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- 151 Espionage: Harbin, 1941 谍战：哈尔滨1941 In 1939, Harbin was a vast maze of spies. Zhou Jinyu, a cool-headed ace agent, and Gu Wanru, a rookie, were ordered to pose as husband and wife and infiltrate the heart of the Japanese puppet regime. From an identity crisis that began in hell to an unshakable trust forged through life and death, they treaded carefully under the ever-watchful suspicion of Ichiro Shimizu. As the mystery of the “Shadow Protocol” closed in and their own names appeared on the “elimination list,” Zhou Jinyu realized t 5.5kReads7.5Score43714d adds
- 152 Global Livestream: I'm in a Country at War, and They Beg Me Not to Die 全球直播：我在抗战国家求我别死 After passionately arguing online with pro-Japanese traitors from the start, Chen Mo, known as the “King of Keyboard Warriors,” got so caught up in cursing them that he didn't watch where he was going. He stepped into a hole and transmigrated! Can you believe it? He was thrown straight into the hellish battlefield of 1937! No System! No golden finger! He didn't even have a proper pair of pants, just beachwear! And to make matters worse, Heaven warned him: reveal even the tiniest detail about the 1.3kReads8.9Score11514d adds
- 153 China’s Front Line Against Japan: Vow to Kill the Invaders 中华抗日第一线誓杀鬼子兵 Decisive in battle + independent development + strategy and tactics + endless wish fulfillment + never goes on hiatus Ten billion soldiers guard the Great Wall for ten thousand miles, Must our descendants wait to avenge our national humiliation? I would gladly lead a hundred thousand tiger-and-wolf warriors, To ride out with blades drawn and enter Tokyo. Xiao Zong is decisive and independent, sworn to kill the Japanese devils And capture the accursed Emperor alive. The Japanese devils call him 11kReads8.3Score62814d adds
- 154 The New War God of Southern Anhui 皖南新战神 He Dazhi is a directionless young man with no ambition, whose birthday banquet turns into a lavish feast. With the help of the System, he goes from an aimless nobody to a new God of War, making waves in a parallel world and taking southern Anhui by storm... 390Reads6.6Score10314d adds
- 155 A Nameless Monument at the Nation's Gate, Bathed in Blood 浴血国门之无名碑 (No System + full-scale Korean War coverage + fighting on every front) "If we don't fight this war, the next generation will have to!" A century of humiliation, with powerful invaders running rampant! To protect their homes and defend their country, a humble fisherman and hunter became a proud Volunteer soldier, setting out on a journey to fight to the death at the nation's borders! The Battle of Wenjing, the raid on Unsan, the surprise attack on Wuling Bridge, the frozen, bloody battle at Lake 11.8kReads9.1Score72714d adds
- 156 Espionage: I Have a Pocket Dimension, but I Choose to Go It Alone 谍战：我有空间，但我选择单干 [No System, but with a Map + Resistance-Era Spy Thriller + Portable Storage Space + Won't Side with Any Faction + Fighting the Japanese Alone] Ma Liang is a top-tier field agent. During an escort mission, alien technology is accidentally activated at an agent supply depot, sending him to the era of the War of Resistance Against Japan. The depot transmigrates along with Ma Liang, becoming his portable storage space, and his physical abilities are enhanced to three times their normal level. As luc 38.2kReads8.6Score2.6k14d adds
- 157 Wild Pansy 山堇花 Lin Meng escaped the great bombing of Wuhan, only to be kidnapped and sold to a wealthy household in the countryside as the bride of an idiot. Her life was full of misfortune, yet she found a different kind of happiness... 48Reads—Score—14d adds
- 158 The Legend of the Soldier King from the Future East 来自东方未来的兵王传说 Tieyuan Mountain, widely considered the most impossible line to defend. No troops: one depleted battalion, with fewer than two hundred men fit to fight. No equipment: ammunition almost gone, every gun barrel ruined. No way out: ten kilometers of open ground behind them, with two full U.S. divisions advancing. But after Lu Dajun arrives, this most worthless of defensive lines becomes the U.S. Army’s deepest nightmare. At the Wangjiangao ambush, he is the blade driven into the U.S. landing forc 277Reads—Score—14d adds
- 159 Beauty and Hairdressing in Republican-Era China 我在民国美容美发 Spy thriller [No romance + entrepreneurship + espionage + not a power fantasy + no arrogant, all-conquering hero or Mary Sue + kindhearted, not malicious + everyday street life + no romantic melodrama + slow-paced] [Author's note: Feel free to read two or three chapters before deciding whether to continue. Don't blindly follow the reviews when judging a book's worth; decide for yourself.] Zheng Xiaohe brings modern skills with her when she transmigrates into the granddaughter of a barber in Ji 2.8kReads9.0Score25914d adds
