Novels like Republican Era: I Change the World with a Single Pen
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- 101 War Against Japan: I’m Slaughtering My Way Through the Front Lines 抗日：我在前线杀疯了 Becoming a general is hard. But staying one is even harder! After enduring countless hardships, how does Zhang Qingshan rise from an ordinary man to a general amid the flames and smoke of war? 1.2kReads—Score10114d adds
- 102 War of Resistance: I Have a Red Alert Summoning System 抗战之我有红警召唤系统 Li Mingyuan, a food delivery rider for a certain group in the future, accidentally transmigrates onto a battlefield and awakens the Red Alert Summoning System. Step by step, he leads his superpowered Red Alert army out of Asia and onto the world stage! 422Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Night Snow in Beiping 北平夜雪 A soft-spoken yet resilient southern orphan × the cold, rebellious only son of an army commander Five-year age gap | Both virgins | Tension and longing | Reunited after a breakup | Love seized by force “Five years later, when they met again, he personally arrested the man she loved.” That year, amid wind and snow at a small station, he took off his coat and wrapped it around her frozen body, his voice cool and indifferent: “Put it on. Don’t cause me trouble.” He was the only son of an army comma 7.5kReads8.9Score85014d adds
- 104 Republican Era: I Have a Little World of My Own 民国：我有个小世界 Su Chen, a powerhouse in the post-apocalyptic world with a spatial ability, dies alongside the Zombie King in a fight to the death. Fate has a cruel twist in store: his soul transmigrates to Republican-era China and inhabits the body of a destitute little beggar. By chance, Su Chen saves Chen Yu, an agent of the Military Statistics Bureau, and joins the Bureau, plunging into the tide of resistance against Japan. From a green rookie to an elite agent who strikes fear into the Japanese army, he d 328Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Cold War in the Mirror 镜面冷战 Pure nationalism! A wave of nation-building! Leave a comment and suggest a country name! No System! No invincibility! A slow-burn power fantasy that stands up to scrutiny. Above all, it keeps things plausible! 755Reads6.7Score10114d adds
- 106 A Republic-Era Iron-Blooded Young Marshal? I'll Fight the War of Resistance to the End! 民国铁血少帅？我奉军抗战到底！ Another world, an ordinary world, souls transmigrated into other bodies From Feng to Ping, from Tai to Sui, from the south to the east, forces from every side vie for power across this chessboard. Tags: Republic of China, War of Resistance, political intrigue, espionage, passionate, multiple female leads 20.6kReads—Score1.2k14d adds
- 107 The Warlord of Late Qing: Shu Marshal 清末枭雄：蜀帅 In 1905, he was the finest student at a Sichuan military academy, yet also the most notorious playboy in Chengdu’s pleasure quarter. He had meant to drink and make merry until the end of his days, but then came devastating news from home: his father had been killed by bandits. The flames of vengeance for his family burned away his reckless ways. He abandoned his prospects in the New Army and returned home, beginning his path to warlord rule by organizing a local militia. 727Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 108 Hanqing, 300,000 Fengtian Troops, and an Iron-Blooded Peak 汉卿，奉系三十万，铁血巅峰 “When an entire era weighs on your shoulders, you have no choice but to make yourself tougher than the times.” Three brothers stand side by side: one commands civil and police affairs, another handles espionage and intelligence. The women are no mere ornaments: among them are a noble heiress who controls the supply lines, a sworn brotherhood leader's daughter who roams the world, and an intelligence agent infiltrating enemy ranks. The spy war rages in the shadows, while flames of battle blaze in 12.4kReads—Score81114d adds
- 109 The Rear Base: The Sichuan Army Goes to War 大后方，出川抗战 282Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 War of Resistance: Liu Zhennian Starts as the King of Jiaodong 抗战：我刘珍年开局就是胶东王 [The rating has just come in and will rise over time] [Iron-blooded Lu Army] [King of Jiaodong Liu Zhenian] [A decade of planning] [Defending Shandong] [Building up the countryside to resist Japan] [Real-time war illustrations] New book by Yang Yuting, an Lv5 author in the War of Resistance Against Japan category. Quality guaranteed! 2.8kReads7.1Score24214d adds
- 111 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—14d adds
- 112 Bloodbath in Republican China: Starting at The Grand Mansion Gate 血战民国，开局从大宅门开始 The protagonist transmigrated into the body of Bai Jingqi’s younger brother in the Bai family’s mansion. Who would have thought the original owner had been so utterly forgettable? But now, all that was about to change. When a young man from the twenty-first century meets a world in turmoil, can he make his way to success? 1.9kReads7.2Score11414d adds
