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- 1 Li Yunlong Robs the Great Powers from the Start 李云龙开局打劫列强 The War of Resistance! Li Yunlong is reborn! The hand of Guandong Army commander Honjo Iifan, raised to slap him a second time, stopped in midair. His eyes widened. “Li Yunlong, that bastard! He took the Empire’s money, then not only refused to do the job, but ambushed the Empire. He’s dead for sure this time.” He snatched back the hand suspended in midair and slapped the doorframe. “Notify everyone. War room. Ten minutes.” 183Reads—Score101Shelves
- 2 In the War Against Japan, All This German Gear and You Call It the Police? 抗战，全是德械你说这是警察 [Otherworld] + [German Arms] + [Political Intrigue] + [Global Domination] Chang Dingguo transmigrates as the second son of the Chang family of the Dragon Kingdom. His original self was at the heart of power, but didn’t know how to wield it, and was assigned as deputy to a police unit. Just then, he awakens a System and vows to turn this rabble into an ironclad force and change the fate of the Dragon Kingdom! 346Reads8.2Score132Shelves
- 3 Iron-Blooded Commander: I Lead a Ragtag Army Against a Powerful Foe -铁血师长：我率杂牌军硬撼强敌 Iron-Blooded Commander: I Lead a Ragtag Army Against a Powerful Enemy 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 4 Reborn as Black Fox: From the Start, I Draw My Sword Against the Japanese! 重生黑狐：开局向小日子亮剑！ [Resistance War espionage + no System + power fantasy + passionate action + all the classic battles] After waking from a deep sleep, military PhD Fang Tianyi finds himself transmigrated into the world of Black Fox as its male lead. The date is September 19, 1931, the day after the September 18 Incident! Faced with an offer from Dai Li, is he supposed to be the reckless, hot-blooded young man from the original story? No! In this life, I, Fang Tianyi, am the king of special forces from the 21st ce 406Reads6.1Score101Shelves
- 5 Starting with a Regiment, I Sign In Every Month to Get a Powerful Army 开局买个团长，每月签到爆强军 [The rating has just come out and will rise] [Republican Era War of Resistance] [Transmigration Sign-In] [Building an Army and Competing for Supremacy] [Rousing Power Fantasy] A modern military enthusiast transmigrates. Decisive and ruthless, he knows modern military tactics and military management, has no saintly compassion, and focuses on growing his forces, killing Japanese invaders, and destroying hostile factions. 673Reads6.5Score148Shelves
- 6 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—Shelves
- 7 Passion Like a Tidal Wave 热血似狂潮 What if I’m the only thing standing between us and victory? Volume One: A modern special police officer transmigrates to the Songhu battlefield and becomes a company commander in the Central Training Regiment, leading his troops fearlessly into battle. The flag flies high, the horses whinny, rifles on our shoulders and blades at our waists, our hot blood surging like a tide! Volume Two: He will venture alone into an even deeper darkness, entering the forbidden depths of human nature. Alone, he s 261Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 War of Resistance: From the Start in Shanghai, Beating the Japanese Invaders 抗战：淞沪开局，暴打小鬼子 1937, Shanghai. Shots ring out at Hongqiao. A great battle is imminent. Lu Shaoheng, an outcast in a security company, is reborn. Others laugh at his ragtag unit. He laughs at their ignorance. Old guns? If they can kill the Japanese, they’re good guns! Scattered troops? If they can win battles, they’re elite soldiers! Guard supplies, rescue the wounded, ambush the enemy, and seize positions. However many Japanese soldiers come, he’ll kill every last one! Japanese military report: Unit unknown, c —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 9 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—Shelves
