task Force 海上的云：机动部队征战记 The destruction of the Z Fleet, the bombing of Darwin, the Battle of the Java Sea, the withdrawal of the British Far East Fleet from Asia, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway... An introduction to the major naval battles of the Pacific theater in World War II. As for Pearl Harbor, let's skip it. Everyone knows that one. 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 National Fate: Survival Against All Odds 国运，绝境求生 “What meaning does any of this have?” Ma Chao asked, his face smeared with dirt in the trench. “I don't know. But there's nothing wrong with wiping out every last enemy combatant. Staying alive comes first,” Wang Yanbing replied, then went back to loading bullets into his magazine. An Ke sat to one side, took off his gloves, tore open a chocolate wrapper, and stuffed the chocolate into his mouth. 32Reads—Score—14d adds
- 69 Girls and Vehicles: Super-Dimensional Design Warfare 少女和载具超级设计次元作战 [Vehicle Design] Super-heavy-gun battleships, cruisers with barrages of concentrated fire, tank gunboats, torpedo-boat carriers... Players design all kinds of creative land and sea vehicles. [Strategic and Tactical Combat] Set in the world of a game, players can use their own custom-designed land and sea vehicles to advance across the strategic map, then command or pilot them on the battlefield and deploy a variety of tactics. [Across the Eras] From steam-powered sailing ships to ironclads, pre- 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 The Rise of an Empire in Another World: From the Start, I Ruled the World 异世帝国崛起，开局君临天下 [Brainless power fantasy + Ruthless action + Strategic bombing + Battleships and heavy guns + Carrier showdowns + Steel-clad legions + Overwhelming firepower + All-around development + Industrial Cthulhu...] Qin Heng unexpectedly transmigrated to a strange world and somehow became the thirty-fourth emperor of the Divine Flame Empire. He also unexpectedly obtained the Empire's Rise System, which gave him an absurdly lavish starter pack from the start. [Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have receiv 20.9kReads7.4Score1.5k14d adds
- 71 Apocalypse Riot Police: Starting at the Hospital, I Fight My Way Across the World 末世武警：从医院开始，杀穿全球 (The rating has just been posted, so it may rise.) Hancheng People's Hospital. The instructor asks him, “Did you bring a gun?” He says, “I came to see the injured today. I didn’t bring one.” First release online | An original apocalypse setting [Airborne and droplet transmission]+ [Madness-like infected]+ [Intelligence retained]+ [Armed police protagonist]+ [Military life in the apocalypse]+ [Hardcore survival]+ [Ruthless and decisive]+ [The power of the state] On New Year’s Eve in the 19th 4.4kReads8.2Score37214d adds
- 72 Transmigrating to 1918: The Red Star Shines over Germany 穿越1918：红星照耀德国 [Transmigration + Red Germany + World War I + World War II + Revolution + No System] In the winter of 1918, defeated Germany lies in ruins. Lin von Bismarck, a Chinese-German youth from the future, dies unexpectedly during a street protest in Berlin, only to wake up in the Grunewald Forest at a critical moment that will decide Germany's fate. Badly wounded, he is rescued by a professor's daughter. With his knowledge of the course of history, Lin understands the dangers and opportunities of the m 18Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 73 Sniper: A Bloody Battle in Savage Mountain 狙击手之血战野人山 In 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force's campaign in Burma ends in defeat, and its surviving troops retreat into the wilds of northern Burma. The protagonist, Qin Yu, is a captain and sniper in the 51st Division of the 74th Army. Separated from the main force during a brutal rearguard action, he plunges alone into a green hell said to be thick with miasma and crawling with poisonous insects. Badly wounded and out of ammunition and food, Qin Yu encounters fellow stragglers along the way: milita 2.9kReads8.8Score26814d adds
- 74 Hey, Hell Trooper, Your God Has Logged Off! 嘿，地狱尖兵，你的上帝已下线！ Ji Qing was a sniper in the S.D.U. Flying Tigers, code-named Knight. Three months ago, his best friend was killed by a Middle Eastern mercenary. But Ji Qing was the one who pulled the trigger, and he was the one stripped of his civil service status. Ji Qing was so touched that he flew all the way to the Middle East himself, supposedly for a vacation, and sent every employee of that mercenary company to meet their Maker. After that job, Ji Qing planned to join Saeed’s mercenary squad. He was pass 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 Mercenary: Gray Line Operation 雇佣兵，灰线行动 Ouyang Lie, a former special forces soldier, was kicked out of his unit after one shot killed a terrorist but also accidentally took the life of a civilian woman. He drifted to Syria and joined a mercenary squad made up of outcasts from around the world. The captain was Ivan, a former Russian SSO major. The team also included Anya, a fiery Russian sniper; Kim Cheol-woo, a taciturn North Korean demolitions fanatic; Mark, a two-meter-tall German heavy-weapons brute; and Leo, a Mexican hacker and m 1.7kReads6.5Score21314d adds
- 76 Shadow of the North African Tiger 北非虎影 Shadows of the North African Tiger 64Reads—Score—14d adds