- 113 Reborn into the War Against Japan: Flames of War, 1931 重生抗日：烽火1931 [War of Resistance Against Japan + Resistance War + Rousing + Satisfying Read + Story] This novel has no System. It is an original work set against the backdrop of the real battlefields and historical period of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Modern special forces soldier Ma Yunfeng is reborn in 1931. Determined to kill Japanese invaders, he enlists to fight and serve his country. With the land shattered and old national and family grudges to avenge, he answers blood with blood. Returned to 12Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 114 War of Resistance: Sniping Through the Flames of 1937 抗战：1937烽火狙击 Synopsis: In 1937, by the Marco Polo Bridge, the land was shattered and the nation faced disaster! The Japanese invaders advanced relentlessly, and Beiping stood on the brink of falling! Liu Ziye, China’s finest sniper, returns without hesitation at this moment of national peril. With a lone city as his battlefield, he vows to fight the invaders to the bitter end! No supplies. No reinforcements. Only the rifle in his hands and a heart burning with patriotism! From the streets and alleyways to t 361Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 115 War of Resistance: One Penny to Instantly Kill, Commander-in-Chief of the Sichuan Army! 抗战：一分钱秒杀，川军总司令！ Li Feng transmigrates to the War of Resistance era and becomes a member of a Sichuan Army unit. He has a one-cent instant-purchase System that refreshes six items every day. Day One’s instant-purchase items: 1. Max-level physical enhancement. 2. Max-level battlefield skills. 3. Max-level command abilities for the army, navy, and air force. 4. A full battlefield map with a holographic view. 5. System storage. 6. Fifty crates of grenades. … Day Two’s instant-purchase items: 1. Three hundred Zhong 13.9kReads7.8Score1.2k14d adds
- 116 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—14d adds
- 117 War of Resistance: Flames Across the River 抗战：烽火焠川 Flames of War, 1932: My Industrial Base for the War of Resistance Liu Yishou, a young man from the modern era, unexpectedly transmigrates to Sichuan in 1932 and becomes a member of a local family. China is in turmoil and foreign threats are looming, yet Sichuan remains mired in internal strife and hardship. Faced with a nation in peril, Liu Yishou resolves to do his part in the struggle for national survival that may lie ahead. Drawing on his foresight and steadfast convictions, he starts in a 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 The New Beiyang 新北洋 After transmigrating into Yuan Kewen, he gains the System but refuses to be a playboy, vowing instead to seize power in a chaotic age. In 1913, the Beiyang government is just beginning to flourish, but dangers lurk everywhere. He stakes his claim in the Northeast, thwarts the restoration plot, and unites the various Beiyang factions; he develops industry, builds a new army, and keeps foreign powers in check; through campaigns across the country, he unifies China, and the Young Master of Cold Clo 125Reads—Score—14d adds
- 119 From the Jiang Family Estate to a Retirement Home at Gongdelin: My War of Resistance 抗战从蒋家大院直达功德林养老 The buildup is fairly long. If you want to get straight to the main plot, it's recommended that you start after Chapter 88. The protagonist is reborn in the Republican era. He graduated from a prestigious military academy and is Nikolai's childhood friend. At first, he grovels to the brigade commander while quietly building up his strength. Then, well, we'll talk about that after a few hundred chapters. 748Reads7.3Score12014d adds
- 120 Transmigrating to the War of Resistance: Taking My Little Sister to Kill the Japanese 穿越抗战：带着妹妹杀鬼子 [Transmigration + Spatial powers + Invincible] Wen Gu, the King of the Apocalypse, transmigrates to the War of Resistance era with his younger sister Wen Xin. The two inherit their original hosts' memories and become part of this turbulent age. They are immensely powerful and exceptionally capable. Wherever Japanese soldiers commit atrocities, the siblings are there to fight back. Yangqu, Shanghai, Beiping, Tianjin, Fengtian, Bingcheng... Japanese headquarters, armories, and countless other plac 32Reads9.2Score—14d adds
- 121 The Chinese War Wolf of the Expeditionary Force 远征军之中华战狼 [Expeditionary Force + Reasonable Golden Finger + No System + Not Mindless, Fired by a heart full of passion, he fights on the battlefield, ready to die far from home, with no regrets even if it means nine deaths!] The Expeditionary Force, Southeast Asia, the Savage Mountain. Rally the scattered troops, fight the Japanese, uphold China's national dignity, and forge the soul of a nation! Veteran Chen Feng returns to the battlefield just as the Expeditionary Force suffers total defeat and falls in 8Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 122 Henan Province, 1937 豫省1937 At the start of 2026, a thin membrane appears out of nowhere and seals off Yu Province. A space-time accident? An experiment by higher-dimensional beings? The truth remains unknown. Until everyone learns that Yu Province, trapped behind the barrier, has arrived in 1937. How will the modern Central Plains face a land engulfed in flames of war? And how will the old era accept a province from a century in the future? 6.2kReads7.0Score64114d adds