- 160 Espionage: I’m a Screwdriver, Infiltrating No. 76 谍战：我是螺丝刀，卧底76号 (A rough-around-the-edges spy’s rise to success, with a soft spot for the Communists. Please don’t flame if it’s not your thing!) He’s a disposable pawn in the Military Statistics Bureau, but he has an infinite storage space and supernatural hearing! Thanks to his uncanny ability to hit his targets with flying screwdrivers, he rises to become the top assassin at the Shanghai station, then goes undercover at No. 76 by pure chance. Amid the turbulent world of espionage, he kills Japanese invaders 44.2kReads8.0Score3k14d adds
- 161 The Sichuan Army Fights the Japanese, Slaying a Million Invaders to Forge an Unrivaled Army 川军抗日，屠百万鬼子铸傲世强军 In 1937, ghosts haunted the land of Huaxia. The country was shattered, smoke billowed from the battlefields, and rivers ran red with blood… Three and a half million Sichuan soldiers, wearing thin clothes and straw sandals, some barefoot, covered in blood and mud, carried old rifles and machetes as they left Sichuan to fight the Japanese… The Nationalist Army’s 800,000 troops fought the Battle of Shanghai and were routed for miles. The Sichuan Army knew death awaited them, yet vowed to fight to 5kReads8.7Score25114d adds
- 162 Bright Sword: The Right Path of the World Is One of Hardship and Change 亮剑之人间正道是沧桑 What sparks will fly when the stories of "The Age of Awakening", "Drawing Sword", and "Snow Leopard" come together? Stay tuned for what happens when Li Yunlong, commander of the Independent Regiment, meets Yang Liqing, the newly appointed commander of the Jinbei Military Region! In another parallel world, at a turning point in history, Li Yunlong fights the Japanese in Jinbei and then campaigns across Northeast China, beginning his path to becoming a general... Years later, an army of a million 2.1kReads6.4Score10514d adds
- 163 The Rhine Operation 莱茵行动 Operation Rhine 140Reads—Score—14d adds
- 164 Superpowered Heroes Beat Up the Japanese Invaders 异能者暴揍鬼子 Wang Lu possesses the Dragon Soul Divine Cauldron, whose blessing grants him supernatural powers to hunt Japanese soldiers and collect Sin Points. He forms a league of superpowered fighters and leads them in killing, sabotaging, and destroying, carrying out one bloody atrocity after another to fill the Japanese with fear and dread. 344Reads—Score—14d adds
- 165 A Blood-Oath Journey 血誓征程 This book follows the protagonist Yang Yi as he grows through combat during the Red Army's campaigns, the War of Resistance against Japan, and the War of Liberation. It unfolds like a magnificent panorama, as stirring as a grand anthem. In those years of raging flames and bloody battles, countless outstanding sons and daughters of China gave their lives with honor for national liberation, and for the peace and security of their country. They fearlessly fought the despicable enemy, defending the 9.7kReads9.1Score77814d adds
- 166 I Became a Spy in Republican-Era China 我到民国当间谍 Zhang Yunxuan, a team leader in the Criminal Investigation Squad of Xiangcheng Police Bureau, is a spoiled rich kid who spends his days loafing around and making friends. He has a taste for eating, drinking, and gambling. The only thing he doesn't do is visit brothels. But what people don't know is that he is the military intelligence agent Judge, a man despised to the bone by the Japanese and their Chinese collaborators. 6.7kReads8.6Score43714d adds
- 167 North Gate, South City 北门南城 The front line stretches from north to south, and the story begins in a small town in the Northeast. Decline, hope, redemption, hardship, pain, and love reaching ever farther: it all feels like a dream. The story unfolds through its male and female leads, depicting the helplessness of wartime. 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 168 The Devil's Brigade 魔鬼部队 During a live-fire exercise, a special forces unit of the People's Liberation Army suddenly transmigrated to the battlefield of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, setting off a series of rousing tales of resistance. 6kReads8.5Score53114d adds
- 169 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. 297.9kReads8.9Score27.1k14d adds
