The past flowed through Paul's mind like a tidal wave, awakening his attachment to life and his loved ones.
Fifteen years ago, Paul was 16 years old. With his mother working as a cook in the house of the mayor, Rishinsky, and his older brother, Artyom, a straight-laced railroad worker, the shadow of poverty and hunger hangs over the family. For the sake of amusement, Rishinsky's son Viktor asks Paul to jump from a bridge into a river for three coins. In order to get the coins to subsidize the family, Paul really jumped from the bridge at the risk of his life, but when he found Viktor to ask for the money, but Viktor falsely accused him of robbing the money of the hooligans. Paul could not help himself and beat Viktor severely. The town doctor Tumenov's daughter, Tonya, saw this and was very angry with Paul. The Germans occupied Shepetovka, and Rishinsky led the town in welcoming the Germans into the city. Paul, who was working as an apprentice in the bakery, sprinkled cigarette smoke in the bread offered to the Germans by the mayor. The Germans make a fool of themselves and Paul is whipped for it. Tonya comes to Paul's house to dress his wound instead of her father, and is attracted to this wild and brave young man, but Paul, who is stubborn, does not want to talk to her.
Rishinsky holds a grand ball at his home to entertain German Colonel Claire. Paul steals the Colonel's pistol and hides it in an abandoned brick kiln, which Tonya discovers. Fearing further disaster for Paul, Tonya follows him to the brick kiln and secretly removes the pistol after he leaves and hides it in her house.
Paul goes to work at the hotel owned by his boss, Prokhor, and witnesses the boss oppressing the female workers and handing them over to German soldiers to be ruined. Paul beats up Prokhor and saves Frosia, a female worker who is about to throw herself into the river.
The partisans sent Juhle to Shepetovka to lead railroad workers in sabotaging German ammunition shipments. The tall, lanky sailor and Artyom were frequent visitors and became good friends with Paul. Juchlai taught Paul boxing and fighting, and also often explained the revolution to Paul. Under his arrangement, Paul went to work as an electrician in a railroad locomotive factory.
In Tonya's inner world, Paul was a fan. His appearance makes her surprised to see another kind of life. She told her father about her love for Paul. Dr. Tumenov did not stop his daughter's choice, while her mother had a son-in-law in mind, and Paul's appearance worried her a lot.
Paul in front of Tonya's passion gradually put down the original reserve and began to fall in love with this beautiful girl, he told Tonya all his secrets without reservation, but also brought her to the workers, introduced to his friends. His good friend Seryozha, however, is very unimpressed with Tonya.
The Germans withdrew. Before the townspeople could rejoice, the Petliura bandits came back like a whirlwind. They burned, looted and plundered, and Ricinski's gang colluded with them. Zhuhai was arrested, and on the way to the escort met Paul. Paul bravely wounded the escorting bandits and saved Juchlai. But Viktor ratted on him and Paul was taken to prison and tortured.
Petliura was to personally review his troops, and the infantry commander had the prison cleared, but Paul cleverly escaped from the bandits. Tonya enthusiastically covers him and lets him stay at her house to recover, but Paul is not willing to stay in hiding. He told Tonya that he wanted to leave home to join the Red Army. On the eve of their parting, the lovers expressed their love for each other and their determination not to let each other down.
Paul finds his way to the Red Army Cavalry Regiment, and is unhappy when he is assigned by the regimental commander to be the propaganda wagon leader - the assistant to the instructor, Lida. Lida is a shrewd and capable woman with a high level of political training and culture, and Paul learns a lot from her. During a reconnaissance mission, Paul's firm composure and doggedness impressed Lida, making her impressed with the New World warrior beside her, who did not like to answer to women.
The ferocious bandit leader Gurobe hunted down underground party members in the town before the arrival of the Red Army. Jukhleh organized a failed jailbreak, Dunya's father Dr. Tumanov was killed by Jimbo in an assassination attempt, and Seryozha's sister Varya, who had secretly sent information to the guerrillas, was also hanged in the square in front of the public by Gurobe. Gurobor, enraged, forced Dunya's mother and daughter to stand on the bleachers to watch the whole process of hanging, and Dunya fainted on the spot.
All this was seen by Paul, who blended into the crowd on a reconnaissance mission.
The Red Army liberated Paul's hometown, but Tonya, in a trance, left the city in a carriage with another man under her mother's careful arrangement. Paul was very sad to see Tonya go.
Paul leaves his hometown of Shepetovka with his army, and his good friend Seryozha joins the Red Army, which makes Paul's mood, which has become heavy because of Tonya, gradually brighten up.
