Novels like The Savvy Little Soldier
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- 101 Kite: Spy Games in Shanghai with Zheng Yaoxian, the Military Intelligence Agent 风筝：与军统六弟郑耀先谍战上海 Just scored! Republican-era setting + passionate ensemble cast + espionage + Military Statistics Bureau + undercover operations + battles of wits + no System + not reborn + the Military Statistics Bureau’s Sixth Brother In 1939, Chen Gongxing, a lieutenant colonel and deputy station chief in the Military Statistics Bureau, defected. At the time, the Shanghai Mei Agency and Wang Jingwei’s puppet regime’s Special Services Headquarters, Number 76, were opening their doors. Chen Gongxing became Num 5.5kReads7.4Score34314d adds
- 102 Lone Hero of Yingxiong 孤胆雄英 Tags: Republic of China era, espionage, passionate, mind games, ruthless, warlord rivalries, love of family and country [Ruthless hero returns + espionage and mind games + decisive and ruthless + beauties of a chaotic age] Shanghai, a city awash in blood and turmoil. Chen Moyan awakens to find his fellow agents dead and himself a “lone ghost” with the Juntong’s guns trained on him. Kill his colleagues to earn their trust? He becomes Juntong’s sharpest blade, earning the nickname “Chen the King o 2.1kReads8.6Score20014d adds
- 103 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 13.1kReads7.5Score1.5k14d adds
- 104 Espionage: Daybreak 谍战：破晓 When night falls over the newly born land, two fated adversaries are forced to join forces. The brilliant Lin Nan is a forgotten gem from the old era, versed in criminal psychology and codebreaking. The battle-hardened Zheng Feng is the blade of the new order, devoted to discipline and absolute loyalty. This is a war that begins with conspiracy and ends in faith. When the enemy holds the city’s pulse in its grasp, and humanity’s fate hangs by a thread, they wield their wits as spears and their c 144Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 Spy Games: A Fight to the Death 谍战，生死较量 I transmigrated to Jiangcheng in 1936, on the eve of the full-scale War of Resistance, and became an action team member of the Lixingshe. At this critical moment, when the nation’s very survival was at stake, I couldn’t change the course of history. But I would still do everything in my power, using my talents to shed my blood for our country’s victory in the war against Japan. 90Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 106 Code Name: Migratory Bird 代号候鸟 A heart-pounding covert war, as deep as the ocean! The most enduring declaration of love in the world is staying by someone’s side… 1kReads7.7Score10314d adds
- 107 Espionage: I Have a Phantom Express Van 谍战，我有一辆幽灵快递车 [Espionage] + [Behind Enemy Lines] + [Multiple Identities] + [Spatial Powers] + [The Green Gang]... The moment Yu Yang opened his eyes, he found himself in Republican-era Shanghai, a low-level Green Gang thug tasked with watching over a venue. He was also the Military Statistics Bureau's most peripheral informant, so peripheral he wasn't even worthy of a code name... One intelligence handoff caught the attention of the bureau's headquarters. Dai Li said, "From now on, his code name will be Lon 42.2kReads7.9Score4.2k14d adds
- 108 Our 1937 我们的1937 The nation is on the brink of ruin, and a battle for the survival of the people is about to begin! A group of elite Nationalist soldiers, trained in the German style, take part in a series of utterly horrific battles. Time and again, they escape death, only to return to the front lines. They are always at the heart of the fighting. Even if the German-equipped division has officially been wiped out, as long as a single soldier is still alive, the division has not fallen! With vivid depictions of 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 109 You Were Told to Take In the Rout, So Why Are You Carrying the Whole Map? 让你收容溃兵，你开全图带飞？ [No transmigration, light System, no heroine, no free gear. Everything depends on tactics and development!] Li Wula, a second lieutenant platoon leader in the Northeastern Army, gains a virtual sand table that can sense the situation across the battlefield. A pot of cabbage, pork, and glass noodles, and the words, “Come on! I’ll take you home! We’ll fight our way back!” They awaken the numb hearts of Meng Fanniao, Mi Long, Kang Ya, Bu La, Yao Ma, Dou Bing, Snake Butt, and Dr. Hao. And so, a lege 1kReads6.8Score11314d adds