- 10 War of Resistance: My Merit Points Shop 抗战：我的战功商城 Transmigration | War of Resistance | System Shop | A Crooked Merchant's Ways | Play the pig to eat the tiger | Growth Story In 1937, Li Mancang, a burned-out office worker, opens his eyes on a battlefield in the Taihang Mountains. The roof beams glow red with fire, and across from him are Japanese soldiers holding bayonets. Worse still, he can barely hold a gun steady. All he ever learned in the modern world was how to make PowerPoint slides. Just when all seems lost, a Battle Merit Shop opens i 10Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Three-Body Problem: A Blade Against the Heavens 三体：亮剑苍穹 In the year 2400, the 67th year of the Bunker Era, on the eve of the solar system's two-dimensional collapse, a research ship called the Origin is fleeing when the wake of Cheng Xin's curvature-propelled ship, the Star Ring, interferes with the energy field of a dimensional strike, tearing open a rift in time. Three survivors, Luo Chenyu, Lin Wan, and Zhang Ailun, crash-land in northwestern Shanxi in 1938. They are humanity's last sparks, and the legacy Luo Ji left to this world. Using the techn 2.1kReads7.6Score222Shelves
- 12 Today's the Day 就今儿了 At thirteen, An Sheng lost his entire family to the plague. He picked up a charred Type 38 bayonet from the ruins and wandered the land, driven by despair, hatred, and a fierce resolve to die taking others down with him. He became a bandit, then went into the mountains to join the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army. 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 Fighting the Japanese: Starting with the Local Militia 抗日：从民团开始 [Parallel Timeline + No System] Tang Ping, an upstanding young man from a later era, transmigrates by a twist of fate on the eve of the War of Resistance, taking the place of Tang Weiguo, the son of a landlord family at the foot of the Taihang Mountains. When the Japanese invaders come, Tang Ping raises a force in his hometown and establishes an anti-Japanese base, using knowledge from the future to fight the invaders to the death. “Commander, we’ve spotted Japanese troops ahead.” “Blow them up! 3.2kReads7.0Score138Shelves
- 14 Three Thousand Miles of Steel: A Machine Gunner’s Wartime Years 铁流三千里：机枪手的烽火岁月 In 1936, the Japanese captured him. In 1949, he picked up a machine gun and fought the enemy. In 1950, he crossed the Yalu River and used a machine gun to take on tanks. In 1997, leaning on a cane, he stood outside the county government offices for five days. In 2020, he brought Made in China to the world and crushed a century-old American company. Jin Yonghao's collar tabs, Li Xiangyang's glasses, Chen Shitou's certificate of merit: he took them all to his grave. Then he woke up and discovered 5Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 15 The Anti-Japanese Bandit Army 抗日匪军 The story follows Chen Xianyi, a member of a unit of the Northeastern Army stationed in Shuoxian County, Shanxi Province. Most of his unit is killed in action while fighting the Japanese. As he covers the civilians' retreat, he is struck unconscious by a stray bullet. When he wakes, he sees the Japanese massacring the entire town. Overcome with grief and rage, he acquires a System and later joins Qingfeng Stronghold. He successfully unites the bandits of the Nine Mountains and Eighteen Stockades 2.9kReads—Score201Shelves
- 16 Bright Sword: My Super Arms Stockpile Can Be Redeemed for Cash! 亮剑：我的超级军火能提现！ Li Yunlong, tell me: since I, Li Fei, joined the Independent Regiment, have you ever gone without anything? Type 92 machine guns, Czech rifles, heavy machine guns, little cannons. Japanese weapons for everyone! Kang Ya, Shunliu, Zhou Weiguo. A gathering of the best! What else do you want?! Bazookas, Katyusha rocket launchers, Tiger tanks, Mustang fighters, aircraft carriers... We've got it all! Stick with your big brother Fei, and you'll eat your fill for nine meals after every battle! I can't g 1.2kReads—Score—Shelves
- 17 Unfettered in the Underworld 无间纵横 [Traditional spy thriller + intricate schemes + chaotic battles + no golden finger + no transmigration + high-octane] Concealing my edge amid slaughter, I play my pieces in the hell of espionage. I stake my life to protect my faith, tearing open a path to survival through layer upon layer of traps. I am the King of Hell who walks through the underworld; I am the Guigu who protects the Communist organization. 40Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 18 Transmigrate to 1936: I Know How World War II Ends 穿越1936，我知道二战结局 [A classic novel with over 3 million characters is available on the author's homepage. Visit to read it; quality guaranteed.] Lin Yue, a high school history teacher who died saving a drowning student, awoke to find himself a 1936 West Point graduate named Hayes, a man who had nearly drowned in the Hudson River after getting drunk. But his mind contained all the memories of World War II: Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Midway, Normandy. Armed with this foresight, he crushed his entire class in Wes 3.5kReads—Score209Shelves
