In 1986, Marshal Liu Bocheng's health deteriorated, and his work gradually became inadequate, and he was finally helplessly admitted to the hospital for nursing treatment. The attending doctor advised him to rest well, not to overwork, and to recuperate with peace of mind.
Marshal Liu Bocheng gave up all important things, but he could not let go of one thing.
This incident had haunted him for more than forty years, but there was still no result.
I'm going to see Xiaohuabei soon, but I don't have the face to see her, I can't be blinded!
After saying these words, Marshal Liu Bocheng let out a breath, fell powerlessly into his wife's arms, and left the world with regrets that he could not let go of in his life.
Little North China, which marshal Liu Bocheng has been reading for more than forty years, is his eldest daughter.
Xiao Huabei was killed in a Nursery in Yan'an in 1945, with a long knife edge on his body and a piece of flesh dug out of his abdomen, and the brutality of the murderer was chilling.
Why would a 5-year-old girl attract the covetousness of Kuomintang agents? Is this simply murder or something else? After the incident, why has the murderer not been found for more than forty years?
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In that era of constant fire, the soldiers fought for the bloody struggle for the new China, and gave up their small homes for everyone.
A large number of anti-Japanese generals who fought against the Japanese army on the front line sent their children to Yan'an to relieve their worries.
In order to make the soldiers feel at ease fighting, the Party Central Committee specially established a central nursery in Yan'an, which was specially used to take care of the children of the soldiers on the front line.
Wang Ronghua is the third wife of Marshal Liu Bocheng, and in the cruel years of the War of Resistance, the couple is more like comrades and comrades who fought together in the front line.
In 1940, Wang Ronghua gave birth to Liu Bocheng's first daughter.
Liu Bocheng named her Liu Huabei, which means to drive the Japanese army out of North China at an early date, return our mountains and rivers, and bless the people.
In order to resist Japan, Liu Bocheng and his wife had to run to the front line, and there was no way to take care of Xiaohuabei. In desperation, xiaohuabei had to be sent to the central nursery, and the eldest son of the two, Liu Taixing, was also there.
Liu Bocheng's sons and daughters, like a twin flower, are very popular.
The nursery staff at the nursery is even more fond of Xiaohuabei because although she is young, she is very intelligent and sensible. The little girl's face was fleshy, her eyes were large, and the water spirit was as beautiful as a grape.
In 1942, with the double blockade of the Japanese army and the Kuomintang, a serious economic crisis broke out in our base area. Supplies are scarce, as are central nurseries, and sometimes even eating is a problem.
At that time, After Mr. Song Qingling heard about the difficulties of the nursery, he contacted patriotic overseas Chinese in Los Angeles and international friends and donated a large amount of materials to the central nursery.
In recognition of donations from friends in Los Angeles, The Central Nursery was renamed "Los Angeles Daycare."
The war environment was harsh and long, and many children of central leaders, generals, and martyrs were raised in Los Angeles.
Because these children are more special, the protection of the nursery has always been more important, but unexpectedly the accident still happened.
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On the night of August 18, 1945, ugly Zigang was carrying an oil lamp to check the room one by one, most of the children had already fallen asleep, and some children were still kicking the quilt and clamoring to pee.
Ugly Gang gave this tucked quilt horn, stuffed the little arm into the quilt, and took a small child who was anxious to pee to go to the toilet, and at 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, the children finally fell asleep honestly.
Ugly Gang lifted the kerosene lamp and gently walked out of the cave.
The comrades on duty tonight were Zhou Guizhi and Liang Guoxin, and ugly Zigang told them for a long time, until the two urged:
Ugly director, you are busy all day, hurry back to rest, here are both of us on duty, it's okay!
Ugly Gang then carried the kerosene lamp back.
At night, it became more and more quiet, only a few cockroaches in the distance screamed non-stop, and the light of the kerosene lamp was also flickering on and off.
Zhou Guizhi and Liang Guoxin did not find anything unusual after circling around.
"These kids played all day, probably tired, and see how well they slept." Zhou Guizhi said with a smile.
You don't know how lively the afternoon bathe these 'little monkeys' was, and my clothes were all wet by them.
Hearing the humming of children in their sleep, the two of them made a silent gesture and walked to the courtyard.
At night, the wind was strong, and Zhou Guizhi thought of boiling some boiling water to drink, and both of them could warm up.
Liang Guoxin tightened his clothes and rubbed his hands, "Then you come back quickly!" ”
Zhou Guizhi's front foot just left, Liang Guoxin suddenly felt a stomachache, slowed down for a while, and felt that his stomach hurt even more.
She originally wanted to call Out Tou Guizhi, but she was afraid of waking up the children who had just fallen asleep, so she ran to the room alone and took some medicine.
The nursery was still pitch black, and there was no movement around.
After the two people were busy, they took the hot water cup and went to the cave where the children slept to check it, and saw that the children were sleeping soundly, which put their minds at ease.
It was getting brighter and a new day was coming.
Liang Guoxin blew a whistle and urged the children to get up quickly.
One by one, the slightly older children got up from bed, dressed themselves, and honestly went to wash up.
There are also some little mischievous people who are still pretending to sleep, waiting for the nurse aunt to pull them out of the bed one by one.
In short, ugly Gang and the nurserymen started a busy and joyful day early in the morning.
But Liang Guoxin felt a little strange, this morning has not seen Xiaohuabei, this child does not have to urge every day to get up, he will also put on his clothes, especially well-behaved and obedient. What's going on today, haven't gotten up yet?
Liang Guoxin walked to the cave where North China lived, "North China, get up!" ”
She shouted twice, but never heard a response, Liang Guoxin panicked, is the child sick?
