Novels like Li Ying in Republican-Era China: Winning Big, Again and Again
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Li Ying in Republican-Era China: Winning Big, Again and Again, best match first.
- 101 Transmigrated to Live Through the War: The Great Victory at Wanjialing 穿越，亲历抗战之万家岭大捷 Xijiang, a modern-day writer, transmigrates by accident to Nanchang in 1938. He not only experiences firsthand the brilliant victory at Wanjialing, where Chinese forces encircle and annihilate the Japanese Army’s 106th Division, but also tries to use his knowledge and perspective from the future to decipher Japanese intelligence. In the lulls between this brutal yet glorious battle, he records the valor of the soldiers fighting Japan, the cruelty of war, and the preciousness of peace. He is a pa —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 Northeastern Warlord: Slaughtering Japanese Invaders from the Start 东北军阀，开局就乱杀倭寇 [War of Resistance]+ [Struggle for supremacy]+ [Late Qing and Republican eras]+ [If they won’t yield, fight them. Kill, kill, kill!] Zhao Zhenhua transmigrated to a parallel version of Northeast China, where his very first battle ended with the extermination of the bandits who had attacked a village. “Ding! Fourteen enemies eliminated. Reward: 140 million!” With a wave of his hand, he brought a “factory producing ten thousand rifles” up to full capacity, building the strongest iron-blooded force 11Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 103 A Certain Secret 密某 - Lin Man (Lin Chuyao), heroine: A popular singer at the Paramount Ballroom who passes intelligence during performances and secretly rescues captured comrades. - Gu Yu, hero: A senior executive at HSBC who uses financial dealings as cover for assassination missions for the Military Statistics Bureau. - The spark that ignites the conflict: Japanese officer Sato is assassinated, an underground Communist Party meeting place is exposed, and both of them are suspected of leaking secrets. - Gu Yu is o 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 104 War of Resistance: From the Start, I Land a Critical Hit on a Japanese Bitch 抗战：开局暴击女八嘎 My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 105 The War of Resistance's Greatest Logistics Tycoon 抗战最强后勤商人 Li Yunlong: Old Xu, the Japanese are sweeping through the area again. What do we do? Xu Fei: We roll right over them! Li Yunlong: Er Biao’s Second Battalion only killed 200 Japanese soldiers this month. What do you think… Xu Fei: Dock their performance pay! The author will tell an unconventional version of Liang Jian in a different way. This book is incredibly vivid. Buckle up while reading, and try looking at things from a different perspective! 4Reads8.3Score—14d adds
- 106 A Heroic War of Resistance: From Useless Young Marshal to East Asia's Overlord 铁血抗战：从废物少帅到东亚霸主 What kind of terrifying soul lives inside this body that was once called trash? They don't know that it is Ying Zheng, the First Emperor of Qin, who swept across the Six Kingdoms and united the land! He once unified the world. Now, with the soul of the Great Qin Emperor, he will set this realm right again. The stronger the enemy, the more the imperial soul blazes. The humiliation of being cast into the dirt will be repaid a hundredfold. 518Reads—Score10914d adds
- 107 Empire: I'm a Warlord, So What's Wrong with Being Arrogant? 帝国：我做军阀，嚣张点怎么了？ Lu Yulin is eating hot pot and bragging away when, suddenly, he's gone. He transmigrates to another world torn apart by warlords and rival nations, where the former loser finds himself reborn as a warlord's son. From the start, he gets an enhanced German division to make a show of force, plus an arms factory. The young marshal, once dismissed as a useless “Adou” who only knew how to squander his inheritance, sheds his reputation as a good-for-nothing. He builds a powerful army and develops indus 716Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 108 War of Resistance: I, Chu Yunfei, Have God’s-Eye View 抗战：我楚云飞有上帝视角 [Light System] + [War of Resistance] + [Rapid Promotion] + [Clever Protagonist] + [Pure Power Fantasy] + [Large-Scale Battles] The protagonist transmigrates into Chu Yunfei at the start of the War of Resistance. Armed with an all-knowing perspective, he rises amid the chaos of war and grows into a legendary god of war. 71Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 109 The Guerrilla Unit Behind Enemy Lines: The Timid Li Daring 敌后武工队：胆小的李大胆 A car mechanic accidentally transmigrates to the enemy's rear in the Taihang Mountains in 1942. His name is Li Dadan, but he was born timid, and even the sound of gunfire makes his heart race. When enemy troops sweep through the village, smoke fills the air and danger closes in. Terrified, he instinctively raises a hand to block. An invisible force suddenly bursts forth, and the attackers collapse on the spot. 199Reads—Score16014d adds