- 123 Republican Era: From the Son of a 1911 Revolution Warlord to a Peerless Statesman 民国：从辛亥督军之子到国士无双 [Republican era + war + warlords + industrial development + nation-building] Lei Mingyuan wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated to 1911 and become the son of Lei Zhenchun, a general in the Beiyang New Army. In the turmoil of the late Qing and early Republic, he knows he must control an army to ensure his own safety. Starting by training a new army, he gradually gains control of the troops, then uses his informational advantage to lead his men from a small town and rise into a major 1.1kReads8.0Score10114d adds
- 124 Bright Sword: One Phone Call Made Me the Frontline Commander 亮剑：接个电话，我成了前线司令 The protagonist accidentally transmigrates into the world of Bright Sword and starts out as a militiaman on a battlefield engulfed in war. He thinks he's doomed, but then a phone rings, his protagonist's halo appears, and the War of Resistance System gets him promoted on the spot. “Starting today, you're a battalion commander!” “Starting now, you're a regiment commander!” “Starting tomorrow, you're the commander in chief!!!” One song about cherry blossoms makes countless Japanese soldiers weep, 1.6kReads6.2Score10914d adds
- 125 War of Resistance: I Have a God-Tier Weapons System 抗战：我有一个神级军火系统 Zhao Zijing, a veteran discharged from the military, was visiting the site of the Battle of Shanghai when he unexpectedly transmigrated to the battlefield in a parallel timeline. He became a platoon leader in the Training Regiment. At the same time, the influence of the dimensional rift gave Zhao Zijing a golden finger: the God-Tier Weapons System. He bought weapons and equipment for his soldiers in the System's shop, then led them into battle against the Japanese. To his surprise, they tore thr 356Reads7.4Score14914d adds
- 126 The Gunshots of the Republic of China 民国的枪声 The gunfire that rang out across the three towns of Wuhan in October 1911 tolled the death knell of the Qing Dynasty. Zhao Hu, from the Dragon Nation of a later age, grips the rifle in his hands. What will he choose? To remain an obscure nobody, or to ride the crest of a great era? Reclaim our lands and restore the golden age of the Han and Tang dynasties? 60.1kReads7.2Score5.2k14d adds
- 127 The Gunfire of Pingxi 平西枪声在 [No System]+ [Not a mindless wish-fulfillment story]+ [Slow pace]+ [No System] I open my eyes and find myself a translator. I seize the chance to clear my name right away. Hell, who’d want to be a translator and get shot? I start out as a guerrilla leader and take part in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, the War to Resist America, and the self-defense counterattack. 372Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 128 We're at War, Who Has Time for Your Heiress Returns Story? 都抗战了，谁跟你玩千金归来 For female readers. Very popular. If it’s not your thing, move along. Gossip + espionage + no romance + play the pig to eat the tiger Colleagues at the Investigation and Statistics Bureau: “Don’t be fooled by how short Xiaoxiao is. She’s got plenty of cunning.” Hong Xiaoxiao: “Cunning? Is that a compliment? Don’t bully me, I’m very cunning!” The Blue Shirt Society: “Talented people are hard to come by. Everyone at the Blue Shirt Society warmly welcomes Hong Xiaoxiao!” Section Chief Ding of Unit 211Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 129 War of Resistance: This Militia Is Absolutely Fearsome 抗战：这群民兵太猛啦 [Independent development + no System + large-scale warfare] Awakening from the shadow of the Jin-Sui Army's defeat, the soldier king Qin Zhonghua vows to rebuild China's backbone! His starting point? A mere dozen or so militia guards! His codename? The “Tigers”! The militia becomes a battalion, the battalion expands into a regiment, and the regiment grows into a brigade... In his hands, a heavily armed, American-equipped “Tigers” army group rises out of nowhere! It sweeps across northwestern Sha 11Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 130 Blood Locust Blossoms 血槐花 In an ancient village in the mountains of western Henan, a simple, honest family lives an ordinary, diligent life. Then, through no fault of their own, they are swept up in a war. From that moment on, the whole family, young and old, pours its hot blood into a moving story. 2.9kReads7.1Score21814d adds
