[1][2][3] The film tells the story of a resourceful sergeant who returns home to find love and purpose leading a spirited tractor brigade, while navigating rivalries, innovation, and the looming threat of war.

Demobilized sergeant Klim Yarko returns from the Far East, bringing with him a copy of the newspaper Pravda featuring a photograph of his fellow villager Maryana Bazhan, a brigade leader of a women’s tractor team and a recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor.

Jokingly, Klim declares, “I’m going to her!” Maryana, a master of high-speed plowing, tirelessly rides her motorcycle across the collective farm fields, organizing her team’s work.

At a machine and tractor station (MTS) meeting, the chief, Kyrylo Petrovych, reprimands Nazar for his carelessness, joking that marriage might set him straight.

We'll fight them off!” Inspired by the team’s efforts, Maryana reads a book about the Battles of Lake Khasan, while Klim leads the brigade in singing the March of the Soviet Tankmen.

As Kyrylo toasts to the tractorists and their readiness to face any enemy, the group sings the March of the Soviet Tankmen, raising their glasses to a portrait of Stalin.