- 110 Reborn in Huangpu: I'm the Real Lucky Star 重生黄埔，我才是福将 [The rating is low because the book just launched, but it’ll go up later. Give it a try!] Born in 1907, amid the final, turbulent years of the Qing dynasty, I came into the world with top-tier luck, my fortune stat maxed out! At three, I slipped and fell into the deep sea. Everyone thought I was done for, but a dolphin pushed me back to shore, earning me the nickname “the child blessed by the Sea God” around the neighborhood. At eight, I snuck into a casino and won so much that the house started 10.9kReads8.1Score19614d adds
- 111 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
- 112 War of Resistance: I Summon a Million-Strong Army with the System 抗战：我靠系统召唤百万雄师 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 56Reads—Score—14d adds
- 113 A Lone Army Heading North: Starting with a Single Gun 孤军向北：从一把枪开始 When Taiyuan falls, a promise and a debt of gratitude send him north against the tide. He never meant to be a hero, but he’s forced to take charge of a guerrilla unit that knows how to farm but not how to fight. “I’m going to teach you two things: how to kill the Japanese, and how to make it back alive.” Farmers, workers, soldiers, doctors, orphans, puppet policemen, black-market traders… A group of ordinary people who should have passed each other by are brought together by him amid the flames 7.6kReads7.1Score78814d adds
- 114 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—14d adds
- 115 Bloodbath at the Liu Family Stronghold 血洗刘家寨 Deep in the Taihang Mountains, more than fifty households and a hundred or two people from Liu Family Village fought a desperate battle against a Japanese army company. This is the tragic and heroic story of their final stand, in which both sides perished. How can we put love before vengeance for our families and our country? We fear neither life nor death. We fight only to reclaim our land. 326Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 116 Before the 1936 Battle of Shanghai 1936年淞沪会战前 An ordinary modern man steps into a grove to relieve himself. When he comes back out, everything has changed. He has transmigrated to the outskirts of Shanghai in 1936, just as the full-scale war of resistance is about to begin. What should he do? As a modern man, he won't hesitate to use his knowledge to strike at the Japanese invaders... 325Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 117 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
- 118 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
- 119 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—14d adds
- 120 Forged in Blood and Iron: From the Long March to Defending the Nation 铁血铸红星：从长征到国疆 Modern soldier-king Lin Jun transmigrates to the harshest years of the Long March. Starting with the bloody battle at the Xiang River, he uses tactics and training from a more advanced era to forge an invincible iron army. His military exploits are illustrious, and none can compare to his service to the nation. This is the union of the ultimate one-man fighter and the greatest army, a thrilling life spent expanding the nation’s territory with no regrets! 2.7kReads6.6Score12214d adds
- 121 Guardian Yuan Gen 护院长根 #Comeback Power Fantasy #False Identity #Commoner in a Chaotic Era #Multiple Heroines #Republican-Era Power Fantasy In the chaos of the Republican era, Li Changgen, a lowly guard at a landlord’s estate, flees in the dead of night! As warlords battle across the land, the head of the local security corps escapes with his whole family, leaving behind an empty mansion. Li Changgen poses as a special envoy from the provincial capital and slips inside. From then on, he sets out on the path to becoming 604Reads7.7Score10914d adds