- 131 My Name Is Yan of Sanjin, and the Great Powers Are Finished 我姓三晋阎，列强全玩完 Warlords and a locust invasion: Yan Wang gains the Gear-Up System and an elite template. He leads his troops straight into battle against an elite division, earns a massive haul of land and air gear, then uses his super equipment to sweep through the enemy with blitzkrieg tactics. 23Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 132 Slay the Invaders and Become a God 杀鬼子成神 A chef armed with a cleaver accidentally arrives in a parallel world: Shanghai, the Far East’s greatest city in the 1930s. It’s a dazzling world where a man can become a god or a demon, and in the end, he becomes a god who slaughters the Japanese invaders and Chinese collaborators. 9Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 133 Late Qing: Rebuilding China 晚清之再造华夏 The modern history of China since the late Qing Dynasty is a history of blood and tears for the Chinese people. The protagonist, Wang Dingbian, transmigrates to a time before the First Sino-Japanese War. Watch him make his way forward step by step: joining the bandits, accepting an offer of amnesty, and fighting the Japanese... 593Reads7.1Score17114d adds
- 134 War of Resistance: Lost in the Grasslands, I Returned with an Army 抗战：过草地失联，我带回一个军 In 1935, military enthusiast Su Yuan transmigrates into this world and takes command of a regiment. In these war-torn times, he is fortunate enough to bind himself to a System and receive a beginner's gift pack, allowing him to lead his troops through their darkest hour. To his surprise, he loses contact with the main force and heads north alone with his men. Along the way, he brings Li Yunlong, Wei Heshang, Yu Zecheng, and others under his command. After that, Su Yuan goes all out to develop in 7.8kReads7.1Score38914d adds
- 135 The Strongest God of War in the Resistance Against Japan 抗战之最强军神 The strongest soldier, Su Yang, finds himself in the body of a man on the anti-Japanese battlefield. Japanese invaders are ravaging the land, the nation has fallen, and the country is on the brink of ruin. How could Su Yang just stand by and do nothing? 110Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 136 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 2.2kReads8.7Score28914d adds
- 137 Bright Sword: I Slacked Off in the Osaka Division, and Li Went Mad 亮剑：我摸鱼大阪师团，老李疯了 Qin Feng transmigrated into the commander of a Japanese battalion. He was currently leading the Shanye Battalion alongside the Sakata Regiment as they besieged Li Yunlong’s forces on Cangyun Ridge. But the Shanye Battalion belonged to the infamous Osaka Division. Not only this battalion, but also its superior regiment and the entire division were notorious slackers. They avoided fighting whenever possible and cared only about making money! What was so great about fighting? It was dangerous! Doi 563Reads—Score—14d adds
- 138 From Lowly Recruit to Marshal: I Take on the Underworld 从壮丁混成大帅，我和地府杠上了 [Supernatural Republic of China] [Warlord Warfare] [Spatial Ability] [Founding a Nation Overseas] Xu Zhen is reborn in a supernatural version of the Republic of China. It is 1924, and a campaign to drive out the Beiyang warlord Cai Chenxun has broken out in Jiangxi Province. A poor country boy, Xu Zhen has barely transmigrated to this place when he is unfortunately seized by unruly soldiers and forced into service as cannon fodder in a siege. Fortunately, he possesses the [Life-and-Death Seal], 3.9kReads—Score50814d adds
- 139 War of Resistance: Starting as a German-Equipped Division Commander in 1937 抗战：1937从德械师师长开始 Chen Shi, a researcher at a military museum, unexpectedly transmigrated to the eve of the July 7 Incident. Even more astonishing, he had become a major general and commander of the 87th Division, an elite German-trained division of the National Revolutionary Army. The blood-soaked meat grinder of Shanghai, the tearful dirge of Nanjing; the smoke-shrouded battlefields of Pengcheng, the bloody defense of Jiangcheng; the repeated, hard-fought battles beneath the walls of Xingcheng, where not an in 15.6kReads6.9Score90114d adds
- 140 Eyes Like Autumn Waters 秋水眸 Republican-era setting, older man and younger man, warlord falls in love. Qi Xi was his father's male lover. When his father died, the lover became his inheritance. A little fox pretending to be innocent and trying to seduce him? Then I'll play along. (He really is innocent and wasn't trying to seduce him!) [Cruel at first, devoted later!] Qi Xi was born in rainy Yangzhou. His father was a compulsive gambler, and he was sold by his own father into a brothel. The dashing You Mengde, who was seeki 2.6kReads8.6Score41614d adds