She walked quickly to The Bed in North China and saw that Liu Huabei was tightly covered by the quilt and did not move.
North China, it's time to get up, there is sunbathing ass!
Liang Guoxin said and lifted the quilt, "Ah! ”
The little girl lay stiffly on the bed, her rosy face had long since lost color, a piece of flesh was missing from her small belly, and the snow-white bedding was covered with bright red blood.
"Ugly!" Liang Guoxin screamed and rushed out of the cave.
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In 1945, early in the morning of August 19, the communicator quickly ran to the residence of Liu Bocheng and his wife.
The chief of the report, the Los Angeles nursery came to the news, North China was killed!
Liu Bocheng was stunned for a moment and did not react.
Time seemed to stop, and he looked at the communicator quietly, "Is this news accurate?" ”
"Exactly, the ugly director said he would meet with you at the nursery." The correspondent suppressed the crying and finished the report.
"Well, you go back first, and we'll be there right away."
Even if Liu Bocheng was a decisive general on the battlefield, he could not support it at this moment.
The correspondent left, Liu Bocheng sat in a chair, and he saw the red dates and candy prepared on the table, which were his daughter's favorite food.
Liu Bocheng clenched his fist and slowly released it.
He looked up into his wife's eyes, and Wang Ronghua was also looking at him, as if asking in his eyes: This is not true, right!
Liu Bocheng hurriedly lowered his head, took off his glasses, and slapped his hand on his face a few times.
"Bo Cheng, isn't that true, is it?" Wang Ronghua expected her husband to tell her that it was a joke.
Liu Bocheng finally raised his head, and one of his red eyes revealed great sorrow.
Glory, be strong. North China is our daughter, she is gone, I am as sad as you. But tomorrow we are going to the front line, the party and the people need us, and we must not fall at such a time.
Bo Cheng, I know, but in my heart... Oh my child...
Wang Ronghua couldn't say any more, she covered her face and twisted to the side.
Ronghua, if you can't help but cry a good laugh, wait until we get to the nursery, don't cry anymore, the nursery has this kind of thing, the staff there is already very uncomfortable, let's talk about this and that, it will increase their pressure even more.
When Liu Bocheng and Wang Ronghua rushed to the nursery, ugly Zigang told the story with tears in his eyes, and then took them to the cave where they lived in North China.
Lying quietly on the bed in North China, Liu Bocheng trembled his hands and gently lifted the white cloth sheet covering his daughter's body, which was the familiar little face, and his mouth was also tightly closed, pale as paper.
As soon as the daughter saw him before, she would smile and squint and run to the front, sweetly calling out to her father... No more...
Looking at the little girl wearing clean little floral clothes, it is her favorite set of clothes, and the 5-year-old girl has reached the age of beauty.
Wang Ronghua looked at her daughter lying there, no longer alive before, she only felt that her eyes were black, tightly grasping her husband's arm, she barely stood up, but the tears did not hold back after all.
North! Mom came to see you, Mom came late...
The ugly director and the nursery staff couldn't help but whisper.
Although Liu Bocheng had made mental preparations before coming, when he saw his daughter's body, he could not remain calm, clenched his fists tightly, and his body was trembling slightly.
Comrades, don't be too upset, the enemy poisoned my daughter, just to make me uncertain, but they miscalculated, North China is not only my daughter Liu Bocheng, she is the daughter of the people, dying for the people's liberation cause, this blood debt must make the enemy double the blood payment.
Liu Bocheng said emphatically.
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Later, Liu Bocheng and his wife buried Xiaohuabei on the mountain in Hougou, accompanied by a small holly tree.
After Liu Bocheng returned to the front line, he has been quietly investigating the matter.
The death of his beloved daughter made him feel as if he had changed into a person.
Even the guards around him said: "The chief has changed since he returned, and he can rarely see his smile during that time." ”
After forty-one years of investigation, until his death, he did not find the real murderer, so that he could say that he was dead before he died! But Liu Bocheng can be sure that this matter is inseparable from the Kuomintang agents.
The reason why the agents will target Xiaohuabei is mainly because she is Liu Bocheng's favorite little daughter.
The brutal killing of Xiaohuabei can, on the one hand, divert Liu Bocheng's attention from the party battlefield, and on the other hand, intimidate and threaten Liu Bocheng.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Marshal Liu Bocheng still did not forget the tragic death of Xiaohuabei, and in his spare time, he has been secretly investigating the ins and outs of the matter and tracking down the murderer who slipped through the net.
At that time, only one clue was left: the child who lived in the same cave with North China said,
At night, there was an uncle, wrapped in a white turban on his head, holding a flashlight in front of the bed in North China, and North China also said that he knew that uncle, but the uncle said that North China was noisy, and I would give you biscuits to eat. Later I didn't know.
Since XiaoHuabei knows, it may be a person from the nursery, or it may be a person who has frequented the nursery recently. The security service conducted three investigations according to this clue, and did not find the murderer.
In the end, the defense came to the conclusion that the murderer may have left Yan'an immediately after succeeding.
For more than forty years, Liu Bocheng was angry about the murderer who had successfully escaped, and never gave up the investigation of him.
However, the opposite happened, and the case was delayed.
Until the day of his death, Liu Bocheng was still unwilling and cried out bitterly, "Death is not blind!" ”
The great proletarian revolutionary fighters fought for the ideals in their hearts and dedicated themselves to the construction of a new China, and did not fulfill their wishes until their deaths.
In the background of that era, they gave up their small families for everyone, were ashamed of their children but were worthy of the country, and always put the great cause of the rise of the nation first in life!