- 122 The Turbulent Republic: Chasing the Light 民国风云之逐光 A modern young man’s soul travels back to the Republic of China. He witnesses the changing times and the hardships faced by ordinary people at the bottom of society. Determined to make something of himself, he maneuvers among the great figures of the era and carves out a new world, all to pursue a ray of light in a China shrouded in darkness! 415Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 123 A Steel-Strong Russia, and You Call It Flabby? 铁打的俄国，你说是虚胖？ I am the legitimate son of one of the Russian Empire’s most powerful aristocratic families. In my previous life, I watched the First World War erupt, the Romanov dynasty fall, and my homeland collapse, until I met a tragic end. Fortune gave me another chance before the war. Armed with memories of the future, I cut through the corruption and chaos at court, reformed the country’s ills, and put the army in order. I plan carefully at every turn, doing everything I can to avert disaster, save Rus 22Reads—Score11814d adds
- 124 The Mountain Forest Resistance Unit 山林抗联队 For generations, the Su family had reclaimed land, farmed, gathered ginseng in the mountains, and hunted here. After three generations of hard work, they became a wealthy household renowned throughout the region. But 1900 was a turbulent year. Using the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion as an excuse, Tsarist Russia sent 170,000 troops to invade the Northeast, burning, killing, looting, and committing every kind of atrocity. Shoushan, General of Heilongjiang, died in battle. Qiqihar and Harbin f 2kReads—Score12114d adds
- 125 The Iron-Blooded Northeast Army: The Soul of Resistance on the Black Soil 铁血东北军黑土抗战魂 2.8kReads6.9Score14614d adds
- 126 Transmigrated to 1937: I Became the Enemy's Worst Nightmare 穿越1937：我杀成了敌人梦魇 [Transmigrate + System + lone wolf + cold-blooded + ruthless] No mindless plot, no self-righteous saint. I dedicate this book to the martyrs who once gave their lives for the peace we enjoy today! Qin Qi transmigrates to the tragic, chaotic year of 1937. The first thing he sees is the horrific aftermath of Japanese soldiers massacring his entire village. Burning with rage, Qin Qi vows to wipe out every enemy. No weapons? Go take them from the enemy! No food? Go get it from the enemy! No supplies 730Reads7.3Score11614d adds
- 127 Old Dreams, Tangled Vines 缠藤旧梦 A tycoon rich enough to rival a nation, a powerful official’s son with influence over the court, a superstar adored by the masses, and a Middle Eastern king who owns vast oil reserves. With love and hate intertwined, and old dreams ensnaring her like vines, where will she go? 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 128 Transmigrating to 1935: War System 穿越1935之战争系统 He arrives in 1935 in another world with a War System: raise troops, seize money, mine, sell medicine, wipe out the Central Army. Whatever makes money, he does; whatever brings fun, he does. The Japanese devils think he’s Li Chuangwang, while he treats them as experience points. The elite troops directly under his command are all fiercely loyal. Others see them as a terrifying, unpredictable warlord army, but he welcomes them all. They want to plant spies in my troops? When I plant mine in yours 83Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 129 Global Mediator: My Rules Are the Rules! 全球调停：我的规矩就是规矩！ Cao Fan was a pipeline repairman dispatched to Africa by China Petroleum. In southern Chad, where fighting broke out constantly, he spent every day dealing with blown-up oil pipelines and couldn't take much more. Then the War Mediation System awakened: mediate conflicts to earn “Peace Points,” which could be exchanged for weapons and future technology. From then on, he embarked on a one-way path of “using war to end war.” Wherever there was conflict, Cao Fan was sure to be there. “You refuse med 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 War of Resistance Sign-In: From the Start, I Defeat the Japanese Invaders with Virtue 抗战签到：开局以德服人灭日寇 In 1937, Zhao Zheng opened his eyes to a Japanese soldier's bayonet plunging toward him. In his previous life, he was an air pistol coach who had placed in national competitions. In this life, he opened his eyes with a gun still in his hand. At the brink of life and death, the System activated. On his first day of sign-in, he received a Mauser 98K. A German-equipped assault squad stood ready, and military combat skills flooded his mind in an instant. He climbed out of the pool of blood, raise 289Reads—Score10114d adds
