Blood of Youth: The Final Song of the Third-Line Cadre Unit

Author: Hualing Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: A little-known secret during the ten years of the Cultural Revolution; an unprecedented epic of the third-line construction. The real story of the Chinese student army is revealed for the first time. In the early 1970s, a group of teenagers from places like Xi'an were sent to the Xiangyu Railway construction site as part of the third-line student army. They were still minors, yet they endured hunger and learned to tunnel and build bridges. As they entered society, they met all kinds of people and faced various disasters. The beauty of the Han River, the grandeur of the Bashan Mountains, the legends of the Ba people, and the hardships and achievements of building the railway intertwined. They witnessed the tragic separation of Dr. Chen and the beautiful Han Yusheng, and when they were about to complete the tunnel, a massive collapse occurred, connecting the legendary Tiger Cave, Snake Cave, and Ba Cave, bringing an unimaginable disaster upon these children.