Chuzhanin, the political commissar of the cavalry regiment, is a selfish and sinister man who often pesters Lida. Once, when he was drunk and broke into Lida's tent to force molestation, he was found by Paul and severely beaten. Lida was very grateful to Paul, and then also developed a love for Paul. The next day, the chief of the regiment asks about the beating in front of the line, but the whole group of soldiers prevaricates. Chuzhanin was transferred and Lida became the regimental commissar.
The enemy was about to collapse on all fronts, and the superiors asked the cavalry regiment to cooperate in the battle to cross the river. The regimental commander designed to transfer two battalions of fighters to feign a frontal attack by the main force to draw off enemy fire, with Paul and Seryozha among them. Lida, knowing that these fighters sent will be all sacrificed, strongly urges to go with them. On the eve of the battle, Lida took Paul long to the birch forest, she could not restrain her youthful impulse to kiss Paul for the first time.
The battle went very grueling, and Paul showed great valor. Unfortunately, he was hit by an enemy bullet and his life was in danger. Just as the doctors were about to issue a death notice, he miraculously came back to life.
The nurse who took care of him was Frosia, the hotel maid who was saved by him. In his coma, Paul thinks of Frosia as Lida and keeps calling out her name. Frosia restrained herself from Paul's beautiful feelings, consciously acted as the role of "Lida" and transfused her own blood to Paul. On the day Paul removed the gauze from his eyes, he saw a letter from Frosia telling him that she had left the hospital to join the Red Army.
Paul was discharged from the hospital and went to Lida's apartment, where he was surprised to see Lida cuddling with a young man whose last name was also "Uskinovich". Paul misunderstood that Lida already had a husband, and without saying anything, he turned around and left Lida's house.
Paul was walking down the street, annoyed, when he saw Zhukhrai's name on a Soviet action bulletin posted on the street. He approached Juhlei and asked for a job, and Juhlei was overjoyed and immediately arranged for him to become a member of the Special Action Committee (Cheka).
Immediately there are days of tense meetings, and Paul learns that the fledgling Soviet regime is now facing serious counterrevolutionary subversion. To uncover an attempted bombing plot, Paul and several Cheka members disguise themselves as electricians and enter a special train for a Polish envoy. During the search, Paul accidentally meets Viktor's sister, Nelia, who is now a magnificent lady. When she recognizes the "cook's son," she is surprised that he is still so shabby after taking power. Paul asks her about Victor's whereabouts, causing Nellia to panic.
Paul is ordered to the prison to arraign the prisoners, and he spots Victor among those about to be shot. This shocked Paul. As expected, the "representative" on the train in disguise is Viktor, who after all has chosen two opposite paths in life to that of Paul. A ferocious blizzard swept across the land of Ukrainian Kurganland. Due to the destruction of the remnants of the bandits, the railroad transportation was paralyzed, and a large amount of timber was piled up in the mountains and could not be transported out. The people in Kiev had no firewood to warm themselves, and many old people and children were killed by the cold.
Juhle held an emergency meeting of the municipal party committee and decided to send a 300-member youth road-building team to Boyarka to catch up on the construction of a narrow-gauge railroad to transport wood to Kiev. Paul did not hesitate to sign up for the road-building team.
The road crew set off. The harshness of the environment in Boyakal was worse than one might expect. Rudimentary accommodation, food shortages, lack of follow-on reinforcements, constant harassment by bandits and the spread of typhoid fever caused many to falter and retreat. The shrapnel left in his body during the war made Paul's body weaker and weaker, but he always persevered. On the eve of the railroad's completion, he collapsed from typhoid fever.
People carried the seriously ill Paul on the train, and informed the oil line protection and care. Unexpectedly, in the middle of a chestnut-haired young man who also died of typhoid fever was mistaken for Paul exchange platform off the train. The news spread and everyone was very sad, Lida and Juhlei were even more grief-stricken.
The tenacity of Paul overcame the pestering of death, but the shrapnel in his heart threatened to cause life-threatening injuries at times. At his request, the organization gave him a job as a factory storekeeper. He discovers that someone is using his position to join forces with a thieving syndicate to steal and sell state property from the warehouse. Paul insists on pursuing the case despite the danger and is assassinated by the thugs.
Anna, a beautiful and lively female reporter of the **** Youth League newspaper, fell in love with Paul and made bold confessions many times, but Paul always missed Lida. Anna gambled and Paul's comrade-in-arms Dubois married. However, the marriage is not a happy one, and Paul is very worried about Dubois.