- 77 I Am a Submarine Commander 我是潜艇指挥官 U-49: the beginning of it all. The moment I opened my eyes, I was aboard this submarine. The crew worked in perfect order, unaware of what awaited them: forging a legend, or sinking to the bottom of the sea... 357Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 78 A Mercenary? That’s Exactly What I Am! 雇佣兵？当的就是雇佣兵！ A chance trip during his senior year at college lands Liu Yi in the middle of a mercenary operation, and so his life as a mercenary begins. Liu Yi: “Peak right after graduation? That's weak. We have to be both graduated and completely unhinged!” [Mercenaries + Urban life + Ensemble cast + Comedy] 7.4kReads7.0Score50914d adds
- 79 300 Days of Survival Against the Odds 绝境求生300天 During the fifth campaign of the Korean War, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army’s 180th Division is trapped with no way out. Liang Baoqing, an operations officer on a regiment’s staff, leads a small breakout squad and cleverly escapes behind enemy lines. There, they attack enemy supply convoys and arm themselves with captured weapons. They blow up trains and bridges, fight desperately against an elite American special operations unit, and battle the enemy in the freezing snow, struggling to sur 70kReads8.8Score3.4k14d adds
- 80 Operation Fulcrum: ZERO 支点行动：ZERO (Mecha) (Military) (Espionage) (No System) The adventures begin when a group of “state-owned enterprise mercenaries” unexpectedly recover a powerful mecha that the country lost many years ago. No System, not a power fantasy, and more on the hard-edged side. The bonus chapters might be even more exciting than the main story. I mean it, really. I'm focused on making the plot logic, central themes, and military elements work together convincingly. That means I often go back and revise details, but 60Reads—Score—14d adds
- 81 The Iron Cross of Another World 异世界的铁十字 On the continent of Cartel, the Idan Empire is a magic empire that has always fought to grow stronger. Armed with a powerful military and profound mastery of magic, it swept across the continent, only to fall into crisis when peace arrived. The nobility grew corrupt, the people fell into misery, and the empire's foundations began to crumble in silence. Then an ancient magic scroll was unsealed. The Emperor of the Empire staked everything on an attempt to exchange for a fertile new continent fr 3.4kReads7.4Score49814d adds
- 82 The Multiverse Commander Who Rose with the Flames 烈焰升腾开始的综漫指挥官 Transmigration is a pretty appealing concept, but not everyone is guaranteed to land safely. Shen Lian is one such unlucky soul. A broken System dumped him on the Eastern Front. It could give him some basic combat skills, but it couldn’t get him out of his predicament. So Shen Lian fought all the way from Moscow to Berlin in 1945. Along the way, he gradually lost his humanity, becoming no different from the other participants in the war. After he died in Berlin, the System dumped him in a peace 5.5kReads8.8Score55214d adds
- 83 Dumped from the Start? I Raise a Million-Man Army and Make My Comeback! 开局被踹？爆兵百万，我雄起了！ Synopsis: Modern warfare + island lord + System + urban life + billionaire Li Jin was an ordinary modern man, but after an accident, he suddenly transmigrated to the otherworldly Jiuzhou Empire and became the heir to a marquis. Unfortunately, his father didn’t care for him, and his mother was nowhere to be found… Worse, as soon as he transmigrated, his own father kicked him out of the family home and made him lord of an archipelago. Just as he was about to starve to death, he awakened the Battle 2.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 84 The Flying Swallow: Me 262 飞行的雨燕——Me262 The Flying Swallow: Me 262 165Reads—Score614d adds
- 85 Tactical Game 战术游戏 What’s the most important concept in close-quarters battle when clearing a room? The fatal funnel, of course. How do you zero an 85 sniper rifle before using it? So you have to pull back the hammer on an anti-tank rocket launcher before firing it… The Mi-17’s power cart has broken down. How are we supposed to take off? In the Sicilian Campaign, how did Bradley, a lifelong good guy, screw over his allies? Though, to be fair, there was a good reason. Who was the real hero of the Jingkang humiliati 182Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 A Reborn Veteran's Iron Great Wall 重生老兵的钢铁长城 [Reborn veteran] [Hardcore, with a System] [Passionate patriotism] [Decisive and ruthless] [Fight against the apocalypse] After ten years of bloody war, the flame of human civilization was extinguished in Iceland. Vanguard Lin Nan bled to his last and died defending the nation's borders. When he opened his eyes again, cicadas were shrilling in the summer air. He had returned to the summer after his seventeenth-year college entrance exams, an enlistment notice still clutched in his hand. Only thr —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Who Blew Up Earth? None of You Are Getting Away 是谁炸了地球？你们一个也跑不了 [Starships] [Sci-Fi] [Lighthearted] The protagonist, Luo Yan, is the king of special forces. After becoming paralyzed from the waist down, he stays at home and lies flat, unaware even of the momentous fact that Earth is about to be destroyed. Just before Earth explodes, he is sitting on the toilet when he receives an impossible mission: take command of the Thirty-Third Fleet and lead it to escape alive. Less than ten minutes remain before Earth's destruction. Can a cripple make it to the under 1.5kReads—Score10214d adds