- 170 I Stumbled Upon My Aunt's Secret 我偶然发现小婶的秘密 I Accidentally Discovered My Aunt's Secret —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 171 War of Resistance: A Jungle of Flesh and Blood 抗战之血肉丛林 [War of Resistance + Home and Country + Blood and Iron] The island invaders ravaged our land, bringing misery to western Yunnan. Who among us lacks courage? How could we abandon the frontier? Our valiant soldiers feared neither danger nor hardship, charging into battle ten times and prevailing every time, ready to die as gladly as they would drink. Their remains lie here, their names engraved on a monument. Their awe-inspiring righteousness will shine for generations to come. 3.1kReads9.1Score29714d adds
- 172 Underhanded Struggle 暗斗 He was hailed as Asia’s greatest spy, and was also the king of secret agents. His death remains shrouded in mystery to this day, and the truth behind it has long fascinated people. What seemed like an ordinary accident concealed a story chilling to the bone. How many masked infiltrators fought over it in the shadows, and how many nameless heroes left us lamenting their loss... His death was both an inevitability of history and a historical accident. The true culprit behind it is still shaping th 6.3kReads9.2Score58014d adds
- 173 War Against Japan: The Enemy-Lines Suicide Squad 抗日之敌后敢死队 This is a spy thriller. There is no System, no transmigration into another person's body, no rebirth, no transmigration into a book, and no futuristic weapons to lend a hand. It's a story about using intelligence and the unique talents of extraordinary people to pull off one major operation after another that gives the Japanese invaders a headache. Since there are no futuristic weapons to help, the story moves a little slowly. I ask readers to be patient and enjoy it. The story takes place in Z 715Reads6.2Score10014d adds
- 174 Silent 1937 无声1937 In his previous life, he met with an accident while carrying out a mission. When he opened his eyes, he had become Chen Shusheng, captain of a Juntong action squad, locked in an interrogation room and framed as a scapegoat. The Japanese spy wants him dead. His own men have set him up. His superior is happy to go along with it. On this path, one wrong word means death, and trusting the wrong person means ruin beyond redemption. He comes from the future and knows how much more suffering this natio 105.1kReads8.8Score9.6k14d adds
- 175 Pang Biti’s Japanese-Killing System 胖鼻涕的打鬼子系统 + + . Superweapons + superpowers: this latest double-System novel will give you a reading experience like no other! In Sandbox World No. 1, Jiang Zhonglang relies on the Sacred Realm System and leads his comrades in the Tornado Anti-Japanese Alliance from the Shanghai battlefield onward, fighting bravely and winning every battle! But what challenges will they face when the enemy gets its hands on the Dark Pool System? That’ 496Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 176 War of Resistance: After Crossing the Grasslands, Old Li Rose to Power with Me 抗战：过草地后，老李跟着我崛起 [No System, feel-good war-against-Japan story, decisive protagonist] Su Hua, an elite mechanical engineering soldier, transmigrates to the Songpan Grasslands. In 1935, he joins the Red Army and gathers up scattered, defeated soldiers. From the start, he leads Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie out of the grasslands, demonstrating his formidable abilities and winning everyone over. To prepare for the war against Japan, Su Hua decides to lead his troops in establishing a new base and developing it 81.9kReads8.1Score4.8k14d adds
- 177 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 2 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续2 Sequel 2 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 178 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2: Sequel 1 《怀疑老婆对我不忠2》续1 Sequel 1 to Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 19Reads—Score114d adds
- 179 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 2 怀疑老婆对我不忠2 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 2 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 180 I Suspect My Wife Is Cheating on Me 《怀疑老婆对我不忠》 Suspecting My Wife of Cheating on Me 8Reads—Score114d adds
- 181 Guerrilla Warfare in the Yimeng Mountains During the War Against Japan 抗日之我在沂蒙山区打游击 Chen Feng is an auxiliary instructor with the country's Yanlong Unit. While carrying out a solo mission in northern Myanmar, he falls into a trap, and the villa complex where he is stationed is blown to pieces. By chance, he transmigrates back to his hometown in Shandong in 1937. As the autumn wind blows, he knows the Japanese will arrive in just a few months. Since he's here, he might as well make the best of it. He gathers a group of brothers and prepares for the enemy's arrival. He has to do 5.3kReads8.9Score34014d adds