- 19 I Built a Tourist Attraction in Republican-Era China 我在民国建景区 In the final years of the Guangxu era, outside Wuchang, Shen Yi takes over his family's estate and puts up a sign: “Eternal Scenic Realm.” Outsiders scoff. It's just a retro-style park built on land claimed by a rich young master who does whatever he wants. Only Shen Yi knows that the remains of a China lost to history for a thousand years are being summoned into this park. Qin crossbowmen practice their aim in the morning light, grumbling that the damp weather has made their bowstrings stiff —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 From Fighting in Northwest Shanxi to the 38th Parallel 从晋西北杀到三八线 My new work is here! You’re welcome to 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! 9.6kReads5.7Score423Shelves
- 21 War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 抗战：我只想活下去 No System, not reborn. This is not the legend of a hero, but the story of someone who only wants to survive, making it through the flames and blood of World War II. The War of Resistance: I Just Want to Survive 115Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 22 Reborn as a Black Fox, Marching Toward Bright Sword 重生黑狐向着亮剑前进 Office worker Fang Xiaole dies suddenly after pulling an all-nighter at work. When he opens his eyes again, he finds himself in China during a time of war. What's more, he's in the world of the spy drama Black Fox, having transmigrated and been reborn as Fang Tianyi, the adopted son of Gu Hansen, a Qing Gang boss in Tianjin. But after one experience after another, he discovers that this is also the world of Drawing Sword and Snow Leopard. In this shared universe, he becomes the strongest agent, 3.7kReads—Score263Shelves
- 23 The Anti-Japanese Traitor-Elimination Squad Is Fierce: The Bearded Uncle's War of Resistance 抗日锄奸队凶凶：胡子大叔的抗战 Soviet agent + leader of the Anti-Collaborator Squad + protector of the nation's mother, Song + Kuomintang Blue Sky and White Sun Medal + fleet commander + U.S. military relief medal + who cares about the details, funny is what matters! This resistance hero is downright ridiculous: he cracks jokes and stirs up trouble, playing the Japanese like monkeys. The Anti-Collaborator Squad's leader is a fierce fellow called Xiong Xiong, also known as Hummer. He's got a greasy-looking beard you could scra 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 24 Shanhe Column 山河纵队 I transmigrated to the rout at Shanghai in 1937 and became a second lieutenant staff officer in the 88th Division, with death seeming inevitable. Japanese bayonets were at my back, and panicked, scattered soldiers fled all around me. No one knew I was an undercover Communist Party member, let alone that my mind held the entire history of World War II and The Art of War. While everyone else fled, I struck back! I led thirty battered survivors into Wolf Valley. In our first battle, we wiped out a 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 25 The Soul of Sichuan, Blood Soaking the Land 川魂血沃山河 River Soul is an iron-blooded epic of resistance, built on the foundation of real battle history and brought to life by the spirit of soldiers. It does not glorify heroism. Instead, it calmly records how the remnants of a Sichuan army, reduced from 1,700 men to 200, were forged into the Eighth Route Army's sharpest blade in the Taihang Mountains. Every battle has a casualty list, and every sacrifice has a name on record. With the most restrained prose, the author writes of the most searing blood 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 26 The Origin Stone Time Ruins 源石时墟 The Source Stone Time Rift tells the story of three spirit stones representing the past, future, and present competing for supremacy. Its many elements include the War of Resistance, espionage, transmigration, mechs, treasure hunting, and science fiction. With its fresh premise, the story welcomes your comments! 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 27 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—Shelves