- 141 War of Resistance: I Transmigrate to a Parallel World and Live It Up 抗战：穿越平行时空我爽翻了 [No dragging things out + no System + no cheats + no fanfiction] Take a trip through a different kind of war against Japan. Ye Rongguang, a discharged special forces soldier, transmigrated to the War of Resistance period in a parallel universe. A warlord takes a dislike to me and launches an attack? Don’t make me bring my troops to your doorstep! An old man tries to set me up by planting spies? I’ll shoot them dead in a flash! Commander Chen treats me like a brother! Commander Li treats me like 189Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 142 New Feng 新奉 At the end of 1925, Guo Songling joined forces with Feng Yuxiang and Li Jinglin to rebel against the Fengtian clique at Luanzhou. Leading an army of 70,000 straight toward Fengtian, he was defeated a month later due to the interference of the Japanese Kwantung Army and betrayal by his allies. He and his wife were executed by firing squad. But Bai Han, the top humanities student in the national college entrance exam, unexpectedly transmigrates into Guo Songling at this very moment, changing every 397Reads—Score11414d adds
- 143 War of Resistance: One Man and His Dog Take on the Japanese 抗战：一人一狗打鬼子 Song Yicheng, a young hunter who only wanted a quiet, steady life, lost his wife and child to the Japanese soldiers at a stronghold. He picked up his hunting rifle and, with his puppy Bailang by his side, began a dangerous revenge mission as a lone man and his dog... His gambling-addict cousin Zhou Tianxi had turned over a new leaf and wanted to raise a force to fight the Japanese. But at Heifeng Pass, he ran into the handsome second-in-command of Baodu Stronghold, who robbed him and forced him 15.2kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 144 War of Resistance: From Nobody to Founding General! 抗战：从小人物到开国将军！ In early 1932, Luo Feng transmigrates to the Greater Khingan Mountains of the northeastern provinces in a parallel world. From the start, Japanese invaders kill his parents, and his elder brother dies in battle. It's hell mode right out of the gate! How can an ordinary man survive in a country torn apart by war? Should he hide in the vast mountains, keep company wit 213Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 145 Shanghai 1949: Silent 上海1949：无声 October 1948. At the scene of his father's supposed “fatal car accident,” Gu Yansheng discovers a pocket watch stopped at 3:17, the time the bank closes for business in the afternoon. At the memorial held inside the bank, Shen Mozhi gives a eulogy, his gaze sweeping over Gu Yansheng like a knife. While sorting through his father's belongings, Gu Yansheng finds his father's handwriting beside a problem dated March 17, 1937, in Practical Bank Accounting: “Debit: Dawn. Credit: Long Night.” His firs 2.3kReads—Score16614d adds
- 146 War of Resistance: I Have a Perfect Accuracy Skill 抗战之我有百发百中技能 (Multiple female leads) If that bothers you, don't read. The story strives to portray the resistance behind enemy lines as it really was, including the customs and culture of that era. College student Wang Shouren goes on a trip to Ranzhuang and accidentally finds himself in that turbulent era. He saves himself, and many others as well. A serious disclaimer: There are no ridiculous scenes where someone hits a person with a single shot from 800 meters away. 680Reads7.1Score10914d adds
- 147 A Dream of the Pear Garden Amid the Flames of War 烽烟梨园梦 She is the gentle, graceful daughter of a distinguished family; he is the cold and imposing young marshal of Rongcheng. Their paths cross by chance. Captivated by that first glimpse, he pursues her relentlessly, while she keeps her distance and resists. After countless moments of push and pull, they finally acknowledge their feelings and marry. After the wedding, they are deeply devoted to each other, their lives as harmonious as music. But their happiness does not last. Japan invades China, war 151Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 1926! Save Them! 1926！救人！ In 1926, the protagonist successfully catches a ride on the Northern Expedition. I originally planned to have him consolidate the country’s industrial resources. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, check out my previous book, “1926: The Northern Expedition.” 28Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 War of Resistance: The Black Soil Begins to Boil 抗战：从黑土地开始沸腾 Zhang Tingyan, a retired officer, is unexpectedly reborn the day before the September 18 Incident. He becomes a battalion commander in a Northeast Army supply battalion, and the son of a senior Northeast Army veteran. With the September 18 Incident about to erupt, he chooses to fight back, rallying every force he can and organizing the Northeast Army, patriotic youth, and ordinary people in a tenacious struggle. Over fourteen years of fighting the Japanese army, he faces countless hardships and 732Reads6.5Score10614d adds
- 150 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! 10.2kReads5.7Score45514d adds