- 110 Behind the Bullet 子弹的背后 Zhong Xianghui and Zhong Xiangyu were brothers, but their parents held different political beliefs, so they were forced to live apart from an early age. The elder brother followed their father and joined the Military Statistics Bureau, where he earned the favor of Ding Enze, its head in Shanghai. The younger brother, Zhong Xiangyu, joined the Communist Party with their mother as a child and infiltrated the Bureau's Linli training program. There, he unexpectedly reunited with his brother, but bec 255Reads9.5Score—14d adds
- 111 At Headquarters 76: One God-Tier Trait Every Day 人在76号：每天一个神级词条 After transmigrating to Shanghai during the isolated-island period, Su Chen became a low-ranking spy in the 76th, with no connections and no backing. The moment he arrived, he was already facing a brutal purge by the Japanese invaders! At that very moment, the Daily Keyword System activated. [Today's Keyword: Lockpicking] He could turn the Special Higher Police's classified archives into his own backyard. [Today's Keyword: Firearms Master] Even an old, battered pistol could make a precise shot f 18Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 Four Hundred Men Held the Rear, and for 14 Years, No Order to Retreat Came 四百人断后，14年没有撤退命令 Dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the Long March, and to the brave souls who risked everything in the people's war. You laid down your lives to pave the road to a brighter future. With a devotion that will never fade, we honor every undying spirit of loyalty. I believe the opening chapters will draw huge traffic, because the story is even more explosive. [War of Resistance Espionage · History · Spy Thriller · Special Forces · No Female Lead · Power Struggle · No Ha 1.4kReads—Score—14d adds
- 113 War of Resistance: It Began When I Became Li Yunlong 抗战：从我变成李云龙开始 Reborn as Li Yunlong, now the director of a military clothing factory, he shows us how he deals devastating blows to the invaders on the battlefield of the war against Japan. “Everyone, listen up! The moment the guns start firing, the whole regiment follows my orders!” “Brigade commander, congratulations on your fortune!” 2.7kReads5.9Score10014d adds
- 114 One Thought to Life or Death 一念生杀 A century-old prominent family, a legacy of national and family hatred. A sudden death at a full-moon banquet, a terrifying disturbance in the manor in the dead of night, a sinister sacrifice in the ancestral hall... A string of murders begs the question: what earth-shattering secret lies behind them? In turbulent times, every step is difficult. Within the Shen family compound, the struggle for power rages. She yearns for freedom more than anything, yet chooses to bear the heaviest burden of fam 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 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 12Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 The War of Resistance: Starting by Wiping Out an Entire Japanese Battalion 抗战，从全歼鬼子大队开始 No System, no golden finger, no brainless wish fulfillment!!! On the snowbound Xuefeng Mountain in western Hunan, flames of war rage and shrapnel tears through the sky. Xiao Weiguo, a young man from modern times, transmigrates through time and becomes a second lieutenant platoon leader in the 74th Army. Leading a remnant force, he holds the last pass against the Japanese invaders. “When the bullets run out, fight with bayonets! When the bayonets break, bite them with your teeth!” On a battlefiel 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 117 Shadows and Spies: An Undercover Agent in the War of Resistance 暗影谍影：抗战卧底 From 1939 to 1944, the War of Resistance Against Japan entered a stalemate. In Central China, the Japanese military established its intelligence hub, the “Plum Blossom Bureau,” and colluded with the Wang Jingwei puppet regime to hunt down underground intelligence agents and destroy resistance organizations. At the same time, they secretly advanced “Operation Cold Star,” building hidden weapons depots and training agents in an attempt to completely blockade the resistance bases in Central China a 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 118 Broken Thorn 断刺 When the Japanese invaders strike, a rebellious young man runs away from home and is swept by the tides of history from one perilous situation to another. He maneuvers between military intelligence agents, underworld gangs, and Japanese spies; makes choices between conflicting beliefs; sacrifices love and friendship; and transforms as he grows through loneliness... 131Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 119 Glory in the Dust 尘埃里的荣耀 Anti-Japanese War spy intrigue + espionage, history + agents, powerful figures + power struggles, face-slapping Late autumn, 1948. The operations room of the Xuzhou Suppression Headquarters. Just as Section Chief Guo Zhun, a major general, reaches for the gun in his desk drawer, Shen Xingzhi, a special agent from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, walks in. He says he’s there for a cup of tea, but his eyes are fixed on Guo Zhun’s shoes. Hidden in the heel is a roll of microfilm that co 3.8kReads8.0Score29714d adds