- 28 Bright Sword: Special Operations Vanguard 亮剑之特战先锋 Modern scout Cao Xiao transmigrates into "Drawing Sword". He has no System or cheats, only his elite special-operations skills. With infiltration, sniping, raids, and tactical command, he helps Li Yunlong avoid costly detours and reduces casualties in the Independent Regiment. No over-the-top drama, no exaggeration: using modern special-operations thinking, he carves out a sharp force in northwestern Shanxi that makes the Japanese invaders tremble! —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 29 Livestreaming the War of Resistance: From the Start, Viewers Crowdfund a Katyusha 直播抗日，开局观众众筹喀秋莎 [Transmigration] + [Power Fantasy] + [War of Resistance] Transmigrate to 1937 and land in the meat grinder of Shanghai: from the start, it’s hell! [One moment: short on medicine and supplies, with the position on the verge of falling!] [The next: a tip comes through, and M2 mortars pound the enemy with pinpoint accuracy!] From one man’s struggle to survive to leading an entire nation in defying fate and changing its future! This comeback is absolutely explosive!!! 429Reads5.7Score—Shelves
- 30 I Told You to Wait for Backup, Not Wipe Out the Enemy's Main Force! 让你等支援，你把鬼子主力灭了？ [Battle of Shanghai] + [Breakout from Nanjing] + [War Behind Enemy Lines] + [Enhancement System] + [No Female Lead] Chen Yu, a modern-day elite soldier, transmigrates to the battlefield of the Battle of Shanghai and becomes a staff officer at regimental headquarters. But from the start, the Japanese troops land right in front of him. Faced with elite Japanese forces several times the size of his own, while commanding only two companies, Chen Yu is ready to fight the enemy to the bitter end. At t 117.5kReads8.0Score12.7kShelves
- 31 Reborn in Republican-Era China, and You Give Me a Farming Space? 胎穿民国，您给我种植空间？ Republican era + espionage and resistance + slow burn + pocket dimension + merit store + fantasy Li Xiuyun was born into the Republican era. Faced with a time of upheaval and danger, she couldn't help but ask herself: Could an ordinary person with little education survive here? Yet fate seemed to offer her a glimmer of hope: she acquired a mysterious “temporary farming space,” which became the key to establishing herself in this era. The space was useful, but she had to reach level ten before sh 1.7kReads—Score113Shelves
- 32 Our War: The Mountains and Rivers Bear Witness 我们的战争之山河为证 [Authentic War of Resistance] [Coming of Age] The shelling of Wanping City shattered the peace. As the country fell and his family was lost, civilian Tang Qing took up the final letter of a soldier known as “Madman.” From then on, burdened with his charge and his hatred, he set out on the road ahead. From the blood-soaked ruins of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident to the desperate fighting amid the scorched earth of the Battle of Shanghai, then the breakout from the hopeless siege of Nanjing and t 1Reads8.2Score—Shelves
- 33 With the System, I Slaughtered the Japanese Devils 带着系统杀疯小鬼子 In 1937, as the land is engulfed in the flames of war, special forces king Chen Jun transmigrates to the era of resistance against Japanese aggression! He awakens an invincible kill-enemy System: killing Japanese soldiers earns points, which he can exchange for powerful gear and use to strengthen his body! He masters everything from sniping and assassination to special operations tactics and booby traps! With the skills of a modern military king, he will slaughter the Japanese invaders, execute 221Reads—Score—Shelves
- 34 War of Resistance: All Under Heaven Belongs to the Emperor 抗战普天之下莫非王土 Zhao Qiming inexplicably transmigrated to 1937, a time when the country was engulfed in war. A million Japanese troops were about to rampage southward. A hellish start? No. Watch an ordinary man gradually build a force of his own! German-equipped divisions, special forces, defending Nanjing and Jinling, resisting the Japanese and reclaiming lost territory! [Passionate + Patriotic + Loyal Souls ✔ Tragic ✘ System-based + Troop Building + No Angst + A Smooth Sweep in the Later Stages. Please read p 10Reads—Score103Shelves