- 131 War Against Japan: The Road to Annihilation 抗日：灭国之路 Wei Mingyang: Special Operations Forces He vanished in front of his fellow soldiers while on a mission. After transmigrating to a battlefield, he began with a defensive campaign and wrote a blazing tale of war. 15Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 132 Spy War, 1942 谍战，1942 In 1942, Shanghai gasps for breath beneath the Japanese army's iron heel. Ace agent Lin Manli, codenamed "Celadon," is trapped in the infamous Japanese-run Bureau 76 and subjected to torture. With no way out, she not only uses her life as bait to set a daring rescue in motion, but also reveals a secret that tears the enemy apart: the wife of Matsumoto, head of the Japanese military's Special Services Agency, is a deep-cover agent codenamed "Lone Lamp." After escaping, the badly wounded "Celadon" 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 133 It Was Supposed to Be a Healing Game, but the Whole Internet Wept Through the Long Night 说好治愈游戏，全网哭崩在长夜 [Game Design] [Behind-the-Scenes] [Ensemble Livestream] [Heartbreaking Yet Healing] On Blue Star, entertainment reigns supreme, and history has been forgotten and left to gather dust. Shen Zhixia, a down-on-his-luck game designer, awakens the Civilization Echo System and unveils a VR blockbuster called Snowfield under the banner of "healing snow viewing." Top-tier star streamers click in with smiles, then burst into tears and beg to go home the very next second! Random identities from the start: 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 The Red Star Shines Across the Land 红星耀山河 [The Red Army, the Long March, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Self-Defense Counterattack, Building a New China] In 2025, programmer Lin Chaoyang has hit rock bottom. He wakes up in northern Guizhou in early 1935, where a Red Army unit nurses him back to health. Transmigration has not only carried him into another era, it has also awakened his dormant potential: superb combat skills, exceptional battlefield first aid and sniping talents, an 374Reads6.3Score34414d adds
- 135 Are You Militia or Regular Army? 你是民兵还是主力团 Wang Lianhu arrives in Shanxi during the War of Resistance. How can an ordinary person fight the Japanese? Naturally, with math and science, and, more importantly, by putting the hard-won experience of those who came before to use: tunnel warfare, mine warfare, guerrilla warfare. He'll use them all. 11.5kReads8.2Score73614d adds
- 136 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—Score10314d adds
- 137 DD Wei's Second Book DD伟的第2本书 My new work is here! Feel free to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I will do my best to tell every story well! 22Reads—Score10214d adds
- 138 Bright Sword: Building an Arsenal, This Firepower Is a Bit Much 亮剑：打造兵工厂，这火力有点猛 He transmigrates into the war-torn era of the world of "Drawing Sword", becoming Li Yunlong’s direct superior. As the full-scale war breaks out, the land of China enters its darkest hour. With the arrival of his golden finger, a formidable force descends like soldiers from heaven. The weapons and equipment they produce are unlike anything anyone has ever seen... 32Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 139 I Transmigrate into War Movies and Can Resurrect Infinitely 穿越抗战电影之我能无限复活 War of Resistance + Battle of Songhu + System minimap + leveling and upgrades + wish fulfillment + spin-off of film and television works + no female lead “An omniscient minimap! Data-driven aiming, level-ups and full upgrades for every enemy killed, and resurrection after death! This System is pretty comprehensive!” A surge of excitement welled up inside Lin Feng, as if his bloodline had suddenly awakened. When he opened his eyes again, they gleamed with murderous intent. “Kill the Japanese! Lev 758Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 140 War Against Japan: Flames of 1933 抗日峰火1933 In the first month of 1933, Japanese invaders suddenly attacked Rehe Province. The three Niu brothers from Niujia Yu in Rehe heroically resisted the invaders, setting off a series of events. The story portrays both the darkness of society at the time and the bonds between brothers. Through the circumstances of one small family and the lives of ordinary people, it reflects the desperate struggles of the common folk in those exceedingly difficult times. 2.8kReads7.0Score20914d adds