- 120 War of Resistance: Starting in Western Hubei 抗战：从鄂西开始 [Battle of Zaoyi] + [Battle of Yichang] + [Aerial combat] + [Defense of Changsha] In 1940, smoke chokes the skies over the Battle of Zaoyi. The entire eastern Xiangyang front collapses, General Zhang Zizhong dies for his country, and the main Japanese force advances straight toward Yichang. Honghuatao, the western gateway to Hubei, is a vital route for the Japanese advance. The isolated 185th Division faces certain death, with no hope of reinforcements. The newly appointed division commander, Li 5.4kReads6.1Score23114d adds
- 121 No One Knows Your Name 你的名字无人知晓 This is a “book of darkness” for hardcore fans of historical spy fiction. If you’re hoping for someone to transmigrate or be reborn, or for a System that gives them cheat-like powers... there’s still time to leave. But if you long to sink into the real, filthy quagmire of espionage from 1930 to 1949, rife with conspiracies, schemes, and betrayal, and to witness with your own eyes how an ordinary man is forged by the Soviet NKVD into a nameless phantom, shaping the course of war from the shadows —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 King of Espionage: Four Identities, Dancing on the Blade's Edge in Shanghai 谍战之王四重身份上海滩刀尖跳舞 [Espionage + Feel-Good Power Fantasy + Multiple Heroines + Fourfold Identity] After I transmigrate to Shanghai, I take on four undercover identities: one with the Japanese army, one with 76, one with the Juntong, and one with the Red faction! On a stormy night, all four sides close in on me. With a gun pointed at my back, I use a single badge to drive off a Juntong sniper, talk circles around a 76 agent, and exploit the Japanese army’s power to break out of a deadly trap! Other people risk their —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 123 Smoke Over Daughter's Village 女儿寨烽烟 In 1938, the Japanese Army’s Cherry Blossom Task Force infiltrates the Wuling Mountains, coveting a secret map of the southwest’s defenses. The isolated Daughter’s Stockade is plunged overnight into a deadly world of espionage. The thousand-year-old stockade, guarded entirely by women, is suddenly breached by a young man carrying the secret map. Military Intelligence agents lie in wait, while a traitor within the stockade secretly colludes with the enemy. Poisonous fog, assassination, sowing dis 10.1kReads6.6Score1k14d adds
- 124 Shadow of Espionage: The Little Guy’s Reversal 谍影：小人物的逆袭 Modern-day criminal investigator Cao Ze wakes up to find himself a low-ranking policeman in Nanjing in 1937. War is about to break out, and his children are far away in Shanghai, with no one to look after them. To protect his loved ones, he uses his exceptional criminal profiling skills to enter the world of espionage, taking the codename “Blind Man.” From uncovering Japanese spy hideouts to rooting out traitors and quelling mutinies, he later becomes a puppet policeman and infiltrates enemy ran 10.1kReads7.3Score1.2k14d adds
- 125 King of Espionage: I Have a System That Automatically Completes Missions 谍战之王：我有任务自动完成系统 “I’m sorry, I really can’t take it anymore!” Xia Yiyang transmigrated to the Republican era with the ambition of becoming the king of espionage. But a day later, he broke down. His comrade was blown to pieces right beside him, leaving only a length of intestine draped over his shoulder. Bullets whizzed past his ears, leaving him deaf in both ears. Only then did he realize that he was nothing but a big talker. Before transmigrating, he was one, and after transmigrating, he still was. He was absol 86Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 126 I Killed a Tycoon from the Start, and the Red Army Recruited Me for Logistics 开局杀土豪，我被红军拉去搞后勤 [Logistics] [Farming] [War of Resistance] [Slow Burn] [No System] Chen Ping'an has transmigrated. Before transmigrating, he was a prospective civil servant in the 21st century who scored 82 on the exam. He choked to death while drinking water and became the lowest-ranking soul in the underworld. After transmigrating, he is the poorest tenant farmer at the foot of Jinggang Mountain in 1927, with a younger brother and sister to care for and barely a scrap of food in his belly. Other people transmi 421Reads6.3Score13514d adds