- 35 Transmigrating on the Eve of the Red Army's Long March 穿越红军长征在即 My 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! 458Reads7.9Score102Shelves
- 36 The Flying Dagger Heroine: A Hero of the War Against Japan 抗日英雄之飞刀女侠 A flying-dagger hero appeared in the county town, repeatedly killing Japanese soldiers caught alone with willow-leaf throwing knives. This hero could scale walls and leap across rooftops, appearing and vanishing without a trace. People knew she existed only from the bodies of the Japanese soldiers and the daggers left in them. Before long, turmoil swept the town and countryside. Japanese and puppet agents laid a vast net across the county, while plainclothes spies roamed everywhere, asking after 2.2kReads8.7Score289Shelves
- 37 The Con Artists’ Guild: Tales of the Old Guard 老千门之千门旧事 In those days, the world aboveboard was run by the government, merchant guilds, and the military. Beneath the surface lay an underworld order: The Three Teachings set the rules, the Nine Sects roamed the land, the Thousand Gates set their traps, and the Eight Generals wielded their blades. A young man was drawn into the game by a con on the snowy plains of the Northeast. He witnessed the Thousand Gates and Eight Generals firsthand at the docks of Tianjin, and eventually became a man who could se 131Reads—Score111Shelves
- 38 1937: I Use X-Ray Vision and Auto-Aim to Kill the Japanese 1937我用透视自瞄杀鬼子 Back to the War of Resistance Chen Gui put down roots in Maoshan with a band of retreating soldiers. From then on, he seized strongholds and captured cities. The Japanese were terrified at the mere mention of him. In their strongholds, one saying spread: “Chen Gui is here! Run!” His superiors assigned him a unit designation, while the intelligence department sent agents to keep watch on him. He didn't care about any of that. He cared about just one thing: making the Japanese invaders understand 84.5kReads8.5Score8.4kShelves
- 39 War of Resistance: The Legend of an Ordinary Soldier 抗战，一个普通战士的传奇故事 A legendary tale of an ordinary soldier fighting in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, adapted from a true story. He is a portrait of an ordinary Chinese person from that era. They had no grand declarations, only a deep and fervent love for their country, their hometown, their people, their comrades, and their loved ones. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 War of Resistance: Backed by a System, a Fellow Townsman from Fenghua 抗日：系统傍身，奉化老乡 [No AI, entirely hand-written] In 1926, I set out from Fenghua and began my military career. Wherever our Party and army went, the people welcomed us wholeheartedly. We truly had every advantage of the times on our side. That vibrant scene, with all things thriving and competing to flourish, is still vivid before my eyes. How could Shanghai, in just a few short years, become the place where I would meet my end!? No matter how you look at it, we have 800,000 troops against their 300,000. The adva 77.6kReads7.6Score4.8kShelves
- 41 Republican Era: From a Security Regiment to Ruling the Nation 民国：从保安团开始称霸天下 [Power fantasy + Blood Debt System + Modern Weapons + Ruthless Protagonist + No Romance] "Shen Lie, you killed members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce. Just wait until the Japanese consulate comes to demand your surrender!" "A security regiment? You think a hundred rusty rifles are enough to take on my Green Gang?" "Regiment Commander Shen, this is the county magistrate. You can't... Bang!" "What!? A mere security regiment commander has tanks, planes, and even an aircraft carrier?" Shen 654Reads—Score101Shelves
- 42 I Led My Troops in a Raid on the Imperial Capital, and Dad Called Me Crazy 带队掀了帝都城，爹说我疯了 Reborn on the eve of a looming war, I watched my elder brother fawn over actors while my father put his faith in shady wanderers. I’d had enough. I emptied the family coffers to buy a System, spending 500,000 silver dollars to build a heavily armed German-style brigade. The day I surrounded the marshal’s residence, a hundred heavy cannons took aim at Yangcheng. Father smashed his teacup. “Third Son, are you trying to kill your old man?” I slapped an abdication letter down in front of him. “Fathe 26Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 43 Transmigrated