In post-war Kiev, Paul became the chairman of the city's Committee for the Eradication of Street Children. In the face of these mischievous little street children, Paul felt more difficult than in the battlefield to deal with the enemy. It was during this period that Paul approached Tokarev, the secretary of the state party committee, whom he respected most, and asked the 1903 veteran to be his introduction to the party.
Paul was elected as a delegate to the All-Russian Congress of the **** Youth League to Moscow, where he unexpectedly met Lida. He could not help the excitement of the mortal heart finally confided in Lida true feelings, unexpectedly Lida told him that she is already a 3-year-old girl's mother. Paul restrained the pain in his heart calmly and Lida goodbye, he told Lida, tomorrow he is going to speak in the General Assembly, I hope Lida must come to listen.
Paul's speech was well received, but Lida did not show up on time. This disappointed Paul. When the meeting broke up, he was approached by two men from the Ministry of Security, and from them Paul learned that Leda had been arrested by the Ministry of Security a few hours earlier.
Paul approached Halevi, who works for the central "Cheka," and excitedly defended Lida. Halevi, however, advised Paul not to take things personally, as the situation is complicated and this may not help Lida. He told Paul to leave Moscow early.
Paul returned to Kiev, but got the news of Tokarev's death. This caused him a great deal of grief.
Paul was informed by the organization that he should suspend his work and recuperate at the Black Sea. He strolled along the beach, and his mood was as difficult to calm as the sea. At this time, he received a diary that Lida entrusted to him. Paul began to write the novel "How Steel is Made".
Paul did not want to stay in the sanatorium and was eager to return to work. But the results of the expert consultation made him like a thunderbolt: his legs will soon be paralyzed, his eyes will soon be blind, and his life will last at most half a year....... Just when he was in despair, he got the news that the manuscript of his novel had been lost by the post office. This unexpected heavy blow to make Paul close to collapse, his eyes completely blind.
Paul took the pistol given to him by Juhlei to the beach, wanting to result in his young life. But the past appeared in his mind like lightning, and his fallen comrades seemed to be laughing at his cowardice. Paul finally lost his mind. Unwilling to spend any more time in the sanatorium, he returned to his hometown of Shepetovka.
Brother Artyom had already started a family, but his mother had died a month before. Paul went to his mother's grave and couldn't help but cry as he remembered her hard life.
He came to the wooden bridge, but unexpectedly met Tonya. The two men stood in the dusk of the sunset, as if they were back in their teenage years. Tonya encourages Paul to finish his book, believing that if he wants to do something, he will do it, because his will is as strong as steel.
Daia has traveled a long way from Moscow to the United States, where she was born. The first time I saw him was when he was in the hospital, and he was in the hospital. The neodymium Ying stuttering stalls seek 6? Ichimoku Kokusai? Ichiba. The first time I saw this, it was a very good thing that I was so happy. Mutual 6? oil room? What's the reason for this? (11)6? How do you know if you can get a boat to a place where it's not a good idea? The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
When the fall came, Paul day and night missed Zhu Helai brought him an unexpected surprise: "How Steel is Made" was finally published, and immediately welcomed by the majority of readers. Juhlei brought a beautifully printed novel, but also on behalf of the country to hang a red flag medal to Paul's chest.
How Steel Is Made:
Paul Kochakin: The most precious thing is life. Life is given to man only once. This is how you should spend your life: looking back, you will not regret your wasted years; nor will you be ashamed of your inactivity. On his deathbed, he can say, "My whole life and all my strength have been dedicated to the most magnificent cause in the world -- the struggle for the liberation of mankind.
The main character in this book, Paul Kochagin, is a Ukrainian from the former Soviet Union. He, ordinary but great, played labor, participated in the Red Army, but also served as the secretary of the **** Youth League Committee. In a battle to conquer the enemy's dark fortress, the young Paul was seriously injured and lost the sight in his left eye. But he still insisted on working, so day after day, year after year, until both eyes blind, paralyzed lower body. But Paul was not intimidated by the disease, he overcame unimaginable difficulties, rely on oral, please friends and relatives notes, created the "children of the storm" this novel, realize the ideal of returning to the fighting position. Paul that for the progress and liberation of mankind and selfless dedication to the spirit; that lofty ideals and every concrete action combined, down-to-earth, hard work spirit; that do not fear any hardship and danger indomitable, hard work spirit; that stronger than steel will, is not exactly the spirit of modernization advocated by the construction of the spirit?