- 127 The Asia Express of the South Manchuria Railway 满铁亚细亚号特快 The Asia Express was a limited express train that ran between Dalian and Harbin from 1934 to 1945. With a top speed of 130 kilometers per hour, it was the fastest high-speed train of its time. Its carriages were packed with high-ranking Japanese and puppet-state officials, as well as spies from China, Japan, and Russia. The Asia Express: half the history of espionage in Manchukuo! 30Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Espionage: From the Start, I Wiped Out a Japanese Squad! 谍战：开局血洗日军小分队！ When Chen Qun woke up, artillery was roaring and the Japanese forces were attacking fiercely, about to break through our army's defenses! Damn! He had actually transmigrated into the War of Resistance! In that case, he might as well stay and wipe out every last Japanese soldier! 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Taking a Library to Fight the Japanese 带着图书馆去抗日 As a transmigrator, Zhu Han arrives in China's darkest, most desperate period of resistance against the Japanese. No System, no golden finger, no beginner's gift pack. But that's fine. What if I have a library in my head? Scared yet? Not scared? Then let me show you the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, the Type 56 assault rifle, the PKM, and the rocket launcher. What? Still not scared? Let me introduce you to the Type 59 tanks rolling across the ground, the MiGs flying overhead, and the aircraft ca 12Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 130 From Rank-and-File Soldier to Nation Builder! 开局大头兵的我，参加建国了！ [No System + no glorification of war + realistic + passionate growth + comrades forged in battle] When he was called Gouwa, all he wanted was to escape his mountain village. By the time he was called Chen Song, he was carrying the fate of his entire squad on his shoulders! Inspired by Battalion Commander Zhao, Chen Song resolutely said goodbye to his family and embarked on the revolutionary path. He grew from a naive recruit into a capable soldier, maturing quickly through the pain of losing his 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: I Can Summon Modern Talent 穿越民国：我能召唤现代人才 Sacrifice the souls of Japanese devils to summon modern-day experts: soldiers, teachers, college students, scientists, engineers, weapons specialists, aircraft designers, nuclear energy experts, and many more... 2Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 132 Fight, Fight, Fight! Beat That Traitor to a Pulp 打打打，打你个大汉奸 On New Year’s Eve, the notorious traitor Chen Biao was killed while performing ancestral rites at home. A note was left beside him, bearing the words: “Victory in the War of Resistance is certain. May China endure forever.” Fight the Japanese invaders and eliminate traitors. Operation Code Cobra is about to begin...! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 Promoted Five Ranks at Once? The Principal Says That’s How Huangpu Should Be 连升五级？校长说黄埔就该如此 (This book has been rewritten in earnest, starting from the First Class at Whampoa. If you’re interested, you can check out the new version: War of Resistance: The Whampoa First Class Prodigy) [Republican Era] + [Whampoa] + [No-Mercy Cannon from the Start] + [Father and Son Both Attend Whampoa] [The whole point is to get to work as soon as you transmigrate!] [The principal says that if Wang Han wins the January 28 Incident, he can be promoted five ranks in a row, going from company commander to 7.1kReads—Score24814d adds
- 134 Transmigrating to 1937: Taking Out the Vanguard from the Start 穿越1937：开局干掉先锋队 [Alternate-History War Epic] [System] The land is shattered and the nation faces disaster. Traitors within aid the enemy, while invaders from abroad burn, kill, and plunder. Song Zhong transmigrates to a parallel world just as his squad is bombed by enemy forces. His comrades lie in pools of blood, and he is on the brink of death. The officer wants to kill me? I’ll strike first! The traitors want to surrender to the enemy? I’ll clean house! You want to attack Nanjing? Then I’ll take Suzhou and c 52Reads—Score—14d adds
- 135 A Tangled Web of Espionage: I’ll Be the Ninth of the Eight Guardians! 谍综重重：八大金刚我行九！ [From Juntong bigwig Brother Jiu to Marquis Ju, and then to Springtime in Hong Kong!] [Female lead Li Ningyu + turning Japanese loyalists into capable servants] Everyone knows that Dai Li’s most capable men in the Lixing Society are known as the Eight Vajras. But who says the Eight Vajras can’t have a ninth member? Here he comes, walking straight toward you! The Nationalist government’s intelligence community’s god of fortune! A trusted confidant of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Army, 20.9kReads7.5Score2.1k14d adds