- 182 Sunset on the Yellow River 黄河落日 Sunset over the Yellow River is a work set against the 1938 Huayuankou Incident. The story unfolds against a backdrop of warfare and follows two love stories experienced by a woman who cannot speak... 68Reads—Score—14d adds
- 183 It's Tough to Get By in the Republic of China 这个民国不好混 [Pocket Dimension] [Republican Era] [War of Resistance Against Japan] [Common Folk] [Independent Operations] Qin Jin accidentally transmigrated to the Republican Era. He was no expert at civil war, but a seasoned hand at fighting foreign enemies. With a little pocket-dimension bug, he was going to see his schemes through to the end. Laughing through tears is life; laughing through tears is survival. The Republican Era might not be romantic, but it was definitely a wild ride! 1.6kReads8.5Score26214d adds
- 184 Railway Archives: The Hour of Jingzhe 铁路档案之惊蜇时分 This book is set in a different period from the earlier novel Railway Archives. On August 15, 1945, the thirty-fourth year of the Republic, Japan surrendered. The espionage game had already been set in motion. Before the Liaoshen Campaign, Ye Tian was recruited by the Military Statistics Bureau under the codename Qingci. He became a double agent, using both his railway dispatcher’s job and his Qingci identity to wage a covert battle as a Communist underground operative. He supplied the Communist 6Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 185 Where the Smoke of War Ends 烽烟尽处 Everything that happened in the past, right or wrong, has become history. It cannot be changed, and must not be changed. Everyone who lived in the past, wise or foolish, has passed away. There is no need to embellish their stories, and they cannot be rewritten. History is simply the record left behind by the past. Whether future generations like it or not, it will remain. Like fossils from the Cretaceous Period, it stays vivid and lifelike despite hundreds of thousands of years of change. I dedi 8.8kReads9.3Score73114d adds
- 186 Reborn: A Brilliant Life of Reversal 重生逆袭灿烂人生 I'm someone who has been reborn. In my previous life, I drifted through life in a daze, muddling through each day. The first thing I'd think about every morning was where to go to make money and how much I needed to earn. I couldn't think of anything else. But even after working so hard, I accomplished nothing and lost so much along the way. When it came to opportunities in life, I missed out on one good chance and turning point after another. When it came to family, I was left with countless re 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 187 Transmigrate Through Time and Space: The Tiger Roars as It Slays the Japanese 穿越时空之虎啸杀倭 Laohu was an overseas agent. He died a hero while carrying out his final mission, but his soul transmigrated into the body of a man in a shantytown in Zhabei District, Old Shanghai, in 1938. Using his skills, Laohu kills Japanese soldiers, robs their banks, sabotages their counterfeit currency schemes, raids their supply depots, breaks people out of prison, blows up their headquarters, destroys their airfields, and carries out countless other missions. He also has a System that transmigrated wit 1.1kReads6.5Score—14d adds
- 188 Eagle of the War of Resistance: From the Start, I Steal the Japanese Fighters 抗战雄鹰，开局就抢鬼子战斗机 During the War of Resistance, a group of patriotic young men from wealthy families joined the Chinese air force, taking part in one of the war’s most tragic battles. In 2023, a young pilot’s aircraft malfunctions during a combat exercise, forcing him to parachute to safety. He stumbles into that disaster-stricken era and throws himself, without hesitation, into its tragic battlefield. 7.8kReads8.8Score76114d adds
- 189 Moonlight Fort 明月堡 Set after the Central Plains War, this work follows the rise and fall of the Hu family, a prominent business clan in Mianshang County in central Shanxi, and the joys and sorrows shared by two generations. It portrays the region’s distinctive local customs and bears the clear imprint of its era. 44Reads—Score—14d adds