to World War II: I Went Undercover in Germany 穿越到二战，我在德国做卧底 [Historical espionage + transmigration and undercover work + no System + master of disguise] From Dunkirk to Operation Barbarossa, he rises step by step to become the Empire’s most loyal strategic genius! Berlin, 1940. The German high command is preparing for war against the Soviet Union. With no System and no supernatural abilities, he carefully maneuvers through one precarious situation after another. Others offer advice to secure victory. He offers advice to send the Empire plunging into t 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 44 Transmigrating to 1936: Between Night and Dawn 穿越1936：暗夜与黎明 A modern young man arrives in the war-torn Republic of China. From the start, he's a graduate of Whampoa Military Academy. A golden finger? What can he possibly do? The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, underground organizations, Japanese invaders, collaborators, moles, and more... —Reads—Score3kShelves
- 45 The Flames and Smoke of the War of Resistance 抗战烽火硝烟 [Realistic | No System | No Golden Finger] A tale of a soldier swept up in the torrent of history during the War of Resistance Against Japan, shattered and rebuilt as he fights for victory and searches for a way forward. A story about survival, about growth, about victory, and about kindling a spark amid a broken land. 11Reads—Score—Shelves
- 46 1940: The Thin Line Between Life and Death in the War 1940：抗战生死线 In 1940, the flames of war engulf the land, and the smoke from the Hundred Regiments Offensive has yet to clear. Liu San has only seven bullets, while Ma Dazhuang keeps thinking about the half a flatbread tucked against his chest. In Zaolin County, right under the Japanese army’s nose, surviving until tomorrow is a victory. But what about the day after? This is no charge on the front lines. It is the harshest fight for survival behind enemy lines: every step requires calculation, and every mouth 724Reads6.3Score105Shelves
- 47 The Iron-Blooded General of the War of Resistance 抗战之铁血军神 Special Forces king Wang Tiejun transmigrates to the smoke-filled battlefields of the War of Resistance Against Japan, becoming a low-ranking soldier in a Xiangxi militia. Shouldering the burden of protecting his home and country, he charges at the very front, bathing in blood as he slays the enemy. Countless times, he claws his way back from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, ultimately becoming a legendary iron-blooded god of war. Leading an elite army across the battlefield, he routs the 111Reads8.9Score—Shelves
- 48 The Flames of War Burn Again 烽火再续 [Realistic | No System | No Golden Finger] This is a war novel about resistance behind enemy lines. In occupied territory under the tight control of Japanese and puppet forces, the Eighth Route Army struggles to fight and survive amid shortages of food and medicine and constant casualties. They rely not on grand speeches, but on discipline, mutual support, and faith. In the harshest conditions, they hold on to their principles, keep their ranks together, and preserve the people's chance to survi 731Reads—Score—Shelves
- 49 Code Name: Wick 谍战代号灯芯 Espionage · play the pig to eat the tiger · battles of wits · cool-headed and composed · fake marriage · love of country In 1936 Shanghai, everyone at the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics station knew Lu Xingzhou was a “deadweight”: he dozed at work, was always the last to handle a case, went weak in the knees at the sight of blood, and ranked dead last in every annual performance review. No one knew that he had quietly handed over half the “meritorious achievements” on Director Dai’s desk 12.8kReads7.5Score1.4kShelves
- 50 The War of Resistance in Jingbei 靖北的抗战 Cao Jingbei was a company commander in a unit of the former Northeastern Army. On the night of the September 18 Incident in 1931, he led his men in a desperate defense of the flank of Beidaying, fighting the Japanese to the last bullet. After battling his way out, he fled alone into the mountains of northern Liaoning. He traveled far and wide, rallying scattered brothers-in-arms and volunteer fighters from the wilderness. Using the terrain to his advantage, he repeatedly laid clever ambushes, ta 17Reads—Score—Shelves