- 136 The Hidden Sentry 暗哨 On the eve of the Liaoshen Campaign, a sleeper agent who had been silent for years awakens inside the Kuomintang's Northeastern secret service. Surrounded by treacherous Military Statistics Bureau agents, gang leaders straddling the line between respectable and criminal, and prominent Shengjing women whose loyalties are hard to read, he must maneuver alone through threats from every side, hidden in the shadows as he shines a bloodstained beam of light on the city's liberation... 4.6kReads8.9Score32314d adds
- 137 Twin Blades: Impostors in the Demon Cave 双星齐刃：魔窟伪装者 After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1945, Liu Mingzhang, a secret Communist Party member codenamed Qiming, and Zheng Yaoxian, codenamed Kite, navigate the treacherous environment of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. With intelligence and courage, they pass along information and match wits with their foes. After a series of grueling challenges and brushes with death, they obtain vital intelligence and help the organization strike at the enemy. At last, they witne 223Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 138 Return to the Nest: Code Name Lone Goose 归巢：代号孤雁 In 1946, during the Central Plains Breakout, dawn rose red with blood. Lu Huaijin, our Party’s top undercover agent, codenamed “Lone Goose,” carried a top-secret list that held the lives of hundreds of comrades. Amid the chaos, he lost contact with his only superior, “Star Shepherd,” and vanished without a trace. Within the organization, his file was stamped “suspected defector” and sealed away in a fog of uncertainty. Twelve years later, in 1958, an old-fashioned coded message that seemed to be 26Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 139 Night Hawk: Espionage in Shanghai from Five Factions 夜鹰，五方谍战上海滩 He is the manager of a trading company in the foreign concessions, a smooth and well-connected socialite, a codebreaking expert courted by the Military Statistics Bureau, a welcome guest at No. 76, and even a sworn brother to a Green Gang boss. Beneath all those layers of disguise, he has only one true identity: an underground Communist Party operative, codenamed “Night Hawk.” Shanghai in 1941 is an isolated island, but it's also a living hell. The Japanese collaborators, the Special Higher Poli 6.5kReads7.2Score48314d adds
- 140 Secret War in the Republic of China: The Judge of the Underworld 民国暗战之阎罗判官 In a turbulent era of national crisis, there are traitors and lackeys, but even more people of conscience. Faced with hardship, some profit from the nation’s suffering, while others accept things as they are. Yet there are still people with unwavering faith who disregard their own gain and loss. For the first glimmer of dawn in the darkness, they willingly step into the shadows, becoming judges of the underworld whom their enemies fear at the mere mention. The protagonist works undercover at fir 152Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Intelligence Codename: I Am Candle Shadow 谍报代号我是烛影 He is the Chen family’s only son, a wealthy young master, fluent in several languages, a top expert, and equipped with memories from his rebirth and a portable pocket dimension. On the surface, he is a carefree playboy. Inside, he is a soldier driven by urgency and guilt after being reborn. He plays a multifaceted spy while cultivating ties with all sides. Love of country and family: the romance and moving spirit of a “lone hero.” 95Reads6.5Score1314d adds
- 142 You Were Supposed to Infiltrate, Not Become a Japanese Colonel! 让你潜伏，没让你当鬼子大佐呀！ [Smart Protagonist]+ [Corrupting the Japanese Army]+ [Decisive and Ruthless]+ [Master of Disguise] Transmigrate into a Japanese cannon-fodder soldier on the Songhu battlefield? No problem, I have a complete knowledge of history! A lost little agent from the Military Statistics Bureau infiltrates the Japanese army, planning to keep his head down until victory. Instead, he kills a sergeant, sells weapons, passes along intelligence, and accidentally becomes a Japanese general. Director Dai of the M 5.1kReads6.1Score33414d adds
- 143 The Beacon-Fire Plains 烽火平原 The twenty-sixth year of the Republic, by the Yong'an River in eastern Henan. A time of chaos is coming. Japanese invaders draw ever closer, the country lies in ruins, and the people in the countryside struggle to survive from one day to the next. Sixteen-year-old Chen Zhe is an ordinary village boy who tends sheep by the river. But when the nightmare of war arrives, he watches his homeland trampled and his neighbors abused. Every man has a duty, and even a commoner dares to take up a blade. Wit 1.4kReads6.9Score12514d adds