- 88 Loyal Souls Amid the Flames of War 烽火忠魂 Historical setting: 1937–1945, from the full-scale outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan to victory Core theme: The clash and convergence of individual heroism and collective destiny, and how ordinary people choose to become heroes when pushed to the brink 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 Operation Borderline 边界行动 A Chinese version of Operation Brave! An A-Team made up of one agent and eight Chinese special forces soldiers enters a neighboring country to carry out a special mission. After overcoming numerous setbacks and completing the mission, the team is ambushed on the way out by a furious counterattack from local armed groups. In the fierce, sustained fighting against mercenaries and members of the armed groups, the A-Team suffers heavy casualties. After enduring one hardship after another, the survi 1.2kReads7.2Score15714d adds
- 90 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
- 91 From the Start, I Reveal Everything: The Nation Sends Me to Support Bright Sword 开局自爆：国家带我支援亮剑 [Bright Sword] + [Dual Transmigration] From the start, he laid his cards on the table with the government: his portable space could let him transmigrate to the world of Bright Sword, kicking off a two-way money-making spree. [Bright Sword world: Medicine cures every illness, guns and cannons get upgraded, and the Japanese are baffled!] [Real world: Production goes into overdrive, domestic circulation soars, and the whole world is stunned!] All on his own, he revitalized the economies and battlef 989Reads7.9Score12614d adds
- 92 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
- 93 A Journey Through Hell, Beginning on the Eastern Front 从东线开始的地狱之旅 A new work is here! You can 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! 2.5kReads8.9Score13314d adds
- 94 My Korean War 我的抗美援朝 It was a war no one could ever forget, a war that founded a nation! 2.9kReads8.2Score18914d adds
- 95 Warlord: Rising from the Northwestern Frontier to Crush the Great Powers 军阀：从西北边陲崛起，横扫列强 [Warlords] [Republican Era] [System] [Feel-good power fantasy] [Not mindless] Su Zhengyang transmigrates to a world resembling Republican-era China. Warlords have risen everywhere, heroes battle for supremacy, and the foreign powers eye the vast land of China hungrily. By chance, Su Zhengyang activates the Super Warlord System, which can provide all kinds of supplies and military equipment. Armed with a single letter of appointment, Su Zhengyang builds his power step by step, starting in a small 203Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 96 A Fierce Battle at the Start: 1860 开篇激战1860 [An alternate-history story, not about transmigration. A sweeping ensemble tale of war spanning many years. A new spin-off story is coming soon.] This is a story set in a parallel world: A fierce battle at the very beginning saves the Garden of Gardens from disaster... In 1860, smoke from war rises everywhere. The land is devastated, and chaos reigns. Heroes emerge in turbulent times! But heroes are only human, too. They fight off invaders and protect countless lives. They pacify the land, enric 2.3kReads7.4Score16014d adds
- 97 Gender-Swapped? But What Do You Mean, an Evil City?! 性转？但什么叫极恶都市？！ [Gender swap + simulation + male-to-female transformation + urban + military-leaning + virtual game] Bai Ling, an employee of the Special Operations Bureau, was pulled into a virtual game set in a parallel world while carrying out a mission. Looking at the unfamiliar young woman in the mirror, the kind messages from a five-star model citizen on the game forum, and the wholesome game city outside her window, Bai Ling fell into a long silence. Here, there was no order. The only thing you could tru 1.1kReads8.5Score10014d adds
- 98 The Great Ming Marines 大明海兵 On July 8, 538 of the Ming calendar, amid the thunderous cannon fire as the armored cruiser squadron clashed with the Japanese pirate fleet, Lieutenant General Zhu Xianqian, commander of the Central Fleet's Third Fleet, stood on the tactical bridge of the battleship Luzhou. He gazed at the Great Ming dragon banner flying proudly at the bow and declared, “Gentlemen, courage, the courage to press ever forward, is the greatest strength that keeps the Great Ming Navy thriving and undefeated!” 366Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 99 Who's Calling the Fleet? 是谁在呼叫舰队？ (Not invincible + passionate action in the middle and later parts + pure technology + the Force + the Myriad Worlds + quick transmigration + no female lead + sound values + a protagonist who grows + a place for fans to park their brains.) The early chapters may be a little slow, but the story gradually gets more exciting and imaginative starting with the third Wandering Earth arc. The protagonist suddenly obtains the Myriad Worlds Rescue System, which randomly gives him an ability and sends him 3.9kReads8.4Score25714d adds
- 100 Live-Streaming as a Mercenary, Starting with Recruiting Ghosts 直播雇佣兵，从招募幽灵开始 After transmigrating, Qin Zhan discovers that he is on a battlefield, having become a mercenary who cares about nothing but money! Seriously, other people transmigrate into wealth and privilege, while he ends up with bullets flying everywhere? Fortunately, his System awakens just in time. Qin Zhan can gain fan points through livestreaming to boost his strength, and he can also use the System to draw teammates. “Beginner pool is now open. Would you like to draw?” “Draw!” “Congratulations, Host. Y 3.2kReads8.6Score16914d adds