- 141 Half a System Takes on the World 半个系统闯人间 In troubled times, human lives are as worthless as grass; in peaceful times, people are as insignificant as ants. The protagonist, Lin Le, transmigrates to the Songhu battlefield and becomes a Nationalist soldier. He fights desperately to kill the enemy, but can't change the tide. He retreats all the way to Nanjing, then flees from place to place before being tricked into joining the Juntong secret service's Linli training class... 60Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 142 Bright Sword: Undefeated in a Hundred Battles from Cangyun Ridge to Kyushu Island 亮剑从苍云岭到九州岛百战百胜 I’m Li Yunlong, the commander of the New First Regiment in Drawing Sword, and also Li Yunlong, a military industry expert from the 21st century. From northwest Shanxi to the Korean Peninsula, from small arms to Miss Qiu. 150Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 143 Springtime in Taiyuan: A Pledge of Loyalty to the President 太原之春：向总统阁下献上忠诚 [Military Coup from the Start] [Career-Focused] [Crush the Japanese and Dominate] [Not a Traditional Setting, Not Following Historical Events] He transmigrates to a world much like the Republic of China and becomes an officer under the Jin Army. But unlike in his own world, no great leader ever emerged here. To keep our people from suffering, and to bring the red tide back, the Spring of Taiyuan begins. Loyalty! We will once again stand at the pinnacle of the world's nations. 456Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 The Brothers-in-Arms of the Defeated Soldiers in the Flames of the War Against Japan 抗日烽火之溃兵兄弟情 In the 16th year of the Republic, Zhang Zongchang, the military governor of Shandong, fought a fierce battle against Feng Yuxiang’s Second Army Group in Lanfeng, Henan. The protagonist, a fourteen-year-old boy, is forcibly conscripted and separated from his parents and younger sister. This is the story of how he grows from a naive boy into a staunch anti-Japanese soldier, with a band of brothers who never abandon one another. 15.5kReads7.5Score1.1k14d adds
- 145 I Transmigrated, but Got the Hearts of Iron System 穿越，但是钢铁雄心系统 Hearts of Iron IV + Millennium Dawn mod Technology + fantasy + magic + superpowers + the uncanny + Cthulhu + subversion of tropes A world of top-tier technology, born beneath the game’s “console,” becomes intertwined with a world from the previous century and a vast civilization of immortal cultivators. As the will of a civilization embodied by the United Earth Government, a world with boundless industry and an overwhelming technological advantage, they will defeat powerful foes with a well-deve 2.3kReads5.6Score17314d adds
- 146 1910: Blood and Iron in Yunnan, Nearly Starved to Death from the Start 1910铁血滇云，开局差点饿死 [Warlords of the Republic of China + Building his own power + A military-industrial tycoon transmigrates + Yunnan Army] After waking up, military-industrial tycoon Tang Qi finds himself transmigrated to the early years of the Republic of China. Using the Yunnan Army as his foundation, he establishes a Southwestern United Government and develops at breakneck speed between the two great powers of the foreign nations and the Beiyang Government. A Republic-era warlord story unlike any other. 2.4kReads6.0Score11014d adds
- 147 Absolute Defense: The Iron Fortress 绝对防御，钢铁地堡 Military technician Chen Mo opens his eyes and finds himself trapped on a battlefield engulfed in flames. His comrades’ bodies are still warm, enemy bayonets drip with blood, and shrapnel has torn open his leg. He lies helpless on scorched earth, waiting to die. Just as a bayonet thrusts toward him, the [Absolute Defense System] roars to life! An underground steel bunker rises from the ground, and automated turrets guard the entrance. Hot food rolls off the conveyor belt, while a medical pod 31Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 148 Green Laurel Is Rome 绿罗也是罗马 My laid-back life is over for good. Somehow, I’ve ended up in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire. I was already a terrible student, and now the empire is in its final years. How can I save the country without a cheat? (The setup at the beginning is extremely complicated, so it’s recommended to start with Volume Three.) 516Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 149 A German Regimental Commander's System-Fueled Comeback in 1945 1945德军团长的系统逆袭 My new work is out! You’re welcome to read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 18Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 150 A Corporate Drone in the Great Qing: Peaceful Chicken Warriors 我在大清当社畜之核平精英 Ji Canghai thought the hardest part about transmigrating to the late Qing dynasty would be dealing with the foreign powers and the Qing court, until he saw his teammates: The assassin went to Siberia and became a commander; the political commissar joined the Qing court and became obsessed with getting promoted; the psychological warfare expert started telling Native Americans that a single spark can start a prairie fire. Their robotic dogs and drones transformed the battlefield, making artillery 56Reads—Score—14d adds