- 144 War of Resistance: With a Holographic Battle Map, I Lead the Sichuan Army to Victory 抗战：全息战图，我带川军杀疯了 [No female lead + cathartic resistance-war story + unbreakable brotherhood + victory against the odds + characters with brains] Peacekeeping soldier Gu Yan transmigrates to a battlefield in the War of Resistance against Japan and awakens a holographic battle map. As the Japanese launch their fifth assault, the company commander raises his gun and roars, “Sichuan-born soldiers die with their boots planted right here!” “Who says we can only sit here and wait to die?!” Once the holographic battle m 176Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 When the Strange Descend: My Fake Human Guardian Spirit 诡异降临之我的伪人保家仙 (No System, no overpowered protagonist. The focus is on plot and human nature, not formulaic wish fulfillment.) (The protagonist grows and changes as his experiences shape him.) (An ensemble story, with every character given a distinct personality and room to change through their experiences.) [Ghost taming + ghost eating + a strong opening + high-stakes action + battles of wits] December 21, 2012. That was the day the world seemed to have an irreversible switch flipped. Strange phenomena and ee 66Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 A Nation's Shame and a Family's Feud: I Became Grandpa's Guard 国仇家恨：我当爷爷警卫员 [Patriotic spirit + war of resistance without a System + transmigration + spycraft + political career + face-slapping] Heroes have never vanished. They have simply chosen to stand beyond the light, hidden deep in history. Looking back at these stories, we see the immortal secret of a nation that grows stronger through every tribulation. Writing these stories, every stroke of the pen traces the spiritual totem of a nation that endures through the ages. When the motherland calls, they write their 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 Espionage: Armed with the Death Note, I Went on a Killing Spree 谍战：手握死亡笔记，直接杀疯了 Su Ming transmigrates to the War of Resistance era and becomes a Juntong agent undercover at No. 76, codenamed Hades. From the start, he obtains a Death Note and launches a merciless killing spree! The director of No. 76: Who on earth is Hades? Why can he kill whoever he wants, while we’re completely powerless to stop him? The chief of the Special Higher Police: Damn it! We have to find Hades, or I’ll end up like the previous chiefs, giving my life for His Majesty the Emperor. But I don’t want t 8Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 148 Espionage: Codename Flying Eagle, The Japanese Invaders Are Terrified 谍战：代号飞鹰，小鬼子吓哭了 [Brave and resourceful | The turbulent Republic of China era | Deep sibling bonds | Brother doting on his sister | One female lead | Spy warfare System | Cunning and calculating | Saving the nation and its people | Anti-Japanese espionage | No. 76 | Special High Police | Military Statistics Bureau | Underground Party] In 1940, the nation was in turmoil. The flames of resistance against Japan had reached their height, and Shanghai had become a living hell of espionage. The Wang Jingwei regime’s 36.6kReads7.4Score3.1k14d adds
- 149 The Death Banner: The Iron-Blooded Sichuan Army 死字旗：铁血川军 [Homegrown Military Industry + Overseas Expansion + Currency Wars + Great-Power Rivalries] Chen Feng starts in 1938, when the entire army at Teng County is wiped out. After saving the army commander, he joins the 47th Army of the Sichuan Army from the start. No System, no foreknowledge, no dumbing down, and no cheat abilities! All he has is modern knowledge of military industry, and a band of Sichuan Army brothers armed with old rifles, wearing straw sandals, and carrying flags bearing the chara 7.4kReads7.5Score59314d adds
- 150 Undercover: Echoes from a Lonely Island 潜伏之孤岛余声 In 1949, the Taiwan Strait is lashed by fierce winds and towering waves. Yu Zecheng, a Communist underground agent codenamed Emei Peak, has no time to savor the joy of victory before Wu Jingzhong forces him aboard a ship bound for Keelung. Behind him lies a homeland he never had the chance to say goodbye to; ahead is an isolated island rife with hidden currents. Under the watchful eye of his former superior, Wu Jingzhong, and hunted by the bloodthirsty secret agent Li Zixuan, he resumes his life 3.3kReads6.9Score15114d adds