- 190 Bright Sword: I Have an All-Purpose Map 亮剑，我有全能地图 This is an alternate world, not a historically accurate account, so please don’t assume it refers to real people or events. Every inch of our homeland is drenched in blood, and our brave sons are buried far from home. The land is lost and Japanese invaders run rampant. A soul from the future arrives in this dark age and awakens the Map of the Sea of Consciousness System, setting history on a new course. 41Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 191 God of Slaughter on the Taihang Mountains During the War of Resistance 抗战之太行杀神 If you transmigrate to 1937, what's the first thing you'd want to do? Kill the Japanese invaders? No, fill your stomach first. Qin Yu struggles to survive with his younger sister. By chance, he gets his hands on a few guns. He learns to shoot, takes revenge, and kills collaborators and Japanese invaders. No System, no pocket dimension, no special forces experience. The only thing buried deep in his bones is his hatred of the Japanese, and the only skill he can boast of is his accuracy at shootin 11.8kReads8.8Score86714d adds
- 192 I Used a Hundred Ways to Kill Japanese Soldiers and Prolong My Life 我用百种方法杀鬼子续命 He Shouye, an actor in a hit TV drama, is shot in the heart with a prop gun and wakes up in the Republican era as He Shouye, a ginseng porter. He has no lifespan to spare after his transmigration, but a System that lets him extend his life by killing Japanese invaders arrives and binds itself to him. Follow He Shouye through the many lives he leads as he fights the invaders to stay alive. 2.5kReads—Score17114d adds
- 193 Oath of Death, 1941 毒誓一九四一 This is a tale of ordinary people in the War of Resistance, of people from every stratum of society waging a grueling struggle against the invaders. In the frozen mountains of the Northeast, and across the northeastern lands beneath the invaders' iron hooves, there was a group of people who climbed over ice and slept in snow, going hungry and cold, all to drive the vicious bandits out of their homeland. They gave up their own lives, the lives of their families, and the lives of the next generati 18.3kReads9.4Score2k14d adds
- 194 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
- 195 Starting from Scratch: Building China's First Special Forces Unit 从零开始，打造华夏首支特种部队 At a secret meeting that will determine the military region's future, 23-year-old training staff officer Shen Fei suddenly rises and makes a bold declaration in front of all the commanders: “Give me one month, and I'll give you a special forces unit that leads the entire world!!!” Nobody believes that a captain who spends all day behind a desk really understands special operations. But the people Shen Fei selects from hundreds of thousands of servicemen are all misfits in everyone else's eyes 211.3kReads9.1Score19.3k14d adds
- 196 Transmigrating into a War-Torn World, I Awakened an Anti-Japanese Martial Arts System 穿越烽火逃兵我觉醒抗日武侠系统 Li A Shui transmigrates to the Songhu Front in the rain at night. The moment he opens his eyes, he runs into the fleeing soldier Hu Yi. He remembers Hu Yi, remembers Ninth Platoon, and remembers everyone along this road who was supposed to fall. He once read this story. Now he is standing inside it. 42Reads—Score10514d adds
- 197 The Iron-Blooded God of War Against Japan 抗日之铁血战神 Elite soldier Wang Longfeng transmigrates to 1937, bringing modern tactics and a body built like a tank. At the Marco Polo Bridge, he teaches the Japanese invaders a lesson. From thirty brave men to an army of thirty thousand, he blows up blockhouses, seizes supplies, recruits fierce generals, and rescues beautiful women, turning the War of Resistance into a real-life battle royale. The only difference is that his “blue zone” covers the entire Japanese Empire! 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 198 Railway Archives 铁路档案 A tale of wartime espionage and undercover work. Ye Tian’s soul transmigrates to the twenty-sixth year of the Republic, 1937, where he unravels a series of mysterious railway cases from the Republican era. Every inch of rail holds a code for life, and the names of espionage agents are revealed from sealed files. At Yixian Station, he meets Ma Yunfei, who introduces him to the Communist Party. Ye Tian recruits Zhang Laoliu, Liang Jincheng, and Jin Guozhong as grassroots Party members, providing i 1Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 199 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
- 200 The Veteran Never Falls 老兵不陨 A military historical novel based on real history, with no transmigration and no wish fulfillment. This is the story of a Chinese soldier's personal growth! It also vividly portrays the rise and expansion of the People's Army and the great Chinese nation reclaiming its former glory. Centered on the brothers Zhao Sheng and Zhao Yu, the novel follows several young people from northern Jiangsu whose lives take very different paths. The story begins in the turbulent years of the War of Resistance 741Reads—Score—14d adds
