How Steel is Made

Author: Zhong Lei
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The Steel Was Tempered reflects the battle flames, construction scenes, and social life of a specific era through the description of Pavlo Korchagin's growth, possessing unique cognitive and educational value. Pavlo was born into a poor railway worker family, playful and rebellious from a young age, with a strong sense of resistance. With the help of underground revolutionary leader Zhukhrai, Pavlo gradually joined the revolutionary path. He bravely rescued Zhukhrai from bandits, only to be arrested himself and severely tortured but refusing to reveal any information. After going to the front line, Pavlo fought bravely, earning multiple medals and sustaining numerous injuries, eventually having to leave the front due to losing sight in his right eye. On the home front, Pavlo continued to work tirelessly on the construction front, ignoring his injuries and working day and night. On the freezing construction site, Pavlo and the League members fought against the cold, hunger, typhoid, and bandit raids. Even with his feet frozen and suffering from high fever, he refused to leave the front line until he collapsed on the construction site, nearly dying from typhoid. After enduring the heavy blows of losing his eyesight and being paralyzed, Pavlo did not think about the length of his life but rather how to return to the battlefront as soon as possible. He finally found a way to fight with a smile instead of a knife, realizing his dream of rejoining the ranks day and night.